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- PRI FTIVALS KENT: A LOOK BACK AT THE HISTORY OF THE EVENT WHICH CELEBRAT THE LGBT+ MUNY THOMAS REEV PUBLISHED: 06:00, 04 APRIL 2021 | UPDATED: 12:45, 06 APRIL 2021 | | | --> IT MAY HAVE A RELATIVELY BRIEF HISTORY BUT PRI EVENTS KENT HAVE ALREADY MA QUE AN IMPRSN.FROM FASHN IN GOK WAN TO BUCKS FIZZ AND NADE COYLE OF GIRLS ALOUD, THE FTIVALS WHICH CELEBRATE THE LGBT+ (LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR) MUNY HAVE ATTRACTED THEIR SHARE OF CELEBRI TO THE UNTY - AND CREASGLY LARGER CROWDS.PHOTOS OM THE FIRST CANTERBURY PRI 2005. PICTURE: BARRY DUFFIELDTHE FIRST PRI FTIVAL WAS HELD LONDON 1972.IT WAS ATTEND BY 2,000 PEOPLE BUT IS NOW MARKED BY EVENTS WHICH ARE SPREAD OUT RIGHT ACROSS THE WORLD.IT ME THREE YEARS AFTER GAY PRI BEGAN ON JUNE 28, 1969, WHEN CTOMERS FOUGHT BACK AT THE STONEWALL INN NEW YORK’S GREENWICH VILLAGE AS POLICE SCEND ON THE POPULAR GAY BAR. THAT NIGHT, THERE WERE 200 PEOPLE SI THE BAR AND THEY ALL REFED TO OPERATE WH THE POLICE. BACK-UP WAS LLED FOR TO GET EVERYONE OUT AND TRANSFERRED TO POLICE CELLS BUT, BY THE TIME THEY HAD ARRIVED, A CROWD HAD GATHERED CHRISTOPHER STREET, OUTSI THE STONEWALL.THE POLICE SI ULDN’T GET OUT AND THE ROUGH WAY THE OFFICERS OUTSI THE BAR ALT WH THOSE GATHERED OUTSI LED TO A FLASHPOT.PHOTOS OM THE FIRST CANTERBURY PRI 2005. PICTURE: BARRY DUFFIELDDRAG QUEEN MARSHA P JOHNSON BEGAN THE FIGHTBACK AND THE STONEWALL RT WAS UNR WAY, WH GAY RIGHTS ACTIVISTS FIGHTG WH THE POLICE UNTIL 4AM, AS THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT BEGAN.NOW, WE TAKE A LOOK BACK AT THE FTIVAL MOVEMENT WH WHICH THE RABOW FLAG HAS BEE SYNONYMO.CANTERBURY PRI IN 2005, CANTERBURY CELEBRATED S FIRST PRI.CALLED PIIC IN THE PARK AND ANISED BY PRI CANTERBURY, PLAYED HOST TO A VARIETY OF DRAG ARTISTS, STARTED AT DANE JOHN GARNS AND ATTRACTED ALMOST 2,000 PEOPLE, CLUDG VISORS OM BRIGHTON, LONDON AND LIVERPOOL.MART LAMMAS, LEFT, AND ANDREW BRETTELL SET UP PRI CANTERBURY BUT H OUT AT CANTERBURY CY COUNCIL WHEN THEY MOVED TO NORWICH.AFTER S SUCCS, RETURNED THE FOLLOWG YEAR.THE THEME WAS BROKEBACK MOUNTA, THE OSR-WNG FILM ABOUT GAY WBOYS, AND WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED BY SGER AND GAY IN MANDY WTERS.FAST FORWARD SIX-AND-A-HALF YEARS, HOWEVER, AND THGS WERE VERY DIFFERENT. ANDREW BRETTELL AND HIS PARTNER MART LAMMAS, WHO HAD N PRI CANTERBURY, LEFT FOR NORWICH - AND DIDN’T PULL ANY PUNCH AS THEY DID SO.IN A STATEMENT, THEY SAID THEY FELT THEY WERE MOVG TO A CY WHERE THEY ULD FEEL THEY BELONGED, ADDG “YOUNG, MIDDLE-AGED OR OLD, THERE IS LTLE FOR GAY PEOPLE CANTERBURY.” THEY ALSO MA AN OFFICIAL PLAT ABOUT CANTERBURY CY COUNCIL TO THE LOL GOVERNMENT OMBUDSMAN BUT AN VTIGATN FOUND NO GROUNDS FOR THEIR CLAIM.S CLUB 3 WHO PERFORMED AT CANTERBURY PRI 2018THE LIM AT THE 2018 CANTERBURY PRI. PICTURE: CHRIS DAVEYIT WAS 2016 BEFORE PRI RETURNED TO THE CY S CURRENT GUISE, AS THEN-LORD MAYOR CLLR GEE METLFE LED THE CELEBRATNS. "FOR OUR FIRST YEAR, WE ATTRACTED 4,000 PEOPLE," SAYS JON FTER-HARDG, ONE OF CANTERBURY PRI'S ANISERS. "WE DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. THE LAST PRI BEFORE THAT CANTERBURY HAD GOT 1,500."I THK THERE HAD BEEN A REAL SOCIAL CHANGE THE MUNY. THERE WAS EVERYONE THERE OM THE CANTERBURY MUNY AS A WHOLE. THEY ACTUALLY WANT THE EVENT TO HAPPEN AND THEY ARE DISAPPOTED WHEN DON’T HAPPEN."THOANDS OF PEOPLE FLOCKED TO THE STREETS ONCE MORE 2017 BEFORE S CLUB 3 (THE THREE REMAG MEMBERS OM S CLUB 7) HEADLED THE 2018 EDN OF CANTERBURY PRI.ROSIE DUFFIELD MP AND LOL LABOUR GROUPS AT 2018 CANTERBURY PRI. PICTURE: CHRIS DAVEYTHEY WERE JOED AT THE BASH BY DRAG ACT DELILAH TICKL, WHO FEATURED TRIBUT TO LTLE MIX, THE SPICE GIRLS AND ABBA, AS WELL AS SOME OF KENT’S BT SGERS.WH PRI NTUG TO GROW POPULARY THE CY, THERE WAS AN ARRAY OF LOUR FOR THE FTIVAL 2019, WH GOK WAN AMONG THE 20,000-STRONG CROWD THE CY WHILE NADE COYLE HEADLED.OF URSE, KENT'S BIGGT ANNUAL CELEBRATN OF THE LGBT MUNY WAS WIPED OM LAST YEAR’S LENDAR DUE TO THE RONAVIS PANMIC, ALTHOUGH THE BEANEY DID PUT ON A SPECIAL EXHIBN LAST SUMMER TO SHOWSE THE HISTORY OF CANTERBURY PRI.MR FTER-HARDG SAYS: "WE WERE REALLY, REALLY DISAPPOTED WE ULDN’T HAVE OUR PRI LAST YEAR BUT WE WERE ABLE TO PUT ON AN EXHIBN. IT SHOWS HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE."THAT WAS REALLY NICE. IT WAS GOOD TO STILL BE THERE BUT JT A DIFFERENT WAY."A AT OF MANY LOURS, ONE OF THE PARTICIPANTS THE CANTERBURY PRI PARA 2019. PICTURE: CHRIS DAVEYCANTERBURY PRI 2019. PICTURE: CHRIS DAVEYCANTERBURY PRI 2019 MAK S WAY THROUGH THE CY. PICTURE: CHRIS DAVEYTHE 2021 EDN OF THE FTIVAL IS SET TO GO AHEAD THIS SUMMER ON SEPTEMBER 11.MR FTER-HARDG HIGHLIGHTED HOW MUCH STS TO PUT ON NOW - AND WHY THE SUPPORT THEY RECEIVE OM LOL BS IS