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What has changed that the PSNI are nervous to be seen at an event they supported in the past?

Andrew Cunning on July 18, 2023, 11:00 am

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The recent statement from Assistant Chief Constable Bobby Singleton on the PSNI Executive Team’s decision to prevent its officers from walking in uniform during Belfast Pride, leaves some unanswered questions. The fact we can guess the answers to these questions does not mean they should not still be asked. Firstly, he makes the point that there are “clear expectations for all officers and staff in terms of our impartiality and prohibit officers from wearing their uniform or being identifiable as …

SOAPBOX: Setting a different lead – Presbyterians for Inclusion and Equality #dublinpride

Soapbox on June 23, 2023, 3:00 pm

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People holding a Presbyteriand for Inclusion and Equality banner at a previous Dublin Pride parade

Saturday (24 June) marks the final day of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland … [but] I will be walking in the Dublin Gay Pride Parade … joining with others from our church community behind a banner proclaiming ‘Presbyterians for Inclusion and Equality’.

It’s not just about Marriage – or how the Executive parties have failed to deliver for LGBTQ people in Northern Ireland.

Soapbox on August 4, 2017, 5:22 pm

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This week is the week of Belfast Pride. It is the 26th year of a festival that has grown to huge proportions. Little did the pioneers of 1991 (who were outnumbered by protestors), think that we would have come so far. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer equality is now firmly in the mainstream. One of the greatest indicators of that being Cameron’s Tories bringing forward Equal Marriage in 2013. There has been huge progress on LGBTQ liberation over those …

Panti Bliss: Before I die I want to get married in Belfast!

Patrick Corrigan on August 2, 2014, 9:49 am

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But how long will she have to wait? Happy Belfast Pride! On Thursday, Panti Bliss, aka Rory O’Neill, paid the city a visit to give the Amnesty International Pride Lecture. Alan in Belfast has a full audio-recording of the lecture here, but meanwhile here’s a little taste of what Panti told us before the sell-out lecture at The Mac. Update – here’s the full lecture: listen to ‘#pantibliss @PantiBliss versus Homophobia – the annual @AmnestyNI @BelfastPride lecture’ on Audioboo Patrick CorriganI am …

Pride

Moochin Photoman on July 31, 2011, 11:16 am

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Moochin PhotomanPhotographer and visual artist based in Belfast. I have facilitated community based workshops with groups as diverse as visually impaired individuals in Dungannn, Travellers across Northern Ireland, Young Offenders and many community groups across Belfast. My work has exhibited extensively here in Northern Ireland in group and individual shows and has been shown in North America and i had my first solo international exhibition in New Zealand. I have been the recipient of a number of grants from the …

POTD – Parade

Moochin Photoman on June 18, 2011, 10:10 am

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With the Lord Mayors parade taking place in Belfast today i thought i’d post a photo from a parade i saw in Leogane Haiti which was the closest town to the epicentre of the Jan 2010 earthquake. On Easter Sunday i was taken there ostensibly because i wanted to flavour some of the local Rara music. What i wasn’t told was that every year the town holds a parade which commemorates the history of Haiti, from the first slaves arriving, …