I understand that residents in Manchester’s gay village area have mounted a legal challenge over the closure of streets during the annual Manchester Pride ‘Big Weekend’. Since 2003 the area has been fenced off over the August Bank Holiday — from Friday evening until the early hours of Monday morning. (more…)

The first part of last Saturday’s Manchester Pride parade.

I’ll put up the rest when I have time. Editing and encoding long clips takes ages! (more…)

I shot these photographs exactly twenty years ago today, on August Bank Holiday Monday 1990. This is how the Manchester Pride that we either love or loathe started off (although the word 'pride' wasn't used in the name until 2003). (more...)

If you would like to snoop into the accounts of Manchester Pride you can find them here on the Charity Commission website.

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