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Feels so good: Leeds Pride reveals big name acts for 2024 Pride event

Graham Robson April 18, 2024

Leeds Pride recently announced ambitious plans for the city’s 2024 festival, which is to take place in July. Not only will this year’s celebration be the largest in scale with the likes of Call Lane joining the party, but a week-long calendar of events will ensure nobody misses the fun. Headlining the main stage on […]

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International News

Pose star Billy Porter delivers powerful speech at Miami Beach Pride about resilience of LGBTQ+ community, particularly during AIDS epidemic

Graham Robson April 17, 2024

Post star Billy Porter delivered a powerful speech about the resilience of the LGBTQ+ community, particularly during the height of the AIDS epidemic, at this year’s Miami Beach Pride on April 12. Billy, who was presented with the keys to Miami Beach at the event, said: “I was 16 years old at the beginning of […]

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ANGEL OF THE NORTH: RuPaul’s Drag Race star Michael Marouli speaks ahead of international tour and headline show at all-new SHABLAM! ON SUNDAYS

Graham Robson April 10, 2024

RuPaul’s Drag Race UK finalist and fan favourite, Michael Marouli, has been announced as the headline act for a brand-new matinee entertainment extravaganza for the East Midlands, Shablam! On Sundays, brought to you by Saul Morgan and Laura Wood, two of the team behind Groovebox Nottingham Pride Festival, and to be held at Nottingham’s iconic […]

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Pride in Gloucestershire announced as potential host of EuroPride 2027

Graham Robson April 5, 2024

Pride in Gloucestershire has been announced as potential host of EuroPride 2027, joining Torino Pride, Baltic Pride Vilnius and Torremolinos Pride. EuroPride, which began in London in 1992, gives special focus to one Pride event each year and can attract hundreds of thousands of visitors to the parade, concert, human rights debates and social activities. […]

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Boyzlife, Danny Beard and 911 announced for this year’s Worthing Pride

Graham Robson March 29, 2024

Worthing Pride is to return on Friday, July 5 and Saturday, July 6, bringing the biggest stars – alongside local LGBTQ+ stars – to Steyne Gardens. Boyzlife headline on Friday with Keith Duffy and Brian McFadden bringing the biggest hits from Boyzone and Westlife to the stage. The group will be supported by Capital dance […]

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Croydon Pride 2024 cancelled due to lack of funding

Graham Robson March 29, 2024

Organisers of Croydon Pride have made the sad decision to cancel 2024 PrideFest, due to a “lack of funding combined with ever-increasing costs”. Instead of  traditional Pride this year, organisers have announced they will instead be partnering with local venues to run a series of events in Croydon for Pride Month this year. In the […]

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Chase Pride postponed until 2025 due to “financial difficulties”

Catherine Muxworthy March 19, 2024

Chase Pride has announced that their event for 2024 will be postponed until 2025. The event, which should have been held in Hednesford Park on Saturday, August 31, will be postponed until 2025 due to financial difficulties. In a post on social media, Chase Pride organisers explained: “The current state of the UK’s economy, coupled […]

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Features

“Lesbians brought the rage and the riots to Brighton.” The very Lesbian History of Brighton

Xantippe Steele March 13, 2024

Late March is the Lesbian Lives Conference in Brighton, which aims to highlight the ongoing struggles against homophobia, transphobia and misogyny across the globe. The idea of lesbianism and womanhood, how the two interconnect, has always fascinated me. I always felt that my experience of womanhood was completely altered by my attraction to women. Due […]

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Local queer artist Ladypat designs ‘FABULOSO’ artwork for Brighton & Hove Pride 2024

Graham Robson March 12, 2024

Local queer artist Ladypat has designed FABULOSO artwork for this year’s Brighton & Hove Pride to celebrate queer identities and the rich diversity and flamboyance of the LGBTQ+ community. Beginning in 2001, Ladypat (a name challenging notions of gender, class and punctuation) has always utilised technological advances as mediums to develop their twisted DIY pop-art […]

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Community News

Queen Josephine releases limited edition LGBTQ+ Pride artwork, featuring LGBTQ+ icons, including James Ledward, and raising funds for LGBTQ+ mental health charity, MindOut

Graham Robson February 26, 2024

Queen Josephine’s You. Me. Them. Us. original 2023 artwork for Paul Smith’s Pride Project is now available as limited edition A3 and A4 prints on GCLI textured fine-quality art paper. A celebration of what Pride means to Queenie – it’s always about the people – this incredible original artwork, commissioned by Paul Smith for MindOut, […]

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