#08 We Are Family
WE ARE FAMILY is a “self-chosen family” of LGBTI+ friends that has been celebrating Pride Amsterdam together every year since it started in 1996. You Are Us‘We Are Family’ shows with ‘You Are Us’ what diversity is about: be what you want based upon your own feeling. We are all the same and yet different.‘We […]
WE ARE FAMILY is a “self-chosen family” of LGBTI+ friends that has been celebrating Pride Amsterdam together every year since it started in 1996.
You Are Us
‘We Are Family’ shows with ‘You Are Us’ what diversity is about: be what you want based upon your own feeling. We are all the same and yet different.
‘We Are Family’ calls with our ‘You Are Us’ boat to follow your heart and to be how you feel, to show diversity and to dare to deviate from imposed norms, embrace your own individuality and be yourself. With this we represent this year’s Pride theme ‘You are included’ like no other.
In colorful outfits we draw attention to more inclusiveness in a unique way. We do this on the iconic sounds of “Ich Bin Wie Du”. In this song, Marianne Rosenberger sang as early as 1975 ‘I will still leave you free, because then it is easier to stay true to yourself’. This perfectly matches the theme of our boat. Because with our more than 100 members pride family, everyone today expresses their own individual identity. But together we are also a big colorful inclusive family. …… it does not matter!…. “WE ARE FAMILY”!
About WE ARE FAMILY
WE ARE FAMILY celebrates with Pride Amsterdam as a “self-chosen LGBTI+ family” the freedom we have here to live the way we want. Multiple times we won prizes on several occasions with our performances with Dolly Bellefleur in 2017 and 2018 and the ‘Respect boat in 2019. Our family has grown to 100 friends of all various cultures, genders and all ages.
