PRIDE IS A PROTEST & A CELEBRATION

Medway Pride CIC would like to thank all our Grant Providers, Sponsor Organisations and all those wonderful people who made a Donation to the Medway Pride Fund to enable Medway Pride 25 to take place.

Each year we have built on the message that Medway Pride uses to define what the event means for our community. We have used the following mesages for Medway Pride.

United in Pride

During a period where there were those with gender critical beliefs calling for the LGB to split from the TQ we at Medway Pride wanted to give the message loud and clear that we are united in our support for the whole LGBTQIA+ community and our Allys. As we stated in our communications Medway Pride is welcoming to everyone who supports the diversity, equality and civil rights of Medway’s community.

PRIDE IS A PROTEST & A CELEBRATION

This year we are reflecting on the history of the Pride movement, a civil rights movement that began in the UK with the Wolfenden Report which began the long fight to establish LGBTQIA equality rights in law.

There have been steps forward and backwards on the route to establish equality for parts of the community, with the latest being a step backwards for the Transgender community. To highlight these changes we established the Pride is a Protest and Celebration logo for Medway Pride 25. This theme began with an exhibition during LGBTQIA+ History Month in February 25 and we will be expanding on this theme with a larger exhibition for next year.