Taking place from Friday 27 August until Monday 30 August, the theme for the 2021 Manchester Pride Festival will be Garden of Freedom, which aims to bring together LGBTQ+ people in the fight for freedom.
The LGBTQ+ charity is calling on the LGBTQ+ community of Greater Manchester, as well as their allies, to “reunite after a time when the world as we knew it stopped and freedom was halted,” but the fight for equality raged on.
Mark Fletcher, Chief Executive for Manchester Pride, explained the importance of the forthcoming event in a statement, saying that LGBTQ+ people have faced “tough times and further isolation” during the pandemic – particularly LGBTQ+ youth, who have been disproportionately impacted due to limited access to mental