Manchester Pride in Photos
From Infantile and Disorderly
There was at lively contingent from Queer Youth Network, injecting Pride with an important political message- LGBT liberation hasn't been achieved and Pride shouldn't be about profit at the expense of protest.
LGBTory. The Conservatives cleverly erasing Trans identity with their very name. I take it they haven't heard of Section 28?
Labour Party wearing some snazzy 'I've Never Kissed a Tory' shirts. You can't tell from the photo, but there's actually quite a lot of them.
About 6 Lib Dems.
The contingent from the Lesbian and Gay Foundation (LGF), featuring their "Homo Heroes". It doesn't take much to be a hero these days, does it? Lindsey Lohan is one, as is Tony Blair. Apparently.
Quite impressive bus from the UNITE union (one of Manchester Pride's sponsors).
George House Trust raising awareness of HIV stigma.
Plenty of enthusiastic support for LGBT NHS workers.
Pink owl.
Others present at the Pride Parade included the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT), the Fire Service, the Unitarian Church, Quakers, LGBT Parents, Liverpool John Moores University, Salford Ladies United Temperance Society (the fabulous SLUTS) and Amnesty International. On a lesser note, the police, the Prison Service and - unbelievably - the UK Border Agency also marched (how many LGBT asylum seekers have they sent to their deaths?)
There was at lively contingent from Queer Youth Network, injecting Pride with an important political message- LGBT liberation hasn't been achieved and Pride shouldn't be about profit at the expense of protest.
LGBTory. The Conservatives cleverly erasing Trans identity with their very name. I take it they haven't heard of Section 28?
Labour Party wearing some snazzy 'I've Never Kissed a Tory' shirts. You can't tell from the photo, but there's actually quite a lot of them.
About 6 Lib Dems.
The contingent from the Lesbian and Gay Foundation (LGF), featuring their "Homo Heroes". It doesn't take much to be a hero these days, does it? Lindsey Lohan is one, as is Tony Blair. Apparently.
Quite impressive bus from the UNITE union (one of Manchester Pride's sponsors).
George House Trust raising awareness of HIV stigma.
Plenty of enthusiastic support for LGBT NHS workers.
Pink owl.
Others present at the Pride Parade included the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT), the Fire Service, the Unitarian Church, Quakers, LGBT Parents, Liverpool John Moores University, Salford Ladies United Temperance Society (the fabulous SLUTS) and Amnesty International. On a lesser note, the police, the Prison Service and - unbelievably - the UK Border Agency also marched (how many LGBT asylum seekers have they sent to their deaths?)
Labels: LGBT rights
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