GM LGBTQ+ Community Network Newsletter
Friday, 16th June 2023Good Morning,
This Weekend It’s Salford Pride: The Pink Picnic
If you have tickets and are attending, please don’t take any Glass, Barbeques, Tents, Parasols or Gazebos, and remember to take water to keep hydrated and put on plenty of Sunscreen: it’s going to be a hot one!
Although it is currently Sold Out, keep checking Eventbrite if anyone cancels them they will be made available. Tickets cannot be transferred and would advise people not to engage in third party sales.
For more info: https://salfordpride.org.uk/
Read the weekly newsletter from Canal St Manchester:
https://www.canal-st.co.uk/canal-st-online-newsletter
LGBTQ+ Weekly Bulletin from Reach (Manchester Evening News)
https://e.reachplc.com/interface/external_view_email.php?RE6516714667622119zzzzz6442f364309e01010a0ef2d70b7cbe433436cc76cf3f30023ed4ccd599ef119c52&varId=
Proud 2B Parents: June Newsletter
https://mailchi.mp/785393ee8653/may-2023-monthly-email-15359573?e=c3332628fc
I Love Manchester: Events Not to Miss
https://ilovemanchester.com/
I Love Manchester: Inaugural Awards – Nominations Now Open
https://mailchi.mp/842c4663db8e/save-the-date?e=5e68cf27a0
Forever Manchester: For Funding and Fundraising / Grants
https://email-forevermanchester.com/557N-SFNW-5BBAECC4490813D81WGZE8161DBAAEF28BCFA7/cr.aspx
GM Equality Alliance Bulletin: Issue 67, June 2023
https://www.gmcvo.org.uk/civicrm/mailing/view?reset=1&id=9546
LGBT Foundation “The Community Café”
Every Saturday, 12pm – 4pm Note New Timings
Have a brew and a chat with other LGBTQ+ people at their sober space, located in the heart of Manchester’s Gay Village
Fairbairn House, 2nd Floor, 72 Sackville Street, Manchester M1 3NJ
www.lgbt.foundation
Greater Manchester Pride Events Taking Place
Salford Pink Picnic Sat 17th June
https://salfordpride.org.uk/
Pride in Wythenshawe Sat 24th June
https://www.wchg.org.uk/our-services/get-involved/current-opportunities/pride-in-wythenshawe-2023/
Rochdale: Pride in The Park Sun 16th July
https://twitter.com/PrideInRochdale
Sparkle Fri 7th – Sun 9th July
https://www.sparkle.org.uk/
Tameside Pride Sat 15th July
https://www.tamesidepride.co.uk/
Oldham Pride Fri 21st – Sun 23rd July
https://www.facebook.com/PrideOldham/?locale=en_GB
Pride in Bolton Fri 28th – Sun 30th July
https://pridebolton.co.uk/
Stockport Pride Sun 30th July
https://www.stockportpride.co.uk/
Trans Pride Manchester Sat 12th Aug
https://www.transpridemcr.org/
Levenshulme Pride Fri 11th – Sun 13th Aug
https://levenshulmepride.org.uk/
Wigan Pride Sat 12th Aug
https://www.wiganpride.com/
Prestwich Pride Sat 12th – Mon 14th Aug
https://www.instagram.com/prestwichpride/
Manchester Pride Fri 25th – Mon 28th Aug
https://www.manchesterpride.com/
Didsbury Pride Sat 2nd Sept
https://www.instagram.com/didsburypride/
Chorlton Pride Sat 16th Sept
https://chorltonpride.co.uk/
Just outside Greater Manchester but only a short distance away:
Happy Valley Pride, (Hebden Bridge), will be held over the week from 24th July to 30th July 202
https://www.happyvalleypride.co.uk/
To keep up to date, Twitter: @GM_PrideNetwork
Trans Vegas 23: Leading Us Into a Future We Can Win!
Trans Vegas Festival 23 is here. This year we will arm you, celebrate you and lead you into a future we can win with revolutionary thinking, challenging art and unshakable trans optimism with takeovers, rallies, live visual art, direct action, cabaret legends, international collaborations and homegrown Manchester talent. Oh, and of course, we’re closing with one hell of a party.
Check out the programme now. Trans Vegas is for you and about you – see you on the dancefloor!
Sale Salvation Army Band Present: Let Freedom Ring, Sat 17th June, 7.30pm
Featuring, Charlie Green, Hootin Annies Big Band, Calum Montgomery’s Jazz Duo, Tickets £5 (Adults) Under 18’s Free, Proceeds in aid of the work of The Salvation Army and The Modern Slavery and Anti-Trafficking Unit.
