RECAP: Hey Google: Creativity in the time of COVID-19
Written, filmed and edited less than seven days in April 2020, during the Government-imposed UK lockdown, Hey Google is a shining example of film-makers and creators reacting to the COVID-19 crisis. “I literally wrote it on a Tuesday and Wednesday, shot it on Friday and Saturday and had it all edited by Tuesday,” says Actor […]
LCR Pride Foundation Launches 2020/21 Theme: “Young at Heart”
The theme, which launches alongside a digital programme, focuses on health and wellbeing and promotes the right for LGBT+ people to enjoy a happy, healthy and carefree life, regardless of age, ability or how they identify. The LCR Pride Foundation has revealed its 2020/21 theme ‘Young at Heart’ alongside a series of online events and […]
Mental Health Awareness Week 2020
Our theme this year, ‘Young at Heart’, focuses on physical and mental health and promotes the right for LGBT+ people in the Liverpool City Region and beyond to enjoy a happy, healthy and carefree life, regardless of age, ability or how they identify. Embracing your LGBT+ identity can and should have a positive impact on […]
WoWFest: Lockdown – Our Top Picks
The UK lockdown has meant many of the social events that are so important to us have been postponed or cancelled. However, in recent weeks we’ve seen the city region’s arts, culture and entertainment scene respond in true creative style, taking events online and curating whole new programmes. The team at Writing on the Wall […]
Free Online Film With Pride Programme Launches
The digital-only programme, supported by UNISON North West LGBT+ Group, will launch at 5pm on Friday 22nd May. Film with Pride, part of LCR Pride Foundation’s year-round programme of social and cultural events, will launch a season of free online screenings this Friday 22nd May, starting with two short films, The Love Letter written by […]
BLOG: Sheena-Marie Williams: “IDAHOTB highlights how much more we have to work on”
While the LGBT+ community and its allies across the globe are engaged in daily battles for justice and equality, the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia is an annual opportunity to raise our voice together to highlight the violations of the rights of LGBT+ people and discrimination that we as a community still face. […]
Film With Pride: Top 5 Films for Lesbian Visibility Day
Sunday 26th April, is Lesbian Visibility Day, a celebration of women-loving-women and the vibrancy and diversity of the lesbian community across the globe. It’s also a significant platform for lesbian role models, creators and content. With this in mind, we asked our Film with Pride programmer, Joan Burnett, to share her top five favourite lesbian […]
Government GRA Statement – Our request for clarity
On Wednesday 22 April 2020, the Conservative Minister for Women and Equalities, Liz Truss, set out her plan to progress the reform of the Gender Recognition Act (GRA) this summer, in a speech to the Equalities Select Committee. In this speech, she stated that the Government response, led by her, would follow “three very important […]
Coronavirus Postpones Pride in Liverpool
The LCR Pride Foundation has announced its tough decision to postpone Pride in Liverpool and reschedule to a date later in 2020. The event was due to take place on Saturday 25 July 2020. As well as the main Pride in Liverpool festival, the postponement will affect the city region’s annual March with Pride and […]
Liverpool’s TDoV celebrations to go online amid coronavirus outbreak
Liverpool’s Transgender Day of Visibility (TDoV) celebrations will still go ahead on Tuesday 31 March, as its organisers broadcast the event via Facebook and other social media channels. A full programme of speakers, performances and activities had been due to take place at the Museum of Liverpool, before a nationwide lockdown was enforced last week […]