LGBT History Month February 2012
February is LGBT History month and Northern Pride has arranged some fantastic events throughout February. Full details of of each event can be found using this link http://goo.gl/EqEwZ . Spaces at these FREE events are limited so you need to book as soon as possible. The dates for the events are:
Sat 11th Feb 2pm to 4pm Newcastle Central Library
"North East LGBT people in the media"
Wed 15th Feb 6.30pm to 9pm Stage 3 Northern Stage
"women like us"
Thurs 23rd Feb 7.30pm Star and Shadow Cinema
"diagnosing Difference"
Mon 27th Feb 6pm to 9pm The Peter Sarah Theatre
"A Very British Sex Scanal"
if you would like any further information or to book a place please email Ken Mortimer at
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Rain didn't stop play in 2011!
Well the weather might not have been on our side and the sun obviously didn't fancy putting his hat on for the occasion but once again Northern Pride showed why we are the north east's biggest LGBT festival with over 8,000 of you braving the persistant rain to party in the park with us.
Saturday, July 16th got off to a terrific start when over 1000 brave souls- including many of you in a dazzling array of outfits- gathered at Newcastle Civic Centre for the annual Pride parade.
The rain continued to pour as our marchers made their way up to Leazes Park but that didn't dampen spirits and on arriving in the park everyone was well and truly in the party mood.
And the enthusiasm was contagious as all of our performers were up for a party. Chiefed with kicking things off, leader of Newcastle City Council, Councillor Nick Forbes, revelled in what he called "a carnival atmosphere".
He added: "It's the north east attitude just to party on regardless of the weather.
"I felt very proud and honoured to be asked to open Northern Pride as it's a hugely important event and really puts Newcastle on the map.
"I'm going to go home, dry of and put my gladrags on before going out on the town to party."
Acts like Totally GaGa, The Show Bears, I'm So Pink, Lorraine Crosby and Ruth Lorenzo also couldn't praise the drenched Leazes Park revellers enough, with our Spanish headliner declaring: "I love you guys so much, you're amazing!"
Ruth and other top turns dazzled on the main stage but the action didn't stop there- the Health & Well Being Zone, Tea Tent, Sports Gay Zone, Cabaret Tent were all packed to the rafters as was 2011's new acquisition, the Dance Tent.
From everyone here at Northern Pride we can't thank all of our sponsors, funders, volunteers and of course the north east LGBT community and party goers from further afield for making our event a huge success yet again.
The sun decided to grace us with his presence on Sunday, July 24 for Paws with Pride, proving that two weekends of torrential rain would just be too cruel!
Thank you to everyone who turned up and of course to the real stars of the show- our four legged friends! Congratulations to all our winners!
As ever we always want to know what you think and you can have your say by filling in our online survey at www.surveymonkey.com/s/northernpride2011
**And an even better way to let us know what you thought about Northern Pride 2011 is by attending our AGM on Wednesday, September 28th in the Lit and Phil (opposite Revolution on Westgate Road).
As well as giving your thoughts on how the main event and satellite events went you can also make suggestions on what path you'd like Northern Pride to take in the future and even get involved in the organising by joining the committee as a co-ordinator or director** |
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