#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 […]
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 […]
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 […]