Arnout van Krimpen from the Amsterdam Rainbow Dress Foundation was our guest on the breakfast show this morning. He joined Tom to talk about the dress which is currently in Luxembourg as part of the Luxembourg Pride celebrations.

The Amsterdam Rainbow Dress is a living work of art, made of all the national flags from countries where being LBTIQ+ is illegal, on penalty of imprisonment, torture or capital punishment. When a country adopts LGBTIQ+ inclusive legislation, the respective flag shall be replaced with a rainbow flag.

The monumental artwork now travels the globe, offering an impressive visual representation of the scale of state-sponsored homophobia. By photographing the dress in meaningful locations worldwide, in cooperation with models, photographers, crew members and creatives from the local LGBTI+ community, the foundation aims to cross borders, generate publicity and create a platform of cooperation and support for LGBTI+ communities and those who are prosecuted, displaced because of their orientation or gender identity.

The dress is currently on display as part of an exhibition at the Luxembourg Pride Headquaters in Esch. Visitors can visit the exhibition between 1pm-7pm until the 9th of July and more info can be found at: luxembourgpride.lu/