FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 16, 2025

As the 2025 G7 Leaders’ Summit approaches, over 100 organizations and nearly 100 individuals from 37 countries have signed on to the Pride7 2025 Communique, calling on G7 governments to take meaningful action in support of LGBTQIA+ rights worldwide. Egale Canada, the country’s leading organization for 2SLGBTQI people and issues and the 2025 chair of the Pride7, will be in attendance at the G7 to amplify this call. 

Last month, Pride7 members, representing nine countries, met in Ottawa for the Pride7 Summit. Following the summit, Pride7 released its 2025 Communiqué, outlining key policy recommendations aimed at advancing the rights and well-being of LGBTQIA+ communities globally.  

“The message of Pride7 Communiqué is clear: G7 commitments to democracy, human rights, and sustainable development cannot be realized without addressing the systemic discrimination, violence, and exclusion faced by LGBTQIA+ people”, said Helen Kennedy, Executive Director of Egale Canada. 

A fundamental focus of the Communiqué is a call for G7 leaders to officially recognize Pride7 as a formal civil society engagement group – on par with Women7, Civil7, and Youth7. Recognizing Pride7 is not a symbolic gesture – it is a vital step toward ensuring LGBTQIA+ voices, expertise, and lived experiences help shape global policies and decisions at the highest level. 

To learn more about Pride7, visit pride7.org. 

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About Egale Canada: Egale is Canada’s leading organization for 2SLGBTQI people and issues. We improve and save lives through research, education, awareness, and by advocating for human rights and equality in Canada and around the world. Our work helps create societies and systems that reflect the universal truth that all persons are equal and none is other. Egale Canada is the 2025 chair of the Pride7. Learn more at egale.ca 

About Pride7: Founded in March 2023, “Pride 7 (P7)” is a new engagement group of the G7, focusing on the promotion and protection of the rights of LGBTQ+ persons and associated policy recommendations. This affinity group was launched in Japan in 2023 with the aim of encouraging G7 member countries, including Japan, to fulfill their role as democratic nations and to ensure LGBTQ+ issues emerge as a key agenda item for discussion and action in all future G7 Summits. Learn more at Pride7.org 

Media Contact:
Representatives from Egale Canada are available for further comment on this matter.

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