Pride in Liverpool organisers say it is “vital” to still march together this weekend, despite being unable to do so physically due to the coronavirus pandemic.
While Liverpool’s Pride events were cancelled earlier this year due to the pandemic, organisers at the LCR Pride Foundation are running a programme of online events instead.
Included in the programme is the city region’s first ever online march, dubbed the MarchOnline, which takes place on Saturday, July 25 from 12pm, the day the annual Pride in Liverpool festival should have taken place.
Liverpool’s March with Pride has long been a poignant start for the city’s Pride celebrations, each year allowing the LGBT+ community and all its allies to come together to march in solidarity and protest against the prejudice and inequalities that the LGBT+ community continues to face in the UK and across the globe.
Andi Herring, co-founder and interim CEO of the LCR Pride Foundation, said: “This year more than ever, with many of the spaces the LGBT+ community turn to for support closed and and isolation an issue for so many, it is absolutely vital that we still march together, despite the fact that our March with Pride and usual physical events have been cancelled due to COVID-19.
“The MarchOnline allows us to celebrate as a community and let people know the city region is accepting and a welcoming place for LGBT+ people. It allows us to ‘march’ alongside our allies and supporters and remain visible.
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“By being visible in this way, we are not only able to display the beautiful diversity of the Liverpool City Region’s LGBT+ community, but also highlight the prejudice and inequalities that the LGBT+ community continues to face in the UK and across the globe.”
Tomorrow, the MarchOnline will be broadcast from LCR Pride Foundation’s Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn pages, along with its website, featuring video submissions from individuals and organisations across the city.
There will also be good wishes and messages from public figures including LFC manager, Jurgen Klopp.
The full details for watching the MarchOnline on July 25 are available here.
