CHAT WITH: Emilia Bona, Content Editor at the Liverpool Echo
With the Liverpool Echo currently recruiting two new community reporters, we caught up with content Editor Emilia Bona to find out more about life working for the city region’s local paper, the role of community reporters and why they are integral to the title’s news team. In the city region the Liverpool Echo really needs […]
A CHAT WITH: Emma Cuerden from Over The Rainbow
Over The Rainbow is a LGBT+ group for young people in St Helens. We have a chat with Emma Cuerden, a Health Improvement Practitioner for St Helens Sexual Health service, who runs the group, about how it was formed and how it is supporting young people from the borough. Tell us about Over The Rainbow. […]
KELLER KWEENS come to Bierkeller Liverpool
The time has now arrived, for the lovely people of Liverpool to be introduced to the FAB FIVE! KELLER KWEENS is a dragnificent evening of fun, frolics & fantastic frocks!! The fabulous kweens santer their saucy way to the Bierkeller Liverpool on Friday 23rd July and these gals are definitely not to be missed. Your hostess DAMME FANNY […]
International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
Today is the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOTB), an annual event that aims to raise awareness of LGBT+ rights violations and encourage more people to join the fight against them. The event was created in 2004 and is now celebrated in more than 130 countries, including 37 where same-sex acts are illegal. […]
LCR Pride Foundation Statement on Conversion Therapy Ban
On Tuesday 11th May, as part of the Queen’s Speech 2021, plans to legislate the banning of conversion therapy were announced. In a statement about the plans, Minister for Women & Equalities, Liz Truss, said: “As a global leader on LGBT rights, this government has always been committed to stamping out the practice of conversion […]
Meet The Activist: Lewis Jennings from Loud and Proud in Liverpool
Loud and Proud in Liverpool podcast aims to bring the conversation of being LGBT+ to the forefront. We speak to its founder, Lewis Jennings about his “love letter” to the city region’s LGBT+ community and how it aims to support and provide a platform for its diverse voices. For people who might not have listened […]
Mental Health Awareness Week 2021
Today marks the start of Mental Health Awareness Week 2021 (MHAW), the theme for which this year is nature. According to the Mental Health Foundation one of the key drivers of this theme is the way in which so many of us connected with nature as a way of navigating the pandemic, walking, watching birds […]
Charity Commission says ‘Yes’ to Open Table Network
Open Table Network (OTN), a Liverpool-founded partnership of church communities hosted by and for LGBT+ people, has been awarded charitable status. The first OTN community began 13 years ago because many church congregations do not offer a kind or an honest welcome to people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer or questioning, intersex, and […]
Meet the Activist: Codie Wright from Childline
As part of our ‘From Now On’ campaign, we are continuing to meet activists from across the Liverpool City Region and find out how they are helping to make our region the most LGBT+ friendly in the UK. This week, we talk to Codie Wright from Sefton, a staff counsellor and trainee sessional supervisor for […]
LCR Pride Foundation urges Charity Commission to reverse LGB Alliance decision
LCR Pride Foundation last week (29th April) joined with other members of the UK Pride Organisers Network (UKPON) to urge the Charity Commission to reverse its decision to provide charity status to the LGB Alliance. The organisation was awarded charity status on 20th April. In an open letter to the commission, initially signed by 51 […]
