Flyer containing information about London Gay Pride events in July 1996. Events include LGBT Pride march at Hyde Park and Pride Festival held at Clapham Common for the first time. Schedule of the Cabaret tent and Bisexual tent at Pride Festival are detailed.

Seven images of Brighton Pride event at the Level in 1994

Photos of Brighton Pride Park event 1995

Photos of Brighton Pride Parade 2000

11 photographs of Brighton Pride celebrations in 1993 or 1994

My first time feeling confident enough (and having friends who wanted to go!) for the Trans Pride afterparty at Concorde 2. After quite a few drinks and realising I had a crush on my friend (now my partner) the three of us got these instant photos from the photobooth and laughed as we realised how unflattering they were. It was also the night the Royal Albion Hotel burnt down - the air was full of smoke and the energy was a bit manic. It was nice to celebrate trans joy amid turbulent times for our community.

Anthony Luvera is an Australian artist, writer and educator based in London. Anthony collaborated with Queer in Brighton on our first commissioned project ‘Not Going Shopping’ to explore the lives of LGTBQ+ people in Brighton. Anthony invited eleven participants to meet him and bring photographs that told their story, and they were encouraged to consider what being queer means to them, and to photograph their experiences and the things they are interested in. The group met regularly to discuss their work and share photographs, and created self-portraits in a photo booth on the North Laine, which led to discussions about photography and identity. Anthony said of the project: “the prospect of creating this work seemed to me to offer a useful way to further my inquiry into participation and self-representation with groups of marginalized individuals, and at the same time provide an opportunity to confront my own views of queerness as a gay man… Images play a powerful role in the stories we tell about ourselves and the histories told about us. Not Going Shopping expresses the points of view of the participants and myself about what it is to be Queer in Brighton.” This collection of photographs were taken by Kelly McBride, one of the respondents to Anthony's open call for submissions. 1. This photo captures an individual sat on a park bench overlooking the park, with a pride rainbow flag draped over their shoulders. 2. This photo depicts a newspaper A-Board with The Argus' headline for the day; it reads "CITY SAVED BY SUNSHINE".

Anthony Luvera is an Australian artist, writer and educator based in London. Anthony collaborated with Queer in Brighton on our first commissioned project ‘Not Going Shopping’ to explore the lives of LGTBQ+ people in Brighton. Anthony invited eleven participants to meet him and bring photographs that told their story, and they were encouraged to consider what being queer means to them, and to photograph their experiences and the things they are interested in. The group met regularly to discuss their work and share photographs, and created self-portraits in a photo booth on the North Laine, which led to discussions about photography and identity. Anthony said of the project: “the prospect of creating this work seemed to me to offer a useful way to further my inquiry into participation and self-representation with groups of marginalized individuals, and at the same time provide an opportunity to confront my own views of queerness as a gay man… Images play a powerful role in the stories we tell about ourselves and the histories told about us. Not Going Shopping expresses the points of view of the participants and myself about what it is to be Queer in Brighton.” This collection of photographs were taken by Matt Robinson, one of the respondents to Anthony's open call for submissions. 1. This photo depicts a rainbow pride flag hanging from a window and moving with the wind. 2. This photo shows a doorway shutter which is painted with rainbow stripes.

Social photos taken during Brighton Pride in Preston Park, 1995.

Social photos taken during Brighton Pride in Preston Park, 1996. These feature the Unison stall and line dancers in the Rawhide tent.

Social photos taken during Brighton Pride in Preston Park, 2003. The theme was "All the Fun of the Fair", photos show fortune telling in the library tent with Maria Jastrzebska (poet) and Caroline Halliday (artist and poet).

Social photos taken at Brighton Pride, 2004, in Preston Park. These feature the Unison stall and the Pavilion lit up pink to celebrate the event, and some members of the Polish women’s group (Polki feminiski)

Social photos taken at Brighton Pride, 2005, in Preston Park. Amnesty International brought a pink tank to the event.

Badge with Pride at Arcobaleno on. From Arcobaleno, a bar and restaurant that was on St George's Street, Kemptown, Brighton and is now closed.

In 2015 I watched Pride from a top floor flat on the seafront. That year the parade was delayed due to a potential bomb scare (which turned out to be a pin hole camera apparently?) The parade of course was not cancelled or postponed, but went ahead on a slightly edited route- a metaphor perhaps for the resilience and adaptability of the LGBTQIA+ community.