Saturday 07 August 2010
Organisers of Liverpool’s first ever official Lesbian Gay Bisexual & Transgender Pride festival have released details of the ‘Pride March’, which will kick-start the festivities in style on Saturday 7th August.

Those who would like to take part are urged to bring your banners, flags, posters, glittering costumes (or lack thereof) and most importantly your friends, family and yourself along to St Georges Plateau for 11.30am and soak up the pre-march atmosphere with other Pride goers.

The march will set off at 12.30pm on a route through Liverpool city centre, which will take in Roe St, Hood St, Whitechapel, Lord St and Castle St before coming to an end at 1:30pm on the main festival site; Dale St at Exchange Street East.

The end of the march will be marked with a speech from the main stage, before we strike up the live acts on the three stages and the Rainbow Circus themed celebrations begin throughout the Dale St area.

Before 2010, Liverpool was the largest city in the country that hasn’t had its own official pride festival. The city, and the region have had a number of high profile homophobic and transphobic attacks in recent years. At the launch of the LGB&T Network the public voted for a pride festival to engage, empower and involve the LGB&T communities within the city and this was fully endorsed by Liverpool City Council in January 2009. Liverpool Pride 2010 will celebrate the diverse community of one of Europe’s leading cultural cities.

Before attending the march; individuals, groups and organisations wishing to take part are asked to register at www.liverpoolpride.co.uk so that festival organisers can gain an estimate of how many people will be coming along. The Pride team will be organising special banner making workshops over the next couple of weeks if you’re interested in making your own gorgeous banner to march with, for more information go to liverpoolpride.co.uk