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Bogotá Celebrates Pride with a Diverse Range of Events
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A month-long celebration of LGBTIQ+ culture, resistance, and community takes over Bogotá.
By Anya Sharma | BOGOTÁ – 2025/06/07 15:51:55
Bogotá is hosting a vibrant series of events throughout June and early July to celebrate LGBTIQ+ pride, showcasing art, performance, dialog, and community building. The city is transforming its spaces into platforms for diverse voices and experiences, offering a rich tapestry of activities for everyone.
Literary and Artistic Explorations
The celebrations kicked off with “Cur narratives of the South,” a literary coffee event at the BOSA Library on June 14. This event explored Latin American narratives that challenge binarism, analyzing works by authors such as Gabriela wiener and Pedro Lemebel. the discussions linked their texts with performative videos and debates about identity, creating a safe space for young people and adults to connect thru literature.
On June 15, “Different voices of the South: Pride in Ciudad Bolívar” took place, featuring an artistic route through the Transcable and Auditorium Stations. Performances by local LGBTIQ+ groups were followed by the opening of the exhibition “We are not the flowers of your dump.” The day culminated in a conversation about territorial resistances in the south, where community leaders shared strategies against exclusion.
“More than events, they are opportunities to participate in the construction of a society where no one is reduced to a stereotype.”
From June 15 to 30, the “Casatón” event invited hundreds of participants to build their “Ideal House of Diversity” in Bogotá’s public spaces. This mass workshop involved decorating cardboard houses with inclusion symbols, forming a symbolic neighborhood in parks to represent communities free of discrimination.
Film, Performance, and Dialogue
The “Pink cycle” film festival at the Bogotá Cinemateca, running from June 18 to 30, presents 40 films curated by Constança Carvalho Homem of Queer Lisbon. Highlights include “Passionflower,” a film about conversion therapies,and experimental works by non-binary filmmakers. the festival also includes “Take pink,” queer interventions that transform projection rooms into live spaces for performance and dialogue.
“Take pink,” running from June 19 to 28 at the Bogotá Cinemateca, features queer groups taking over the space with works that defy conventional formats. Events range from experimental dance to Drag Theater, each function questioning who has the right to inhabit cultural spaces. Notable events include a dramatic reading about trans exile called “Velled travils” on June 19, a cabaret Drag show satirizing politics called “Crazy of joy” on June 21, and a performance on maternities in the normatives called “Fair distance” on June 28.
On June 20, the “Projection ‘bodies that love and fight'” event at the Diana Navarro Sala showcased short films celebrating LGBTIQ+ love in Bogotá. Films like “HIVCULOS,” about serodiscordant couples, and “Women’s eternal,” where two teenage friends explore their genre through makeup, were featured. A dialogue with directors followed the projections, revealing how independant cinema documents silenced affections.
Also on June 20, “Diverse season: the brunette of Chicamocha” at the Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Theater featured Magdalena Moreno leading a project that reinvents Bullerengue from an Afro-Setii viewpoint. Ancestral drums merged with electronics to narrate racial and gender resistance stories.
Aphodominican activist Ocyy curiel led “Braid the word with eighty curiel” on June 21,analyzing how racism and heteropatriarcado mold Bogotá. The interactive workshop mapped exclusion territories and peripheral resistance strategies, inviting participants to build cities from the margins.
The “Pink dialogues: ‘Nothing to heal'” event on June 21 included a documentary projection of “Passionflower,” followed by a debate with survivors of conversion therapies. Carolina Giraldo, author of the law “Nothing to cure,” and Alba reyes of the Sergio Urrego Foundation analyzed the psychological impacts of these practices and strategies for their eradication.
On june 25, “Pink dialogues: ‘Dissident files'” featured a table with curators from the National Museum and Archive of Bogotá to explore how LGBTIQ+ memory is built. Discussions included findings from the Truth Commission report on violence against dissidents in the armed conflict, and an exhibition of unpublished photos of queer resistances in the 90s.
“Pink dialogues: ‘HIV, love and pleasure'” on June 26 included a short projection of “HIV fell in love with me” and a dialogue with HIV+ activists. Mayerline Vera of the Footprints Foundation shared her experience on full sexuality after diagnosis, while Miguel Ángel López deconstructed media stigmas.
Also on June 26, “Pink dialogues: ‘Rights at risk'” featured an analysis of bills that threaten LGBTIQ+ rights. Gustavo Perdomo of the Trans Health Network explained impacts on diverse childhoods, while Katalina Angel alerted on global anti-nature narratives.
The “Festival for equality” on June 27 featured artistic interventions of LGBTIQ+ groups from Santa Fe and the martyrs,including Boutoh dance and hiphop queer. The conversation “You silenced” gathered local leaders to expose strategies against systematic violence, with emphasis on trans workers.
On June 27, “various season: ‘The cry of the woman goat'” at the Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Theater presented a performatic concert where four artists embody the “Mujerbra,” challenging normative femininity through ritual choreography and guttural songs.
“BIBLOVACACIONES: LGBTIQ+ pride” on June 28 at the BOSA Library featured a literary coffee event with readings from authors like Andrea Abreu and Ocean Vuong, linked to queer performances videos. The event analyzed how literature has been a refuge for dissident identities.
Looking ahead,”Various stories: collective writing” on July 5 will involve creating collaborative stories with the itinerant and collective library orientame,building stories about rainbow families and trans heroes.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is LGBTIQ+ Pride?
LGBTIQ+ Pride is a celebration of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex people and their contributions to society. It is also a time to raise awareness of the issues facing the community and to advocate for equal rights.
Why is Pride celebrated in June?
Pride is celebrated in June to commemorate the Stonewall Riots, a series of spontaneous demonstrations by members of the LGBTIQ+ community in response to a police raid that took place in June 1969.
What types of events are included in Pride celebrations?
Pride events often include parades, festivals, workshops, educational sessions, film screenings, and community dialogues.
Sources
- Library of Congress – About LGBT Pride Month
- Britannica – Stonewall Rebellion
- American Psychiatric Association (APA)
- PubMed – Homosexuality and mental health
- Cornell Law – Lawrence v. Texas
- Oyez – Lawrence v.Texas
- Supreme Court – Obergefell v. Hodges
- Oyez – Obergefell v. Hodges
- Gallup – LGBT Identification Ticks Up
- UCLA Williams Institute – How Many People are LGBT?
