#Event: UK Black Pride 2016
Sunday 26th June 2016 (12pm)
Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens
Spring Gardens
London, SE11 5ES
Award-winning UK Black Pride – Europe’s largest not-for-profit event for African, Arab, Asian and Caribbean-heritage lesbian, gay, bisexual & trans people and friends – is pleased to announce this year’s FREE-entry event will take place on Sunday 26th June in South London’s Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens as an integral part of the Big Pride Picnic in the Park celebrations. Join us!
In August 2005 a social outing was organised to the sleepy seaside town of Southend-on-Sea in Essex. What began as a minibus trip to the sea, quickly developed into three coach-loads of lesbian and bisexual Black women making the first of a long and proud journey that has grown in size, stature and inclusivity.
During the build up to that one incredible outing in Southend the concept evolved for an annual UK Black Pride event the following year, where Black LGBT men, women and trans people, could foster a sense of pride in our identities. This enthusiasm from the patrons and sponsors who supported the launch of UK Black Pride on 18 August 2006 ensured the event was etched into LGBT history as the leading celebration of African, Asian, Caribbean, Middle Eastern and Latin American LGBT people from Britain, Europe and internationally. It also set the foundations to ensure that UK Black Pride becomes a permanent feature on the annual calendar of Pride activities.
Web - www.ukblackpride.org.uk
Facebook - UK Black Pride
Twitter - @UKBlackPride
