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Pride Around The World

Calum McSwiggan is a travel journalist on a mission. He plans to spend 2025 exploring how the LGBT+ community is celebrated everywhere on Earth: 12 months, 7 continents, 18 Prides. In an exclusive Metro series, Calum will journey from the subzero climes of Antarctica to the jewel-toned streets of Mumbai, telling the story of Pride around the world.

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An aerial view of four men in a long blue canoe on the ocean. split with a picture of a man standing with his back to the camera, waving a Pride rainbow flag in front of a beach.

A homophobic remark in Hawaii made me think about how I travel

Travel January 12, 2026 By Calum McSwiggan

A park in autumn with a mini Eiffel Tower in the background in Sapporo, Japan

I went to Pride in Japan and it almost broke my heart

Travel November 12, 2025 By Calum McSwiggan

A Pride parade in boats on Amsterdam canal. Groups of topless people are waving giant rainbow flags from a boat under a bridge.

Europe’s one-of-a-kind Pride parade that happens on the water

Travel November 12, 2025 By Calum McSwiggan

Calum McSwiggan with his parents, marching in front of colourful rainbow memorabilia at Manchester Pride

I went to Pride with my parents for the first time at 35 — it changed everything

Travel October 27, 2025 By Calum McSwiggan

A composite image of Calum McSwiggan on a street in Limerick, Ireland, and three drag queens in colourful outfits celebrating Pride

My mother said there were no gays in her hometown — how wrong she was

Travel October 1, 2025 By Calum McSwiggan

Two people walking down the street in rainbow outfits at San Francisco Pride, next to dancers in colourful rainbow costumes.

I went on a queer pilgrimage to the city where Pride was born

Travel October 1, 2025 By Calum McSwiggan

A composite image of two people straddling each other at a Pride parade in Sao Paolo, and writer Calum McSwiggan on someone's shoulders

I had the gayest night of my life at Sao Paulo Pride

Travel October 1, 2025 By Calum McSwiggan

A composite image showing Calum McSwiggan waving a Pride flag at the Capitol building in Washington DC, and three people smiling on World Pride parade float

I found the community I was craving on the streets of Washington DC

Travel July 18, 2025 By Calum McSwiggan

A composite image of pictures from a photoshoot in Malaysia in support of Pride

In Malaysia, Pride has gone underground —but it's alive and kicking

Travel July 14, 2025 By Calum McSwiggan

Calum McSwiggan and friends at Songkran in Bangkok with water guns, and five contestants from Miss LGBTQ+ Thailand.

I went to the world's wettest Pride parade where everyone gets absolutely soaked

Travel June 25, 2025 By Calum McSwiggan

A woman in Miami, Florida, holds a trans rights sign, and Pride flags fly on either side of the American stars and stripes against a blue sky.

Queer travellers are boycotting Florida — but there are other ways to fight back

Travel May 20, 2025 By Calum McSwiggan

Left, Calum McSwiggan plays with huskies in the snow in Rovaniemi while holding a Pride flag, and right, two people holding Trans rights and Pride signs at Arctic Pride.

I went to Pride at the North Pole — even Santa's an ally

Travel May 20, 2025 By Calum McSwiggan

A group of people in colourful costumes celebrating Mardi Gras on the streets of Sydney, Australia

I gave up alcohol after Sydney Pride — this time I tried it sober

Travel April 2, 2025 By Calum McSwiggan

A couple embracing and smiling at one another underneath a Pride flag at Mumbai Pride.

I marched in silence at Mumbai Pride and discovered it was even more powerful

Travel April 2, 2025 By Calum McSwiggan