Plymouth Pride saved after lack of support and funding
A community-led Pride event is set to take place in Plymouth after the official one was cancelled due to lack of funding.Plymouth Community Pride will be led by organisations and businesses including Queer Out Loud, the Barbican Theatre and Deart Promotions as well as volunteers and supporters.It is set to take place on 12 July and there will be a map to direct people to the different events being hosted across the city. Hollis King, one of the organisers, said they thought the event was "so important" and said it showed "what we can do with community".
'Celebrate community'
They added: "So many people in the city were disheartened our city wasn't having a pride. A lot of people didn't want to see that happen."I think it's important, especially now. "There's a lot in politics and the media at the moment, particularly with our transgender brothers and sisters. "I think that's why pride is so important, it's not necessarily an event it's a statement." One of the volunteers, graphic designer Ell McDonough, said said: "We need to celebrate the community and there's no better way to do that than having the community come together to host our own event."
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