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11th Annual OXFORD PRIDE takes place on Saturday 8th of June 2013 from 12pm to 8pm, at Oxpens Field, next to the Ice Rink Oxpens Road, Oxford, OX1 1RX .

The Event features Live non stop Entertainment on two stages , great food, a Licensed Bar, Climbing Wall, VIP Area, Inflatable Amusements and much more for the whole family to enjoy.

The event is glass free so help support Pride and buy cheap drinks from Pride Bar.

Join us at the Parade which starts at 12noon from Ship Street though the centre of Oxford to the Oxpens Recreation Ground.

In keeping with our theme this year “not their yet” we are celebrating the progress the LGBT community has made towards equality while admitting there’s still a way to go; We are supporting the work of LGBT charities: Peter Tatchell Foundation, Albert Kennedy Trust and Oxford Friend

This year we are offering you the chance to go VIP, there is limited availability of 200 wristbands for sale at £15 each online or £17 each on the day (subject to availability). More

Further details visit: www.oxford-pride.org.uk

Article: 27th April 2013

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Are you planning your gay wedding? Would you like ideas for fantastic venues, dresses, cakes and more?

Come to the BT Convention Centre on the 3rd March 2013, for the National Gay Wedding Show, where you will be able to view a wide range of products and services across the whole wedding market.

Under amendments made to The Marriages and Civil Partnerships Regulations in 2011, allowing same sex couples to register for a civil partnership, 53,417 ceremonies have been conducted, a number that still continues to rise.

The National Gay Wedding Show will have over 200 hand selected exhibitors from every aspect of the wedding industry, to help you learn everything you need to know about your special day. It will not only blow your wedding shoes off, but will guide you through what is set to be one of the most important days of your life.

As you are entering into married life together, maybe you have also thought about starting a family of your own. Why not check out Pride Angel’s stall at the show for information and advice about becoming a parent as a gay or lesbian couple.

SHOW FEATURES
Over 200 hand selected exhibitors
Free Rainbow coloured ice cream cones from our very own vintage van
Live entertainment
Catwalk Shows and demonstrations
VIP Lounge
Wedding Wonderland full of tasty treats
Wedding experts on hand to offer advice and experience
Dressing Room for all your dressing up and trying on needs, with advice for all!
Goodie Bag for every visitor
Beauty tips and treats
Champagne Bar
+ so much more

VIP Package
VIP tickets available, tickets include:
Entry to an exclusive VIP relaxation area
Fast track entrance
Complimentary glass of champagne
Complimentary VIP goody bag
Exclusive live lounge entertainment
The tickets will cost £20 per person

Under 14’s must be accompanied by an adult over 18.

Buy Tickets Here

Read more about starting your gay or lesbian family at www.prideangel.com

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas. Thank you for all your support over 2012 and your wonderful stories of good news and miracle Pride Angel babies.

2012 has also been a fantastic year, as we have loved receiving all your beautiful baby photos. Choosing the winners was such a difficult decision. To view our recent competition winners click here.

If you are just starting on the journey to becoming parents, we send our best wishes and wish you happiness for the future.

Happy Christmas and heres to a fantastic year in 2013

The Pride Angel Team 24th December 2012

Olympic gold medalist Nicola Adams tops this year's Pink List. More than 1,500 people voted for the influential lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people who make Britain safer, fairer, better and more entertaining. More than 250 nominees' names were run past the panel of judges: two magazine editors, a teacher and LGBT schools adviser, a film maker, a charity CEO, and the Chief Executive of Stonewall. They wrestled with the knotty question of who was most influential in 2012. Not surprisingly, sports people are high on the list.

1 (new entry) Nicola Adams
Olympian
Nicola Adams punched her way into the history books this year, becoming the first woman ever to win an Olympic medal in boxing. Since the 30-year-old flyweight from Leeds floored China's Ren Cancan to win the gold she has become an inspiring role model for young people in Britain and around the world. Rarely seen without the smile that is now emblazoned on billboards and buses around the country, Adams is modest, hard-working and friendly. Everything, in short, that you would hope from a sporting hero. Adams, who is bisexual, persevered with the sport for more than a decade when representing her country — let alone getting an Olympic medal — was not an option for girls. This year, her talent and charm have won over many of the chauvinists who queued up before the Games to say that putting a woman in the ring was "unnatural". "It's amazing to be on top of a list of such inspiring and influential people," Adams said. "Thanks to everyone for their continued support."

2 (4) Clare Balding
Presenter and author Ordinarily, being queen of the Olympics, a best-selling memoirist, champion of women's sport and darling of Twitter would be enough for a number-one slot. We love her, and her partner, Alice Arnold. We hope she'll be chuffed to come second to a London 2012 gold medallist.

3 (re-entry) Peter Tatchell
Legend
Last year the Pink List committed the unforgivable error of forgetting the veteran campaigner. He forgave us with typical good grace. Director of the Peter Tatchell Foundation, he has tackled neo-Nazis, President Mugabe and the British parliament. Indefatigable, brave and unforgettable.

4 (new entry) Lee Pearson
Paralympic equestrian
He told The IoS that he prepared for the Paralympic Games with curry, Malibu and Coke, but that didn't stop Pearson from taking home his 10th gold medal from four summer Olympics. At London 2012, the MBE also added a bronze and a silver to his trophy cabinet.

5 (new entry) Carl Hester Olympic equestrian
One of the most established dressage riders in the country, Carl Hester worked with Charlotte Dujardin and Laura Bechtolsheimer to win Britain's first Olympic dressage gold in the team event. He also made history as the only Team GB Olympian to be "out" at the time of the Games.

6 (judge) Greg Barker
Climate-change minister
Conservative MP who is defending the interests of the green movement inside DECC against anti-wind farms minister John Hayes. Barker is also chairman of the 2020 group of Tory MPs, who want David Cameron to return to the progressive centre and stand up to the Conservative right.

7 (10) Heather Peace
Actress
The actress and musician acquired a cult following after appearing in the BBC drama Lip Service as a lesbian police officer. She received more public nominations than anyone else on this list. Her first album, Fairytales, was released in May and she is now filming Waterloo Road.

8 (new entry) Nick Grimshaw
Radio DJ
The exceptionally likeable presenter officially became the biggest deal in radio when he took over the BBC Radio 1 breakfast show in September. That the newly-out Mancunian replaced former Stonewall Bully of the Year Chris Moyles makes his ascent all the sweeter.

9 (re-entry) David Laws
Cabinet office minister
Reinstated to Government in September after being forced to resign over his expenses in 2010, Laws, whose responsibilities include schools policy, attends Cabinet and is close to both Michael Gove and Nick Clegg — making him a key influence on the coalition.

10 (new entry) Luke Anderson
Winner, Big Brother 13
Anderson rose to prominence as a hugely popular winner of Channel 5's Big Brother 13. While in the house, Anderson revealed he had been born a woman and hoped that his appearance on the show "will help to show trans guys that you can lead a normal life".

Read the full 101 most influential LGBT figures in Britain.

Article source: 4th November 2012 www.independent.co.uk

WHEN AND WHERE?
Free entry with registration
Time: 11am-6pm
Date: Saturday 20 October

Where: Grand Connaught Rooms
61 - 65 Great Queen Street
London, England, WC2B 5DA

Entry to the Gay Lifestyle Show is free, but a quick sign-up is required online to guarantee a place and to manage numbers. People interested in attending the event must register online and then get ready to have a fun day out at the UK’s biggest indoor lifestyle show of its kind, the alternative to the usual scene.

There’s plenty of live entertainment with Mollyhaus, Pink Singers, Marcus Reeves, Matthew Vankan, FTW, AJ, Red, and also a bit of literature for those who love to read, featuring Polari and Paul Burston’s literary salon. There will be arts exhibitions and sports will not be forgotten too; London 2018, Out for Sport and other UK based sports groups will be there as well for the fun.

The highlights, however, belong to Venture Photography, which will be offering a free portrait session to everyone who attends the Big Gay Lifestyle show. The Chelsea and Westminster Hospital will also be there with a mobile sexual health clinic and Professor G. Nargund will address people on a seminar entitled ‘Natural and Safe Options for Fertility Including Natural IVF’.

Also leading fertility website Pride Angel will be exhibiting and able to answer all your questions about become a parent, including co-parenting and using a known donor, so why not pop along for a chat. Erika founder of Pride Angel will also be holding a seminar about 'Co-parenting'.

To finish off the wonderful and cultured weekend, what’s better than another freebie – entry plus welcome drink – this time at Shadow Lounge for the official afterparty? All you need to do is pick up your wristband at the show.

Article: 19th October 2012 www.biggaylifestyleshow.com

Tens of thousands of visitors are expected in Brighton and Hove for the city's 20th Pride festival, the first to be run by business leaders.

Saturday's parade and ticketed festival in Preston Park is being run by a community interest company appointed by the city council in March. The event was free until 2010 but dogged by money problems and complaints about overcrowding and litter.