SO CCIAL.HE EXPLAS: "OUR EVENT STS EXCS OF £50,000 TO PUT ON. WE RECENTLY GOT SOME FUNDG OM THE NATNAL LOTTERY BUT WE JT ULDN’T DO WHOUT FUNDG OM OUR SPONSORS."WE DO QUE AN -PTH SURVEY AND GET EXCS OF 1,500 RPONS OM THOSE WHO E ALONG. WE HAVE HAD PEOPLE E OM STLAND, CORNWALL AND A UPLE HAVE E OM FURTHER ABROAD AS WELL."THAT IS BEE OF THE ACTS AND TALENTS WE N ATTRACT, AND THAT’S BEE OF THE SPONSORSHIP WE RECEIVE OM BS."FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, TERENCE BROWN, VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THA PRI, IAN CARTER-CHAPMAN, EVENT STEWARD, HORACE HOTMAN, ANISER, AND KEV GRICE, CHAIRMAN, AT THE LNCH OF THE 2009 THA PRI. THE MTEE RAN THA PRI OM 2007 TO 2010. PICTURE: MART JEFFERITHA, 'MARGAYTE', KENT AND MARGATE PRI AFTER A RACE AGAST TIME, THA PRI’S GURAL EVENT WAS HELD ALONG MARGATE SEAONT 2007.IT WAS PUT TOGETHER JT EIGHT WEEKS BY MEMBERS OF THE SUNDOWNERS PRIVATE MEMBERS CLUB, CLUDG OWNER PL ROLLS, WHO WERE APPROACHED TO ANISE A PRI EVENT THE TOWN.MR ROLLS ADMS THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK VOLVED PUTTG ON THE FOUR FTIVALS HE WAS DIRECTLY VOLVED WH BUT IS PLEASED TO SEE PRI STILL GOG STRONG TODAY.“THERE IS A LOT OF ANISG TO DO, 'S NOT SOMETHG THAT JT HAPPENS,” HE SAYS.PHOTOS OM THA PRI 2010 WH "DRAG WH NO NAME" ON STAGE. PICTURE: PL DENNIS“WE WERE LUCKY TO HAVE STEVE DAVIS OM WTER GARNS ON OUR MTEE. WE WERE LUCKY TO HAVE A REASONABLY KNOWLEDGEABLE MTEE. WE KNEW A LOT OF PANI THE AREA AND WE WERE ABLE TO MOBILISE THEM."WE DID A LOT OF WORK THE EARLY DAYS WH SOUTHEASTERN RAILWAY."THEY GAVE SPONSORSHIP QUE EARLY ON. WE DID QUE A LOT OF THE GROUND-BREAKG WORK.”IT ATTRACTED SOME 10,000 PEOPLE THE FOLLOWG YEAR WHO WERE KEPT ENTERTAED BY X-FACTOR FALISTS SAME DIFFERENCE.THE 2009 AND 2010 BASH PROVED HUGELY POPULAR, TOO, WH EUROVISN'S BUCKS FIZZ HEADLG 2009.PHOTOS OM THA PRI 2010. PICTURE: PL DENNISPHOTOS OM THA PRI 2010. PICTURE: PL DENNISHORACE HOTMAN, ONE OF THE ANISERS, WHO WAS A PERE ON THE MA STAGE FOR THREE OF THE FIRST FOUR FTIVALS, SAYS: “ON A LOVELY SUMMER’S DAY TO WALK ALONG THE SEAONT WHERE THERE ARE GALLERI AND RTRANTS, THERE IS SOMETHG FOR EVERYONE DOWN THERE.”BUT E SEPTEMBER 2010, CHAIRMAN KEV GRICE FEARED S DAYS WERE NUMBERED UNLS NEW SPONSORS WERE FOUND.INED, WAS ANOTHER THREE YEARS BEFORE "MARGAYTE PRI" 2013, A WEEKEND OF EVENTS HELD LATE SEPTEMBER.PRI RETURNED TO THE TOWN TWO YEARS LATER AS KENT PRI 2015, ANISED BY A TEAM CLUDG SUE SANRS AND TONY BUTCHER.IT MA A EBACK SPE ANTI-GAY LEAFLETS BEG POSTED THROUGH LETTERBOX MARGATE JT DAYS BEFORE THE FTIVAL.RERD NUMBERS TURNED OUT FOR THE MARGATE PRI PARA. PICTURE: MARGATE PRIA SELL-OUT CROWD PARTIED THE NIGHT AWAY AT THE MELANIE C NCERT AT DREAMLAND AS PART OF MARGATE PRI 2019. PICTURE: DREAMLAND MARGATESCE 2016 MARGATE PRI, NOW N BY A MUNY TERT PANY OF THE SAME NAME, HAS HELPED TO CELEBRATE THE LGBT+ MUNY.IN 2019, SPICE GIRL MEL C HEADLED THE SATURDAY EVENG SHOW AT DREAMLAND.IN TERMS OF THIS YEAR'S PLANS, ANISERS SAID: "THOUGH THERE WILL BE NO PARA AGA THIS YEAR, WE WILL BE BRGG BACK THE ART TRAIL ACROSS THE TOWN, CLUDG THE RETURN OF THE 'RED FLAGS' OPEN LL EXHIBN; THE PRI PORTRA PROJECT; AND VERY EXCG PLANS FOR THE OVAL BANDSTAND ON AUGT 14."TUNBRIDGE WELLS PRI TUNBRIDGE WELLS PRI IS ANOTHER OF THE MORE TABLISHED FTIVALS, HAVG FIRST LNCHED 2017.HARVEY THE CHOLATE LAB WH HIS PRI GARLAND AT TUNBRIDGE WELLS PRI 2019. PICTURE: MATTHEW WALKERTUNBRIDGE WELLS DISTRICT SUT GROUP READY FOR THE PARA AT TUNBRIDGE WELLS PRI 2019. PICTURE: MATTHEW WALKERHOWEVER REVELLERS WERE UNABLE TO WALK ON THE ROADS FOR THE FIRST TWO PRIS THAT THEY HELD, NOT BOOKG ROAD CLOSUR FOR THEIR FIRST FTIVAL BEFORE THEY FOUND OUT ROADS WOULD NOT BE SHUT A FEW WEEKS BEFORE THE BIG DAY 2018.BUT THE 2019 EDN OF THE EVENT SHONE WH HELP OM RU PL'S DRAG RACE STAR CHARLIE HIS.SWALE AND FAVERSHAM PRI HUNDREDS TURNED OUT FOR FAVERSHAM’S FIRST LGBT PRI CELEBRATN, AN ALL-DAY FTIVAL AT WT FAVERSHAM COMMUNY CENTRE, 2018.THERE WERE MORE S AND SPLASH OF LOUR AS HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE BRAVED THE HEAT TO TAKE PART SWALE PRI AUGT 2019, WHICH MARCHED THROUGH FAVERSHAM.SWALE PRI 2019 GO THROUGH PRTON STREET FAVERSHAM. PICTURE: PL AMOSCLLR BEN MART AND CLLR TREVOR MART AT SWALE PRI 2019 FAVERSHAM. PICTURE: PL AMOSSWALE PRI 2019 GO THROUGH PRTON STREET FAVERSHAM. PICTURE: PL AMOSFOLKTONE PRI THE GURAL FOLKTONE PRI HAPPENED 2017 WH HUNDREDS SHOWG SOLIDARY FOR THE LGBT MUNY.THEN-FOLKTONE MAYOR CLLR ROGER WT ATTEND BUT WAS NMNED FOR SHOWG HIS SUPPORT FOR HIS TOWN’S FIRST GAY PRI MARCH BY TWO RINTS OM CHERON.HE H BACK, SAYG: “IT’S JT UNBELIEVABLE THAT PEOPLE THIS DAY AND AGE THK THIS WAY AND N BE THAT BIGOTED.”THE FTIVAL WENT AHEAD AGA 2018 AND 2019, WHERE THE PARA ME TO A STOP AT THE LEAS CLIFF HALL AND A