LCR Pride Foundation launches ‘Youth Zone’ for Pride in Liverpool
Pride in Liverpool will feature a dedicated ‘safe space’ for young people aged under 25 and their families for the very first time in 2019, with the addition of a Youth Zone, delivered in partnership with Young Persons Advisory Service (YPAS), to its festival site. The Youth Zone, which is sponsored by The Michael Causer […]
LFC champion Pride in Liverpool Festival 2019
Liverpool FC will show its colours in support of this year’s Pride in Liverpool festival with a host of activities taking place across the club. The Reds are a proud sponsor of the 2019 festival, in what will be the club’s seventh year supporting Pride, which celebrates the LGBT+ community. Pride in Liverpool will be […]
Full Programme for Pride in Liverpool 2019 Revealed
LCR Pride Foundation has revealed its full line up for Pride in Liverpool 2019 and urged the city’s LGBT+ community, allies and supporters to come together on Saturday 27 July in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising. Speaking at the Hilton in Liverpool city centre during the Pride in Liverpool press launch […]
Best of British LGBT+ Film Competition
Your film could be selected to be screened at our Short Film Gala night or even submitted as our entry to the IRIS Prize this year! Our Gala night will showcase the very best LGBT+ short films that explore the lives and experiences of LGBT+ people living in the UK. Films submitted before the end […]
Statement from LCR Pride Foundation regarding homophobic attack in Anfield
On Saturday 22nd June, 2019, two men were subjected to an unprovoked homophobic attack while walking home in Anfield. Below is a statement from LCR Pride Foundation regarding the attack. Our co-chair John Bird will be speaking about this further on North West Tonight today (23rd June) and on BBC Breakfast tomorrow morning (24th June). […]
First Acts for Pride in Liverpool 2019 Announced
LCR Pride Foundation has joined forces with Liverpool Sound City to curate the line up for this year’s Barclays Stage at Pride in Liverpool (Saturday 27 July), with its first acts being revealed in line with the announcement. The announcement also comes as the organisation names Barclays as headline sponsor for the event. Electropop singer-songwriter […]
LCR Pride Foundation presented Navajo Next Generation Award
LCR Pride Foundation co-founders, John Bird and Andi Herring, were incredibly surprised to be presented with Navajo’s inaugural Next Generation Award. The Navajo Merseyside & Cheshire LGBT Charter Mark is an equality mark sponsored by In-Trust Merseyside & Sefton Embrace and supported by the LGBT+ Community networks across the Liverpool City Region – a signifier […]
GYRO Host #ArtActivist 2019
Foundation co-founders Andi Herring and John Bird were honoured to be invited to attend the annual Proud Trust #ArtActivist day held at LJMU IM Marsh Campus. Each year the event is hosted by the previous art competition winner, so 2019 was the turn of GYRO! At the event the foundation was pleased to award two […]
Mersey Marauders host Magnificent 7s
Merseyside’s Gay and inclusive Football Club are proud to host the 30th anniversary GFSN Summer Get Together in Liverpool 2019 marks 30 years since the establishment of the Gay Football Supporters’ Network (GFSN) who host a national league and campaign to tackle homophobia, biphobia and transphobia in football. The highlight of the 3-day event will be the […]
LCR Pride Foundation Invites All To “Come As You Are”
LCR Pride Foundation has revealed the theme to its inaugural programme of events, cultural and community activities – Come As You Are. The theme calls to all people, regardless of where they are from or how they identify, to take pride in their identity and come together in the spirit of friendship, love and respect. […]