Alexandra Burke and Fatboy Slim will headline the festival in the park.'Rebuild bridges' Drag entertainer Stephen Richards, who performs as Lola Lasagne, said this year's Brighton and Hove Pride was going back to its roots. "Pride is a celebration of everything we have here," he said.

"Over the last couple of years there has been a disconnection from the community and now, with a new organisation at the helm, they have tried to rebuild those bridges to include the entire community - not just businesses but voluntary sectors as well. "The most important thing they did was to promise that £1 from every ticket sold would go to charity and so far over £15,000 has been handed over which is more money than has been given in about 10 years." 'Great showcase'

The festival is usually held in August but has been delayed this year to avoid a clash with the London Olympics. The parade, based on the theme the United Colours of Pride, starts at 11:00 BST from Madeira Drive and takes in King's Road, West Street and North Street before travelling up the A23 to Preston Park. St James's Street in the city centre will be closed from 18:00 BST for the Gay Village Party.

"Pride is a great showcase for the city and one of the biggest events in the calendar," said Sussex Police Chief Supt Graham Bartlett. "It will be business as usual in the he city centre, although we do expect some temporary disruption to traffic." Police have warned that anyone holding unlicensed events, including on the beach, could face prosecution.

Article: 31st August 2012 www.bbc.co.uk

Pride Angel will be holding a Market Stall in Preston Park, so why not come and have a chat about your lesbian and gay parenting options.

This year’s Manchester Pride was a great success with thousands of people who marched through the streets of Manchester for the annual Pride parade. More than 100 floats made their way through the city centre, setting off from Deansgate at 13:00 BST. Crowds of people waved rainbow flags and Pride Angel flags. The floats travelled through the city and finished on Whitworth Street, just outside the gay village.

The parade was part of the Pride Big Weekend, the festival held each year to celebrate lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) life. Events started on Friday and ran until Monday.

This year's parade theme was "Queer'd Science" in honour of computer pioneer Alan Turing. The gay codebreaker was convicted of gross indecency in 1952, when homosexual acts were illegal in the UK. He died from cyanide poisoning two years later and it was ruled at his inquest that he had committed suicide.

Manchester's Pride festival began in 1990 as a collection of bring-and-buy stalls outside a pub. As well as the parade, the festival now includes a weekend of live music, including this year from Steps, Amelia Lily and Alison Moyet, and a candlelit vigil to remember those who have died after contracting HIV, or are living with the condition.

Manchester Pride also included ‘The Lifestyle Expo’ which had another busy and successful year with 50 stalls, covering information on community groups, parenting, health and sports. Erika from Pride Angel said ‘ We were delighted to speak with so many people who came to chat with us over the weekend and it was so lovely to see 5 babies who had been created with the help of Pride Angel. It certainly makes all our hard work worthwhile’.

Read more about gay and lesbian parenting options at www.prideangel.com

Manchester Pride 2012 will be an out, loud and proud celebration with music, comedy, dancing, theatre – and above all fun. Pride runs from August 17 to August 27 including the Pride Fringe and the Big Weekend, which starts this Friday. It celebrates the city’s thriving lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities.

Thousands of visitors are expected for the Big Weekend, a non-stop party between August 24 and 27. The Gaydar main arena on Bloom Street/Sackville Street will host some of the hottest acts. Confirmed artists include Steps, Amelia Lily, 2 Shoes,Alexander Stewart Bjorn Again, Scarletts Rose, Louise Dearman, Alison Moyet and Cleo Sol. On stage at Sackville Gardens there is a programme of live bands with new talent and more established acts performing throughout the weekend. Between 4pm and 11pm on the Sunday the focus will be on female bands, performers and comedians.

One of the highlights of Pride is the Parade on Saturday August 25 from 1pm. More than 100 floats will make their way through the city’s streets providing a carnival of colour and attracting thousands of spectators. It starts on Deansgate opposite the Hilton Hotel and finishes on Whitworth Street, just outside the Gay Village. Details of the full route is here.

This year’s theme is ‘Queer’d Science’ to honour the 100th anniversary of codebreaker Alan Turing whose work at Bletchley Park helped crack the Nazi enigma cipher. The gay computer pioneer was prosecuted for gross indecency for having relations with another man in 1952 when it was illegal. He committed suicide two years later. A legal bid to clear his name has been launched in the Lords.

The village market will be on throughout the Big Weekend with stalls selling treats including sweets, clothing, jewellery. The Lifestyle Expo will run between 11am and 6pm from Saturday August 25 to Monday, August 27 with information about community groups, health and sports clubs as well as legal advice. Visit Pride Angel at the Lifestyle expo.

