MANCHESTER PRIDE FESTIVAL

The city was awash with colour and noise as the LGBTQ+ community – including POA members – took to the streets for their annual celebration

Manchester Pride 2024 was its usual colourful and joyful carnival event, which took over the city for a bank holiday weekend, Friday 23 August – Monday 26 August. This year, POA members marched under the one flag of the Civil Service. Here are some memories of the event.

MARK FAIRHURST, NATIONAL CHAIR

 

 

ABOUT THE EVENT

Manchester Pride Festival is a ‘party as protest’. We're part of the largest LGBTQ+ liberation movement in the world, celebrating queer people, culture and expression as loudly and publicly as possible, in a refusal to hide in shame.

Pride has grown exponentially in its 50+ year history as a movement for queer liberation – but the fight is far from over.

With LGBTQ+ youth increasingly experiencing bullying, self-harm and homelessness, and the recent rise in anti-LGBTQ+ hate crimes, it’s more vital than ever that Manchester Pride celebrations remain strong.