Trans*Pride 2014 opened last night with the Trans*Pride Film Night at the Duke of York’s Cinema presented by Eyes Wide Open and My Genderation.
The main celebrations start today (Saturday 26) with a parade up St James Street to the festival site at New Steine Gardens. The parade starts from outside the Marlborough, 4 Princes Street at 11.30am. Take along banners, flags and slogans with you and make lots of noise.
New Steine Gardens will be transformed into a safe and proud community space where you can listen to the speechers, entertainers and performers from noon to 6pm. Check out the community fayre where a wide range of community organisations will have stands.
Hot and cold refreshments from the Street Diner, Brighton will be available for purchase, including:
• Sultans Delights – delicious vegetarian/vegan Turkish-Middle Eastern food
•Likkle Bickle – twisted Caribbean street food and BBQ with an English/South American edge
• To wet your whistle, the Marlborough Pub & Theatre will host a pop-up bar on site
Entry to the park is free of charge with accessible toilets on site.
A spokesperson for Broken Rainbow who are sponsoring this years event again, said: “Broken Rainbow UK is delighted to be sponsoring Trans* Pride Brighton again this year, as a charity we have been supporting the trans* communities for over 10 years with our national LGBT Domestic Violence helpline and other support and awareness services. We are very pleased to be able to extend this support to the self-organised celebration of Trans* Pride Brighton. We believe this year’s event will be even better than the first in 2013.
“Finally we would like to remind everyone that as well as being able to call our helpline on 0300 999 5428 or Freephone 0800 999 5428, we also have a trans* specific service on Tuesdays between 1pm and 5pm when calls are answered by members of the trans* community. We have also launched an online chat service available on our website www.brokenrainbow.org.uk”, Jo Harvey Barringer, Managing Director (Interim), Broken Rainbow UK.”
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