Ace Week 2022
Ace Week (formerly Asexual Awareness Week) this year runs from 23rd – 29th October 2022. We look at what the week seeks to achieve and how we can all be better allies to Ace people. What is Asexuality? Asexual people experience little to no sexual attraction and/or sexual desire. Asexuality is not a choice, it […]
#FilmFridays 13th November A Throne for Miss Ghana and ALL FALLS DOWN
This #FilmFriday Film With Pride launches the start of a Liverpool TransPride special, four weeks of films dedicated to the experience of trans people across the globe. We will be showing two short films each week for the next four weeks, which have been curated by Kelly Stubbs from Liverpool TransPride. The first two films, […]
Intersex Awareness Day 2020
26th October 2020 is Intersex Awareness Day, designed to celebrate the intersex community and highlight the human rights issues they face. The date marks the first public demonstration by intersex people in North America, outside the venue in Boston where the American Academy of Pediatrics was holding its annual conference. What is Intersex? Intersex is […]
LFC launches ‘Red Together’
Liverpool FC is launching its new club-wide approach to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Red Together, which comes following the club’s recent achievement in maintaining the Advanced Level of the Premier League’s Equality Standard. The Club, which was the first Premier League Club to achieve the Advanced Level Equality Standard in 2017, was assessed remotely by the Premier League who highlighted the club’s ongoing commitment to driving change, as well as its work with the local community. LFC is […]
LCR Pride Award Winner Appointed PiPP North West Area Lead
LCR Pride Award winner, Sheena-Marie Williams, has been appointed the North West Area Lead for Pride in Prison and Probation (PiPP), the Probation and Prison Service’s LGBT+ staff support network. Sheena was awarded the Michael Causer Award for Work to Tackle Hate Crime at the inaugural LCR Pride Awards in September 2019, where she was […]
A Chat With: Samaritans Liverpool and Merseyside
Samaritans Liverpool and Merseyside celebrated its 60th anniversary in March this year. It is the second oldest branch in England, opening in 1960. Although well known, the full extent of the work the organisation does, particularly on a local level, can be overlooked. To mark World Mental Health Day (Saturday 10th October), LCR Pride Foundation […]
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 […]