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Think about Pride in Retirement during this Pride season
Summer Pride season is an opportunity to celebrate some of the significant advancements that have been made for the LGBT Community over recent years.
Gay Pride Shop to donate funds to charities
Gay Pride Shop, a brand-new store dedicated to the LGBTQ+ community has now opened in Manchester city centre
Velvet and No 1 Canal St present a stunning DJ line up
Vanilla for Pride 2018
Indigo moon artists join the team at Vanilla this year for the Big Weekend
120 hours of partying at Via for Pride
Marathon of partying planned at Via for the Big Weekend
The inaugural Didsbury Pride 2018
Part of Manchester since 1904, Didsbury joins the Pride Family in 2018
New home for Manchester Pride in 2019
Manchester Pride set for a change in 2019
LGBT action plan for the city
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Canal St and the Gay Village
Welcome to the World Famous Canal Street Manchester, home of the original 'Queer as Folk'.
It is recognised as the UK's LGBT centre, outside of London. The Gay Village is home to many annual events, such as Sparkle the Trans Festival, the Bears Bash and The Skins Weekend. The regions thriving Lesbian community is also centred in the Gay Village, with established venues like Vanilla serving the Women's scene.
Manchester Pride, the UK's most successful Annual Pride event, with tens of thousands attending the celebrations. Manchester's LGBT Sports and social groups are a major feature of daily life regularly attracting visitors from all over the World. Non LGBT are also welcome. Respect should be shown at all times.
Canal St looks forward to welcoming you all!
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The One Where Belinda's Getting Tucked
The week Belinda is away, so in her gigantic shoes we have our Titters presenting with Michelle. We speak to partners CJ Taylor and Anth Taylor about their artwork as well as our weekly catch-up with Hayles, in Soap corner.
Canal St Reviews
#Echochamber at 53 Two
Featuring an online relationship between two women this innovative opera explores how we use social media today
Dusty at The Lowry
Dusty’s sapphic tendencies are presented neither pruriently nor with triumph.
Trollope
Once a year on Blackpool Sands
Set in a house with a reputation of having liberal attitudes for those in the know, and into this little love/hate triangle three paying guests are thrust.
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