ROOFTOP PARTY WAS HELD.MISS DI VOUR AT FOLKTONE PRI 2019. PICTURE: PL AMOSDOLLY POPPERS AT FOLKTONE PRI 2019. PICTURE: PL AMOSFOLKTONE PRI 2019. PICTURE: PL AMOSDOVER PRI THE FIRST DOVER PRI WAS HELD 2019.IT WENT THROUGH THE HEART OF DOVER, OM THE MARKET SQUARE TO DOVER'S HISTORIC TOWN HALL WHERE THERE WAS MIC, LIVE ENTERTAMENT AND A MARKET.THIS YEAR, DOVER PRI HAS ANISED TWO LTER-PICKG EVENTS, ONE HELD ON THE SEAONT ON SATURDAY, APRIL 10 AND THE SEND A WEEK LATER PENCTER GARNS.DOVER'S FIRST-EVER PRI EVENT WAS HELD 2019. PICTURE: ALAN LANGLEYDOVER'S FIRST-EVER PRI EVENT WAS HELD 2019. PICTURE: ALAN LANGLEYDOVER'S FIRST-EVER PRI EVENT WAS HELD 2019. PICTURE: ALAN LANGLEYMEDWAY PRI PLANS FOR MEDWAY TO HOST S FIRST GAY PRI FTIVAL WH A PARA AND A PACKED PROGRAMME OF ENTERTAMENT FOR THE FAY WERE ANNOUNCED FEBARY LAST YEAR.BUT WH LOCKDOWN MEASUR TRODUCED JT A MONTH LATER, THE FTIVAL HAS BEEN PHED BACK UNTIL AUGT 21 THIS YEAR.MEDWAY PRI HELD S FIRST EVENTS 2013/14 WHEN STAGED A PIIC THE PARK EVENT ROCHTER.IT WAS PROMOTED BY KENT & MEDWAY LGBT COMMUNY ACTN GROUP WH HELP OM METRO CHARY.THIS YEAR LGBT HISTORY MONTH WAS UNR COVID RTRICTNS WHICH PREVENTED AN ANNUAL EVENT WHICH IS UALLY STAGED AT NUCLS ARTS CHATHAM.AS A RULT, THE GROUP BEGAN A NEW PROJECT MEDWAY PRI RAD WHICH IS BROADSTG 24 HOURS A DAY, AS PART OF MEDWAY PRI.THE MEDWAY PRI PARA BEG HELD AUGT IS BOTH A MONSTRATN AND CELEBRATN OF LGBTQIA+ PEOPLE.A SPOKMAN FOR THE EVENT SAID: "IT IS AN OPPORTUNY FOR THOSE TAKG PART, REPRENTG THEIR MUNI TO SAY WE ARE HERE, WE EXIST, AND RAISE ISSU ABOUT THE CHALLENG AFFECTG THEIR MUNY, LIKE ISSU AROUND HEALTH RE AND DISCRIMATN BE THAT FOR RACE, RELIGN, DISABILY, AGE, SEXUALY OR GENR INTY."THE FTIVAL CLUS THE WORK OF MUNY SUPPORT ANISATN, NHS, KENT POLICE & FIRE SERVICE."MAIDSTONE PRI PLANS HAVE BEEN PUT PLACE FOR MAIDSTONE'S FIRST LGBT EVENT TOO.DANNY BEARD IS SET TO STAR AT MAIDSTONE'S GURAL LGBT FTIVAL THIS SUMMER.FEATURG BRA'S GOT TALENT SEMI-FALIST DANNY BEARD AND THREE STARS OM RUPL'S DRAG RACE UK AS PART OF THE LE-UP, IS SCHLED TO BE HELD AT MOTE PARK ON JUNE 25.IT HAS BEEN ANISED BY POPULAR NIGHTLIFE PROMOTERS GLTERBOMB.THEY ARE PULLG OUT ALL THE STOPS WH RUPL’S DRAG RACE UK SEASON ONE FALIST BAGA CHIPZ, A MULTI-TALENTED PERFORMER, TAKG TO THE STAGE FOR A LIVE VOL SET.SHE WILL BE JOED AT THE FTIVAL BY LAWRENCE CHANEY AND BIMI BON-BOULASH OM SEASON TWO OF THE POPULAR TV SERI.KENT PRI FORMER CANTERBURY PRI BOSS EDD WHERS HAS LNCHED A NEW ANISATN LLED KENT PRI, WHICH HE HOP WILL BEE THE LARGT LGBT CELEBRATN THE UNTY.IT WILL KICK-OFF WH AN "ONLE EXTRAVAGANZA" THIS YEAR, WHICH HE SAYS ULD BE AN EVENG OF LIVE-STREAMED ENTERTAMENT, AND WILL BE HELD WT KENT BUT A DATE FOR THE GURAL BASH HAS YET TO BE NFIRMED.GRAVHAM PRI IN MARCH 2019 GRAVHAM PRI CIC WAS FORMED WH ELECTED OFFICIALS.THE ORIGAL EVENT WAS PLANNED TO TAKE PLACE ON AUGT 15 LAST YEAR ON COMMUNY SQUARE GRAVEND HOWEVER, THIS WAS NCELLED DUE TO COVID-19 RTRICTNS.IN MAY 2020 GRAVHAM PRI CIC JOED FORC WH MEDWAY PRI TO PRODUCE A WEEK LONG VIRTUAL EVENT HELD AUGT 2020 WHICH FEATURED A FLAG RAISG WH MAMA G AND KENT POLICE, ALONG WH SPEECH OM BOTH MAYORS.THERE WAS A VIRTUAL PRI MARCH WH LOL PEOPLE SUPPLYG PICTUR OF THEMSELV AT OTHER PRIS OVER THE YEARS AND FEATURED PERFORMANC OM JAYNE SNOW, CLEA LEWELLYN, SATCH, LOLLY (90’S BUBBLEGUM POP STAR), GARY B LUS, AIN SADLER, LEANNE JON (HAIRSPRAY - LONDON). PHIL FRANCIS, ROSA MONSOON , COSMIC NJA AND SMASHBY (MTV).THERE WAS ALSO LIVE Q AND A SSNS WH TRANS BOXG PROMOTER KELLIE MALONEY.LAST YEAR GRAVHAM PRI CIC JOED FORC WH MEDWAY PRI TO PRODUCE A WEEK LONG VIRTUAL EVENT. PICTURE: HELANNA SHELLEYTHE WEEK LONG EVENT END WH A HUGE CLOSG PARTY THAT WAS BROADST OVER MULTIPLE PLATFORMS AND THE EVEN REACHED MORE THAN PEOPLE 32 UNTRI.SHEPPEY PRI A HOST OF FUNDRAISG EVENTS WERE HELD THE N-UP TO THE SUMMER OF 2019 FOR SHEPPEY’S FIRST-EVER PRI BUT PLANS FOR THEIR GURAL FTIVAL HAVE, SO FAR, NOT E TO UN.READ MORE: ALL THE LATT NEWS KENT --> CANTERBURY DOVER FAVERSHAM FOLKTONE GRAVHAM IN DEPTH ISLE OF SHEPPEY MAIDSTONE MEDWAY THA TUNBRIDGE WELLS THOMAS REEV _PLUGMANAGER.SETTARGETVALUE("ARTICLEID", "244923"); FOLLOW MOST POPULAR