Tickets: www.ticketsource.co.uk/sale-salvation-army
Open Table Service: Sacred Trinity Church (Safe Sacred Space for LGBTQIA+ Christians and their friends) With guest preacher Rev’d Paul Pritchard. Open Table is open to all from the LGBT+ community and friends. Paul is Curate-in-Charge of East Crompton, St James with St Saviour and advises the Bishop of Manchester on LGBT issues. Sunday 18 June, 6.45pm for drinks and chat with service starting at 7.15pm – Sacred Trinity, C of E, Chapel Street, Salford, M3 7WQ
Fertility Network UK: Fertility for Trans people: Thursday 22nd June.
A webinar in conjunction with Pride Month 2023, looking at the decision-making processes when considering Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy (GAHT) and fertility preservation.
Hosted by Dr Orestis Tsonis, specialist in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Specialty doctor in Assisted Conception, Fertility Preservation Service at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Dr Tsonis offers non-surgical and surgical fertility preservation for oncologic patients at Guy’s Hospital, as well as under-represented groups of patients in the LGBTQ+ community, including transgender and non-binary individuals. He is currently working actively to establish an evidence-based service for the latter group of patients.
For more information or to submit questions in advance please email [email protected]
Register here: https://fertilitynetworkuk.org/events/webinar-lgbtq-trans-community/
Kooth Digital Health: Allyship for parents/carers.
Kooth Digital Health are holding a webinar at the end of Pride Month for parents and carers of LGBTQ children who would like to hear more about good allyship and wellbeing services available to them. If you work with parents/carers in any capacity and you think this would be relevant for them, please share the following details.
Webinar title: How to be a good ally to your LGBTQ child
Date and time: Wednesday 28th June 6:30-7:30pm
Webinar contents: In this webinar we will be exploring the umbrella of the LGBTQ community, some of the positives and challenges that come with belonging to this community, and tips on good allyship adapted from the fantastic guide by Comics Youth CIC. You can download the full guide from their site here: https://comicsyouth.co.uk.
They will also feature voices of lived experience from the community sharing their advice to parents and carers. Finally they will provide an overview of their wellbeing services and how they can support both parents/carers and their children across Greater Manchester.
Link to register: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-to-be-a-good-ally-to-your-lgbtq-child-a-kooth-and-qwell-webinar-tickets-648812905867
Sparkle Ball – Saturday 8th July, During the Sparkle Weekend
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-sparkle-ball-2023-tickets-652139545937
Any questions – email [email protected]
If you would like a corporate table – email [email protected]
Pride in the Park Sunday 16th July 2023, Broadfield Park, Rochdale.
Pride in the Park will back for its 2nd year, and we need you to make it the best event yet!
They are looking for voluntary organisations and community groups to host fun, interactive, and creative stalls. Last year saw badge making, rock painting, circus skills to name just a few! They would love for you and your organisation to be involved and show your support and allyship for our LGBTQIA community in Rochdale.
If you would like to host a stall, then please send me an email and I will be in touch with more details.
Nichelle Cutler, Email: [email protected] Tel: 0161 339 2345 ext. 4109
Colours Youth Network invite your young people to Colours Youth Festival 2023 – a daylong event for LGBTQ POC youth between 16-25 years old at the spacious venue of The Curzon Building, BCU in Birmingham on Saturday 22nd July to celebrate and explore their identities.
They’re asking youth organisations to contribute to travel expenses of young people and travelling in a group where possible – LGBTQ POC youth workers and volunteers are welcome!
You can share this in your youth groups, on your mailing lists or social media (share posts via Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram) to help them get the word out about this one-of-a-kind youth event! All young people need to do is sign up via eventbrite.
They will provide:
A safe and inclusive LGBTQ POC environment.
Inspiring LGBTQ POC speakers.
Workshops to explore faith, activism/burn out and more.
A chance to explore music, movement and fashion.
Raffle prizes to be won.
Goody Bags.
Excellent snacks and free lunch.
A quiet chill out room and a grief space.
Gender neutral toilets and wheelchair accessible facilities.
If you have any questions or want to find out more, please email: [email protected]
HOME MCR: Drag Addict Tues 18 July – Sat 12 Aug
Tickets are now available for Drag Addict a spleen different new musical full of high stakes, high emotions and even higher heels!
With choreography by former Strictly Come Dancing judge Arlene Phillips, and high energy bangers and catchy tunes by Matt Caine and David Andrew Wilson, this new musical takes to the HOME stage this summer.
