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Rewriting history to promote the gay village and Manchester Pride

GS — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 02:10:47 +0000

You may have heard about the notorious raid on a drag ball at a temperance hall in Manchester in 1880? An article in The Guardian (Village People, 7 August 2004) refers to the incident, but it begins with the scene just over one hundred years later.

In 1988 “Canal Street in Manchester city centre was still a red-light district,” writes the author. Going on to describe how police officers patrolled its “dank alleys”.

“This kind of surveillance was nothing new in the area,” she continues.
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‘Cash-strapped BBC’ has probably never been better off

GS — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 02:00:33 +0000

The experience of uncovering the widely misreported crowd figures at the Manchester Pride parade has given me a healthy scepticism towards anything I read in the press.

A popular theme in the news these days is that the BBC is short of cash. But this is never put into a historical context. It seems that journalists are either too lazy or over-worked to look into it in any depth. So I decided to find out for myself…
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Manchester Pride is a marketing event run by ‘dictators’ says chairman of Village Business Association

GS — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:34:54 +0000

In a surprise development last night, Phil Burke the chairman of the Village Business Association issued a statement.

Pride organisers caught out by youth video footage as they attempt to censor parade entry

GS — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:34:46 +0000

Security guards refuse free entry to the Manchester Pride AIDS candlelight vigil (video)

GS — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:35:54 +0000

FULL VIDEO REPORT COMING SOON

The candlelight AIDS vigil on the final night of Manchester Pride has always been a key event and, to some people, the most important part.

Manchester Pride 2008: increased ticket prices revealed

GS — Sat, 03 May 2008 05:16:33 +0000

More ticket prices prices have been announced for Manchester Pride 2008. Note that in many cases tickets are ‘subject to a booking and transaction fee’ (see below).

‘EARLY BIRD’ TICKET PRICE UP BY 25%

Manchester Pride ‘early bird’ tickets cost 25% more in 2008

GS — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:05:57 +0000

As the running costs of Manchester Pride continue to spiral out of control, it has emerged that anyone buying an ‘early bird’ ticket this year will pay £12.50. A 25% increase on last year’s price of £10.

The ‘Pink Peak’ minority

GS — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 05:21:19 +0000

Increasingly, it seems to me that life may have improved for a narrow segment of the UK lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) population, but not for the majority. In some ways, for a large proportion of us things are worse now than they were 15-20 years ago.

Shopping victims

GS — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 00:41:34 +0000

I was looking through my high-definition video footage of the 2007 Manchester Pride parade and found this frame which seems to sums up much of what is wrong with our community today.

Activists invade Manchester Pride 2007 parade in protest at Pride commercialisation

GS — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 19:15:11 +0000

25 August 2007, Manchester, England. Activists invaded the annual Manchester Pride parade today in a protest against the commercialisation of this one-time community and fundraising event.