First Pride parade takes place since Executive parties deemed ‘not welcome'
The first Pride parade in Northern Ireland has taken place since large swathes of the LGBT community banned Stormont's Executive parties from marching for 'betraying' them.
Omagh Pride held the first march since the 'politician ban' after the Executive voted to introduce an embargo on the sale and supply of puberty blockers to under-18s.
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Belfast Telegraph
14 hours ago
- Belfast Telegraph
First Pride parade takes place since Executive parties deemed ‘not welcome'
The first Pride parade in Northern Ireland has taken place since large swathes of the LGBT community banned Stormont's Executive parties from marching for 'betraying' them. Omagh Pride held the first march since the 'politician ban' after the Executive voted to introduce an embargo on the sale and supply of puberty blockers to under-18s.
Reuters
19 hours ago
- Reuters
Seoul's LGBT community gathers for annual festival after liberal president elected
SEOUL, June 14 (Reuters) - The annual Seoul Queer Culture Festival was held in the South Korean capital on Saturday after the country ushered in a new liberal president, though it faced concurrent protests against the LGBT community's pride celebrations. While the community has made some advances towards broader acceptance in Korean society, conservative religious groups still mount resistance to efforts to pass laws against discrimination, and there is no legal acknowledgement of LGBTQ+ partnerships. City authorities repeatedly denied venue clearance requests for last year's festival before eventually giving their approval. "The slogan for the 26th Seoul Queer Culture Festival is that we never stop," said its chief organiser Hwang Chae-yoo. "During the last ... administration, hate against homosexuality and LGBTQ+ became very strong, leading to government policies that often ignored LGBTQ+ people. That's why we expressed our will to never give up until the end, and make efforts to improve human rights," Hwang said. South Korea elected liberal President Lee Jae-myung earlier this month in a snap election, after conservative predecessor Yoon Suk Yeol was ousted following his impeachment. While Lee has not explicitly stated his positions on LGBT issues during the campaign, his election has led to optimism among some in the community that conditions could improve. Under blue skies and temperatures reaching 31 degrees Celsius (87.8 Fahrenheit), festival turnout was brisk with people, some carrying rainbow flags, milling about booths including those set up by LGBTQ+ organisations, embassies and university clubs. From 4:30 p.m. local time (0730 GMT), participants marched through the streets of Seoul, calling for improved human rights and self-esteem for LGBTQ+ people. The event's organisers said 30,000 people were taking part, though police put their estimate at around 7,000. A protest against the Queer Culture Festival was also held in a nearby location in central Seoul on Saturday. Participants held blue and pink signs with phrases such as "Homosexuality Stop" and "Destroys Families". There was no clash. "It's changed a lot compared to the old days, but most people are still like, 'we know you exist, but don't come out'," said 44-year-old festival participant Hong Il-pyo, who was dressed in drag. "I hope we can make a little progress and change to 'you exist, so let's live well together.'"
BBC News
a day ago
- BBC News
Oxford Pride organisers condemn political activity at event
Pride organisers have criticised political campaigning at an event where party activists were urged not to parade on 7 June was one of several UK Pride events that banned parties in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling on said they were particularly upset that Oxford Socialist Party illegally collected money for striking Birmingham bin party said it wanted to "raise the need for unity between the fight for LGBTQ+ rights and the fight for workers' rights". In a statement, Oxford Pride said it was "deeply disappointed" by the decision of two political parties to said Oxford Socialist Party collected money without a council added that activists from the party reportedly made false claims that the money was for City Council confirmed it was investigating an official Socialist Party did not comment on the allegation of false claims when approached by the a statement, it said: "Now is the time LGBTQ+ workers and young people need to deepen ties with other workers' struggles."The extremely positive response to our presence and the solidarity shown by those attending the event towards the Birmingham bin workers shows that attempting to keep politics out of Pride does not represent the views of most of the LGBTQ+ community."In a Facebook post, the party said the bin strike collection raised £162.58. Oxford Pride said a second group, the Socialist Workers Party, handed out literature at the party commented: "On the Saturday of the Oxford Pride march we continued [our] tradition of public engagement with a stall in Bonn Square which was supported by the passing public who stopped to sign our petitions against the Supreme Court ruling and another against more austerity cuts. "Two of our members were handing out flyers for a protest against planned attacks on disabled people. "At a time when the LGBT+ community is facing the most serious of political attacks from the far right we do not think silence is an option."Oxford Pride said it had wanted to create a "safe and non-partisan space" at the Pride events, in Birmingham, Brighton, London and Manchester, have previously said political parties would not be welcome until they demonstrated a "tangible commitment to trans rights". You can follow BBC Oxfordshire on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
