LGBT+ Football Fan Groups Respond to Kick It Out Report
Earlier this month Kick It Out, English football’s inclusion and equality organisations, released its 2019/20 season annual report, which indicated significant and shocking increases in race hate and homophobic abuse and football matches and across social media. This season the organisation received 117 reports of abuse based on sexual orientation compared to 60 last season […]
RECAP: Seguidilla of the Femminiello
Following on from Friday’s screening of Seguidilla of the Femminiello, we catch up with director, Pafo Gallieri, to learn more about the inspiration behind the film. Pafo said: “After watching a few productions of Carmen online, I started to read about the history of the opera and how scholars had interpreted it. In the opening […]
#FilmFridays 18th September: Treacle
This #FilmFriday sees Film With Pride’s screening of the writing debut for Mini Productions’ award-winning actor and producer April Kelley. Directed by Rosie Westhoff, Treacle explores Kelley’s own experiences as a bisexual woman. The film aims to shine a light on the lack of visibility for bisexuals who only receive 1 percent of LGBT+ funding […]
Bi Awareness Week 16th – 23rd September
Another week dedicated to celebrating another beautiful, valid and visible part of the city region’s LGBT+ community, Bisexual Awareness Week starts on 16th September and finishes on Wednesday 23rd September – Bi Visibility Day. What is bisexuality? Bisexuality has a whole host of definitions, most commonly the attraction to two or more genders. There is […]
“Come As You Are” Shortlisted for National Award
The branding for LCR Pride Foundation’s inaugural theme “Come As You Are” has been shortlisted for a national creative award. Developed and designed by Liverpool-based agency, Nonconform, the visual identity has been shortlisted in the ‘Branding’ category of the Creativepool Annual 2020 awards, with a public vote for the ‘People’s Choice’ award currently underway. The […]
#FilmFridays 11th September: Seguidilla of the Femminiello
This #FilmFriday sees Film With Pride’s screening of Seguidilla of the Femminiello, directed by Pafo Gallieri. The film will be streamed from the Film with Pride Facebook Page from 5pm on Friday 11th September and will be available until midnight on the same day. Seguidilla of the Femminiello Running time: 2 minutes approx The film […]
Andrew Lancel To Open Liverpool Theatre Festival
Swan Song will launch nine days of outdoor performance at St Luke’s Bombed Out Church Swan Song, a comedy by Liverpool playwright Jonathan Harvey, will open a brand-new theatre festival in the city next week marking the return of live outdoor performance. Liverpool Theatre Festival will take place between Friday 11 September and Saturday 19 […]
Updated Statement: Social Media Incident
On December 11th last year we posted a statement in relation to an incident on social media that had been reported to Merseyside Police and highlighted to the LCR Pride Foundation, as the city region’s LGBT+ organisation. You can read our original statement here. As the police investigation and legal proceedings regarding this incident have concluded, […]
Easy Ways to Fundraise for LCR Pride Foundation
In the run up to our MarchONline and what should have been Pride in Liverpool weekend, we saw our region’s inclusive sports groups challenging themselves and fundraising for good causes. Liverpool Tritons RUFC raised £400 for LCR Pride Foundation, while Liverpool Frontrunners and Mersey Marauders FC raised £1,895 between them for a number of LGBT+ […]
Pride Train Wrapped in Liverpool
Avanti West Coast last week launched the UK’s first fully wrapped Pride train, which was entirely staffed by an LGBTQ+ team for its maiden voyage on 25 August. The Pendolino was wrapped in Liverpool with the progressive Pride flag, after COVID-19 forced the cancellation of Pride events across the country, which Avanti West Coast had […]