Doncaster Youth Council is “excited” to present a new booklet, the Doncaster Young Persons Guide to Pride, which launched at Doncaster Pride in August this year. This resource has been developed by the Youth Council LGBTQ+ reps, Youth Council Members and other young people who identify as LGBTQ+ in Doncaster. The aim was to create […]
Lead Pic: Dominic Russell (Onboard Manager of Hull Trains, a key supporter of the event), Jenny Dewsnap (Chair, Doncaster Pride), Jonathan Blake and Mike Jackson (Lesbians and Gays Support The Miners). On the 40th anniversary of the miners’ strike, Mike Jackson and Jonathan Blake from Lesbians and Gays Support The Miners will be guests of […]
Founding members of Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) – a group of lesbian and gay activists who supported striking miners during the 1984-85 strike and helped inspire a smash hit movie – will take part in this year’s Doncaster Pride march, which takes place on August 10. A Doncaster Pride spokesperson said: “Proud […]
Doncaster Pride is to host UK Pride for the first time, when the nationwide LGBTQ+ celebration returns on Saturday, August 10. Jenny Dewsnap, Chair of Doncaster Pride, which expects to welcome 20,000 people to the event, said: “There are around 260 volunteer run pride events like Doncaster in the UK. Every year one is selected […]
Plans are well underway for the tenth Doncaster Pride which will take place on August 20 in the heart of the town centre. The event, started from humble beginnings in the Market Place in 2007 with an audience of around a thousand.
The 9th Doncaster Pride will take place on August 22 and remains in Sir Nigel Gresley Square in the town centre after three at the Keepmoat Stadium. It will run from 1pm to 9:15pm. Although Doncaster Pride is first and foremost a celebration of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights, organisers are positively promoting the event to everyone in Doncaster and surrounding areas as a way to bring together the wider community.
