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Outnorthwest front covers. Who knows who?

GS — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 18:09:31 +0000

Photo: by Vera Kratochvil.

In the small pond that is gay Manchester, a couple of dozen people back-pat and promote each other. Publicity and awards are given.
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What The Pink Paper didn’t tell you in its LGF funding cuts article. And why…

GS — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 06:04:03 +0000

Update: (25 October 2011): part of this article has been removed while further research is done.

“Stockport NHS cut gay charity by 100 per cent” was the emotive headline in The Pink Paper on 26 May 2011.
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LGF Annual Report and Financial Statements: year ending 31 March 2008

GS — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:14:41 +0000

Here’s a PDF copy of the Lesbian and Gay Foundation’s Annual Report and Financial Statements, for the year ending 2008.

More than a quarter of the LGF’s income comes from one primary care trust (North Manchester) and about another 50% from other primary care trusts and health bodies. Which are exactly the kind of things that are going to be cut back in bankrupt Britain in the next couple of years if you ask me.

The LGF blows £75,000 a year on rent for its Princess Street offices. Time to move somewhere cheaper? A portacabin on the Bloom Street car-park perhaps?

Staff wages cost £592,901 in 2008. With another £58,572 spent on National Insurance and £43,423 on pensions.

There was a cost of £61,589 to generate voluntary income of £100,736.

It’s interesting reading. Take a look…

Manchester’s Lesbian and Gay Foundation faces accusations from more than ten past employees

GS — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:33:44 +0000

At an employment tribunal, to begin next Monday, two former employees of Manchester’s LGF will claim that they were victimised.

Queer activists invade the Manchester Pride 2008 balloon launch (video)

GS — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 08:45:36 +0000

Watch the six minute video (super-widescreen format!). It includes two minutes of exclusive archive footage of August Bank Holiday 1991.

A trailer to embed and share can be found here on YouTube.

The real facts and figures behind Pride can be found here.

Manchester Pride 2008 opened last night. A group of 18 year olds gathered to
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What people are asking this week (no. 789): The LGF

GS — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:53:48 +0000

Why doesn’t the name of the LGF (or ‘Lesbian and Gay F**kwits’ as the poppets are known locally) include bisexual or transgender? Who could be dropped next? Lesbians perhaps?

Manchester Pride exaggerates Parade crowd figures by 500%

GS — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 23:37:53 +0000

250,000 do not watch the Parade as the organisers claim. The true figure is ‘tens of thousands’ and here is the proof.

Questions that Manchester Pride, Marketing Manchester & the Manchester Evening News don’t want to answer

GS — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 13:14:40 +0000

On 18 August 2006 I wrote to Manchester Pride with the following questions. I received a reply from Marketing Manchester, saying that I would get a ‘prompt reply’ just as soon as Pride was over. More than two months later I am still waiting…

Here is my letter: