Liverpool ECHO’s Rainbow List announced

19th August 2022, 6:04 pm

 

Ahead of Liverpool Pride, we celebrate the achievements of the city’s LGBTQ+ community.

 

This year for the first time the Liverpool ECHO are creating and publishing our very own Rainbow List.

Every year in July, thousands of people at Pride flood the streets of Liverpool and with all the laughter and dancing, it’s easy to think that the fight for equality is over but sadly every day we are reminded this is not the case.

That’s why this year we have put together the Liverpool ECHO Rainbow List. Although we have written about members of the LGBTQIA+ community who have shaken things up in the city before, this is the first time we have opened submissions to the general public.

The LGBTQIA+ community is a vital part of Liverpool’s community and the ECHO is committed to celebrating the success of the community and reporting on the issues important to LGBTQIA+ people who live here.

Coinciding with the city’s weekend of Pride celebrations, the list recognises some of the LGBTQIA+ people who have made a difference in the community. This is not an exhaustive list but the people below have represented the community, campaigned for equal rights, used their public profile to improve lives and or lived their lives unapologetically.

Gary Everett

Gary Everett was the brains behind Homotopia, the UK’s longest-running LGBTQIA+ arts and culture festival, which prides itself on delivering “Queer art for Queer people”.

The 53-year-old founded the Liverpool-based arts and social justice organisation in 2004 and has helped artists make a cultural impact through their work and activism. Originally from Allerton, Gary also curated the critically acclaimed exhibition on the late Liverpool born trans pioneer April Ashley MBE at the Museum of Liverpool, which attracted over 950,000 visitors and had to be extended twice due to its popularity. As a result of his work, Gary was given an Honorary Doctorate of Arts by Edge Hill University. He has now handed over the reins of Homotopia.

READ THE COMPLETE ARTICLE BY PAUL MCAULEY

 

 

 

 


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