Homotopia 2020: Show Your Working
Homotopia’s annual arts and culture festival returns this Autumn, with a programme bringing the usual eclectic mix of queer performance, including theatre, spoken word, visual art and music, online and offline. In a year where everything has changed, the festival will bring new voices into the spotlight and, with a theme of Show Your Working, […]
Halton Film With Pride Chapter Launches with Socially-Distanced Cinema
Film With Pride is expanding to launch a new chapter at The Studio in Halton, with its first “socially-distanced cinema” event taking place on Wednesday 14th October, with a screening of Pride, starring Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton and Dominic West. The programme has been sponsored by the Communications Workers Union (CWU) North West Regional Branch. […]
World Rugby ban on trans women: “Some players will lose their rugby family”
For many, sports are more than just a hobby. They are a place to be a part of a team and feel valued. World Rugby’s proposed ban on trans women playing in Rugby Union is more than just a rollback on inclusivity in the game, it is a threat to trans women’s place in a […]
GRA Update: Calls For Self-Identification Rejected By Government
Ministers have rejected calls to make it easier for trans, non binary and gender diverse people to self-identify by reforming the Gender Recognition Act (GRA) 2004. The long-delayed decision comes despite the result of a 2018 consultation which received the majority of its responses in support for reforming the Act. Including 4 in 5 responses […]
#FilmFridays 2nd October: Left Unsaid & Dear Dominicana
This #FilmFriday sees a Film With Pride digital double bill of two beautiful films exploring cultural identity. From Malaysia we have Left Unsaid directed by character animator and freelance comic creator Mei Lian Hoe. This will be followed by Dear Dominicana, a short film shot in the UK and Dominican Republic. The films will be […]
Guide: Respecting and Normalising Pronouns
International Pronoun’s Day is on 20th October this year, which is a day which aims to make respecting, sharing, and educating about personal pronouns commonplace. Whilst the day shines important visibility on the importance of pronouns, there are simple things that we can all do in our every-day lives that will make a huge difference […]
A Chat With: Liverpool Bi+ Group
To celebrate Bi Awareness Week and Bi Visibility Day on Wednesday 23rd September, we caught up with the Liverpool Bi+ Group to talk bi space, lockdown Facebook chats and looking forward to creating a bigger “Bi block” at next year’s March with Pride. First of all, tell us a bit about the Liverpool Bi+ Group… […]
A Chat With: Darren Suarez from House of Suarez Vogue Ball
The House of Suarez Vogue Ball returns to the city on Saturday 24th October, with The Carnevil Ball at the Black-E, this year in a smaller, more intimate format to ensure the safety of performers and those attending the event, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. However, reduced capacity certainly doesn’t mean a reduction in […]
LGBT+ Halton – Have Your Say!
LCR Pride Foundation was established in 2019 with the founding mission to position the whole of the Liverpool City Region as the most LGBT+ friendly region in the UK and working with the region’s boroughs to facilitate discussion around the specific needs of their LGBT+ communities. During our early discussions with individuals, organisations including The […]
RECAP: Treacle
Last week saw Film With Pride’s #FilmFriday screen Treacle – a short that joined friends Belle and Jessie on a weekend away and explored the impact of a drunken hook-up between firmly heterosexual Jessie and bisexual Belle. We caught up with filmmaker April Kelley, to find out more about her writing debut. “As a bisexual […]
