Manchester Pride has today confirmed its annual August bank holiday festival will go ahead in 2019 but will look and feel radically different to previous years. The four day event, known as The Big Weekend, has been around for more than 25 years. Over this time it has been known by various names including Pride, […]
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Changes on the way for Manchester Pride 2019
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Liverpool Pride announce new patrons for 2018
Liverpool Pride has announced three new Patrons for the 2018 festival taking place later this month. Radio City 2 and Radio City Talk presenter, performer and media personality Pete Price, Flight Lieutenant Caroline Paige, and Liverpool singer/songwriter, performer and founder of Sense of Sound Jennifer John are all being welcomed in to the Pride family. […]
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Oxford Golf Club celebrates Pride with special themed flags
Oxford Golf Club has backed this year’s Oxford Pride Festival by placing a rainbow themed flag in every hole on its course. All 18 holes on the historic course now proudly display the dazzling Pride flag to celebrate the diversity of the Oxfordshire community. The Oxford Pride theme this year is ‘True Colours’ and aims […]
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UK Pride Organisers Network
UKPON is a network of Pride organisers who have come together to share knowledge and experiences, and to support the development of the Pride movement in the UK and beyond. The UK has more than 100 Pride events each year ranging from small community events to large festival-style Prides, and that’s something to be proud of. […]
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Pride Needs to Get Political Again
Philip Baldwin Pride festivals are integral to the LGBTI community. They are safe spaces to celebrate who we are, meet or make new friends and are a visible reminder that LGBTI people are here to stay. We are fortunate that in the UK LGBTI rights are now, for the most part, considered mainstream. Our rights […]
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Barclays announced as headline sponsor for Liverpool Pride 2018
Organisers of the increasingly popular Liverpool Pride Festival have revealed that Barclays will be the event’s headline sponsor for 2018. The team behind the two-day event are delighted that Barclays – who played a key role in last year’s event – is returning for a second year to continue their support for the festival. Liverpool […]
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Exeter Pride: Celebration!
Exeter’s 10th LGBT Pride has announced the theme of this year’s event; celebration! Exeter Pride is one of the South West’s biggest celebrations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT+) communities in the region and a key annual event in the city’s calendar. Events include a colourful rainbow flag parade from the St Sidwell […]
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National Festival of LGBT History returns this month
This February, the National Festival of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Trans History will return bringing a host of nationwide events on the topic of LGBT history and celebration – promoting equality and diversity for the benefit of the public. The theme of this year’s festival is titled Geography: Mapping the World; commemorating the 30th anniversary […]
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Tesco proud to support Pride in London
Tesco will be ‘Bursting with Pride’ on 8 July as it supports Pride in London with stores across London joining in the annual LGBT festival Tesco’s Regent Street Metro have already kicked off celebrations with exclusive pre-Pride events, including performances from the London Gay Men’s Chorus, a pop-up bar serving rainbow inspired cocktails and a […]
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Proud to be the 1 in 10
150 LGBT adopters, foster carers and their children will march on Saturday 8 July at Pride in London to encourage more to consider adoption or fostering. This is the greatest ever number of LGBT adopters and foster carers to march together at the event. In 2016, 1 in 10 adoptions in England were to same-sex […]
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