Community News Pride issue tender for two crucial roles. Brighton Pride CIC are tendering for two exciting roles for Pride 2015 which takes place on August 1-2. INVITATIONS are invited for the role of Production Manager, for the Pride Village Party event and a Parade Manager for the Brighton Pride Parade. By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Pride 2015 early bird tickets frozen for third year running Pride ‘Super Early Bird’ and ‘Early Bird’ tickets prices have been frozen for the third year running. Tickets for Pride 2015 will go on sale on Friday, December 19 with Super Early Bird tickets costing £9 and Early Bird tickets £12.50. Pride 2015 will be celebrating 25 years of Pride in the City and By Besi • 3 min read
LGBTQ+ News New appointments made to London Pride board for 2015 event The team organising London Pride in 2015 have added to their expertise and capacity by appointing three new directors to lead on fundraising, strategic delivery and legal affairs and are advertising further senior manager vacancies on their website. By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Brighton Pride announce theme for the 25th anniversary ‘Celebration of Diversity’ 2015 marks twenty five fantastic years of Pride celebrations in the City of Brighton and Hove. To mark this important milestone, and in recognition of Brighton’s diverse and inspirational community, the theme for Pride in 2015 will be ‘Carnival of diversity’. By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Ho Ho Homo Festival Fun up north! MANCHESTER PRIDE, the award-winning festival for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, is hosting an evening of festive fun and fundraising in the Manchester’s Gay Village on Friday, December 5. By Besi • 1 min read
International News Making a Difference at Work: by Persia West In October 2014 I read that IBM had been recognised as the world’s most LGBT friendly employer by the Workplace Pride Foundation in Amsterdam, according to their Benchmark Survey. I wondered; What does this mean for me? Is it important to everyone, or just those in the corporate world? By Contributor • 3 min read
Arts Irish drag queen receives Humanitarian Award at Winter Pride Art Awards, 2014 Gay activist, Rory O’Neill aka drag queen Panti was presented with a Humanitarian Award as part of the Winter Pride Art Awards on Saturday evening. Winter Pride was moved and inspired by Panti’s ‘Noble Call’ speech at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin following a performance of James Plunkett’s 1913 Locko By Besi • 2 min read
Sam Bailey at Brighton Pride 2014 Community News Brighton & Hove City Council show confidence in Brighton Pride organisers Brighton and Hove City Council have granted landlords consent for 5 years for Brighton Pride CIC to produce the Pride Festival on Preston Park, organise the Brighton Pride Parade and the ticketed village party for the next 6 years. The 2014 Pride Festival and Pride Village Party was universally hail By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Smirnoff Winter Pride Art Awards 2014 The second Smirnoff Winter Pride Art Awards launches at Tobacco Dock in East London on Saturday, November 15, 2014. Irish broadcasting personality Brendan Courtney will host the Awards Ceremony and a spectacular exhibition of artworks from a group of international artists and the Art Award’s Finalis By Besi • 3 min read
LGBTQ+ News Manchester Pride 2014 raise £54,000 for good causes Manchester’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) charity will distribute the £54,000 raised to LGBT and HIV charities and organisations. 2014 was a year for the organisers of Manchester Pride to look at the business model used to deliver the event and to re-engage with local LGBT communiti By Besi • 3 min read
Community News ‘Strike A Brighton Pose’ announce fundraising total for Pride Brighton & Hove and The Rainbow Fund The Strike A Brighton Pose exhibition organised by Kate Wildblood and Queen Josephine during Brighton Pride, raised £259.50 for Brighton Pride and The Rainbow Fund. The exhibition ran for two weeks at Brighton’s Jubilee Library and explored the city’s LGBTQ clubbing history and featured club nights By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Brighton Pride 2015, the countdown begins! Brighton Pride 2015 will take place over the weekend of Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 of August 2015. 2014 saw record attendances at the award winning event which is acknowledged internationally as the UK’s biggest and best Pride. By Besi • 1 min read
