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Pride Celebration 2023
Pembrokeshire Pride were super excited to be back for a second year in a row. Our amazing committee planned through out the year ready for June 15th 2023. Due to weather out of our control we had to move our picnic indoors and we were graciously hosted by The Edge Youth Centre.
We had some amazing services attend our Pride 2023 event; VC Gallery, Victim Support, Unison, MIND, PAVs, Stonewall Cymru, Welsh Language, Welsh Ambulance, Stand Up To Racism, West Wales Climate Coalition, Fire Brigade, Police, NEU, Pride Cymru, Shalom, WI, South Wales Police. We were so delighted to have you all attend and show support for the LGBTQ+ community within Pembrokeshire. We had approximately 400 members of the public attend throughout our afternoon and all gave great feedback and said they felt the event was inclusive and informative.
Our evening 18+ event was the jewel in the Pembrokeshire Pride crown with our amazing resident act ABBA Divas showing their super fabulous vocal talents. The crowd were up dancing the night away. We finished the evening strong with the extremely talented Matt Terry an X-Factor winner!! Everyone sang along and ended the night with celebration and friendship. All in all Pride 2023 was a glowing success and we cannot wait to see what 2024 brings!
Pride Celebration 2022
We saw a 3 day celebration kick off with none other than resident drag queen Miss Kitty on Thursday 16th we opened the doors of the Boulevard Theatre to welcome in an evening of fun and laughter with Miss Kitty which all enjoyedWe were up early on Saturday morning to make sure all was ready for our official Pride open day where we had local suppliers and services that support our local LGBTQ+ community here in our county.
The day was a great success, we had around 300 of you attend and speak with services and suppliers at Boulevard Theatre in Milford Haven. We enjoyed seeing connections being made and friends reuniting all under the banner of Pride!
Where it all started…
Pembrokeshire Pride is a new group that is taking over the mantle of Pembrokeshire Plus with a team dedicated, not only to putting on LGBTQ+-friendly events, but also to raising awareness of the issues the LGBTQ+ community face in Pembrokeshire and signposting anyone interested to support, advice and information.
“But Pembrokeshire Pride isn’t simply a festival for local people to celebrate all that’s good about our diverse community,” say organisers; “there’s going to be a series of events throughout the year and Pembrokeshire Pride is also a way of linking people with advice, support and information - and giving everyone who believes in inclusivity the opportunity to stand up to hate crime and declare our solidarity with everyone, regardless of their sexual orientation.”
Pembrokeshire Pride is looking forward to working closely with Pembrokeshire County Council and other town councils up and down the county; as well as the emergency services, local educational establishments and youth groups. We are also keen to work with other businesses and organisations and would welcome contact from anyone interested.
“Pembrokeshire Pride also wants to be able to offer a safe space for young LGBTQ+ people in Pembrokeshire to get access to the support and advice they might need - but age, colour or religious persuasion will be no barrier to anyone who wants to get involved. We simply want to set up a support mechanism for anyone who needs it.” Pembroke Pride was founded in May 2022 and with this came the amazing announcement that for the first time ever we were opening up the doors and creating a celebration for the LGBTQ+ community and all those that are ally’s and friends.