Me in backyard after watching Pride march pass bottom of Edward Street. Dressed as a Stonewall go-go dancer, the theme that year was 50 years since Stonewall. It was also the year that Armistead Maupin popped into our party!
SM Pride takes place on 14 September 1996 and is Europe’s largest SM event. It is a celebration of our rights to fantasy and fun! Take your filthy laws off our bodies! It includes Party in the Streets, which assembles at 12.00 p.m. at Whitehall Place, London SW1, followed by Dungeon in the Sky at ULU, Malet Street, WC1, from 2.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m. It also includes the Spanner Ball, from 10.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. at "Arches", Southwark Street, SE1, produced by Torture Garden. It is a benefit for Spanner Rights, fighting for SM rights.
This t-shirt was bought by my mum at a retail store. I came out to her a few years previously and randomly one day she gifted me this t-shirt. We never had a specific conversation about the random present. She's the type of person to see something that she thinks someone else would like and then buys it 'just because'. The first few years after coming out was quite tumultuous so it meant a lot at the time. I don't wear it because it doesn't fit me but I can't throw it away, so it stays hanging on the clothing rail
Photos of Sussex Club members at Pride 1995. The Sussex Club was a members club, but also a social group, and in 1995 the club had a float at Pride. The theme for the float was 'sisters doing it for themselves' and alongside a Doc Martin boot, two large paper mache thumbs were made as a 'thumbs up' for women. However, causing some controversy the thumbs were as large as the float itself, and could be mistaken for phallic symbols from some angles.
In July 2016, Pink Fringe and Trans Pride joined forces to present three micro-commissions of trans led work from across the UK. Featuring Elijah Harris, Louisa Claughton and Kate O'Donnell. Supported by Arts Council England.
Filmed and edited by Rosie Powell.
A sign made by me on 9th July 2023 at a sign-making workshop at The Queery, and carried at Trans Pride Brighton on 15th July 2023. The sign is double-sided. The front reads '50% BUTCH DYKE, 50% CAMP FAG". The back reads "100% NONBINARY". The sign is hand painted in black, yellow and purple paint and glitter on white paper (the colours of the non-binary flag).
Advert for Transister, supporting Brighton Pride, The Beachcomber 18–27 May 1995. For gay boys & girls, trannies, inbetweenies and friends. This appeared on the back of the programme for Queer Bashed, a play by John Roman Baker, performed by the AIDS Positive Underground Theatre, at The Zap.
The digital poster for Traumfrau queer party event organised for Trans Pride Brighton in 2015. With DJs Alex Spinks, Kate St Kate Shields, and Dolly Dollycore. Live performances by Miss Cairo, Krishna Istha, and Eli Harris. The event took place at Envy Nightclub on the 25th of July 2015.
The digital poster for Traumfrau queer party event organised for Trans Pride Brighton in 23rd July 2016.
With DJ S/HE (Tomboys Don't Cry) (Milan), and Alex Spinks. Performances by: Emma Frankland, and Krishna Istha.