The pace of the weekend will slow on Monday August 27 at 9.15pm with the George House Trust candlelit vigil to remember those who have lost their lives to HIV and those who are fighting the epidemic worldwide. The vigil, which takes place in Sackville Gardens, closes Pride week. A Pride wristband is needed to get into the Big Weekend site around Canal Street, but not for the Parade or the candlelit vigil. A weekend ticket for the festival is £20 and a day pass £12. Child weekend tickets are £7.50 and day passes, £5.

Why not come along to the Lifestyle Expo to chat with Pride Angel about gay and lesbian parenting options.

Article: 24th August 2012 www.menmedia.co.uk

The Building Families Show 2013 will be bringing together the world’s leading IVF, fertility and surrogacy specialists together under one roof.

Here, they will showcase the variety of methods and cutting edge technologies to make surrogacy and gamete donation work for you. Each year Building Families will aim to hold two or more exhibitions around the world, one in Europe then branching out to the United States, Asia and Australia.

We will also be holding seminars and workshops throughout each show, with leading industry experts taking pole position providing full and informative talks in their chosen specialist field.

Building Families is dedicated to providing its visitors with the highest quality of companies, experts and agencies to showcase their innovative methods which lead to countless successes.

Building Families is an exhibition for anybody, whether a couple or individual that wishes to start or extend their family. “With 1 in 6 couples seeking help in trying for a child, infertility has become an epidemic of our generation”.

The inaugural exhibition will be held on 6th April 2013, at The Hilton, London Metropole in their largest space, The Monarch Suite. The Building Families Show 2013 has already amassed a great amount of support from many of the clinics, agencies, legal firms and media outlets involved within the industry and the headline sponsors of the show, The British Surrogacy Centre, New England Fertility Institute, California Fertility Partners, Dawson Cornwell and The Reproductive Law Centre are some of the world’s foremost pioneers in their fields.

Our seminar programme for the London show has the highest calibre of speakers from around the world, including Barrie Drewitt-Barlow – The British Surrogacy Centre, Dr Gad Lavy – New England Fertility Institute, Dr Susan Treiser – IVF New Jersey and Anne-Marie Hutchinson OBE – Dawson Cornwell. They will all be hosting seminars on chosen topics to cover all aspects from immigration, egg & sperm donation, to IVF and fertility treatments.

Amongst our growing list of exhibitors are Pride Angel, IVF New Jersey, DuoFertility, The Essex Sperm Bank, A City Law Firm and Natalie Gamble Associates, along with our headline sponsors.

Our current media partnerships are with Pride Life magazine, GayTimes and Diva magazines, Pink Parenting and Fertility Road magazines, GayNI magazine, along with Gaydar and Gaydio radio stations.

This opportunity is too big to miss out on. You can register online for FREE admission at www.buildingfamilies.co.uk

Click on FREE ADMISSION to register to get your free tickets today. If you have any questions or queries regarding the show please contact David Farr – Director of Events on +44 (0)1621 878 658, or via email david@redcowevents.com

We look forward to seeing you at what is already being described as the largest show of its kind anywhere in Europe.

Article: 22nd August 2012 www.buildingfamilies.co.uk

The first ever North Wales Pride will take place between the 5th and 7th October this year. The event is organised by Cymru Pride Wales, a small group of volunteers who aspire to make a difference for the LGBT community by bringing events of this kind to the area. North Wales Pride 2012 will be hosted at Hendre Hall, Bangor, flanked by the picturesque Snowdonia National Park and the stunning North Wales coastline.

The event aims to celebrate diversity and break down the barriers of discrimination by reaching out to as many members of the community as possible. Organisers say that the event has attracted UK wide interest and it is hoped that North Wales Pride 2012 will be the first of many to come.

Organisers have confirmed that Samantha Brookes, 2011 X Factor finalist, is one of their headlining acts. Local girl Sami, from Rhyl, shot to fame on the popular Saturday night entertainment show despite the controversial decision by judge Louis Walsh to send her home in favour of Goldie the lap dancer.

Another confirmed act is the resident DJ of Garlands in Liverpool, Dave Booth. The main event is also playing host to a number of local performers, artists and activities for all ages including Yoga, Salsa and Zumba taster sessions.

North Wales Pride has a limited number of trade stands available for organisations and businesses who wish to attend the event. If you have spare time on your hands and would like to volunteer at North Wales Pride, please email: northwalespride@hotmail.co.uk

Check out the website, www.northwalespride.com for tickets and further information. There are a limited number of early bird weekend tickets priced at only £15!

You can also keep up to date with latest information on Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/cymrupridewales/

Article: Pride Angel 31st July 2012

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