It’s summer in Manchester. It’s raining (obviously) and on Canal Street storm clouds of another sort are gathering – Club Fierce is under threat. But Dolly Ravage – godmother of the Gay Village – isn’t going down without a fight. Can she recruit six queens to slay the runway and reinvent the club as the all-new House of Ferocity in time to save it from property developers? Or will the arrival of the mysterious Bobby Carter from America – hiding a secret that could change everything – derail her battle to save the soul of the scene?
Drag Addict combines musical theatre, pop music and drag and creates one fierce, funny, uplifting and heart-warming show!
https://homemcr.org/production/drag-addict/?dm_i=6OM7,QFVF,21F6WF,3A69O,1
LGBTQ+ Pathways to Parenthood Course confirmed for August 2023. This is a 6-week course giving a full picture of pathways to parenthood and was a huge success last year, so they hope it will be well received again this year:
LGBTQ+ Pathways to Parenthood 6 Week Course | Fertility Network (fertilitynetworkuk.org)
Manchester Pride Grant Application Form
The Manchester Pride Charity is now inviting applications from charities, grassroots organisations and LGBTQ+ good causes for a Manchester Pride Community grant. The new grants application process has been co-designed in consultation with LGBTQ+ community groups based in Manchester to ensure the process is fair and easy and serves communities’ needs. Grants from £250 – £1000 are available to support grassroots community groups and organisations. This fund is designed to support the activities of local community groups,
https://form.jotform.com/230734809193056
Intersectionality and LGBTQ+ Mental Health
Are you interested in how to incorporate intersectional considerations into your work/understanding of LGBTQ+ mental health? Following excellent feedback from the first online session (‘A Grounding in LGBTQ+ Mental Health’) a second online event is taking place on Wednesday 28th June from 7pm-8.15pm. Check out the following link for tickets – early bird rates (£15) until 18th June. Continuing Professional Development (CPD) certificates will be sent out after the event: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/605815579707
The Rainbow Lottery is the UK’s first weekly lottery that raises money for the LGBTQ+ community. Their hope is to make a difference to our over 100 good causes across the country, so they can carry on their vital work – which helps us all.
For more info: www.rainbowlottery.co.uk
| On Saturday 24th June, you’ll be in the draw to win this blockbuster prize – a Sony Home Theatre Bundle: a 4k 55” smart TV, and a wireless home theatre 5.1 sound system! Bring the magic of the big screen into your home – watch blockbuster movies, enjoy gaming, or catch the big cup final, the way they’re meant to be seen! The special prize draw will take place on Saturday 24th June. As you already have tickets, you don’t need to do anything extra. Gaydio Academy ‘Culture Hub’ The Gaydio Academy is looking for venues, festivals, organisations, shops, museums/gallery’s that really make up a part of Manchester culture. They are looking to bring along their participants to film your location to create content which will then be produced into a 1-minute video with it containing lots of 4/5 seconds of snap recordings throughout the visit. This will then be produced and narrated to promote what you are trying to offer, then set on the Academy’s socials pages and website and possibly used for the Gaydio Evenings shows and website.
This is completely free as it is part of a project the Academy is running. If you would like the extra exposer, please can you email the Academy Manager, Lee Barnes, with a short intro of your organisation and he will get back to you. [email protected] |
Survey / Study Requests:
Dialectical Behavioural Therapy:
Study Request from Charlotte Harding, she has started recruiting for her study which aims to explore lesbian and gay adults’ experiences of completing dialectical behavioural therapy. We know that lesbian and gay individuals suffer from high rates of mental health, self-harm, suicidal thoughts and trauma. Dialectical behavioural therapy (DBT), is a therapy that works with reducing mental health difficulties and managing self-harm and suicidal thoughts. Yet, there is little research out there around this groups lived experience of completing DBT.
Charlotte wants to explore generally how lesbian and gay adults found completing DBT but more specifically:
- What it was like to engage in DBT as someone who identifies as gay or lesbian
- Was DBT experienced as affirmative in nature
- What was it like working on self-harm urges and suicidal ideation, within DBT, as a gay or lesbian person
Her study is a paid study, participants will receive a £25 e-voucher for participating in a one-hour interview to share their experiences.
Charlotte hopes to make recommendations to DBT therapists on how to adjust/improve therapy after she has analysed the data. If you wish to take part or have any questions: [email protected]
HERE-Bi is an eight-week therapy group for young bisexual people who have experienced non-suicidal self-injury urges, thoughts, or behaviours. This group aims to boost self-esteem through weekly, 90-minute sessions. The research study will be looking at how feasible this group is.
