Human Rights Day 2011 – 10th December
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was adopted by the UN General Assembly on 10 December 1948, was the result of the experience of the Second World War. With the end of that war, and the creation of the United Nations, the international community vowed never again to allow atrocities like those of that conflict happen again. World leaders decided to complement the UN Charter with a...
December 10th, 2011 by Pride in Plymouth
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Let’s Remember that not all our Armed Service Personnel are STRAIGHT
I thought that today ‘Remembrance Sunday’ would be a good time to remind ourselves that Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans people openly serve in the UK armed services. Of course we remember and show respect for those that have paid the ultimate price defending our country and our democracy. Many of those killed over the years could have been gay or trans, but we will never know as up to...
November 13th, 2011 by Pride in Plymouth
Lifetime Ban on Gay and Bi Men Donating Blood lifted – but remains unequal
Regulations banning the donation of blood by men who have ever had gay sex will be lifted from today. The Department of Health announced the changes in September, implementing a one-year deferral period instead, so that men who have had gay sex in the last 12 months may still not donate blood. The change comes into force in England, Wales and Scotland this week. Gay rights campaigners said gay men...
November 8th, 2011 by Pride in Plymouth
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There’s a new magazine in town for LGBTQ Students
There’s a new magazine in town for LGBTQ Students! Out On Campus is a not-for-profit national community magazine written by LGBTQ Students for LGBTQ Students. We’ll be launching our first edition later on this year, but in the meantime, we need your help. If you’re a student, have recently been a student or are soon to be a student please go to www.outoncampus.org to fill out a 2...
August 5th, 2011 by Pride in Plymouth
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Support – Bette Bourne: the Movie
Bette Bourne and Mark Ravenhill's A Life in Three Acts. The inside story of how drag queens rocked the establishment. Starring Bette Bourne, Mark Ravenhill, The Bloolips and the Gay Liberation Front. Bette Bourne is an iconic figure in the British gay community. His amazing life has seen him journey from being an actor in classic 1960s British TV series, including The Avengers, The Prisoner...
May 7th, 2011 by Pride in Plymouth
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SoSoGay Identifies a Hero for LGBT History Month
Wing Commander Mark Abrahams SoSoGay identifies a hero for LGBT History Month – Wing Commander Mark Abrahams Since the ban on gay people in the military was lifted back in 2000, Mark has led the Royal Air Force’s LGBT Forum, which has played a major role in ‘normalising’ the LGBT community and in championing its needs. By 2006, Mark had persuaded the Service to allow gay personnel...
February 2nd, 2011 by Pride in Plymouth
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Support Pride in Plymouth
Support Us To help us to continue to develop our on line resources, expand our presence and promotion of our great city, please consider a donation towards our overheads. No amount is too small. Thanks! Pride in Plymouth is not for profit, any surplus funds will be donated to the Open Source Initiative. The people that design the platforms that make all this possible.
December 16th, 2010 by Pride in Plymouth
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Attitude 200th Edition
Check out the New Attitude Magazine We Love it! Attitude - the Grown up Gay Lifestyle magazine
December 15th, 2010 by Pride in Plymouth
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Read the Queer Theory Article on the new site
Read this insight into Queer Theory: Queer Theory allows us to consider the possibility that the rules by which we have lived and defined ourselves, throughout our lives, may not be rules at all but just handed down ways of living that we can choose to accept or reject. http://www.prideinplymouth.org.uk/gay-life/queer-theory
October 28th, 2010 by Pride in Plymouth
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Lip Service Available on BBC iPlayer
Lip Service is like the all girl version of Queer as Folk set in Glasgow. Laura Fraser, Ruta Gedmintas and Fiona Button have been cast as the three female lead roles in Lip Service, a bold new drama for BBC Three about the sex lives and love affairs of twenty-something lesbians living in contemporary Glasgow. The six-part series, which was filmed in Glasgow in October, was written and created by...
October 15th, 2010 by Pride in Plymouth
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