In The South First Pride for Eastbourne Eastbourne celebrate its very first Pride with a Mardi Gras style, family friendly parade and park event on Saturday, July 22 at Princess Park. There will be a main stage with live entertainment, a dance tent with DJs playing all day and community stalls for local groups, organisations, statutory bo By Besi • 1 min read
Community News More grants for community groups from Brighton Pride Community groups from across Brighton and Hove receive a further boost thanks to the Pride Social Impact Fund. From Whitehawk in the east to Portslade in the west, a record number of groups and organisations across the city have been awarded a slice of more than £8,000. The hope is they will use the By Graham Robson • 4 min read
Community News Pride Cymru moves to August Bank Holiday Weekend in 2017 PRIDE Cymru next year will run over three days in a new location at Cardiff Civic Centre over the 2017 August Bank Holiday Weekend. Pride Cymru’s Big Weekend 2017 will be a mega-mashup of Pride and Cardiff’s Big Weekend which was last held in 2011. By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Make a donation and help Turkish Pride in 2017 This summer, despite Pride in Istanbul being banned, LGBT+ Turks marched anyway and were met with tear gas, rubber bullets, and water cannons. Many LGBT+ people in Turkey live in constant fear. In August, Hande Kader, a transgender activist, was brutally murdered in Istanbul. In November, Levent Pis By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Pride in London appoints new co-chair LGBT+ Pride in London announces changes to the Board and appoints first co-chair. Alison Camps, the organisation’s Director of Marketing, will join Michael Salter-Church in the newly created role of Co-Chair of Pride in London. By Besi • 3 min read
Features & Longread Gay Pride returns to Brazil’s Olympic city The Olympics may be over but the celebrations continue as Rio de Janeiro prepares to host its 21st LGBT+ Pride Parade. Rio de Janeiro is considered a top destination for LGBT travellers, voted in recent years as the most attractive gay destination in the world by tripoutgaytravel.com By Besi • 2 min read
Exhibitions PREVIEW: Leather & Fetish Pride Belgium 2017 The 8th edition of Leather & Fetish Pride Belgium takes place in Antwerp, Belgium from February 15-20, 2017. The 2017 edition will be doubling its size to over 5,000 square metres, marking a milestone in the development of the event and making it the biggest gay fetish production in Europe. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
In The South LGBT+ community representatives honour the fallen Representatives from Brighton Pride and Brighton & Hove LGBT Community Safety Forum (B&H LGBT CSF) laid wreaths at the annual Act of Remembrance on Old Steine on Sunday, November 13 to mark the lives of LGBT+ people lost during conflict wars. By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Want to perform on the main stage at London Pride? Applications are now open to enter Pride’s Got Talent 2017 with finalists getting the chance to perform on one of the London Pride stages, including in front of 15,000 people at Trafalgar Square. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News Exciting plans for bigger Exeter Pride in 2017 Organisers of Exeter Pride announce plans for the 2017 event on Saturday, May 13. Exeter Pride is one of the first in the UK summer calendar of Pride events and is the biggest free celebration of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT+) communities in the county of Devon. By Besi • 2 min read
Community News London Pride announces date for 2017 Parade Organisers are aiming to make the 2017 festival, bigger and better than ever. The Pride in London 2017 Parade will take place on Saturday July 8. In the next few weeks organisers will be announcing how groups can sign up to be in the Parade. By Gary Hart • 1 min read
Community News Pride organisers join forces with new national network New national network of LGBT+ Pride organisers from around the UK established at Birmingham conference earlier this month. The UK Pride Organisers Network ‘UKPON’ aims to “bring together Pride organisers to share best practice, ideas, learn together and network”. By Gary Hart • 2 min read
