Walk Against Homophobia at Manchester's International Festival
2 Jul 2009
Building on the success of June's Walk Against Homophobia, the walkers and friends of the Lesbian and Gay Foundation are invited to join the Procession - a major attraction and parade in Manchester on Sunday, 5th July.
The procession, a regular part of the yearly festival, begins today but gets officially kicked off by this "uniquely Mancunian" parade along Deansgate in the centre of Manchester.
The Lesbian and Gay Foundation have been invited to join in on the parade in the distinctive blue t-shirts seen during our second Walk Against Homophobia where we were joined by Labour Party chairman Tony Lloyd, James Purnell MP, Corrie stars Anthony Cotton and Katherine Kelly and a few hundred supporters of the cause.
Rachel Barlow, Mental Health Co-ordinator at the LGF says: "This is a really exciting opportunity as the event is part of the Manchester International Festival and is expected to attract a good crowd so we can show that the Greater Manchester LGB&T community are standing together against homophobia. All we need to do is get a crowd together!!
"Everyone taking part must register with the organisers for health and safety reasons however this will only involve you passing on your name and address to me, so its pretty easy!
"I am definitely going to be attending and I would love it if you all would like to come along."
The procession will take place on 5th July between 2 - 3:30pm, there will also be an aftershow party in the Printworks for all those who have taken part - free food and drink!
Read more about the Procession by clicking here.
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See the event on our Facebook group by clicking here.
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Will there be a steward trying to get us to chant Q-U-E-E-R this time? Because as a gay man - I found this offensive, and it wasn't really the way to get the anti-homophobia message across to the general public.
Posted by Gareth Orriss, 02/07/2009 3:00pm (1 year ago)