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To mark Pride month 2026, Second Step staff held a Pride Picnic in\u00a0our\u00a0Pennywell\u00a0Road\u00a0car\u00a0park.\u00a0Organised\u00a0by the Race Equity Group, the event celebrated\u00a0the LGBTQIA+ community, inclusion, and diversity at Second Step.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n
We\u2019re\u00a0also looking forward to\u00a0having\u00a0a\u00a0stall at Bristol Pride on Saturday 11 July,\u00a0to\u00a0meet\u00a0people,\u00a0celebrate and\u00a0share\u00a0information about\u00a0the\u00a0mental health support and outreach\u00a0services\u00a0we offer\u00a0across\u00a0the\u00a0South\u00a0West.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n
This year Bank Staff Administration Assistant Terry Starr\u00a0has\u00a0shared his\u00a0thoughts about\u00a0the\u00a0importance\u00a0of\u00a0and\u00a0significance\u00a0of\u00a0Pride.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery year there is a debate within the gay media as to whether Pride is a party or a protest, a carnival or a commemoration of the militant nights of the Stonewall Riots in 1969.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The answer for\u00a0me,\u00a0is that Pride is\u00a0all of\u00a0these things, but it is also a transformative experience for all who\u00a0participate\u00a0in the celebrations, go on the march, or attend the main festival.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The title Pride was deliberately chosen by the early activists of groups like the Gay Liberation Front and the Gay Activists Alliance in the wake of the Stonewall incident.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
These activists\u00a0realised\u00a0that\u00a0Pride could be a demonstration\u00a0and<\/em>\u00a0a march and festival,\u00a0bringing\u00a0LGBTQ+ people together to experience Pride in themselves.\u00a0<\/p>\n
You see, as an underground newsletter from 1990\u00a0stated, we have been carefully instructed to hate ourselves by institutions and people that would rather we did not exist. This is not a new problem, and it continues to blight LGBT+ lives.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The antidote to this sorry state of affairs is Pride \u2013 to take Pride in our lives and identities and live without fear.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cFor a few hours in festival season, we get to experience what it is like to exist in a majority\u00a0culture\u00a0and this is transformative. We forge links with the many community groups and\u00a0organisations\u00a0that are represented on the march and in the community field.\u00a0<\/p>\n
We get to dance and sing with other LGBT+ people and for weeks after the event, we get to see lampposts and utility bollards adorned with\u00a0stickers from LGBT+ groups such as sports groups, political committees, social\u00a0groups\u00a0and nightlife\u00a0\u2013 giving us\u00a0an extra boost.\u00a0<\/p>\n
These days, I help local community radio channels BCFM and Bath Sound Radio to cover Pride live through the day, bringing the feeling of euphoria to people who may be ill,\u00a0housebound\u00a0or not able to attend personally.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This year, I encourage you to take your positive energy to Pride, to share your love with other LGBT+ people, to\u00a0feel the power of our diverse, vibrant rainbow community, and to take this through the coming year.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
To mark Pride month 2026, Second Step staff held a Pride Picnic in\u00a0our\u00a0Pennywell\u00a0Road\u00a0car\u00a0park.\u00a0Organised\u00a0by the Race Equity Group, the event celebrated\u00a0the LGBTQIA+ community, inclusion, and diversity at Second Step.\u00a0\u00a0 We\u2019re\u00a0also looking forward to\u00a0having\u00a0a\u00a0stall at Bristol Pride on Saturday 11 July,\u00a0to\u00a0meet\u00a0people,\u00a0celebrate and\u00a0share\u00a0information about\u00a0the\u00a0mental health support and outreach\u00a0services\u00a0we offer\u00a0across\u00a0the\u00a0South\u00a0West.\u00a0 This year Bank Staff Administration Assistant Terry Starr\u00a0has\u00a0shared his\u00a0thoughts […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7041606,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[204022,114944,96877,104096,99195],"tags":[1075,4711,10548,2073,5688],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-7041605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bristol-pride","category-lgbtqia-2","category-mental-health","category-pride","category-uncategorised","tag-car","tag-celebrating","tag-park","tag-picnic","tag-pride"],"yoast_head":"\n
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