Olympic Torch to Join Warren Cup in City Saturday 19th May
On Saturday 19th May 2012 the Olympic Torch will arrive in Plymouth There will be lots of places along the route to see the Olympic Flame beginning in Devonport at 7.40pm. As the torch makes its way to the Hoe it will pass close to Hawkins Meeting House at the junction of Brettonside and Buckwell Street. The pub will be open as usual so pop on down to this area to celebrate this once in a lifetime...
May 14th, 2012 by Pride in Plymouth
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
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
South West MP called to break links with ‘gay cure’ organisation
Sign the petition calling on 16 MPs sever links with the charity CARE (Christian Action Research and Education)which co-sponsored a ‘gay cure’ conference in April 2009. Sign the Petition>>> A religious charity which provides free interns to MPs has been linked to a ‘gay cure’ event, and the MPs benefiting from its support are being called to distance themselves. CARE, a Christian...
March 18th, 2012 by Pride in Plymouth
Warren Cup to be exhibited in Plymouth as part of the Pride in Our Past exhibition
The Pride in Our Past team with staff from the City Museum and Art Gallery has come up trumps with the British Museum in London agreeing to loan the Warren Cup to Plymouth for the Pride in Our Past exhibition. The Warren Cup is in the top 100 UK artefacts a museum can exhibit – An ancient Roman drinking cup made from solid silver with relief decoration of homoerotic scenes, this object takes...
March 13th, 2012 by Pride in Plymouth
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Plymouth Rainbow Experience group for the over 50s now have their own website
The Rainbow Experience Plymouth’s LGBT social and support group for the over 50′s are building a website that will promote the group, its social calendar and link to interests groups and networks for the over 50′s. The Rainbow Experience meet at Hawkins Meeting House on the First Tuesday of the Month. Visit the website for more details and share the the link to help promote awareness...
March 6th, 2012 by Pride in Plymouth
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Campus Market – Open to the Public – Thursday 1st March
The Roland Levinsky Building at Plymouth University will be transformed into a market hall this Thursday with a range of local produce such as Devon Cider and handmade soaps. There will also be a selection of international foods to choose from. This is open to the public so an ideal time to get your mum something nice for Mothers Day, or pop in for a tasty hot lunch. Roland Levinsky Building Thursday...
February 26th, 2012 by Pride in Plymouth
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Pride in Plymouth website updates February 2012
I have been squirrelling away on the Pride in Plymouth website bringing content up to date and doing a bit of general housekeeping. Theatre and Performing Arts page: A selection of shows coming up at the Theatre Royal are featured with a link to the Spring 2012 season brochure Ceri Dupree – ‘The Ladies I Love’ show added Barbican Theatre – Flourish Fridays http://www.prideinplymouth.org.uk/our-city/theatre-performing-arts City...
February 18th, 2012 by Mark
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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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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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