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PRI FTIVALS KENT: A LOOK BACK AT THE HISTORY OF THE EVENT WHICH CELEBRAT THE LGBT+ MUNY THOMAS REEV PUBLISHED: 06:00, 04 APRIL 2021 | UPDATED: 12:45, 06 APRIL 2021 | | | --> IT MAY HAVE A RELATIVELY BRIEF HISTORY BUT PRI EVENTS KENT HAVE ALREADY MA QUE AN IMPRSN.FROM FASHN IN GOK WAN TO BUCKS FIZZ AND NADE COYLE OF GIRLS ALOUD, THE FTIVALS WHICH CELEBRATE THE LGBT+ (LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR) MUNY HAVE ATTRACTED THEIR SHARE OF CELEBRI TO THE UNTY - AND CREASGLY LARGER CROWDS.PHOTOS OM THE FIRST CANTERBURY PRI 2005. PICTURE: BARRY DUFFIELDTHE FIRST PRI FTIVAL WAS HELD LONDON 1972.IT WAS ATTEND BY 2,000 PEOPLE BUT IS NOW MARKED BY EVENTS WHICH ARE SPREAD OUT RIGHT ACROSS THE WORLD.IT ME THREE YEARS AFTER GAY PRI BEGAN ON JUNE 28, 1969, WHEN CTOMERS FOUGHT BACK AT THE STONEWALL INN NEW YORK’S GREENWICH VILLAGE AS POLICE SCEND ON THE POPULAR GAY BAR. THAT NIGHT, THERE WERE 200 PEOPLE SI THE BAR AND THEY ALL REFED TO OPERATE WH THE POLICE. BACK-UP WAS LLED FOR TO GET EVERYONE OUT AND TRANSFERRED TO POLICE CELLS BUT, BY THE TIME THEY HAD ARRIVED, A CROWD HAD GATHERED CHRISTOPHER STREET, OUTSI THE STONEWALL.THE POLICE SI ULDN’T GET OUT AND THE ROUGH WAY THE OFFICERS OUTSI THE BAR ALT WH THOSE GATHERED OUTSI LED TO A FLASHPOT.PHOTOS OM THE FIRST CANTERBURY PRI 2005. PICTURE: BARRY DUFFIELDDRAG QUEEN MARSHA P JOHNSON BEGAN THE FIGHTBACK AND THE STONEWALL RT WAS UNR WAY, WH GAY RIGHTS ACTIVISTS FIGHTG WH THE POLICE UNTIL 4AM, AS THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT BEGAN.NOW, WE TAKE A LOOK BACK AT THE FTIVAL MOVEMENT WH WHICH THE RABOW FLAG HAS BEE SYNONYMO.CANTERBURY PRI IN 2005, CANTERBURY CELEBRATED S FIRST PRI.CALLED PIIC IN THE PARK AND ANISED BY PRI CANTERBURY, PLAYED HOST TO A VARIETY OF DRAG ARTISTS, STARTED AT DANE JOHN GARNS AND ATTRACTED ALMOST 2,000 PEOPLE, CLUDG VISORS OM BRIGHTON, LONDON AND LIVERPOOL.MART LAMMAS, LEFT, AND ANDREW BRETTELL SET UP PRI CANTERBURY BUT H OUT AT CANTERBURY CY COUNCIL WHEN THEY MOVED TO NORWICH.AFTER S SUCCS, RETURNED THE FOLLOWG YEAR.THE THEME WAS BROKEBACK MOUNTA, THE OSR-WNG FILM ABOUT GAY WBOYS, AND WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED BY SGER AND GAY IN MANDY WTERS.FAST FORWARD SIX-AND-A-HALF YEARS, HOWEVER, AND THGS WERE VERY DIFFERENT. ANDREW BRETTELL AND HIS PARTNER MART LAMMAS, WHO HAD N PRI CANTERBURY, LEFT FOR NORWICH - AND DIDN’T PULL ANY PUNCH AS THEY DID SO.IN A STATEMENT, THEY SAID THEY FELT THEY WERE MOVG TO A CY WHERE THEY ULD FEEL THEY BELONGED, ADDG “YOUNG, MIDDLE-AGED OR OLD, THERE IS LTLE FOR GAY PEOPLE CANTERBURY.” THEY ALSO MA AN OFFICIAL PLAT ABOUT CANTERBURY CY COUNCIL TO THE LOL GOVERNMENT OMBUDSMAN BUT AN VTIGATN FOUND NO GROUNDS FOR THEIR CLAIM.S CLUB 3 WHO PERFORMED AT CANTERBURY PRI 2018THE LIM AT THE 2018 CANTERBURY PRI. PICTURE: CHRIS DAVEYIT WAS 2016 BEFORE PRI RETURNED TO THE CY S CURRENT GUISE, AS THEN-LORD MAYOR CLLR GEE METLFE LED THE CELEBRATNS. "FOR OUR FIRST YEAR, WE ATTRACTED 4,000 PEOPLE," SAYS JON FTER-HARDG, ONE OF CANTERBURY PRI'S ANISERS. "WE DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. THE LAST PRI BEFORE THAT CANTERBURY HAD GOT 1,500."I THK THERE HAD BEEN A REAL SOCIAL CHANGE THE MUNY. THERE WAS EVERYONE THERE OM THE CANTERBURY MUNY AS A WHOLE. THEY ACTUALLY WANT THE EVENT TO HAPPEN AND THEY ARE DISAPPOTED WHEN DON’T HAPPEN."THOANDS OF PEOPLE FLOCKED TO THE STREETS ONCE MORE 2017 BEFORE S CLUB 3 (THE THREE REMAG MEMBERS OM S CLUB 7) HEADLED THE 2018 EDN OF CANTERBURY PRI.ROSIE DUFFIELD MP AND LOL LABOUR GROUPS AT 2018 CANTERBURY PRI. PICTURE: CHRIS DAVEYTHEY WERE JOED AT THE BASH BY DRAG ACT DELILAH TICKL, WHO FEATURED TRIBUT TO LTLE MIX, THE SPICE GIRLS AND ABBA, AS WELL AS SOME OF KENT’S BT SGERS.WH PRI NTUG TO GROW POPULARY THE CY, THERE WAS AN ARRAY OF LOUR FOR THE FTIVAL 2019, WH GOK WAN AMONG THE 20,000-STRONG CROWD THE CY WHILE NADE COYLE HEADLED.OF URSE, KENT'S BIGGT ANNUAL CELEBRATN OF THE LGBT MUNY WAS WIPED OM LAST YEAR’S LENDAR DUE TO THE RONAVIS PANMIC, ALTHOUGH THE BEANEY DID PUT ON A SPECIAL EXHIBN LAST SUMMER TO SHOWSE THE HISTORY OF CANTERBURY PRI.MR FTER-HARDG SAYS: "WE WERE REALLY, REALLY DISAPPOTED WE ULDN’T HAVE OUR PRI LAST YEAR BUT WE WERE ABLE TO PUT ON AN EXHIBN. IT SHOWS HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE."THAT WAS REALLY NICE. IT WAS GOOD TO STILL BE THERE BUT JT A DIFFERENT WAY."A AT OF MANY LOURS, ONE OF THE PARTICIPANTS THE CANTERBURY PRI PARA 2019. PICTURE: CHRIS DAVEYCANTERBURY PRI 2019. PICTURE: CHRIS DAVEYCANTERBURY PRI 2019 MAK S WAY THROUGH THE CY. PICTURE: CHRIS DAVEYTHE 2021 EDN OF THE FTIVAL IS SET TO GO AHEAD THIS SUMMER ON SEPTEMBER 11.MR FTER-HARDG HIGHLIGHTED HOW MUCH STS TO PUT ON NOW - AND WHY THE SUPPORT THEY RECEIVE OM LOL BS IS SO CCIAL.HE EXPLAS: "OUR EVENT STS EXCS OF £50,000 TO PUT ON. WE RECENTLY GOT SOME FUNDG OM THE NATNAL LOTTERY BUT WE JT ULDN’T DO WHOUT FUNDG OM OUR SPONSORS."WE DO QUE AN -PTH SURVEY AND GET EXCS OF 1,500 RPONS OM THOSE WHO E ALONG. WE HAVE HAD PEOPLE E OM STLAND, CORNWALL AND A UPLE HAVE E OM FURTHER ABROAD AS WELL."THAT IS BEE OF THE ACTS AND TALENTS WE N ATTRACT, AND THAT’S BEE OF THE SPONSORSHIP WE RECEIVE OM BS."FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, TERENCE BROWN, VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THA PRI, IAN CARTER-CHAPMAN, EVENT STEWARD, HORACE HOTMAN, ANISER, AND KEV GRICE, CHAIRMAN, AT THE LNCH OF THE 2009 THA PRI. THE MTEE RAN THA PRI OM 2007 TO 2010. PICTURE: MART JEFFERITHA, 'MARGAYTE', KENT AND MARGATE PRI AFTER A RACE AGAST TIME, THA PRI’S GURAL EVENT WAS HELD ALONG MARGATE SEAONT 2007.IT WAS PUT TOGETHER JT EIGHT WEEKS BY MEMBERS OF THE SUNDOWNERS PRIVATE MEMBERS CLUB, CLUDG OWNER PL ROLLS, WHO WERE APPROACHED TO ANISE A PRI EVENT THE TOWN.MR ROLLS ADMS THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK VOLVED PUTTG ON THE FOUR FTIVALS HE WAS DIRECTLY VOLVED WH BUT IS PLEASED TO SEE PRI STILL GOG STRONG TODAY.