Navigating the World with Pride, Awareness and Confidence

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Carolyn Pearson

With over 15 years in the industry, Carolyn helps organisations build travel-safety programmes that go beyond traditional duty-of-care, creating equitable, bias-aware systems that protect every traveller. She delivers inspiring keynotes, moderates high-profile panels, and facilitates interactive workshops.

For LGBTQIA+ travellers, international travel can be life-changing but it can also carry serious, and sometimes invisible, risks. With over 60 countries criminalising same-sex relationships and many more enforcing discriminatory laws or cultural norms, navigating global travel requires more than just a passport.

This eye-opening session provides a clear, practical and empowering roadmap for LGBTQIA+ professionals, digital nomads, expats and allies who want to explore the world safely. We break down how laws, social attitudes and enforcement vary across regions, what that means on the ground, and how travellers can make informed choices before and during their journey.

Attendees learn how to:

Research destinations through an LGBTQIA+ safety lens
Understand local laws, risks and red flags
Protect themselves in airports, hotels, transport and public spaces
Navigate dating, socialising and online visibility abroad
Respond confidently if something goes wrong

Blending global insight, real-life case studies and actionable guidance, this keynote empowers LGBTQIA+ travellers to move through the world with awareness rather than fear and with freedom rather than limitation.

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