The team at Bailiwick Rainbow Minds, which is run by Liberate in conjunction with Guernsey Mind, would like to invite anyone from the LGBTQ+ community to come to our pre-Christmas meeting on Monday 21st December from 18.00 to 19.30 at the Guernsey MIND Centre by the Fire Station. We will be holding a special Christmas…
What better weekend to announce a Liberate and Guernsey Mind collaboration than the one that has both World Mental Health Day on the Saturday and National Coming Out Day on the Sunday. The charities have joined forces to launch ‘Bailiwick Rainbow MINDS’ a monthly LGBTQ+ peer led support group run for LGBTQ+ people by LGBTQ+…
‘Pride in Sport’ will return for the third Channel Islands Pride festivities in Guernsey. Aiming to raise awareness and support for LGBTQ+ people, local sports teams, personalities, and anyone involved with any sporting activities will be encouraged to show their support for LGBTQ+ equality and diversity in sport by wearing rainbow laces and sweatbands. Sponsored…
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!…
International Transgender Day of Visibility is an annual holiday occurring on March 31 dedicated to celebrating transgender people and raising awareness of discrimination faced by transgender people worldwide. This year’s theme is trans resistance, the aim is to fight against prejudice. But it’s also about education and understanding transgender issues. There are social media pages dedicated to the…
The Hub, which offers support services to young people under the age of 18, is asking those in minority groups such as LGBT+ to get in touch. The Hub is running an “Inclusion Day” this Sunday 15th January, from 12 noon until 3pm at their premises in The Bordage, St Peter Port. They want to…
It’s two years today since Liberate was formed. In that time we’ve done some important work in supporting LGBTQ people in the Channel Islands. We’ve also held our very first Channel Islands Pride event, which took place in Jersey last September. Also, equal marriage was debated and agreed in both the States of Jersey and…
India’s first trans band, 6 Pack, has released a video covering Pharell’s song “Happy”. Watch and see what you think. We think it makes us…..happy!
At Christmas, most people will have to deal with family members who are less educated about LGBT issues. Are you spending Christmas with your family this year? Are there still one or two family members who are less enlightened or supportive of LGBT issues? Pink News have an article about how to deal with arguments…