From Football To Fire
Paige Williams’ career change is more unusual than most. As a professional female footballer, Liverpool-born Williams enjoyed phenomenal success, winning Serie A and the Copper Italia with Brescia Calcio Femminile in 2015-16. She also picked up two Women’s FA Cup runners-up medals, cementing herself as one to watch in women’s football. Following the Covid-19 pandemic, […]
LCR Pride Awards Roundtable: Lady Sian and Tracy O’Hara QPM
The LCR Pride Lifetime Achievement Award is a special award that is selected each year through public nominations. We had the pleasure of being joined by two previous recipients for a roundtable discussion, including the first ever winner and Liverpool’s legendary drag queen, Lady Sian, alongside last year’s winner Tracy O’Hara QPM, a trailblazing Detective […]
Fairview Park: An Interview with Ellie Hodgetts and Joe Tapp
The IRIS Prize is the world’s largest LGBT+ short film competition with prizes up to £30,000 and money can’t buy features on Channel 4. This year, LCR Pride Foundation selected Fairview Park to represent the North West at the Best of British. A haunting but poignant short film based on true events, Fairview Park tells […]
Betty and Jean: An Interview with Elinor Randle
We caught up with Elinor Randle, the director of Betty and Jean, a short film funded by LCR Pride Foundation and nominated for the Iris Prize Best British Short. A moving story about 80-year-old Betty, who waits for her true love, Jean. She recalls their painful break-up in 1960’s Liverpool before she could be herself. […]
Pride Quarter: In Conversation with Eileen Lea
The Lisbon sits in the heart of the Pride Quarter and is the longest-running gay bar in Liverpool. Landlady Eileen Lea has been at The Lisbon since 1999. She tells about what’s changed in that time and reveals some of her favourite stories behind the bar. In the 25 years you have been at The […]
Pride Quarter: In Conversation with Gethin
Gethin Mullock is manager at The Masquerade Bar. Whilst the bar isn’t, he is one of the newer faces to the Pride Quarter. What role does The Masquerade Bar play within the LGBT+ community in Liverpool?I know it’s kind of a cliche thing to say that a gay bar is a safe space but I […]
Pride Quarter: In Conversation with Andrew Pankhurst
Andrew Pankhurst worked as manager at G Bar for almost 21 years and has recently left to pursue a career as a teacher. We caught up with Andrew to find out how it feels to have left G Bar and why the night club is so beloved in Liverpool. How does it feel to have […]
LCR Pride Foundation to Host Liverpool City Region Hate Crime Awareness Week
LCR Pride Foundation is set to host Liverpool City Region Hate Crime Awareness Week in partnership with Liverpool City Council and combined authorities across the region. Join us for a whole week of activity targeting hate crime in all of its forms, culminating in a Hate Crime Summit. More information will be revealed in the […]
My Pride Song Comes To St. Johns Shopping Centre
Pride Classical, the trailblazing organisation dedicated to celebrating LGBTQ+ history and culture through the power of music, is returning with My Pride Song, a celebration of Pride and allyship in partnership with St. Johns Shopping Centre, as part of Pride in Liverpool 2024. My Pride Song is once again calling upon LGBTQ+ community members and […]
Gaydio Launches In Liverpool
Listen up Liverpudli-huns! Gaydio, ‘the UK’s LGBTQ+ station’, has launched on DAB digital radio across Liverpool. Whether it’s Paris and Dave serving breakfast, Chris Blackmore getting you through the day, or Ashley Conrad powering through your evenings, there’s a little bit of something for everyone. Gaydio Business Director Ian Wallace said: “We’re so excited to […]