What does Pride Mean To Me? By Simon Rea
Simon returned to Northern Ireland six years ago with his partner. He wandered along as a Steward in the parade that year and then expressed a lot of opinions about what the organisers were doing wrong...
View ArticlePride Talks Back 2012
From left: Gavin Robinson (DUP), Martina Anderson (Sinn Fein), Anna Lo (Alliance), Steven Agnew (Green Party), Conall McDevitt (SDLP) and Michael Copeland (UUP) On Wednesday evening Belfast Pride...
View ArticleGot Pride? by Stephen Donnan
Stephen Donnan is a youth worker, community worker, Alliance Party activist and LGBT /civil rights campaigner based out of Belfast, Northern Ireland. He spends his time between East Belfast, North...
View ArticleWhat Pride Means to Me by Laura McKee
Laura McKee is a 29 year old single mum to four year old Abbie. Working full time and studying part time keeps her busy, but she also has a deep passion for LGBT rights and supporting Belfast Pride....
View Article‘Pride Comes Before Social Change’ by Fidelma Carolan
Fidelma Carolan is a Regional Officer with UNISON whose primary focus is on lifelong learning. A former President of the University of Ulster Student’s Union, she has over 15 years experience working...
View ArticleHappy Pride
The Belfast Pride Parade takes place today! The parade happens for a number of reason, many of which are listed in the guest posts featured on the blog this week. I can barely choose one or two to...
View ArticleSocial Media Activism
There’s no simple answer to this quandry: does liking or sharing a status or image on Facebook do anything for the cause? It’s nothing like Kony 2012, the viral campaign published in March 2012 by...
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