“THERE IS A LOT OF ANISG TO DO, 'S NOT SOMETHG THAT JT HAPPENS,” HE SAYS.PHOTOS OM THA PRI 2010 WH "DRAG WH NO NAME" ON STAGE. PICTURE: PL DENNIS“WE WERE LUCKY TO HAVE STEVE DAVIS OM WTER GARNS ON OUR MTEE. WE WERE LUCKY TO HAVE A REASONABLY KNOWLEDGEABLE MTEE. WE KNEW A LOT OF PANI THE AREA AND WE WERE ABLE TO MOBILISE THEM."WE DID A LOT OF WORK THE EARLY DAYS WH SOUTHEASTERN RAILWAY."THEY GAVE SPONSORSHIP QUE EARLY ON. WE DID QUE A LOT OF THE GROUND-BREAKG WORK.”IT ATTRACTED SOME 10,000 PEOPLE THE FOLLOWG YEAR WHO WERE KEPT ENTERTAED BY X-FACTOR FALISTS SAME DIFFERENCE.THE 2009 AND 2010 BASH PROVED HUGELY POPULAR, TOO, WH EUROVISN'S BUCKS FIZZ HEADLG 2009.PHOTOS OM THA PRI 2010. PICTURE: PL DENNISPHOTOS OM THA PRI 2010. PICTURE: PL DENNISHORACE HOTMAN, ONE OF THE ANISERS, WHO WAS A PERE ON THE MA STAGE FOR THREE OF THE FIRST FOUR FTIVALS, SAYS: “ON A LOVELY SUMMER’S DAY TO WALK ALONG THE SEAONT WHERE THERE ARE GALLERI AND RTRANTS, THERE IS SOMETHG FOR EVERYONE DOWN THERE.”BUT E SEPTEMBER 2010, CHAIRMAN KEV GRICE FEARED S DAYS WERE NUMBERED UNLS NEW SPONSORS WERE FOUND.INED, WAS ANOTHER THREE YEARS BEFORE "MARGAYTE PRI" 2013, A WEEKEND OF EVENTS HELD LATE SEPTEMBER.PRI RETURNED TO THE TOWN TWO YEARS LATER AS KENT PRI 2015, ANISED BY A TEAM CLUDG SUE SANRS AND TONY BUTCHER.IT MA A EBACK SPE ANTI-GAY LEAFLETS BEG POSTED THROUGH LETTERBOX MARGATE JT DAYS BEFORE THE FTIVAL.RERD NUMBERS TURNED OUT FOR THE MARGATE PRI PARA. PICTURE: MARGATE PRIA SELL-OUT CROWD PARTIED THE NIGHT AWAY AT THE MELANIE C NCERT AT DREAMLAND AS PART OF MARGATE PRI 2019. PICTURE: DREAMLAND MARGATESCE 2016 MARGATE PRI, NOW N BY A MUNY TERT PANY OF THE SAME NAME, HAS HELPED TO CELEBRATE THE LGBT+ MUNY.IN 2019, SPICE GIRL MEL C HEADLED THE SATURDAY EVENG SHOW AT DREAMLAND.IN TERMS OF THIS YEAR'S PLANS, ANISERS SAID: "THOUGH THERE WILL BE NO PARA AGA THIS YEAR, WE WILL BE BRGG BACK THE ART TRAIL ACROSS THE TOWN, CLUDG THE RETURN OF THE 'RED FLAGS' OPEN LL EXHIBN; THE PRI PORTRA PROJECT; AND VERY EXCG PLANS FOR THE OVAL BANDSTAND ON AUGT 14."TUNBRIDGE WELLS PRI TUNBRIDGE WELLS PRI IS ANOTHER OF THE MORE TABLISHED FTIVALS, HAVG FIRST LNCHED 2017.HARVEY THE CHOLATE LAB WH HIS PRI GARLAND AT TUNBRIDGE WELLS PRI 2019. PICTURE: MATTHEW WALKERTUNBRIDGE WELLS DISTRICT SUT GROUP READY FOR THE PARA AT TUNBRIDGE WELLS PRI 2019. PICTURE: MATTHEW WALKERHOWEVER REVELLERS WERE UNABLE TO WALK ON THE ROADS FOR THE FIRST TWO PRIS THAT THEY HELD, NOT BOOKG ROAD CLOSUR FOR THEIR FIRST FTIVAL BEFORE THEY FOUND OUT ROADS WOULD NOT BE SHUT A FEW WEEKS BEFORE THE BIG DAY 2018.BUT THE 2019 EDN OF THE EVENT SHONE WH HELP OM RU PL'S DRAG RACE STAR CHARLIE HIS.SWALE AND FAVERSHAM PRI HUNDREDS TURNED OUT FOR FAVERSHAM’S FIRST LGBT PRI CELEBRATN, AN ALL-DAY FTIVAL AT WT FAVERSHAM COMMUNY CENTRE, 2018.THERE WERE MORE S AND SPLASH OF LOUR AS HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE BRAVED THE HEAT TO TAKE PART SWALE PRI AUGT 2019, WHICH MARCHED THROUGH FAVERSHAM.SWALE PRI 2019 GO THROUGH PRTON STREET FAVERSHAM. PICTURE: PL AMOSCLLR BEN MART AND CLLR TREVOR MART AT SWALE PRI 2019 FAVERSHAM. PICTURE: PL AMOSSWALE PRI 2019 GO THROUGH PRTON STREET FAVERSHAM. PICTURE: PL AMOSFOLKTONE PRI THE GURAL FOLKTONE PRI HAPPENED 2017 WH HUNDREDS SHOWG SOLIDARY FOR THE LGBT MUNY.THEN-FOLKTONE MAYOR CLLR ROGER WT ATTEND BUT WAS NMNED FOR SHOWG HIS SUPPORT FOR HIS TOWN’S FIRST GAY PRI MARCH BY TWO RINTS OM CHERON.HE H BACK, SAYG: “IT’S JT UNBELIEVABLE THAT PEOPLE THIS DAY AND AGE THK THIS WAY AND N BE THAT BIGOTED.”THE FTIVAL WENT AHEAD AGA 2018 AND 2019, WHERE THE PARA ME TO A STOP AT THE LEAS CLIFF HALL AND A ROOFTOP PARTY WAS HELD.MISS DI VOUR AT FOLKTONE PRI 2019. PICTURE: PL AMOSDOLLY POPPERS AT FOLKTONE PRI 2019. PICTURE: PL AMOSFOLKTONE PRI 2019. PICTURE: PL AMOSDOVER PRI THE FIRST DOVER PRI WAS HELD 2019.IT WENT THROUGH THE HEART OF DOVER, OM THE MARKET SQUARE TO DOVER'S HISTORIC TOWN HALL WHERE THERE WAS MIC, LIVE ENTERTAMENT AND A MARKET.THIS YEAR, DOVER PRI HAS ANISED TWO LTER-PICKG EVENTS, ONE HELD ON THE SEAONT ON SATURDAY, APRIL 10 AND THE SEND A WEEK LATER PENCTER GARNS.DOVER'S FIRST-EVER PRI EVENT WAS HELD 2019. PICTURE: ALAN LANGLEYDOVER'S FIRST-EVER PRI EVENT WAS HELD 2019. PICTURE: ALAN LANGLEYDOVER'S FIRST-EVER