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…
Lit with Liberate, our monthly LGBT-themed reading group, will meet in September at the Guille-Allès library. We’ll be discussing Little Fish by Casey Plett. In this extraordinary debut novel, Wendy Reimer is a thirty-year-old trans woman who comes across evidence that her late grandfather—a devout Mennonite farmer—might have been transgender himself. At first she dismisses…
We’ve moved the LGBTQ+ Youth Network meetings online for the time being. Please come and join us on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month. Email ellie.jones@youthcommission.gg for details of how to login. This group is open to all LGBTQ+ people, their friends and allies. You need to be between 11 and 18 years…
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…
Kindness Seafront Sunday is a fun community. It is a chance to highlight all of the things that people in the island do for each other and have some fun. Where: St Peter Port seafront When: 12th July 2020, 10am to 5pm
