Pride in Our Past Exhibition opens in Plymouth
The Heritage Lottery funded Pride in Our Past exhibition at Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery opened to the public on 28th April. Over 100 invited guest joined volunteers and contributors at an evening reception and private view held on Friday May 4th. This thought-provoking exhibition is based on new research into the City’s LGBT communities and includes personal stories, objects, photographs...
May 6th, 2012 by Pride in Plymouth
Arte Latte LGBT Coffee Group 3rd Wednesday of the Month – Plymouth Arts Centre
Arte Latte a coffee group for LGBT people and friends every 3rd Wednesday of the month at Plymouth Arts Centre meet between 5.30 and 7.30pm. Come along for chat, gossip or just to chill after work. Find out more about the Pride in Our past exhibition that opens on the 28th April or the Pride in the Park event happening on July 28th. The First Arte Latte will be on Wednesday 18th April and then every...
April 14th, 2012 by Pride in Plymouth
Announcing PRIDE in the PARK 2012
We are very proud to announce Plymouth will have a Gay Pride Celebration this year and it will be Plymouth’s first proper outdoor Pride. PRIDE in the PARK will take place on Saturday 28th July 2012 in the glorious grounds of Devonport Park. Pavilion Cafe The event will be centred around the new bandstand which will provide the main stage, there will be marquees for health, LGBT History and a...
March 25th, 2012 by Pride in Plymouth
Ceri Dupree – The Ladies I Love – Devonport Playhouse 12th -14th April 2012
TICKETS NOW ON SALE: 01752 306330 (box office) Book early to avoid disappointment. A charity show for Parkinson’s Disease starring the top female impersonator ‘Ceri Dupree‘ in The Ladies I Love – A celebration of the world’s most fabulous ladies (headliner of the 2010/11 theatre royal pantomime) which is showing at the Devonport Playhouse Theatre, Plymouth on the 12th,13th,14th...
February 17th, 2012 by Pride in Plymouth
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Devon and Cornwall Chief Constable supports ‘It Gets Better’
It is with much excitement that we can now reveal a special message from Devon and Cornwall Police in LGBT History Month 2012. This month the Chief Constable, Stephen Otter, has recorded a short message for the ‘It Gets Better’ campaign. This YouTube clip is part of a video campaign to show support for victims of homophobia and particularly young people being bullied in schools. We are very...
February 15th, 2012 by Pride in Plymouth
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It Does Get Better – The L Project Charity Single is Out
Buy the single now! iTunes Amazon The L Project single “It Does Get Better” aims to help raise awareness and money for charities which work to prevent LGBT bullying among young people. The Charities: Diversity Role Models – http://www.diversityrolemodels.org Stonewall – http://www.stonewall.org.uk The song – words and music written by Georgey Payne, is...
February 11th, 2012 by Pride in Plymouth
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Update From Pride in Our Past – January News
The January newsletter from the Pride in Our Past team has been published and it is all systems go for the team as they work on the design and content of the Exhibition that will run for nine weeks from April 28th 2012. They have also started building the on-line Plymouth LGBT History archive with some fascinating content already published. (function() { var scribd = document.createElement("script");...
January 29th, 2012 by Pride in Our Past
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P175 and International Pink Triangle Holocaust Memorials
Paragraph 175 was a provision of the German Criminal Code from 15 May 1871 to 10 March 1994. It made homosexual acts between males a crime. Although homosexuality was illegal under paragraph 175 of the criminal code, prior to the Third Reich it was rarely enforced. In the Reichstag, MPs were on the verge of securing its repeal. A new era of freedom seemed to be dawning. Then came Nazism. “We...
January 27th, 2012 by Pride in Plymouth
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Stonewall – Top 100 Employers 2012 – Devon and Cornwall Police 87th
It is good to see that Devon and Cornwall Police have made it into the top 100 this year at 87th place, last year they were placed at 132nd. One of the largest professional services firms in the world, Ernst & Young, has topped Stonewall’s list of the 100 best employers for gay and bi employees this year. Among 25 new entries for 2012 is MI5, the UK’s counter-intelligence and security agency,...
January 11th, 2012 by Pride in Plymouth
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2012 – The Alan Turing Year
It is fantastic to enter 2012 with the news that the Royal Mail are to honour Alan Turing on a 1st class stamp. The stamp will be released during LGBT History Month on the 23rd, February, 2012. The Alan Turing year marks the centenary of his birth on June 23rd 1912 and there will be events across the country to celebrate his life and achievements. Read More on GayStarNews Here in Plymouth we hope to...
January 4th, 2012 by Pride in Plymouth
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