Liberate is hosting the Exhibitionist Ball in Guernsey on 30th April 2016 at the Duke of Richmond hotel. Last few tickets left. Hurry and get yours. Let people see the authentic, quirky, imperfect, beautiful, magical, weird & wonderful person you are! Flamboyant entertainment from the X-Factor’s Kitty Brucknell. The magnificent Magenta will be compéring the…
DetailsThe first ever pan Channel Islands Pride event will take place this September. The aim of Guernsey’s first Pride Parade is to bring people together. The first Pride event in Jersey took place last September and was hugely successful. This year, the plan is to hold a similar event in Guernsey on September 10th, followed…
DetailsIt’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…
DetailsManchester United is to play a friendly match against Stonewall FC, the UK’s top gay men’s football club, it has just been announced. The date of the match has not yet been set. You can read more here.
DetailsThe United Nations Postal Administration (UNPA) has unveiled a set of six commemorative stamps to promote UN Free & Equal – a global UN campaign for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality launched and led by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Read more here.
Trans Pride 2016 is taking place in Brighton on July 22nd to 24th. Are you going? There aren’t many details of this year’s event on the Trans Pride website as yet, but there’s plenty of information on last year’s event. There’s also a Facebook page dedicated to Trans Pride.
DetailsSixteen year old Gavin Grimm, a trans teenager from Virginia, is fighting at the federal level for the right to use the men’s bathroom. He has been forced to use either women’s or unisex bathrooms at his school, after administrators received complaints from his peers’ parents, The ACLU, which represents Gavin and brought the case against the…
DetailsFive people on Wednesday started a training program with Wings Rainbow, a cab company specifically comprised of LGBT drivers. Taxi company Wings Travels and local LGBT advocacy group Humsafar Trust will jointly oversee and fund the training program and hope to expand the endeavor into a nationwide program. If all goes according to plan, Wings Rainbow hopes…
DetailsStonewall has today published its 2016 Workplace Equality Index More than 400 organisations took part in the 2016 Workplace Equality Index, the highest number in its 12-year history. The WEI is a powerful evidence-based benchmarking tool used by employers to assess their achievements and progress on LGBT equality in the workplace. Each participant must demonstrate…
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