Manchester gay pride

About

The Manchester Pride Festival celebrates lgbtq+ expression through a ‘party as protest.’ As one of the largest Self-acceptance celebration across the society, Manchester Pride refuses to hold celebrations quietly, celebrating queer people, culture and expression in Manchester as publicly as possible.

Manchester Celebration celebrations provide a territory for LGBTQ+ people to actively express themselves, many of whom may acquire experienced discrimination and suppressed or hidden their Homosexual identity, as well as a space for allies and organisations to declare their support. Pride provides an opportunity to mark the richness of the community as well as fight against any notions of suppression – holding true LGBTQ+ pride at its heart.

The Manchester Identity festival Festival is free to attend with organisations across the city hosting and participating in a range of events. Most notably, the Pride Parade is a key event across the weekend in which organisations march in encourage of their commitment to celebrating queerness and challenging discrimination, stigma and Gay h