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UK Eurovision’s SuRie announced as LCR Pride Awards Headliner

The UK’s 2018 Eurovision act SuRie will be wowing guests at the LCR Pride Awards on 6th April. The LCR Pride Awards celebrate the brightest stars, bravest and best of the region’s LGBT+ community and our allies. It’s an opportunity to come together and celebrate our achievements and thank those doing so much across Liverpool […]

LGBT+ Adoption and Fostering Week – 6th -12th March

Adoption can seem like a daunting and exciting experience, but last year over 24% of approved adopters were part of the LGBT+ community. Adoption in Merseyside (AiM) provides a full adoption service for people wanting to grow their family. They are part of the four local authorities and help children find loving families across Merseyside. […]

STATEMENT: Brianna Ghey Murder

Andi Herring, CEO and Co-founder of LCR Pride Foundation said: “We are heartbroken by the news of the murder of Brianna Ghey, a 16-year old Trans girl, in Warrington this weekend. As two teenagers have been charged with murder and proceedings are active, we cannot comment on the case at this time. “However, it is […]

CHAT WITH: CAROLINE PAIGE

As we focus on the Trans community in the UK as part of our “Community Under Attack” series for LGBT+ History month, we have a chat with Caroline Paige, the first openly transgender officer to serve in the British Armed Forces, Chief Executive of the LGBT+ military charity, Fighting With Pride and Patron of LCR […]

LGBT+ History Month 2023: Community Under Attack

The theme for LGBT+ History Month this February, ‘Behind The Lens’ celebrates LGBT+ peoples’ contributions to cinema and film however, we are using the annual campaign to highlight the battles facing our community today. After all, today’s present is tomorrow’s history. Over the next five weeks we’ll be looking at; Trans History in the UK, […]

‘You’re Safe Here’ training – back in Liverpool ahead of Eurovision

The “You’re Safe Here” scheme to create safe spaces in venues across Liverpool is being rolled out again ahead of Eurovision. More than 600 staff from 70 venues are already accredited with the “You’re Safe Here” mark, following training sessions delivered by LCR Pride Foundation and Merseyside Police Commissioner, Emily Spurrell, supported by Stop Hate […]

LCR PRIDE AWARDS 2023 MOVES TO SPRING DATE

The LCR Pride Awards 2023 will now take place on Thursday 6th April 2023, with the nomination deadline extended until Tuesday 28th February 2023. The awards, which are jointly sponsored by Liverpool Football Club (LFC) and Merseyrail, were due to take place on Thursday 23rd February 2023. However, the decision to move the event was […]

A Chat With: LCR Pride Foundation’s GOGA Activator

It’s a new year, with exciting programmes ahead, including our Get Out, Get Active (GOGA) campaign. For our first ‘chat with’ of the year, we caught up with our newly appointed GOGA Activator, Cheryl Ferrigan, to find out more about the initiative. Welcome to the team Cheryl, can you tell us a little bit about […]

Census Data Highlights LGBT+ Community

The Office of National Statistics (ONS) has released data from Census 2021 on the LGBT+ community in England and Wales. Census 2021 was the first within which people aged 16+ could register their sexuality and gender identity, through the inclusion of two voluntary questions. On a national level, 1.5 million people aged 16 and older […]