Pride
Bristol Pride has revealed the dates for its 2025 festival, a two-week celebration running from Saturday, June 28 to Sunday, July 13, with the much-anticipated Pride Day set to return to The Downs on Saturday, July 12 with over 200 artists performing across five stages. Last year’s festival drew rec
Pride
Cape Town has been selected to host World Pride 2028, marking a historic moment for South Africa and the LGBTQ+ community, as it becomes the first African city to celebrate the prestigious event. WorldPride is an international event that celebrates LGBTQ+ pride, promoting equal rights and visibility
LGBTQ+ News
A mural in Bournemouth, created to highlight the area’s football club and its LGBTQ+ community, has been vandalised. Just days after the unveiling of the new art, which was created by MBN Arts for AFC Bournemouth (AFCB), offenders have vandalised the LGBTQ+ flag section of the painting, colouring o
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Organisers of Pride in London announced on Instagram they will bid to host World Pride in 2030. Head of Pride in London, Christopher Joell-Deshields, said the gala would be more than “just a parade”, but would accommodate discussions on topics including LGBTQ+ inclusive education and banning so-call
Community News
Olympic swimmer and LGBTQ+ activist Michael Gunning opened Brighton’s very first Pride Swim at Sea Lanes on Brighton beach on Saturday, October 26, which raised over £1,000 for Switchboard LGBT+ Helpline Pride Swim, sponsored by Speedo, aims to get thousands of people swimming to connect with others
Film
Deborah Espect, Festival Director of FilmPride, which is Brighton & Hove Pride’s Official Queer Film Festival, has curated a programme of short queer films for Margate Pride. Deborah will also be speaking at the event, which takes place on Thursday, November 28 at Tom Thumb Theatre, 2A Eastern Espla
Pride
Lambeth Council invited community leaders, LGBTQ+ activists, and stakeholders to discuss ‘Bringing Pride Home’ and plan the area’s first LGBTQ+ Pride celebration for summer 2025. The meeting follows on from Lambeth officially marching at Pride in London for the second year, and from the Leader’s Pri
Community
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Pride
The CEO of LGBTQ+ charity Liberate Guernsey has criticised an “idiot” who vandalised a rainbow-painted post-box, which was sprayed with red and blue paint. Ellie Jones, CEO of the charity, said it was “a really disappointing thing to wake up to”. She said: “I don’t know if it is motivated by hatred
News
The Polish government has proposed a bill that aim to recognise same-sex partnerships, Equality Minister Katarzyna Kotula has announced. Despite years of pressure from LGBTQ+ rights groups and the European Union, the Catholic country currently draws the line at same-sex unions. “It’s official! The d
Community News
Olympic swimmer and LGBTQ+ activist Michael Gunning is to open Brighton’s very first Pride Swim – The Big Dip! at Brighton beach on Saturday, October 26 at 2pm next to Sea Lanes. The Big Dip, sponsored by Speedo, will see up to 200 participants take a dip in the sea, all to raise vital funds […]
Film
Dima Hamdan, a Palestinian filmmaker and journalist, has won the prestigious Iris Prize, supported by the Michael Bishop Foundation, for her short film Blood Like Water. Based in Berlin, Dima’s film Blood Like Water tells the story of Shadi, who embarks on a secret adventure and accidentally drags h