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Durham Pride, which is taking place this weekend, have said “we are here and we have a voice” after Reform UK, which took control of Durham County Council at the UK local elections, removed the Pride Flag from council headquarters. Reform UK’s Darren Grimes, deputy leader of Durham County Council, d
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Taunton Pride in Somerset, an annual event bringing LGBTQ+ communities together, has announced this year’s event has been cancelled. Announcing the news on social media, organisers said: “Greetings all. To confirm, Taunton Pride will not be going ahead this year. Please keep an eye on Facebook for u
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Multiple corporate sponsors, including Mastercard, Nissan and Pepsi, have “pulled back” financial contributions to New York City (NYC) Pride, leaving the event with a serious financial deficit just one month before the annual Pride event, which inspires, educates, commemorates and celebrates the cit
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A Pride bench in Hitchin, North Hertfordshire has been restored after being “deliberately set on fire”. North Herts Pride, a local non-profit dedicated to supporting and celebrating the LGBTQ+ community across North Hertfordshire, said the support they received – through donations and messages – fro
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Sarah Savage, CEO of Trans Pride Brighton, has issued a plea to donate to the annual event, which celebrates trans lives and gender diversity, after being arrested for disrupting a meeting by “notoriously hateful group” Sister Salon in Jubilee Library, Brighton. Speaking on Instagram, Sarah said: “I
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Twenty-three Prides across Scotland – including Shetland, Orkney, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Stirling – have issued a joint statement calling on politicians to stop using the LGBTQ+ community as “political pawns”. In the statement, published to coincide with International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobi
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An historic Royal Navy landing craft – owned by Portsmouth Historic Quarter and no longer used operationally by the military – has become the first British war vessel in history to be wrapped in Pride colours. Decorated to mark the 25th anniversary of the lifting of the ban on LGBTQ+ people serving
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Five local artists – Samo White, Fark Fk, 2 Sisters, Mark Kellett and The Frustrated Creative – have created large-scale murals exploring love, acceptance, and unity across outlet shopping centre Gunwharf Quays in Portsmouth to celebrate Portsmouth Pride’s successful bid to host UK Pride 2025. Yvonn
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Four of the UK’s largest Pride events – Birmingham, Brighton, London and Manchester – have announced they are “collectively suspending political party participation in our Pride events” in a joint statement, adding they “come together today in unequivocal solidarity with our trans community”. The st
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Officials in Salt Lake City have adopted three new city flags to circumvent a new Utah law that effectively banned Progress and Trans Pride flags from flying from public buildings in the state. In March, Utah became the first state to make it illegal to fly such flags at all public schools and unive
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A DUP councillor has said he is opposed to the Lurgan Pride Parade in Northern Ireland from finishing in a local park due to the presence of “drag queens” and “scantily-clad women and men”. The councillor, Stephen Moutray, said he is “strongly opposed” to the event taking place in the council-owned
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Brighton & Hove Pride has announced it is teaming up with local LGBTQ+ venues to create an “uplifted, reimagined celebration” for this year’s Pride Street Party. According to Pride, this “exciting evolution will allow us to provide a safe and sustainable Pride Street Party for the future in addition