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A statement has just been given to Warwickshire Police regarding the hate, aggression, intimidation, and ridicule experienced by members of the Warwickshire Pride team on Friday from Reform councillors and Reform’s political assistant.

The Reform administration at Warwickshire County Council is meeting on Friday to decide whether to consult on cutting funding to the Equality & Inclusion Partnership (EQUIP).

It’s free for the community to take part. You can just turn up on the day but registering helps us to know how many people to expect.

Along with our headliner, we are announcing the following people who will be performing at this year’s Pride Festival.

Livin’ Joy featuring Luzahnn is a house music group from Italy who had immense success in the 1990s with ‘Dreamer’ and ‘Don’t Stop Moving’.

We have been made aware that members of a group banned from attending the Warwickshire Pride festival last year for transphobia and subsequently arrested for a Public Order offence have been singling out a member of our board for targeted harassment.

Yaasss queen, we’ve got a place in Nuneaton Carnival on 16th August. We’re excited to be bringing positive representations of LGBTQ+ life and communities to this fabulous event.

A statement on alleged conversion therapy practices at Emmanuel Church and Warwickshire County Council’s platforming of them.

At last year’s Warwickshire Pride festival, many of you will be aware that we had some trouble on site that led to the Police attending and making arrests. The nature of the incident was transphobia, aggression, and comments and gestures of a sexual nature towards members of our team.

This year’s festival takes place on 22nd August in its usual location of the Pump Room Gardens.

We have communicated to local Girlguiding and WI that we will not be permitting them to be part of Warwickshire Pride until their organisations reverse the decision to ban trans women and girls.

Thanks to a grant from Warwickshire County Council’s councillor grant fund, we will be running an LGBTQ+ community engagement event in Alcester.