PRI EVENT WAS HELD 2019. PICTURE: ALAN LANGLEYMEDWAY PRI PLANS FOR MEDWAY TO HOST S FIRST GAY PRI FTIVAL WH A PARA AND A PACKED PROGRAMME OF ENTERTAMENT FOR THE FAY WERE ANNOUNCED FEBARY LAST YEAR.BUT WH LOCKDOWN MEASUR TRODUCED JT A MONTH LATER, THE FTIVAL HAS BEEN PHED BACK UNTIL AUGT 21 THIS YEAR.MEDWAY PRI HELD S FIRST EVENTS 2013/14 WHEN STAGED A PIIC THE PARK EVENT ROCHTER.IT WAS PROMOTED BY KENT & MEDWAY LGBT COMMUNY ACTN GROUP WH HELP OM METRO CHARY.THIS YEAR LGBT HISTORY MONTH WAS UNR COVID RTRICTNS WHICH PREVENTED AN ANNUAL EVENT WHICH IS UALLY STAGED AT NUCLS ARTS CHATHAM.AS A RULT, THE GROUP BEGAN A NEW PROJECT MEDWAY PRI RAD WHICH IS BROADSTG 24 HOURS A DAY, AS PART OF MEDWAY PRI.THE MEDWAY PRI PARA BEG HELD AUGT IS BOTH A MONSTRATN AND CELEBRATN OF LGBTQIA+ PEOPLE.A SPOKMAN FOR THE EVENT SAID: "IT IS AN OPPORTUNY FOR THOSE TAKG PART, REPRENTG THEIR MUNI TO SAY WE ARE HERE, WE EXIST, AND RAISE ISSU ABOUT THE CHALLENG AFFECTG THEIR MUNY, LIKE ISSU AROUND HEALTH RE AND DISCRIMATN BE THAT FOR RACE, RELIGN, DISABILY, AGE, SEXUALY OR GENR INTY."THE FTIVAL CLUS THE WORK OF MUNY SUPPORT ANISATN, NHS, KENT POLICE & FIRE SERVICE."MAIDSTONE PRI PLANS HAVE BEEN PUT PLACE FOR MAIDSTONE'S FIRST LGBT EVENT TOO.DANNY BEARD IS SET TO STAR AT MAIDSTONE'S GURAL LGBT FTIVAL THIS SUMMER.FEATURG BRA'S GOT TALENT SEMI-FALIST DANNY BEARD AND THREE STARS OM RUPL'S DRAG RACE UK AS PART OF THE LE-UP, IS SCHLED TO BE HELD AT MOTE PARK ON JUNE 25.IT HAS BEEN ANISED BY POPULAR NIGHTLIFE PROMOTERS GLTERBOMB.THEY ARE PULLG OUT ALL THE STOPS WH RUPL’S DRAG RACE UK SEASON ONE FALIST BAGA CHIPZ, A MULTI-TALENTED PERFORMER, TAKG TO THE STAGE FOR A LIVE VOL SET.SHE WILL BE JOED AT THE FTIVAL BY LAWRENCE CHANEY AND BIMI BON-BOULASH OM SEASON TWO OF THE POPULAR TV SERI.KENT PRI FORMER CANTERBURY PRI BOSS EDD WHERS HAS LNCHED A NEW ANISATN LLED KENT PRI, WHICH HE HOP WILL BEE THE LARGT LGBT CELEBRATN THE UNTY.IT WILL KICK-OFF WH AN "ONLE EXTRAVAGANZA" THIS YEAR, WHICH HE SAYS ULD BE AN EVENG OF LIVE-STREAMED ENTERTAMENT, AND WILL BE HELD WT KENT BUT A DATE FOR THE GURAL BASH HAS YET TO BE NFIRMED.GRAVHAM PRI IN MARCH 2019 GRAVHAM PRI CIC WAS FORMED WH ELECTED OFFICIALS.THE ORIGAL EVENT WAS PLANNED TO TAKE PLACE ON AUGT 15 LAST YEAR ON COMMUNY SQUARE GRAVEND HOWEVER, THIS WAS NCELLED DUE TO COVID-19 RTRICTNS.IN MAY 2020 GRAVHAM PRI CIC JOED FORC WH MEDWAY PRI TO PRODUCE A WEEK LONG VIRTUAL EVENT HELD AUGT 2020 WHICH FEATURED A FLAG RAISG WH MAMA G AND KENT POLICE, ALONG WH SPEECH OM BOTH MAYORS.THERE WAS A VIRTUAL PRI MARCH WH LOL PEOPLE SUPPLYG PICTUR OF THEMSELV AT OTHER PRIS OVER THE YEARS AND FEATURED PERFORMANC OM JAYNE SNOW, CLEA LEWELLYN, SATCH, LOLLY (90’S BUBBLEGUM POP STAR), GARY B LUS, AIN SADLER, LEANNE JON (HAIRSPRAY - LONDON). PHIL FRANCIS, ROSA MONSOON , COSMIC NJA AND SMASHBY (MTV).THERE WAS ALSO LIVE Q AND A SSNS WH TRANS BOXG PROMOTER KELLIE MALONEY.LAST YEAR GRAVHAM PRI CIC JOED FORC WH MEDWAY PRI TO PRODUCE A WEEK LONG VIRTUAL EVENT. PICTURE: HELANNA SHELLEYTHE WEEK LONG EVENT END WH A HUGE CLOSG PARTY THAT WAS BROADST OVER MULTIPLE PLATFORMS AND THE EVEN REACHED MORE THAN PEOPLE 32 UNTRI.SHEPPEY PRI A HOST OF FUNDRAISG EVENTS WERE HELD THE N-UP TO THE SUMMER OF 2019 FOR SHEPPEY’S FIRST-EVER PRI BUT PLANS FOR THEIR GURAL FTIVAL HAVE, SO FAR, NOT E TO UN.READ MORE: ALL THE LATT NEWS KENT --> CANTERBURY DOVER FAVERSHAM FOLKTONE GRAVHAM IN DEPTH ISLE OF SHEPPEY MAIDSTONE MEDWAY THA TUNBRIDGE WELLS THOMAS REEV _PLUGMANAGER.SETTARGETVALUE("ARTICLEID", "244923"); FOLLOW MOST POPULAR
Gay Pri, annual celebratn, ually June the Uned Stat and sometim at other tim other untri, of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) inty. Gay Pri memorat the Stonewall rts New York Cy of June 28, 1969. * gay pride kent *
It may have a relatively brief history but Pri events Kent have already ma que an fashn in Gok Wan to Bucks Fizz and Nade Coyle of Girls Aloud, the ftivals which celebrate the LGBT+ (lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr) muny have attracted their share of celebri to the unty - and creasgly larger om the first Canterbury Pri 2005.
Picture: Barry DuffieldThe first Pri ftival was held London was attend by 2, 000 people but is now marked by events which are spread out right across the me three years after Gay Pri began on June 28, 1969, when ctomers fought back at the Stonewall Inn New York’s Greenwich Village as police scend on the popular gay night, there were 200 people si the bar and they all refed to operate wh the police. Picture: Barry DuffieldDrag queen Marsha P Johnson began the fightback and the Stonewall Rt was unr way, wh gay rights activists fightg wh the police until 4am, as the gay rights movement, we take a look back at the ftival movement wh which the rabow flag has bee synonymo.
