The festival, which celebrates lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people of African, Asian, Caribbean, Latin American and Middle Eastern descent, will host “performances, live DJ sessions and speakers” alongside a “series of virtual rooms hosted by our partners within the community” on 16 August. “When Lady Phyll and a busload of Black lesbians traveled to Southend-on-Sea in 2005 for the first UK Black Pride, no one could have imagined just how big this safe and brave space would grow,” a statement reads on social media. “We deserve spaces to call our own, where we can celebrate who we are safely.
We deserve to be surrounded by people who love us, who understand us and who want to see us win. We deserve moments in which we can