B*Witched Arts Home is where the Pride is! Five of the North East’s leading housing providers are proving there’s no place like home by sponsoring one of the region’s largest events. Gentoo, South Tyneside Homes, Places for People, Gateshead Housing Company and Riverside are all backing Newcastle Pride 2015. The LGBT festival, which returns By Besi • 2 min read
In The South Zoo Pride at Bristol Zoo Gardens Bristol Pride and Bristol Zoo Gardens are staging a unique party in Bristol Zoo on August 1. Bristol Pride may be on July 11, but Pride works all year round. This year Bristol Pride organisers will be linking up with Bristol Zoo Gardens for a very special collaboration which will see an evening take By Besi • 2 min read
Lucy Spraggan LGBTQ+ News Newcastle Pride announce full festival line-up THE three-day festival, now one of the largest, free LGBT events in the UK, returns to Newcastle’s Town Moor from Friday July 17, celebrating 45 years of world Pride. Event organisers, Northern Pride, recently announced that girlband B*Witched and pop superstar Belinda Carlisle would be headlining t By Besi • 3 min read
Community News First Ambassador for Pride 2015 revealed David Raven aka Maisie Trollette has been named as Brighton Pride’s first Ambassador for 2015 and will lead the Pride LGBT+ Community Parade in August. David received 420 nominations, 80% of the total nominations cast in the first round of voting. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Help take the Brighton Pride Parade to the next level! Do you want to be an exotic participant in the Brighton Pride Parade? Now is your chance to find your inner ANIMAL and get involved, courtesy of a new project by andwhatarts and costumier extraordinaire Mandinga Arts. Proud Interventions funded by Arts Council England is a stylised costume based pro By Besi • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Need a lorry for a float on the Pride Parade? To celebrate the new Parade route in 2015, Brighton Pride have teamed up with Brighton Carriers to facilitate flat-bed lorries in various sizes to make it easier for groups to enter the Parade and design an eye-popping float. To make things simple and straight forward for groups with limited carniva By Besi • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News New route for Brighton Pride Parade Brighton Pride LGBT+ Community Parade goes back to its Pride roots in an exciting new change to the parade route in 2015. The Pride parade route will involve the entire city, acknowledging the many Pride events taking place in Hove this year. By Besi • 1 min read
Legends Cabaret Tent LGBTQ+ News Brighton Pride announce Legends Cabaret Tent line-up The Legends Cabaret Tent will once again be hosted this year by Lola Lasagne, who will be introducing a sensational collection of international diva’s, national delights and Brighton’s finest cabaret stars. By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Celebrities support Manchester Pride ‘Spring Benefit’ Manchester Pride Spring Benefit brings community together for star-studded evening. Last Thursday (May 14) the Manchester Pride Spring Benefit saw Manchester’s celebrity and business worlds come together at The Monastery Manchester to raise funds for the Manchester Pride Community Fund. The glamour By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Brighton Pride – call for artists! Pride Arts and Film Festival, as part of Brighton Pride, keeps growing each year, with 2015 set to deliver even more diverse, creative and cultural events throughout the city. Brighton Pride are searching for artists of all mediums to get in touch and let them know about the events they want to hold By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival 2015 TLVFest’s will be celebrating their 10th anniversary at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque during Pride week in Tel Aviv from June 6 to June 15. This year’s festival features new movies starring James Franco, Robin Williams and Natasha Lyonne. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Brighton Pride: Libraries Literature Live in the Park After the critical success of last year’s Literature Live at Brighton Pride, Brighton & Hove Libraries in partnership with Queer in Brighton and ‘HAVE A WORD’ will host an afternoon of entertainment at Preston Park with writers and performers talking about and reading from their own work. Sit back, By Besi • 2 min read
