Community News Manchester Pride supports local LGBT projects with community grants Manchester’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) charity, and organiser of The Manchester Pride Festival, reveals first projects to receive grants from its community fund in 2017. By Besi • 3 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Brighton Pride Arts & Film Festival: Summer Of Love Exhibition 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality for men in England and Wales. For more than eighty years this Victorian piece of legislation forced gay men to live their lives closeted and in the shadows. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Brighton Pride call for ideas to celebrate 50th anniversary of the Sexual Offences Act 1967 Young people’s charity The Budding Foundation, have been donated a bag of 580 mint uncirculated old pennies from 1967, the year the sexual offences law changed. By Besi • 1 min read
Community News IW Pride launches with a bang! Members of the IW Pride Committee engaged with a large number of Island people across the last weekend at two big events to raise money for IW Pride. By Besi • 3 min read
Community News Gatwick Airport sponsors Brighton Pride Community Parade Gatwick Airport, the UK’s second largest airport partners with Brighton Pride Festival 2017 to be the first ever sponsor of the event’s biggest attraction, the Brighton Pride Community Parade. Brighton Pride Festival takes place from August 4-6, 2017 with the parade taking place on Saturday, August By Besi • 2 min read
Mark Fletcher Community News Liberty X supports Manchester Pride Liberty X girls to perform at Manchester’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) charity’s annual gala fundraiser dinner. Tickets are now on sale for this years annual spring fundraiser which this year moves to Manchester’s most impressive, historic buildings – The Midland Hotel in the city By Besi • 3 min read
Arts Salisbury Arts Centre hosts first ever Salisbury Queer Arts Weekender Salisbury Arts Centre (SAC) is to stage the first ever Salisbury Queer Arts Weekender (SQUARK) in April, with a range of LGBT+ talent featuring theatre, music, comedy, cabaret and drag artists from across the UK. By Besi • 3 min read
Community News BRIGHTON PRIDE: Campsite prices frozen at 2015 rates for early birds For those on limited budgets you can once again spend the Pride weekend under canvas as you immerse yourself in the Brighton Pride experience. Brighton Pride Camp Camp will be open and operational from Friday, August 4 through to Monday, August 7. By Besi • 1 min read
In The South Manchester Airport to sponsor Birmingham Pride Manchester Airport, the UK’s third largest, joins forces with Birmingham Pride to be one of the sponsors at this year’s event in May. As part of the sponsorship the airport will brand and name the Cabaret Marquee Stage, which will now be known as The Manchester Airport Cabaret Marquee. By Besi • 2 min read
Community News National Student Pride 2017: ‘Lets talk about sex’ Now in its 12th year, National Student Pride returns to London on Saturday, February 25. Once again it will focus around a daytime festival based at the University of Westminster’s Marylebone campus, with over 1600 LGBT+ students from across the UK taking part in a weekend of festivities from Friday By Besi • 3 min read
In The South Tickets go on sale for Brighton Pride ‘Summer of Love’ Festival 2017 will be a glorious Summer Of Love as Brighton Pride celebrates the landmark fiftieth anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales with a life affirming Carnival Of Diversity and spectacular weekend long Pride Festival. By Besi • 3 min read
Community News Pride comes to Isle of Wight Ryde on the Isle of Wight becomes the next town to announce they will stage their first Pride in 2017. A new committee has been formed and organisers are holding a launch party at Coburgs, 70 Union St, Ryde on Friday, February 10 from 7pm. The event will be fully inclusive and open to everyone. By Besi • 2 min read
