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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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Misleading statistics and misconceptions about the gay community

GS — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 04:26:53 +0000

Much of the gay world is driven by misleading statistics and misconceptions and rather ‘woolly’ thinking. This suits some people down to the ground.

Facts and figures are exaggerated and misrepresented for all kinds of reasons. Sometimes due to ignorance and silliness or with the best of intentions. Other times deliberately for profit, to get funding or to grab or hold onto control of an event or organisation.

Some do it to present a picture that better suits their upbringing and view of life and because of a desperate urge to ‘fit in’ and be no different.

A few years ago I realised how the organisers of Manchester’s August Bank Holiday event (currently known as Manchester Pride) had consistently misled the public about attendance figures over the years. Particularly the crowd numbers at the Saturday parade. They published vastly-inflated figures that were physically impossible and so did the media.

I began to wonder what else are we being misled about?

Liverpool’s Homotopia festival and Police misled into publishing false Manchester Pride parade figure

GS — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 12:59:37 +0000

Last summer, Trading Standards told the organisers of Manchester Pride to cease publishing material that claimed crowd figures of 200,000 or 250,000 people at the Saturday Pride parade.
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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.

EXCLUSIVE: Manchester Pride ‘unable to substantiate’ claims made in press interview with Chairman

GS — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:30:16 +0000

Manchester Pride has admitted that it is unable to explain figures that were quoted by its Chairman Andrew Stokes in an interview that appeared on the rainbownetwork.com (gaydarnation.com) website in August 2007.

Fast food: the reality

GS — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:09:09 +0000

Someone has photographed various fast food and put the photos alongside the glossy promotional images.

Sudden Mother’s Day email barrage

GS — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:19:22 +0000

Two days ago it was the fourth anniversary of the death of my mum.

Tonight, four emails within thirty minutes:

Tesco: ‘spoil your Mum this Mother’s Day’

Kodak: ‘remember Mother’s Day’

Asda: ‘treat your Mum this Mother’s day’

Ancestry.co.uk: ‘don’t keep mum about our great family history gifts’

One or two is fine but by the fourth one I began feeling a bit annoyed. Is there some central place sending these out? Mother’s Day isn’t until 2nd March, so it seems a bit of a coincidence these all arriving at the same time. Not a pleasant effect.

Hacienda apartments

GS — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:53:24 +0000

I saw this sad ad in an estate agent’s window on Deansgate. In case you don’t know, the building that was The Hacienda nightclub was completely demolished in 2002. An apartment block was put up on the site and is now marketed as ‘The Hacienda’.

Labour councillor gets down with the kids

GS — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 06:37:00 +0000

I spotted this in the local Labour propaganda sheet. Note the two guys at far left and right of the picture who can hardly believe the embarrassing spectacle. Also the one front right who takes emergency action to avoid being identifiable in such a tacky photo opportunity.

12% of Manchester Pride income went to good causes in 2007

GS — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 23:20:50 +0000

Apparently this info appears on some LGF posters around the village at the moment. A friend has grabbed one for archive use, though I haven’t seen a copy of the poster myself yet.

Financial overview:

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