Recent Posts Tagged With 'pride'

• Bringing It Home To Me

  Posted on Monday September 14th, 2009 at 06:30 in life, pride, activism, lgbt, homosexuality, acceptance, gay life, oscar wilde, soul tribe, being queer, reading pride, ballad of reading gaol

  I ventured out to our local gay pride event last weekend.  I have actively avoided going to Reading Pride because it always felt a little close to home, on so many levels.  I’ve been to a couple of other prides this year and really enjoyed my...

• Far-right group to protest at local pride event

  Posted on Thursday August 27th, 2009 at 14:37 in life, news, pride, sexuality, activism, lgbt, protest, gay life, homophobia, gay pride, fascists, gay parade

  Far-right group the National Front are to be allowed to ‘peacefully’ protest at this year’s Reading Pride parade and festival. Their demonstration has been given the go ahead by local police in a move which has angered and divided t...

• I went to a gay bar…

  Posted on Tuesday July 14th, 2009 at 04:53 in life, pride, sexuality, General, lgbt, fear, Social Life, coming out, self-acceptance, being myself, gay bar, coming to terms

  Last night, I plucked up the courage and went on my own into a gay pub and I cannot tell you how scared I was, well maybe you know.  I had been circling the establishment for days, walking down to it then past it then round again and past it and if ...

• Pride…

  Posted on Saturday June 6th, 2009 at 16:32 in life, business, pride, sexuality, lgbt, helen, teresa, gay pride, mazz, pretty pink pearl, oxford pride, mazzimage

  Today, I ventured out to my first Pride event.  Oxford Pride. It was a wet and dreary day and I think this reflected on the amount of people who turned up.  Still, it was well worth going if only to see a man wearing make-up and wearing white rugby...