Manchester Pride

📣 Want to be at the heart of Manchester Pride Festival?! 📣 We couldn't do the things we do for LGBTQ people in Greater Manchester without the invaluable help of our fantastic volunteers, that dedicate so much of their time to helping us further queer liberation in the city. We’re looking for new volunteers to help ensure the smooth-running of Manchester Pride Festival, and we’ve plenty of perks to offer you in return 🌈 Find out all you need to know here: https://lnkd.in/eVmZagv4 Manchester Pride volunteers are proudly sponsored by @starbucksuk 💚 . . . Image description: Two volunteers wearing brightly coloured T-shirt smile broadly and hold a donation bucket to the camera as they work a shift at the Gay Village Party.

YOUTH PRIDE MCR: SAVE THE DATE 💜💜💜 Calling all young LGBTQ people and their allies! 🥹🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 Each year we bring the vibrant spirit of Manchester Pride Festival to our younger community members, and we’re thrilled to be teaming up with @the_proud_trust and @aktcharity to present a unique and inclusive programme of events tailored especially for young people aged 14-18 (or up to 25 for those with additional needs). Youth Pride MCR is all about building confidence, fostering connections, and providing a joyful creative space for young people to flourish. This year you can expect a jam-packed programme of creative sessions, mindful moments, social spaces and more at The Proud Place ✨ It’s a brilliant opportunity for young LGBTQ people and their allies to explore diverse identities, develop new skills, forge meaningful friendships, and express themselves authentically in a safe space.  🗓️ 23rd & 24th August, with special events in the run-up to Manchester Pride Festival weekend 📍 The Proud Place Stay tuned for more announcements! 📣 Image description: Two young people dressed in bright colours sit on a large, oversized chair and dangle their feet off of the end. One person wears a dungarees and the other wears bright colours and has bright turquoise hair. The young people look happy, smiling and waving at the camera. Image text in bold font reads: Youth Pride MCR: Save The Date!. Manchester Pride's colourful crown and smiley face brand icons are in the top right of the image.

March through the streets as part of the Parade! 📣🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ We're looking for creative and expressive volunteers to represent Manchester Pride and be part of our Parade Troupe ✨ From the huge anti-Section 28 protest held on the streets of Manchester in the 1980s to the colourful march we know and love today, the Manchester Pride Parade is one of the largest LGBTQ demonstrations in the world as the city continues to lead the way in the fight for LGBTQ equality 🌈 As part of the Parade Troupe, volunteers will attend creative workshops to learn the art of costume and prop making, dance and more, before joining us on Saturday 24th August as Manchester Pride’s official Parade entry. We’ll be marching proudly in celebration of this year’s Parade theme ‘Buzzin’ to Be Queer: A Hive of Progress’, representing the hard work that has defined the city's history and embodying the spirit of working harmoniously to create positive change and progress for LGBTQ people everywhere 🐝 Make history with us and join the Parade Troupe at: https://lnkd.in/e58GzmWE The Parade is proudly sponsored by Moxy Hotels and our Parade Troupe volunteers are kindly sponsored by Starbucks ✨ . . . Image descriptions: A collage of Parade Troupe participants walking the Manchester Pride Parade wearing brightly coloured outfits, holding a large banner that reads ‘Queerly Beloved’. A parade participant wears fabulous sharp eyeliner makeup and holds their hand out as they dance along the Parade route. Image text reads: ‘Be a part of the parade troupe’. 2. A plain image with a quote that reads: “It has been a truly amazing trooper year, I could not have asked for a better group of people to have rehearsed and performed with, we all looked totally stunning, we have all worked so hard, given so much of our time and I know it showed in the parade. Special thanks must go to all the organisers for teaching us, costumes and looking after us. We should all be so so proud.” ~ Parade Troupe member. 3. A close up photo of the Parade troupe walking the Manchester Pride Parade route. Participants dance in the street and wear vibrant outfits as the Parade progresses through the city centre.

📣 All Non-binary identities are valid!! 📣 It’s International Non-Binary People's Day—a day to recognise, celebrate, uplift and affirm non-binary people and their identities. To all Non-binary babes here and across the world: we love and celebrate you this week and every week 💛💜 Find out more about how we can all work to be better allies to our Non-binary siblings at: https://lnkd.in/ecKrw66m ✨ . . . Image description: A non-binary flag gradient with a photo of a person walking the Manchester Pride Parade holding a large non-binary flag. Image text reads: ‘Non-binary people have always been here.

