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On Monday (March 8), the world will unite to mark International Women’s Day, a global celebration of the achievements of women throughout our history.
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DIVERSITY is something a city like Manchester likes to shout about. It does, like many UK cities, boast a broad spectrum of nationalities and religions with pockets right in the centre dedicated to some of those communities: China Town, the Gay Village or the bohemian Northern Quarter, for example.
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MANCHESTER is to stage a festival to celebrate the 100th anniversary of genius codebreaker Alan Turing’s birth. It will take place in June 2012, and will centre on a performance of Breaking the Code, the play about how he unlocked secret Nazi transmissions during the Second World War.
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PLANS to pedestrianise Manchester’s Gay Village have won the support of visitors to the area. A pilot scheme in the city centre’s Canal Street district has been an overwhelming success, according to city bosses.
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ORGANISERS have revealed this year’s Manchester Pride event has been the most successful yet – raising the biggest amount in the gay festival’s 19-year history.
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DESCRIBED as the ‘lesbian mecca of the north’, Gay Village institution Vanilla has scooped this year’s gong for Best Bar None Award for the Best Gay Venue in the City.
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THE Conservative Party are in town next week and they'll be hosting Conference Pride in the Village. Intrigued? Find out more, here.
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BY popular demand, Village Drinks Up North brings all gay professionals a chance to go speed dating on October 14.
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COUPLES planning to get hitched are invited to celebrate the launch of a new, paid-for gay wedding magazine for Cheshire, Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside on October 1.
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ATTENTION all you connoisseurs of post-industrial glam! Hot on the heels of their fantastic first concert comes Mother’s Ruin! Part Deux.
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WITH all those new faces to welcome to Manchester’s fast growing gay scene, what better way to reach the masses than by setting up a Facebook page!
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THE sequins have been sewn on, the feather boas dry cleaned and the rainbow flags given a good dusting – Manchester Pride is back.
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A BRITISH pop institution has stepped into the breach to fill the gap left by soul diva Kelly Rowland at Pride’s Big Weekend, it has been confirmed.
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Glitter Kittens, Manchester's first burlesque troupe, founded in 2004, present a special set packed with crowd thrilling 1940s-inspired cabaret and raunchy rock routines. After gracing the finest burlesque and rock stages in the UK and L.A, the Kittens wi...
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A panel discussion about the state of human rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) groups in Eastern Europe will take place as part of Manchester Pride's ten-day festival line-up.
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Karen McDonald wrote: 3 months ago
Wonderful idea - pedestrians can enjoy all the delights of manchester's gay village without smelly vehicles polluting the area.
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