Are you.. 16-25 years old? Identify as bisexual or as being attracted to more than one gender? Have experienced thoughts or urges to self-injure or have self-injured within the last 6 months? Able to attend an online group once a week for eight weekly sessions of 90-minutes?
The group will start in August, so please email [email protected] for more information, or search @bisexualMH on Twitter for updates! Participants will be reimbursed for their time and participation.
The University of York research project Understanding Experiences of Dementia explores experiences of living with dementia, including how people manage daily routines, what help and support they get (or seek), interests, activities and social groups they attend.
They want to understand what matters most to people living with dementia and will also consider challenges and thoughts about the future.
Taking part in this study will involve a one-off interview lasting around one hour, which will be filmed or audio recorded. They are looking for participants aged 55 or over who have capacity to decide for themselves whether or not they wish to take part in the research.
The aim of the research is to develop an online information resource to help inform people who are worried about dementia. The resource will also be used to train health and care professionals.
In order for this resource to serve a wide range of people living with dementia, they are really keen to include experiences of people from minority groups who are underrepresented in research.
If you are interested please contact [email protected] for more information.
Job Vacancies:
LGBT Foundation:
Find out about the latest job vacancies with the LGBT Foundation:
https://lgbt.foundation/jobs
Freelance Job Opportunity ‘Toxic’ Marketing Associate
Dibby Theatre are seeking an experienced theatre/arts/events marketer to support the delivery of a dynamic marketing campaign for the premiere of their next show Toxic.
To find out more and apply: www.dibbytheatre.org/_files/ugd/06a941_30f39f5237ad49eab5ee6caf9bc2de56.pdf
Period of Engagement: July to October 2023 (premiere takes place 18-28 October) – distribution of days worked to be discussed with successful applicant.
Fee: 15 days (8 hours) @ £200 + 5% uplift for cost-of-living crisis. Total Fee: £3150
Deadline: Wednesday 21 June 2023
Access, Inclusion and Diversity: Dibby Theatre is committed to access, inclusion and diversity. Speak to us about how we can best support you to do your best work and we’ll do our very best to make it happen.
Volunteering Opportunities:
Sparkle – The National Transgender Charity:
Community Photographers Needed!
Sparkle needs photographers for this year’s Sparkle Weekend (Friday 7th – Sunday 9th July) This is a great opportunity to be part of the community and support our fantastic event!
Please fill out this expression of interest form if you would like to get involved
https://tinyurl.com/SpklComPhot
LGBT Foundation:
Are you passionate about supporting LGBT communities? Do you want to help LGBT Foundation create a fair and equal society where all lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people are able to reach their full potential? At LGBT Foundation we are happy to start recruitment again for volunteers to join our team as we continue to make a difference during the Coronavirus pandemic.
LGBT Foundation have a very simple motto – we’re here if you need us. And that applies to everyone in our beautifully diverse communities. If you’re young, we’re here for you; if you’re older, we’re here for you; if you’re a person of colour, we’re here for you; if you’re a man, a woman, or non-binary, we’re here for you; lesbian, gay, bi, trans – however you describe yourself – we’re here for you. If you need help, if you’re struggling, if you need a friendly face or reassuring voice, we are there for you if you need us. We are all family – and at LGBT Foundation, everyone is welcome.
Below you can find information on the programmes recruiting at the moment, the role profiles for the various different volunteering roles and how to apply. https://lgbt.foundation/regular-volunteering-roles
Canal St VIP Card:
Recently, several of their card holders expressed surprise about the savings available at their growing list of non-hospitality businesses and so they are kicking off 2023 with a reminder about the savings at retailers for Art, furniture, footwear, literature, specialist online services, photography, doggie goodies and so many more.
They also offer a number of more specialised services in their professional listing.
Take a moment to remind yourself of what/where you will benefit. CLICK HERE
* They are delighted to confirm that they have made their third donation to George House Trust in 2022, directly from increased sales of the card and phone covers. Need to buy or renew your card? To buy card and phone together
Gay Pride Shop & The LGBTQ+ Book Shop
The UK’s largest LGBTQ+ store in located in Afflecks in Manchester city centre and online at www.gayprideshop.co.uk. Over 7000 items in stock, with their profits shared with Manchester charities. They also cater for large corporate orders, for items such as lanyards, flags and badges, with corporate discounts available. For corporate/business orders, please contact [email protected]
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Carl Austin-Behan OBE DL
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