Yesterday, Isobel Stainsbury and Dr. Christopher Owen delivered a talk and panel discussion for pro-manchester. The event was a chance for audiences to find out more about the work we do all year round to support LGBTQ people in Greater Manchester. Joined by some of the incredible businesses we work with, people heard first hand, about the impact our work together has had on their organisation. #PrideMonth #ManchesterPride

📣 THE FIRST PRIDE WAS A RIOT 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ 55 years ago today on 28th June 1969, the Stonewall Riots sparked the beginning of the gay liberation movement, giving the LGBTQ rights movement widespread visibility and empowering thousands to protest for equality. Hundreds of thousands of queer people and allies have been coming together in the streets of Manchester to celebrate and protest in support of queer life for the last 40 years. With this year’s Manchester Pride Parade theme ‘Buzzin’ to be Queer - A Hive of Progress’, we celebrate not only the hard work that has defined the city’s history, but the impact of our collective action and the city’s ongoing commitment to progress, inclusivity, and equality that Manchester Pride champions 🐝 Join us at the Manchester Pride Parade proudly sponsored by Moxy Hotels on Saturday 24th August 2024 as we protest and celebrate diversity, unity and the vibrant energy of Manchester, buzzing together toward a brighter future 🌞 Find out more and APPLY to take part at: manchesterpride.com/parade ✨ . . . Image descriptions: 1. A historic black and white photo of the stonewall riots. Protesters hold placards and banners reading 'Gay Pride' and 'Mattachine'. Image text reads: the first pride was a protest. 2. A historic photo of graffiti on a boarded up Stonewall window reading: 'we homosexuals plead with our people to please help maintain peaceful and quiet conduct on the streets of the village - Mattachine'. 3. The Manchester Pride Parade 2023 weaves through Deansgate. Participants dressed in bright colours hold trans flags, rainbow flags and protest banners. 4. Rainbow Noir take part in the Manchester Pride Parade. A member of the group smiles as they walk the Parade route, holding their arms in the air and grinning at the camera.

📣 LGBTQ activism isn't just for Pride Month! 📣 If you're looking to learn how your business can best support LGBTQ communities, then join pro-manchester on Thursday 27th June to discuss Celebrating Manchester Pride all year round, and how you can get involved with the global Pride movement 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ You'll learn about... ✨ Manchester Pride’s unique grants programme that benefits LGBTQ communities all year round; ✨ Our monthly Community Sessions that dive into the biggest topics affecting LGBTQ people today; ✨ Youth Pride MCR, our fun and educational monthly workshops for young LGBTQ people and their allies aged 14-18 The session will also include a panel discussion on the All Equals Charter, Manchester Pride's programme to help businesses understand, recognise and challenge any form of discrimination in the workplace. We'll be joined by Inclusivity Development Manager Dr. Christopher Owen and local business Charter signatories The Growth Company, Assura plc and Unite Students to hear more about what this means for their business 🌈 Find out all you need to know and book your spot here: https://lnkd.in/eVVeM7Xs ___ Image description: A vibrant photo of progress pride flags and fairy lights suspended in the treetops above a crowded Canal Street during Manchester Pride Festival.

The first pride was a protest! 📣🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Each year we’re proud to host Manchester Pride Festival, our party as protest celebration celebrating LGBTQ life and love, but people’s rights to protest around the world is currently under threat. With legislation around protesting constantly changing, join us and our friends at Amnesty International at our next Community Session to discuss protest, the changes that have been made in recent legislation, and your current rights. 🗓️ 25.06.24 📍 The Proud Place Find out more and sign up: https://lnkd.in/eiV-iUai Manchester Pride Community Sessions are proudly sponsored by our friends at Auto Trader 💙 ______ Image description: A photo of a crowd at the Human Rights Forum 2022 holding protest placards and cheering at performers on the stage. Image text reads: Community Sessions, Protest, 25.06.24, The Proud Place. With Thanks to our Proud Partner Auto Trader.

Are you registered to vote? 📣🗳️ More than 4 million young people aged 18-35 aren't registered to vote, meaning they can't have a say on who runs the country by casting their vote in the upcoming general election. Many young LGBTQ people are disproportionately affected by the Cost of Living Crisis, leaving people worried about their future job prospects and experiencing poor mental health. When people don't engage in elections, political parties are less inclined to represent their interests, so it’s really important to use your voice and vote for the future you want to see for you and other young LGBTQ people across the country. Registration is easy and takes around 5 minutes to complete online. The deadline to register is 11:59 next Tuesday 18th June 2024 - register to vote now: https://lnkd.in/dBR7ZwQ

Today marks 70 years since the tragic death of Alan Turing. Alan Turing was a pioneering computer scientist, codebreaker and mathematician based at Manchester University, best known for his pivotal role in breaking the German Enigma code. Turing was prosecuted for homosexual acts in 1952, and died a ‘criminal’ in 1954 after being subjected to a barbaric form of conversion therapy simply for being gay. The Alan Turing statue sits in Manchester’s Sackville Gardens in the Gay Village. In 2021, we were proud to rename our Sackville Gardens Gay Village Party stage the 'Alan Turing Stage', celebrating Alan Turing’s memory and his legacy. We can’t wait to welcome another fantastic line-up of LGBTQ talent to the Alan Turing Stage, and to also hold our Candlelit Vigil here once again on Monday 26th August as we take a moment to remember those we've lost to HIV, and recognise the ongoing persecution of LGBTQ people at home and overseas. We hope Alan would be as proud of the Gay Village Party as we are 🩷