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The full line-up for the stage at this year’s Pride Festival is now available. You can also find a list

You may recall that two Warwickshire County Council Reform councillors and Reform’s political assistant were reported to the Police back in May after members of our team were subjected to homophobia, aggression, ridicule, and intimidation.

Our love and strength goes out to all the people who have been injured, the families and friends of everyone impacted, the CSD Berlin organisers and volunteers, and the emergency services responding to such a horrific attack on LGBTQ+ communities.

For the last few weeks our phone has not been receiving or making calls and texts. The good news is it’s finally fixed, so we can be contacted by phone again.

Our Pride festival is fast approaching and we’re looking for 30 amazing volunteers to help make the day happen and ensure everything runs smoothly.

We appreciate the kindness shown by Warwickshire NEU. It makes a difference. If you are able to donate to Warwickshire Pride, please visit our donate page.

There is an emergency protest tomorrow at 1:15pm outside Shire Hall in Warwick. It is a protest against Warwickshire County Council’s Reform administration trying to ban LGBTQ+ displays and books from Warwickshire’s libraries.

Huge thanks to Royal Leamington Spa Town Council for awarding a grant of £717 to help pay for first aiders at our upcoming Warwickshire Pride festival.

Big thanks to the people at Pixel Toys for hosting a Pride Month cake sale in support of Warwickshire Pride and donating £211 to us. It will help us to continue our vital work across Warwickshire with LGBTQ+ communities.

We’ve had to cancel Rugby Pride due to unreasonable requirements put on the event at short notice by the council and police that we could not afford to fund or resource. It made it impossible to go ahead with the event.

We have received the email, pictured within, that was sent by Reform Warwickshire county councillor Wayne Briggs to the Chairman of Warwickshire County Council.

Warwickshire Pride believes that Councillor Finch’s comments form part of a wider pattern of rhetoric that has targeted transgender people and contributed to hostility towards the wider LGBTQ+ community.