Bauer Media Outdoor Europe and M&C Saatchi UK’s LGBTQIA+ group ‘PROUD’ have launched ‘Pride is Everything’, a new campaign created with LGBTQ+ communities across Europe and brought to life on Out of Home sites in the UK, Belgium, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Poland.

Running across billboards, bus shelters and street posters, the campaign rejects the increasingly homogenised portrayals of Pride often seen during Pride season in favour of something more authentic: a portrait of queer life created by the people living it.

Queer creators, community members, allies and families were invited to share their own images, stories and experiences of Pride. As part of the project, disposable cameras were distributed across Europe, giving LGBTQ+ people the opportunity to document Pride through their own eyes and on their own terms.

The resulting work captures moments of joy, love, friendship, family, protest, celebration and everyday life, revealing the infinite ways queerness is experienced across Europe.

At a time when queer communities are increasingly being spoken about, ‘Pride is Everything’ hands the conversation back to the people at its heart.

Created from images and stories shared by LGBTQ+ people, allies and families across Europe, the campaign celebrates Pride in all its forms, from the extraordinary to the everyday, while ensuring the people behind those stories are seen, credited and elevated.

Henry Moffett, Creative Agency Partner, Bauer Media Outdoor, said: “Public space should reflect the people who live, love and show up in it. By elevating real stories from across Europe, we’re handing Pride back to the LGBTQ+ community by filling our outdoor estate with real images and stories from queer people, their allies and their families. These lived experiences at the heart of this campaign create visibility on the community’s terms and celebrate the many different ways Pride is felt and expressed today alongside the diversity and humanity of queer life.”

Tom Lander, Senior Creative, M+C Saatchi Group UK, said: “As a proud gay man, this project means a lot to me. Pride isn’t one thing – it’s different for every person who experiences it. I find pride in the little things, like being able to hold my boyfriend’s hand in public or have him as my phone lockscreen. We’d like to thank every person who made a contribution to this campaign, they trusted us with their stories, their families and their lives. It isn’t our version of Pride. It’s theirs.”