Channel Islands Pride is back on Saturday 12th September After a long, tough wait, Liberate are very pleased to announce that they will be hosting #CIPride2020 in Guernsey and they are promising one heck of a ‘Coming Out’ party. This will be the 3rd time Guernsey has hosted the annual Channel Islands Pride event. This…
The Dean of Guernsey and Liberate unite in their call for discrimination legistlation The Dean of Guernsey, the Very Reverend Tim Barker, and Liberate, the island’s LGBTQ+ charity, have united in calls for the island’s politicians to pass long overdue legislation that would protect both religious belief and sexual orientation against discrimination. They have released…
Liberate has written to Guernsey deputies in support of the upcoming debate on discrimination. The text of the letter is shown below. Please feel free to download these posters and put them up at home, at work etc. Dear Deputies, Liberate would like to voice their support for the anti-discrimination legislation, as proposed by ESS. …
Liberate, the island’s LGBTQ+ charity is holding a weekend event that is set to be a celebration of freedom in many ways. The Great ‘Camp Out’ Weekender coincides with the end of International Pride month, the 51st anniversary of the Stonewall Riots which are seen as a watershed moment in the LGBTQ+ rights movement, and…
Liberate wishes to express its horror at the recent killings of members of the African American community in the United States. We stand here in full solidarity with the families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade and Ahmaud Arbery, and other black Americans killed by police brutality or white supremacist violence. That black Americans…
Easter (no) car treasure hunt raises nearly £400 Thank you to everyone that played the (No) car treasure hunt on Easter Sunday (12th April) and the lovely messages after. You have helped raise just under £400, which is amazing! The winners came in at 2 hours and 10 mins and have won the amazing prize!…
Due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, all our events are moving online. So for instance you can take part in the Rainbow Chorus via Zoom (it’s really easy to use, we promise). So you can be part of a virtual choir and sing your heart out in the comfort of your own home. Our planned…
This Easter Sunday should have been Liberate’s next Car Treasure Hunt, but the current lockdown situation meant we were going to have to cancel. Or so we thought… The Liberate team have been working hard behind the scenes to create the very first Online Easter (No) Car Treasure Hunt. We are promising an afternoon of…
Liberate’s monthly book club ‘Lit with Liberate’ is moving online with an exclusive daily live reading by an international author who was due to talk at the Guernsey Literary Festival this year. Ellie Jones, CEO of Liberate told us ‘We are very excited to be able to bring our book club to a wider audience…
The Rainbow Chorus took part in Guernsey’s Eisteddfod at the end of February and came a remarkable second place in their category with a huge score of 90 marks. For a choir which only started 12 months ago, this is massive recognition of the hard work and dedication of the whole choir. In fact they…