The Amsterdam Canal Parade – Part 2

I’m pleased to be able to say that people from my old employer – Shell – had a boat in this year’s Canal Parade. While employees of Shell Oil (US) have participated in Houston’s Gay Pride for a number of years now, this was the first time that Shell employees in the Netherlands had a boat displaying the Shell brand in Amsterdam’s Canal Parade. They had the full support of Shell Nederland to do this, and the theme of the boat was support of diversity and inclusiveness.

 

Folks that I know from the GLBTN (Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender Network) of Shell in the Netherlands, together with people from the other employee networks, such as the Women’s Network, worked hard to organise and decorate the boat. As well as the terrific singers and drummers on the boat, my husband was also asked to choreograph a short routine for the dance troupe drawn from the participants.