Celebration, diversity, activism, a demonstration — whatever it means to you – Pride in London returns to the capitol today, Saturday, July 6 and is set to be the biggest yet.
Celebration, diversity, activism, a demonstration — whatever it means to you – Pride in London returns to the capitol today, Saturday, July 6 and is set to be the biggest yet.
Switchboard the national LGBT+helpline, teams up with creative agency Rankin to combat rising hate crime with national ‘Safe Space’ campaign. With hate crimes against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people more than doubling in the last five years, Rankin and national Switchboard are launching a loud and proud campaign to raise awareness of Switchboard, the LGBT+ Helpline, across the UK.
London Bisexuals Meetup Group and partners aim to make Pride in London 2019 the most bisexual yet!
There are now four bi+ groups in the parade, taking place Saturday, July 6, including London Bi Network, Bi Pride UK, a float organised by London Bi Pandas, and London Bisexuals Meetup Group who are hoping to have the world’s first large pansexual flag with their walking group.
EAST London’s Hackney Brewery will be releasing Unicorn Rodeo, a 4% ABV, DDH XPA (double dry-hopped extra pale ale), once again this June. Originally brewed last year with proceeds going to the Pride in London charity, this year, they are partnering with the national Switchboard charity that provides a one-stop listening service for LGBT+ people on the phone, by email and through Instant Messaging. Switchboard are marking 45 years of supporting LGBT+ communities in 2019.
Lesbians in Brighton and Hove launch grassroots action in response to the unchallenged presence of a transphobic hate group leading the parade at London Pride. THE call to action involves cisgender, female lesbians sharing a 5-second video saying “I am a cis female lesbian, I support trans rights – trans women do not erase me. Keep the L with the T.”
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan pens a letter to the LGBT+ people of the capitol in the lead up to London Pride. In the letter published exclusively in the July issue of Gay Times the Mayor concedes that even in London, the fight for LGBT+ equality is far from over.
My Genderation created a film for London Pride to be shown in Trafalgar Square during Pride in London, 2017. In the film, activists Fox and Owl chat about what it is to be non-binary.
The LGBT Humanist charity the Pink Triangle Trust (PTT) has reacted angrily to the decision taken by Pride in London to ask its communities team to investigate the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain (CEMB) with a view to possibly banning it from future Pride events.
Europe’s largest charity for LGBTQI Muslims raises questions about ex-Muslim march at Pride in London. Europe’s biggest charity supporting LGBTQI Muslims, Imaan, today said that it was concerned about photographs that have emerged of the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain (CEMB) bearing Islamophobic slogans at the Pride in London parade last weekend.
Jimmy Smith the boss of two Brewers in Clapham has received two of the highest community accolades in recognition of 25 years supporting the LGBT+ communities in London and Brighton and is up for a 2017 award hat trick adding Great British Best Managed Pub to the honours.
