The WorldPride 2021 Human Rights Conference is open to human rights defenders and activists, elected officials, academics, NGOs, media, Pride organizers and sports leaders in the field of LGBTI+ rights, and anybody else interested in the more in-depth LGBTI+ cause.

The organizers’ goal is to include all representations under the LGBTI+-acronym in the program and to be highly aware of intersectionality. This includes representation in relation to geography, racialization, ethnicity, age, gender, disability, gender identity, gender expression, sexuality, religion and appearance.

African born LGBTI+ activist and community member Omayra Issa will be the host of the Human Rights Conference. Omayra Issa is a bilingual (French and English) journalist and TV host with experience working across a wide range of media platforms. Based in Saskatoon, she works for Canada’s public broadcaster, Radio-Canada/CBC, where she is currently leading a national initiative on diversity and inclusion. In 2019 she was named one of Canada’s top 100 Black Women to watch and was nominated for a YWCA Women of Distinction Award.

The conference venue is Øksnehallen in central Copenhagen, a few minutes’ walk from Central Station. The Conference will also take place online for those who cannot attend in person, and registration for online attendance will open in June.