Old Gay Man and his Partner at the Pride Parade Festival Brighton and Hove 2011
he history of Pride in Brighton & Hove stretches back as far as 1992 when there was a very modest afternoon event on The Level. Since then it has evolved into the biggest Pride festival in the UK and in September 2004 was awarded charitable status. Pride in Brighton & Hove runs a number of exciting events to help fund the organisation, the festival and the support for the local LGBT voluntary sector as well as bringing a wide range of people together who otherwise might not have such social access. In 2011 it was announced that the park would be ticketed for the first time, due to rising costs and pressure from the council and the emergency services to keep numbers under safe limits. Pride in Brighton & Hove has hosted a week of community events during the Winter and Summer Pride Festivals. In August the Summer Festival culminates in a Pride Parade from the seafront, through the city to a busy festival in Preston Park. The Pride Festival week, held in the summer, provides the platform and environment to provide events which not only cater for the diverse needs of the local LGBT community, but also act as a focus for LGBT visibility within the wider community. Official estimates indicate that the Pride Parade and Main Park event in 2009 attracted 150,000 visitors. Many of these participants were from the local LGBT community (estimated at around 40,000 people) of all ages, especially those who may otherwise feel marginalised such as LGBT teenagers from Allsorts and those from the Gay Elderly Mens Society. It also attracted many from the LGBT communities in London and rest of the country. Most importantly the wider population of Brighton & Hove join a celebration of the diversity of the city. The Pride Parade & Main Park event are about community not commerce. The Main Park event has a variety of community facilities, for example, the Women's Tent, BME Tent and Access Tent. There is also recruitment outreach work from the Police forces of Sussex, Hampshire and Ken
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Location: Pride Parade 2011, Preston Park, Brighton, East Sussex, UK
Photo credit: © Miguel Lopez Sanchez / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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