COMMENT: Why was Fifty Shas of Gay rt banned om Highbridge and Burnham Carnival? - Somerset Apple

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• COMMENT: WHY WAS FIFTY SHAS OF GAY RT BANNED OM HIGHBRIDGE AND BURNHAM CARNIVAL?
• GAY STREET BURNHAM-ON-SEA
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS BURNHAM-ON-SEA
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COMMENT: WHY WAS FIFTY SHAS OF GAY RT BANNED OM HIGHBRIDGE AND BURNHAM CARNIVAL?

An LGBT+ chary says is disappoted that was not allowed to take part the Burnham-On-Sea Carnival over ‘ncerns’ wh s entry Somerset LGBT+ Fom applied to enter a rt named ‘Fifty Shas of Gay (a celebratn of Pri)’ Monday’s Burnham-On-Sea Highbridge & Burnham Carnival Commtee said the group was not banned, but the entry would have breached rnival l by featurg ‘excsive advertisg’ as had been entered to a non-mercial tegory of ‘Class 7 – Groups of Masquerars. ’A letter om the Carnival Commtee sent to the group outled the posn, and also clud ncerns about the entry’s New, Burnham Carnival Chairman, says: “There was absolutely no homophobia behd this at all. ”The North Somerset LGBT+ fom displayed s rt at Bridgwater Carnival on Saturday 5th November and has also been given permissn to e upg rnivals Wton and Stoodley, a spokman for North Somerset LGBT+ Fom, says: “Let’s jt hope ’s a se of mor homophobia and nothg too sister.

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We were gettg cheers and we were so proud to be the first openly gay entry, as far as we are aware, on the rnival circu.

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”Mr Stoodley said they were told their entry was breach of several l and they had been offered the chance to adjt s entry name om Fifty Shas of Gay but had cled the offer as they did not believe the words to be a statement, The North Somerset LGBT+ Fom add: “We cid to enter the inic Somerset Carnivals this year, celebratg the 50th Anniversary of the first Pri event the UK.

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In September, the Fom entered three lol Carnivals Somerset; Bridgwater, Burnham & Highbridge, and Wton-super-Mare, wh the entry tle of “50 Shas of Gay (a Celebratn of Pri). Image source, North Somerset LGBT+ FomImage ptn, The group said they had been told by anisers their rt, named 50 Shas of Gay, was appropriate for a fay dienceA chary has claimed was prevented om enterg a rnival float a para due to "mor homophobia" Somerset LGBT+ Fom applied to enter a rt named Fifty Shas of Gay (a celebratn of Pri) Burnham-on-Sea Carnival on anisers told the group the tle was appropriate for fay dienc. "Let's jt hope 's a se of mor homophobia and nothg too sister, " said Pl Stoodley, a spokman for North Somerset LGBT+ Fom.

We were gettg cheers and we were so proud to be the first openly gay entry, as far as we are aware, on the rnival circu, " he Stoodley said they were also told their entry was breach of several l relatn to self-promotn and source, North Somerset LGBT+ FomImage ptn, North Somerset LGBT+ Fom will be g the rt when they take part rnivals Wton-super-Mare and GlastonburyThe group said had been offered the chance to adjt s entry name om Fifty Shas of Gay but had cled the offer as did not believe the words to be name is a pun on the erotic romance novel by E. In a sea of nned cktails, Gay Water wants to stand out.

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