A CHAT WITH: axess Sexual Health
Last year axess sexual health services took over services that had previously been delivered by Armistead. We caught up with Luke Byrne, the Regional Lead Nurse for the axess, to find out the organisation’s vision for the service, what’s new and what’s coming up in 2022. Hi Luke, before we get into axess and the […]
Meet The Activists: Comics Youth
As the organisation launches its latest project The Queer Agenda, we meet with Comics Youth ‘Youth Empowerment Director’, Emily McChrystal, and member and activist, Lucy Butler, to discuss different forms of activism, the importance of listening to marginalised youth and how we can all contribute to creating safe spaces at work and in community settings. […]
A CHAT WITH: RISHI JAIN, LIVERPOOL FC
Ahead of the start of this year’s Rainbow Laces campaign, we sat down for a chat with Rishi Jain, LFC’s Senior Manager for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (ED&I), to talk about the club’s plans for Rainbow Laces week, supporting the LGBT+ community and the club’s vision to make Anfield a safe and welcoming place for […]
A Chat With: Jade Anouka
Homotopia’s much-anticipated 2021 festival is just around the corner, promising an incredible celebration of queer arts and cultural venues both online and in person. Ahead of the festival’s launch on 28th October, we have a chat with this year’s artist in residence, Jade Anouka. You were extremely busy during lockdown, particularly with Her & Her […]
A Chat With: Kai Jolley
Ahead of Little LTF (Liverpool Theatre Festival), which runs from 12 – 18 July at St Luke’s Bombed Out Church, we chat to Kai Jolley about his new show This Skin of Mine (Thursday 15th July), surviving as a creative in the pandemic and his plans and ambitions for 2021 and beyond. First of all, […]
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. […]
A Chat With: Bido Lito!
The beating heart of Liverpool’s music, arts and cultural scene for more than a decade now (and LCR Pride Foundation’s newest media partner) the team at Bido Lito! has taken every challenge the pandemic has thrown at it on the chin. As it emerges from the other side, ready to celebrate and support the Liverpool […]
A Chat With: Dr Tony Lloyd, CEO of the ADHD Foundation
This week, LCR Pride Foundation caught up with Dr Tony Lloyd, CEO of the ADHD Foundation Neurodiversity Charity and finalist at the inaugural LCR Pride Awards, to find out more about the charity’s recent move into new premises, its plans for 2021 and why inclusion and equality are good for business. Hi Tony. You’re well […]
A Chat With: Sister Sister from RuPaul’s Drag Race UK
She’s flying the drag flag for Scouse Queens in season two of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK and recently launched LGBT+ History Month with the Museum of Liverpool, but we managed to grab five minutes with Sister Sister to find out more about growing up LGBT+ in Liverpool, starting out in drag and her personal icons. […]