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  • Here are the prides that are happening this weekend: 10-11th August 2024

    At least seven prides are happening this weekend. Find out where your closest one is and how you can attend.

    According to The Pride Shop, seven prides are happening this weekend and span the UK and Ireland. According to the list, prides is happening in Doncaster, Margate, Swindon & Wiltshire, Wigan and Wakefield. There are even two in Ireland, Sligo and Galway.

    7th – 11th August 2024Sligo Pride 2024
    10th August 2024Doncaster Pride 2024
    10th August 2024Galway Pride 2024
    10th August 2024Margate Pride 2024
    10th August 2024Swindon & Wiltshire Pride 2024
    10th August 2024Wigan Pride 2024
    11th August 2024Wakefield Pride 2024

    What’s the weather like for Pride this weekend? The UK is looking to have great weather from the weekend. Check the BBC for the latest forecast: Doncaster Galway Margate Swindon, Wakefield, Wigan.

    Is pride free to attend?

    Most prides in the UK are free events to attend and if the pride has a parade or a march is free to watch and take part from the sidelines, however, if you’re looking to take part in a parade some prides require you to register to march within the parade.

    Why is the Pride in the UK?

    Pride and Pride month stemmed from the US, and has been adopted more widely across the world, but in reality, there are many Pride months across the globe. For instance, Sydney Mardi Gras, Australia’s biggest pride takes place in February (although they do have a Pride festival in June) and here in the UK, there isn’t such thing as one month for Pride. No, the UK is quite unusual in that Pride events are spread out across most of the year.

    In the US most prides happen in the month of June to coincide with the anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall Riots, in the UK however things are a little more spread out with more and more county, city and town prides becoming available.

    There are over 180 pride events in the UK alone and they start in Feb with the last (outside Winter Pride) in September. So Pride month in the UK is better described as Pride Half Year!

  • Gay friendly pub in Wakefield opens itself to UKIP rallies and events

    A gay friendly pub in Wakefield, Yorkshire has opened its doors for UKIP to hold meetings and events in.

    The Harewood Arms, a gay friendly pub in Wakefield is open to opening its doors to UKIP meetings and events, in what is thought to be the UK’s only gay friendly UKIP endorsing establishment.

    Many of the pubs regulars have reacted with dismay that UKIP, a party with members who have had their fair share of homophobic headlines like this and this, could be allowed to use the pub for meetings and events.

    The announcement was made last weekend on Facebook, when landlord Matt Eason wrote in a message to UKIP Wakefield,

    “We’re not planning on painting the interior yellow and purple any time soon, however we do support the ukip stance on the pub industry. Not one person can agree 100 % with any parties policies, you have to choose the few that are right for you. That’s why it’s called politics.”

    “We may loose one or two customers ‘support’ but will gain more in other ways. Im not going to sit by and watch our current government tax us thousands a year in unfair business rates and continue to take the piss with beer duty.

    “Increased tax on beer and the smoking ban is what has ruined the pub trade and I’m not gonna sit here and say that it’s fine and not do anything about it. In the 3 years I’ve controlled the business side of the Harewood it has never made a profit, ever !

    “I can confirm there will be a rally style meet and greet evening at the pub the dates will be confirmed so that people offended by it have the choice to not visit the pub that day”

    Yesterday a theatre company in London sent an open invite to Nigel Farage to it’s comedy play about HIV after he was criticised by the other leaders on the televised debate, with Plaid Cymru’s leader Leanne Wood winning the first applause from the audience after saying that he should be “ashamed” for his remarks.

  • One Man’s Gay Marriage Protest In Wakefield

    So, it seems, not everyone is happy about same-sex marriage in the UK… As one lone man shows.

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  • One Man Gay Marriage Protest In Wakefield

    So, it seems, not everyone is happy about same-sex marriage in the UK… As one lone man shows.

    A lone man demonstrated in Wakefield against the new law, which allows same-sex couples to marry.

    The @Wakefield_Yorks twitter account uploaded this picture of the white haired man, who wasn’t wearing this season’s fashion, holding a sign saying: ‘No Same-Sex Marriage’ in front of a lesbian couple who are enjoying a kiss.

    Pretty sad we think.

    Yesterday Peter Tatchell wrote about the long fight for Same-Sex marriage, which all began in 1992.

    Dozens of gay and lesbian couples wed yesterday as the new law came into power.

    The BBC reported that 1 in 5 Britons would be uncomfortable or would refuse a wedding invite to a same-sex couple marriage.