London Pride, Brighton Pride and all other Prides

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London Pride is the weekend after next. Who's going, what are you doing and what are you wearing?

For me it's just a precursor to Brighton Pride - I mean, there's no Kylie - and it's way too crowded in the pubs etc, but what a great excuse to get wasted in Soho.
 
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I just googled London Pride and Brighton Pride came up which says it all. Although London have Billy Porter in some form.
 
London's line up is terrible. Brighton has Kylie, Manchester has Ariana and London has Saara Aalto.

I remember going in 2000 and EVERY POP ACT WORTH MENTIONING was there.
 
Yeah London is really just about the parade now. Whereas the parade is just the starting point for Brighton!

I'm seriously excited for Brighton Pride this year. I think having Kylie there is going to be magical. Britney was a MOMENT but Kylie will hopefully at least know where she IS
 
The guy who runs Push The Button did a twitter thread today about how the small venues and LGBT club nights have essentially been priced out of Pride. I don't get particularly worked up over the general commercialisation of Pride events, but that really is quite sad and should be addressed.





 
Pride is happening this weekend, which I'm quite looking forward to. It's very small, low rent, no names, but quite well done and just round the corner, but also a fantastic excuse to get rat arsed with the town queers.

Obviously Brighton Pride is the one I'm all about this year.
 
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I've made the thread title a little less London centric (although still very southern, but I can't help it, I'm from Brighton)
 
I’m going to London, Bournemouth, and Brighton.

Bournemouth has more recognisable names this year than London, albeit in a Z List, ancient gay sort of way.
 
I'm thinking of marching in Glasgow for the first time but it's a bit of a mess: "Mardi Gla" is happening in July but the official "Pride" march is in August. But everyone hates "Pride Glasgow" after they fucked up royally last year and the council have now refused them a venue over unpaid bills. So, basically, fuck knows.
 
...oh, it seems that "Mardi Gla"'s festival is now off! But the march is still on.

Fuck's sake.
 
Toronto pride was last weekend, led by Brooklyn Heights and Justin Trudeau. We also had Shangela dressed as Daenerys sponsored by the HBO affiliate and Carly Rae Jepsen performed.

I volunteered at a festival where they had Silky, Vanjie and Akeria one night (they performed in a rainstorm so kudos for them) and Naomi Smalls another.
 
Bristol Pride has a pretty crappy line up. Sophie E-B, Sara Aalto, that strange Menly business, and some incarnation of Boney M.
 
We’ve had protests at all the parades and marches (we have a separate trans march and dyke march) and there was a scuffle at the dyke march.
 
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Toronto pride was last weekend, led by Brooklyn Heights and Justin Trudeau. We also had Shangela dressed as Daenerys sponsored by the HBO affiliate and Carly Rae Jepsen performed.

I volunteered at a festival where they had Silky, Vanjie and Akeria one night (they performed in a rainstorm so kudos for them) and Naomi Smalls another.
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That sounds immense!

But last year Brighton Pride had Louise so, y'know
 
Phoenix said:
Toronto pride was last weekend, led by Brooklyn Heights and Justin Trudeau. We also had Shangela dressed as Daenerys sponsored by the HBO affiliate and Carly Rae Jepsen performed.

I volunteered at a festival where they had Silky, Vanjie and Akeria one night (they performed in a rainstorm so kudos for them) and Naomi Smalls another.
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OMG SIS!!! :disco: Are you becoming an activist?
 
I think this will my 8th Brighton Pride. I don't remember them all. They are of course, utterly fabulous.
 
I'm going to Manchester (but not the 'festival'/Ariana Grande concert) and London (because my boyfriend's uncle lives there, so cheap accomodation). I'm going to the Menly night in London, because I am WHAT? Tragic.
 
You guys complain about not getting anyone at London Pride you should see Paris Pride, we get school children doing art projects on stage or some shit like that :manson:
 
I don’t know anything about anything, but I liked that Push the button thread about things being too expensive, finishing with how they’re marching in Oslo pride :D how expensive is THAT going to be?

I guess it’s the principle of it, but £500 doesn’t seem like a huge amount, even if you passed on a quid to the punters price?
 
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Not an activist, I just volunteer at the homosex community center to fill my time.
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anything for a drinks coupon!

I have not seen many Prides in my life. I've just never been around at the right time
 
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...oh, it seems that "Mardi Gla"'s festival is now off! But the march is still on.

Fuck's sake.
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And now Pride Glasgow is in the same boat - confirmed to be a march only, with a few partnerships with local bars etc for afterwards :o This appears to leave Free Pride as the only actual pride EVENT in Glasgow this year, which actually suits me down to the ground as their night-time stuff in the Art School is usually fantastic fun :D
 
It's a bit embarrassing that a major city like Glasgow has no Pride event. Manchester has Ariana, Brighton has Kylie, Glasgow will have whoever's doing the karaoke in Katie's. I think the phrase "fuck's sake" is merited.
 
Presumably Edinburgh at least has a Pride event, though?
 
It makes me really sad because there was a few great bookings for Pride Glasgow (and Obsession would’ve done the after party - PLUG)
 
On that note come to our splendid night which is DEFFO NOT Pride associated.



@COB M&G only £15.
 
After the Glasgow Pride scamming scandal, I’d like to distance myself from Kala making expense claims for chips & dips
 
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It makes me really sad because there was a few great bookings for Pride Glasgow
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It was never going to happen tho'. They were never going to get enough advance ticket sales to pay the Council off in time, not after last year. And once that doubt sets in, everyone wants to "wait and see". Same thing with Mardi Gla - they've said themselves that a lot of businesses wanted to "see how it goes" this year before getting involved.
 
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