Canterbury Pri In 2005, Canterbury celebrated s first Piic In The Park and anised by Pri Canterbury, played host to a variety of drag artists, started at Dane John Garns and attracted almost 2, 000 people, cludg visors om Brighton, London and Lammas, left, and Andrew Brettell set up Pri Canterbury but h out at Canterbury Cy Council when they moved to s succs, returned the followg theme was Brokeback Mounta, the Osr-wng film about gay wboys, and was officially opened by sger and gay in Mandy forward six-and-a-half years, however, and thgs were very different.
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The monster om Kent's celebrated 2014 horror film beme an unlikely gay in. * gay pride kent *
Andrew Brettell and his partner Mart Lammas, who had n Pri Canterbury, left for Norwich - and didn’t pull any punch as they did a statement, they said they felt they were movg to a cy where they uld feel they belonged, addg “Young, middle-aged or old, there is ltle for gay people Canterbury. Picture: Mart JefferiTha, 'Margayte', Kent and Margate Pri After a race agast time, Tha Pri’s gural event was held along Margate seaont was put together jt eight weeks by members of the Sundowners Private Members Club, cludg owner Pl Rolls, who were approached to anise a Pri event the Rolls adms there was a lot of work volved puttg on the four ftivals he was directly volved wh but is pleased to see Pri still gog strong today. ”But e September 2010, chairman Kev Grice feared s days were numbered unls new sponsors were, was another three years before "Margayte Pri" 2013, a weekend of events held late returned to the town two years later as Kent Pri 2015, anised by a team cludg Sue Sanrs and Tony ma a eback spe anti-gay leaflets beg posted through letterbox Margate jt days before the numbers turned out for the Margate Pri para.
Picture: Pl AmosFolktone Pri The gural Folktone Pri happened 2017 wh hundreds showg solidary for the LGBT Mayor Cllr Roger Wt attend but was nmned for showg his support for his town’s first gay pri march by two rints om h back, sayg: “It’s jt unbelievable that people this day and age thk this way and n be that bigoted. Picture: Alan LangleyMedway Pri Plans for Medway to host s first Gay Pri ftival wh a para and a packed programme of entertament for the fay were announced Febary last wh lockdown measur troduced jt a month later, the ftival has been phed back until Augt 21 this Pri held s first events 2013/14 when staged a Piic the Park event was promoted by Kent & Medway LGBT Communy Actn Group wh help om Metro year LGBT History Month was unr Covid rtrictns which prevented an annual event which is ually staged at Nucls Arts a rult, the group began a new project Medway Pri Rad which is broadstg 24 hours a day, as part of Medway Medway Pri para beg held Augt is both a monstratn and celebratn of LGBTQIA+ people.
Kent (formerly the Kent Gay Liberatn Front) was found 1971 and is one of the olst ntually operatg LGBTQ+ anizatns the natn.
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A History Of Pri: Six Qutns Wh Ken Dlevson – Director Of Kent State’s LGBTQ+ Center | Kent State Today, Kent Camp Universy News | Kent State's history of support for theLbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Queer Pl (LGBTQ+) muny is well documented. Earlier this year, Kent State's LGBTQ+ Center celebrated s 10-year anniversarywhilePRIDE!Kent (found as the Kent Gay Liberatn Front (KGLF) 1971) observed five s at Kent State, makg the longt ntuoly operatg LGBTQ stunt anizatn the untry. Ken Dlevson has been the director of Kent State’s LGBTQ+ Center sce 2014. For Pri Month, Kent State Todayasked him a few qutns about this landmark year. Q:What do you thk havg such a long-lived LGBTQ+ stunt anizatn on mp says about our universy? KD: I thk really speaks to the fabric of what Kent State reprents. I thk for so many stunts, people are attracted to Kent State's history of advocy and social jtice work. For me, means that we have a history of this. It's not somethg that's brand new – a new ncept that we're tryg to be more clive. It's been a practice and a piece of our muny at Kent for over 50 years. Jt stunts wantg to see change and feelg like they have a voice. So, I thk that says a lot about Kent State. I'm a two-time graduate of Kent State. And that's why I chose to e here as a stunt, bee of that history and Kent beg known for the work of stunt activism. It's neat to be part of that equatn –to be part of makg change. I thk Oh, there's a lot of work to still be done. There's a lot of work to be done across our untry and around the world, but Oh, I feel like there's the abily to make a change. And we n have our stunts active and beg part of that equatn – not jt like beg ancillary around . What n you do to fluence change here your own home state or where you're gog to school?Those are the thgs that kd of e to md for me. Q: In 2020, Kent State was named to Camp Pri’s 2020 Bt of the Bt LGBTQ-Friendly Colleg and Universi. As one of 40 stutns regnized over six U.S. regns, Kent State is the only school the Mid-Amerin Conference (MAC) and Northeast Oh to receive this honor. What are the thgs that you feel make Kent State LGBTQ-iendly? KD: I thk that 's jt our practice. It’s not jt the LGBTQ+ Center; there are many really great thgs that are beg done across the entire mp muny. We've got rincehalls that are genr-clive, we've got polici that are supportive of our trans folk, supportg gog by a chosen name or wh pronouns. We've also got an LGBTQ mor. We've got scholarships. We've got an emergency fund. There are many ponents across Kent State that support margalized muni like the LGBTQ muny. What mak stand out is that 's not jt one office that's tryg to make an fluence or make a difference supportg LGBTQ+ stunts, I feel like 's a real muny effort and there are so many people that are rallyg and wantg to be volved that really e to the table, which mak our work so much easier. It’s not jt me and Lo (Lo Denmon, assistant director of the LGBTQ+ Center) and our team of 10 stunt terns. There are lots of other enti across mp, cludg, of urse, our amazg stunts! We've got six LGBTQ stunt groups and that's bee the stunts have created those and wanted to see those there. And there are lots of muny partners and muny (members) rallyg around and workg towards equaly, which I thk is why we stand out that (Camp Pri Inx) srg system. Q: What support servic do PRIDE!Kent and the LGBTQ+ Center offer to the mp muny? KD: PRIDE!Kent is separate om the LGBTQ+ Center. They operate penntly jt like the other five LGBTQ stunt groups. What they do is offer a social nnectn for stunts, a place to meet people like themselv. For a lot of stunts, they don't need a center. They don't need unselg; they jt need to fd some iends and people like themselv. And so PRIDE!Kent serv a really important role that pacy. Typilly, their meetgs, they have an tnal ponent and they have been really active providg tn to the stunts, but then also advotg for change where they see needs. So, what do the LGBTQ+ Center do? We also do programmg and tn, and the ma difference is that we're a nstant element that's not gog to change every semter. Wh aterni and other stunt anizatns you know, you n be dog some really great stuff and then your print and vice-print graduat, and now you're startg om scratch or there's a void. Wh the center, we have paid staff whoare mted to makg sure that our stunts who intify the muny are safeguard and we're ensurg their succs at Kent State. My job and Lo's job is to make sure that once LGBTQ+ stunts e here thatthey feel supported, nnected to rourc, and that we get them to the fish le. We're all driven by makg sure that we get our stunts to reach graduatn, which is such a big tone. So, we're kd of a nstant elementthat's not gog to change every semter. In addn to dog programmg elements, we do film Fridays every month. We do a walkg group and have roundtable discsns where we prent on different topics. Our terns will prent, and we get a dialogue gog. We also provi trag across mp. We do Safe Space trag and Trans 101 trag to make sure that the faculty and staff are equipped wh bt practic and know-how to be clive. What else did we do? We operate an emergency fund. I'm the screener to make sure that if there's an LGBTQ stunt a fancial crisis, that we get them nnected to fancial rourc and we help oversee scholarships that are LGBTQ-specific. We have a lounge space our office area. There are uch and gam and books and thgs like that. We have a physil space where stunts n e and chill between class. And then we also do a lot of advocy too, addn to providg support to stunts who might be stgglg, whoare crisis or are jt stgglg wh typil llege thgs. Advocy n be another ponent. When I first started, we weren't a five out of five at Kent State on that Camp Pri Inx. And then we had stunts who said, “you know, we, we should have a preferred name policy at Kent.” Then we advoted