00:00Now, this weekend is Manchester Pride, so let's talk a little bit about the history of the festival here.
00:04Now, Manchester has long been at the centre of LGBTQ plus progress,
00:07with Alan Horsfall's Northwest Homosexual Law Reform Committee
00:10being instrumental in decriminalising homosexual behaviour back in the 60s.
00:14In 1988, Manchester became home to 20,000 voices joined together in protesting the repressive Section 28,
00:20which prevented the promotion of homosexuality.
00:22Pride Festival can be traced back to 1985, when a £1,700 grant was awarded
00:26for two weeks celebration for the LGBTQ plus community, and it has not looked back since.
00:30The gay village has gone from strength to strength since the 1990s,
00:33and is now globally recognised as a safe space for the community,
00:36as well as truly establishing itself as a cornerstone of Manchester's colourful cultural landscape.
00:40Pride also made history again in 2018 by being the first UK organisation
00:44to incorporate black and brown stripes into the rainbow flag,
00:46to make it clear that LGBTQ plus people of colour should be represented in the community and on the flag.
00:52Now, we are going to have a video over the next couple of days
00:54about the events that you'll be able to see over the weekend, so keep an eye out for that.
00:57But until then, I've been Theo, this has been Manchester World.
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