#FilmFridays 21st August: Ophelia
This #FilmFriday sees Film With Pride’s screening of Ophelia, from Damien Swaby. The film will be streamed from the Film with Pride Facebook Page from 5pm on Friday 21st August and will be available until midnight on the same day. Ophelia (12A) Running time: 9 minutes approx Two frustrated people come together to play out […]
Community Fund Update
LCR Pride Foundation will tomorrow (11th August) be contacting successful applicants to the foundation’s Community Fund. Applications for the General Fund, Film Fund and Physical Activity and Sport Fund closed last week, with a total submissions of almost £30,000 across all three funds received. The funds were established to help projects supporting the LGBT+ community […]
A Chat With: Liverpool Frontrunners
With its weekly sessions in South Liverpool due to restart this month and new beginner courses on the horizon, we caught up with Mitch Hawkins from Liverpool Frontrunners to talk fundraising, friendly rivalry and why anyone can get involved in running. So, tell us about Liverpool Frontrunners… “Liverpool Frontrunners was established in 2015 and from […]
#FilmFridays 7th August: Today I Am
This #FilmFriday sees Film With Pride screening short interviews with four young transgender and non-binary people, produced by Thinking Film. The four short films in the Today I Am series, which was funded by Comic Relief, explores young transgender and non-binary people’s experiences of mental health and wellbeing in Liverpool. The series of films have […]
Pride as City Region Comes Together to MarchONline
The city region’s LGBT+ community came together today, alongside its allies and supporters, for Liverpool’s first ever online March with Pride. The MarchONline event was delivered by LCR Pride Foundation as a way to enable the city region’s Pride in Liverpool celebrations to go ahead, despite the organisation’s physical events being cancelled due to COVID-19. […]
#FilmFridays 31st July: Art Activist and The T for Together
This #FilmFriday we are throwing back to two fantastic films made in collaboration with the city region’s LGBT+ community by Liverpool’s Thinking Film. Art Activist and The T for Together will be streamed from the Film with Pride Facebook Page from 5pm on Friday 31st July and will be available until midnight on the same […]
RECAP: Shawafa
“She realises the desires which are tormenting her are pleasurable and part of who she is.” It’s the day that should have been Pride in Liverpool and instead of gathering in the city centre, we’re mustering at home ahead of our virtual celebrations – our MarchOnline. But even with all that excitement, we’ve still got […]
Liverpool City Council Turns City Rainbow
Liverpool City Council painted bollards on Castle Street in rainbow colours last week, in a show of solidarity with the city region’s LGBT+ community. The rainbow flag was flown throughout the week at the Cunard Building and the Town Hall, while St George’s Hall – the usual muster point for the annual March with Pride […]
GRA Meeting: Update
On Tuesday 14th July – International Non-Binary People’s Day – LCR Pride Foundation facilitated a meeting between local groups supporting Trans, Non-Binary and Gender Variant people in the Liverpool City Region and nine MPs or thier representatives. MPs Angela Eagle, Dan Carden, Derek Twigg, Ian Byrne, Kim Johnson, Maria Eagle, Mick Whitley and Paula Barker, […]
A Chat With: John Kenny from The Masquerade
With a much anticipated re-opening on the horizon and spirits high as we enter what would have been the week running up to Pride in Liverpool, we catch up with John Kenny, new co-owner of one of the scene’s best-loved venues, the Masquerade. So John, can you tell us a bit about yourselves and how […]