Pride Sunderland AFC to sponsor free concert to bring city together following Sunderland Pride March in June Sunderland AFC (SAFC) has announced it will sponsor a free concert to bring the city together following this year’s Sunderland Pride March on Sunday, 28 June. Organisers Out North East said the support of the football club would allow them to “pull out all the stops”. Peter Darrant, chair of Out Nor By Graham Robson • 1 min read
The Amsterdam Rainbow Dress on display at the National Glass Centre in Sunderland Picture: DAVID WOOD News An ‘unprecedented’ success: Sunderland hosts the first International LGBTQIA+ Conference With delegates coming from Kyrgyzstan, Canada, Switzerland, Germany, and from all over the UK, as well as speakers beaming in from Nigeria, Pakistan and Bangladesh, the event saw over 20+ nation states represented during the first Safer To Be Me Symposium, organised by human rights charity ReportOUT By Graham Robson • 4 min read
LGBTQ+ News Sunderland becomes first UK city to host iconic Rainbow Dress An iconic dress made of 68 flags of nations where homosexuality is illegal has arrived in the UK for the very first time, unveiled in Sunderland as part of an international LGBTQ+ conference being hosted in the city. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Sunderland to welcome iconic Amsterdam Rainbow Dress – made of the 68 flags of nations where homosexuality is illegal The Amsterdam Rainbow Dress is a living work of art, made of all the national flags from countries where being LGBTQ+ is illegal, on penalty of imprisonment, torture or capital punishment. When a country adopts LGBTQ+ inclusive legislation, the respective flag is replaced with a rainbow flag. By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Community News Rocking in the Free World to bring hit line up to Sunderland A stellar line up of music stars will be celebrating key workers at a special festival in Sunderland later this month By Graham Robson • 2 min read
