Blagy have just returned from a weekend of camping, joined by Liberate, Fruitbowl and SLGBT for the weekend of varied activities.

We all enjoyed the opportunity to meet up with the other groups and to have a good time as well as all the stuff the youth workers put on for us. Along with walking and team building games we created some banners for the upcoming Leeds Pride parade.
You can see all the photos over in the photo galleries or read on to see what the other members said about the weekend.

With over 12,000 people expected to attend, Leeds Pride is the largest mass participation Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans (LGBT) event in Yorkshire. Starting at noon Sunday August 2nd in Millennium Square, this year’s main stage is being sponsored and presented by Real Radio who are also on board with SHOUT, City Dweller and Bent magazines as our main media partners.

Real Radio has announced that former Ordinary Boy Preston and Eurovision’s Jade Ewan have been confirmed as performing at this year’s Leeds Pride. The event is now in its fourth year, and is a celebration for the lesbian, gay, and transgender community and is open to everyone

A couple a weeks on and a chance to look back on Bradford Pride 2009. A great time was had by all in the brilliant weather. It was a fantastic day and the best pride yet!

On Saturday May 30th Bradford with 

Amy Lamé is always original, never bland and determined to make her mark. With both a radio show and legendary club night among her many accolades Amy Lame promises to make Bradford Pride a day to remember.

QBoy is a queer rap sensation. One of the founders of the "homo hop" movement Qboy has had much success and critical acclaim not the least of these was being Performing Artist Of The Year at the 2005 GALAs. Qboy brings his unique urban sound to Bradford Pride, and looks good doing it!

 

Bradford Pride 2009 is less than a month away. On Saturday May 30th Bradford with play host to Amy Lame, Q-Boy, Timberlina, Marigold
Addams, Missy Mincing, Buffet, Gay Abandon, The Pride Sisters, Andy
Train, The Bet Lynch Mob, Tom Booze and more in a what promises to be a fantastic event. Over the next month we'll be doing mini-articles on some of the most anticipated pride performers.

Yesterday was the first day-time event that I organised for Bradford LGBTQ. Picnic Allsorts was designed to get people of different age ranges and from different local areas to come and socialise with each other - I think that worked. In the mix of members of Bradford LGBTQ we had people from Leeds University LGBT and also from BLAGY. Everyone chatted among themselves and had general fun with a few games and the food and drink provided.

I'm primarily a Psychology student at the University of Bradford, not really a writer although it is involved in a lot that I do. Anyway, as part of my course I have to do a module on Developmental Psychology which is basically how we grow up from being children to adults and goes right the way through to death (yes, it's just as cheery as it sounds). This semester we ended up covering the period of adolescence which starts when puberty starts but the ending is now being disputed, however, within this module and this section of the module, we had to examine identity formation which is a major part of this section of life and behold, sexual identities were included in this.