Gay community prepares for Pride Festival
The date for this year's Lincoln Pride Festival has been announced.
The launch party for the 2010 event was held in Christopher's bar in Newland over the weekend, and the Lincoln Pride committee revealed it will take place on Saturday, August 21.
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Crowds enjoying last year's Lincoln Pride, which was held inside and outside the Engine Shed on Brayford Wharf.
Although the acts are still to be confirmed, organisers say they want to make it bigger than ever before.
Chair of the committee Laura Wint-McKane said: "The calibre of the acts will depend on the level of sponsorship we get.
"Christopher's are our first official sponsors and we are really pleased to have them on board.
"It is great that Lincoln has more than one gay venue but Christopher's really bonds the whole community together.
"We are hoping that some businesses will see that sponsoring us is a good way of increasing their turn-over."
Last year reality TV stars such as Same Difference from the X-Factor and the Dream Bears from Britain's Got Talent took to the stage.
Following the reality TV line, the organisers of Lincoln Pride 2010 are holding a series of talent auditions to find three faces to promote this year's festival.
Miss Wint-McKane said: "There will be a Mr, Miss and Drag Act to be the faces of Lincoln Pride.
"We are holding the first open talent auditions on June 12 and 13 and then the acts will be whittled down to six in each category and we will pick the winners from there."
Christopher's will be the venue for many of the pre-Pride parties planned for the coming months.
Proprietors Adam Shorter and Luke Lloyd came from Brighton where they were both involved in Brighton Pride.
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by Geoff, Uphill Lincoln
Saturday, May 01 2010, 12:17PM
“Look people, let's just try and get some perspective and acceptance on here. The Pride, as has been stated, will (just like the Christmas Market) attract people from all over the county and further afield, and they're all going to be spending money, thus supporting the local businesses of Lincoln that are involved in running the Pride. As Craig pointed out, it can be a good, free day for a family or a group of friends, and the atmosphere is relaxed and friendly, and most importantly, prejudice free.
There is absolutely nothing in The Bible to suggest that same sex relationships are a sin. God is all about promoting acceptance, respect, tolerance and love for your fellow humans. I'm sure he'd condone true love between a same sex couple just as much as he would with a heterosexual couple. I think people who use religeon to promote their own intolerance, prejudice and hatred are the REAL sinners.
As for the taxpayer's money issue, nobody publicly objects to it being spent on other 'minority group' causes such as the 10K Run, The Christmas Market, etc, the ONLY reason people are playing that card in this forum is because they're blindly homophobic.”
by vicky, lincoln
Friday, February 19 2010, 10:15AM
“please remember we have a conservative council in Lincoln! and although not a supporter of them myself, they did actually support Pride 2009!!”
by How about you, get the story straight?
Wednesday, February 17 2010, 2:36PM
“And where does it say that the fire brigade is funding it this year? Or that it will need policing or extra street cleaning? Oh, that's right, nowhere.”
by Stan Butler, On The Buses
Wednesday, February 17 2010, 2:28PM
“Let's set the story straight for those who are too thick to understand. The 'gay pride' event WILL cost the tax payers money. When it was funded by the fire brigade who do you think pays their wages? If there is extra policing or council cleaning up of the public streets afterwards it is us the taxpaying general public that will pay the police and the council through our taxes to do their jobs. Despite the fact that the lesbian and homosexual community within Lincoln make less than 5% of the poulatrion 100% of us, the tax paying community end up paying. Have your shindig by all means but please fund it entirely yourselves please. I would rather see my hard earned money being spent on something that will benefit the whole community.”
by Martin, Lincoln
Wednesday, February 17 2010, 1:14PM
“"To anyone with any common sense it is a complete waste of taxpayers money"
And this is a good reason not to vote conservative, either. One more time for the hard of thinking: IT DOES NOT SAY ANYWHERE THAT THIS WILL BE FUNDED BY THE TAXPAYER.
Has that got through your thick tory skull yet? Or would you like a Venn diagram with that?
Labour... conservative... utter, utter, utter morons the lot of them.”