that Kent State make that change. We help stunts, and we lift stunts' voic when they're seeg gaps at the universy. Right now, pronouns have not been a field the amic rerds. For people who go by different pronouns or who e they/them pronouns stead of genr pronouns ... some of our stunts have not felt supported. They utilized our office as a mechanism to advote for that change. We're very close to gettg that stuted to our culture here at Kent. In the past, we advoted for the preferred name, and we were able to get that. We also advoted that we get ee ndoms the stunt center for our stunts, and we got that. Every month, we have a team that looks at what advocy needs are need across the universy. We're workg wh HR right now and tryg to make chang wh the applitn se or the performance reviews to make sure that we're beg clive all across the board. Those are some of the big on. Q: What would you say to someone on mpwho might feel like they need help but is reluctant to ask for ? KD: I would say that they're not alone and to reach out whatever pacy that they're fortable. We'll probably always be dog some virtual ponent now. So, for folks that don't feel fortable g to the office, there's always that optn. We're able to do telephone nsultatns and help wh meetg people wherever they're fortable. We meet wh stunts sometim at Dunk Donuts or Starbucks for folks that are leerier about g to this space; they might be aaid that someone might see them. I would jt say toreach out whatever pacy that you feel fortable. Our webse also has a lot of great rourc, so you n accs some of that help anonymoly. In g to the center, we ask people to sign , but you n always sign anonymoly. We don't need to know the name; we're gog to serve anyone that's ont of . So, I would say, don't be aaid. You're not alone. And you've got lots of people across mp. If you're not fortable g to the LGBTQ+ Center, reach out, and one of those other paci, or look for one of the Safe Space Ally pledg that you'll see all over mp. People have gone through the trag who want to be an ally. For people that don't feel fortable g down here, bee they thk 's “rabow heaven,” like 's really visible, they might be more fortable talkg to their advisor. If they see a Safe Space Ally Trag logo, whether they're talkg to a profsor that might have that up, safer, more ntral plac. There are lots of alli across our mp. And I would say utilize , if you're able to, but there are lots of other alli that n help you across mp as well. Q: Lookg ahead, what do you see the future for the LGBTQ+ Center at Kent State? KD: Every year, our numbers go up as far as the number of people that we serve. We're tryg to be strategic our foc. We went through a strategic planng ssn a year or two ago. We're tryg not to do more than we n really acplish, and we want to really do what we do well. Our strategic plan has three foc ;re gog to ntue to foc on beg clive bee even the LGBTQ muny, there have been margalized muni like the trans muni and muni of lor that have not been served well. So, we're gog to put a lot of effort to makg sure that we're servg the margalized muni wh the LGBTQ muny. Sendly, we're also gog to ntue to advote for change to make sure that Kent State really is the most clive place for people. The third one is wellns. We're really lookg broadly at what that means bee we know that there is amic wellns, fancial wellns and mental health/physil health wellns. We’re makg sure that we're lookg broadly at our stunts and their wellns so that we n prevent suici attempts, prevent dg and alhol abe and thgs that really get the way of people succeedg. Wellns is really important. We've got a walkg group, we're lookg at addg some mental health support and partnerg wh PNC to do fancial wellns semars. Lookg forward specifilly to advocy efforts, we're workg on tryg to get hormone replacement therapy through the health center on mp. People our trans muny have had to travel to Akron to get that rource. So, we're workg wh the DeWee Health Center. We've got a long lndry list of thgs that we're always advotg for tryg to make Kent State as clive as possible, and is stunts whobrg those issu to the table. Q: And what do the immediate future look like for the LGBTQ muny at Kent State? KD: There are lots of ways to get volved the g months. Although June is Pri Month, October is LGBTQ History Month, and we have been gearg up. You know, summer is a slower time on mp, and we have been dog some thgs to celebrate Pri, like offerg Safe Space Trag and some other thgs. But October when our stunts are back full force, there will be a slew of activi and programmatic piec. We want to mentn that we will be dog a lot of celebratn as we have our stunts return to mp after summer and as we enter October and LGBTQ History Month. Also, Akron do sPri Ftival Augt (Augt 28). So, we always have a shuttle that helps stunts get to Akron Pri. Class start on Thursday (Augt 26) and then that weekend is Akron Pri. When our stunts get here, they're all exced, and now we n get them to Akron by this shuttle so that they n celebrate Pri. For a lot of stunts, that's their very first Pri event. Pl, there are lots of other ways to get volved the upg months. * gay pride kent *
D., beme the first profsor to teach a gay and lbian urse at Kent State. Kent State celebrated the grand openg of the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Queer Stunt Center, now lled the LGBTQ+ Center, 2010. Gay Pri, also lled LGBT Pri or LGBTQ Pri, byname Pri, annual celebratn, ually June the Uned Stat and sometim at other tim other untri, of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) inty.
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Kent State's Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Ally Stunt Organizatn * gay pride kent *
Gay Pri memorat the Stonewall rts, which began the early hours of June 28, 1969, after police raid the Stonewall Inn bar New York Cy’s Greenwich Village neighbourhood. Gay Pri typilly volv a seri of events and is often pped by a para volvg marchers and lourful floats om the LGBTQ muny and s the Stonewall rts, LGBTQ dividuals had generally not broadst their sexual orientatn or inty, but the event galvanized the gay muny and sparked greater polil activism (see gay rights movement).
In 1970, on the first anniversary of the rts, several hundred monstrators marched along Greenwich Village’s Christopher Street, which ns past the Stonewall, what many nsir the first Gay Pri march (though other memoratns were also held that year).
Early Gay Pri events (often lled Freedom Day or Gay Liberatn Day) were often sparsely attend and enuntered protts, particularly bee of the outlandish stum that some marchers wore. In 1978 what is perhaps the most-regnized symbol of Gay Pri ma s but at the San Francis event: the rabow flag.
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High qualy Gay Pri Kent-spired gifts and merchandise. T-shirts, posters, stickers, home r, and more, signed and sold by pennt artists around the world. All orrs are ctom ma and most ship worldwi wh 24 hours. * gay pride kent *
As acceptance of the LGBTQ muny creased among the straight muny, policians sympathetic to the views of the LGBTQ muny and gay-iendly bs and rporatns began participatg the march.
The total number of people participatg—both gay and straight—mhroomed, and Pri events were held many part of the globe, cludg ci where they sometim enuntered stiff ristance (e. Earlier this month, distributor IFC Films announced was partnerg wh Shout Factory for a gay pri limed edn Blu-ray release of “The Babadook, ” nsired one of the bt horror films of the sce s but at the 2014 Sundance Film Ftival. The special release is butg this June celebratn of gay pri month and a portn of all proceeds will be donated to the Los Angel LGBT Center.
It all started when the eponymo boogeyman started poppg up at gay pri events 2017, often acpanied by the phrase “babashook. It’s charmg, I thk, that the gay muny has latched onto .
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Chatham-Kent Gay Pri Associatn is a grass-roots volunteer based not-for-prof that creat opportuni to celebrate, advote, support, mentor, and te to enhance the qualy of life for members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ muny Chatham-Kent. Kent State's history of support for the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Queer Pl (LGBTQ+) muny is well documented.
Kent (found as the Kent Gay Liberatn Front (KGLF) 1971) observed five s at Kent State, makg the longt ntuoly operatg LGBTQ stunt anizatn the untry. Kent State's Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Ally Stunt Organizatn. Acrdg to Ken Dlevson, director of Kent State’s Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Queer Pl (LGBTQ+) Center, has been a work progrs by way of a self-evaluatn procs each year that ntributed to the natnal regnn.
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