Arts Women’s Performance Area returns to Preston Park The popular Women’s Performance Area will be returning to Brighton Pride at Preston Park on August 1. Following feedback from the lesbian community this popular feature of Brighton Pride is returning to provide women with a unique and welcoming space to meet up, chill out and enjoy their Pride day w By Besi • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Brighton Pride will campaign again this year to highlight global LGBT communities As Brighton Pride celebrates the 25th anniversary of Pride In The City, Brighton Pride continues to put the global LGBTQ community at the centre of everything it does. When highlighting the lives of LGBTQI communities across the globe, Brighton Pride asks us to look beyond our own back yard and enga By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News ‘Family Diversity Area’ returns to Pride Following the warm welcome it received in 2014, the Pride Family Area returns in 2015, bigger and better, providing a dedicated social space for LGBTQI families and their friends. The new Pride Family Diversity Area will include a children’s playground and a wonderful family tent with children’s ent By Besi • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Dustin Lance Black to speak at Student Pride 2015 Acclaimed screenwriter Dustin Lance Black has been added to the line-up of speakers for the Attitude Question Time panel at Student Pride later this month. Dustin will also share his Oscar-winning insight with Newsnight and Dragons’ Den presenter Evan Davis, for a discussion about LGBT representatio By Besi • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Bristol Pride to be greenest yet BRISTOL PRIDE 2015 organisers promise this year’s event will be very special as they work towards supporting EU Green Capital and celebrating being the first ever UK Green Capital Pride. A number of initiatives and events are planned to celebrate being Proud and Green, including making Pride Day a g By Besi • 3 min read
Istanbul Pride 2014 Features & Longread The hottest international Pride events of 2015 Hollie Mantle highlights the Prides in 2015 she thinks have the most to offer the international tourist and deserve checking out. Bored with your local annual Gay Pride march and fancy swapping it for something international? Here is my pick of the best, the boldest, and the bawdiest marches from ar By Contributor • 5 min read
Jobs Manchester Pride recruit for new posts for 2015 Due to a recent restructuring in the organisation, Manchester Pride are advertising for the following posts to help deliver Manchester Pride in August 2015. By Besi • 1 min read
Features & Longread 25 years of Brighton Pride Kate Wildblood reflects on Brighton Pride’s forthcoming 25th anniversary celebrations and the exciting new community history project BrightonPride25. In 1991 we were years away from equality. There was no equal age of consent, we couldn’t serve in the armed forces or adopt, civil partnership and sam By Contributor • 4 min read
George with Ian McKellen at Brighton Pride 2014 LGBTQ+ News Vote for George, ‘The Oldest Gay in the Village’ George Montague, affectionately known as ‘The oldest gay in the village’ is one of the top three nominations in the Activism and Awarness Category in this years New Year’s Recognitions List organised by THEGAYUK website. By Besi • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Student Pride will celebrate 10th anniversary in London in 2015 Student Pride will be held at the end of LGBT History month (Feb 27 – Mar 1) centred around a daytime festival at the University of Westminster’s Marylebone campus opposite Madame Tussauds. The City of Brighton & Hove lost the honour and kudos of staging Student Pride to London in 2014 through spira By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Brighton Pride propose new social impact community fund After broad feedback from community groups, Pride plan to set up a new community fund that’s could benefit local projects where Pride has a social impact on local residents. After meeting with Friends of Preston Park and local residents after this years Pride event, Pride are also considering option By Graham Robson • 3 min read
In The South Portsmouth plan a Pride in 2015 Organisers are planning to hold a Pride in Portsmouth on June 20, 2015. Plans are an an early stage for a parade starting from Victoria Park, progressing through the city centre and culminating with an event at the Guildhall where there will be stalls and live music. By Besi • 1 min read
