Comments on: Reclaiming Pride in Manchester http://gaymafiawatch.wordpress.com/2009/03/28/reclaiming-pride-in-manchester/ Exposing corporate exploitation of LGBT people in Britain today Sat, 03 Nov 2012 13:46:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Annie http://gaymafiawatch.wordpress.com/2009/03/28/reclaiming-pride-in-manchester/#comment-496 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:11:09 +0000 http://gaymafiawatch.wordpress.com/?p=397#comment-496 As someone who was a part of the Gayfest 2000, 2001 and MardiGras 2002, I’d love it if the community would take the thing back. Unfortunately the festival is so manacled to the council that it’ll never happen.

I had a great time, working my tits off for three years, with my input always valued and successful (including the work I did for the 2002 Candlelit Vigil), until Europride and Marketing Manchester took over. I was instantly relegated to being some dogsbody and I pulled out of the event altogether in 2004.

]]> By: Ticket to Pride: another wristband ripp-off! « Gay Mafia Watch http://gaymafiawatch.wordpress.com/2009/03/28/reclaiming-pride-in-manchester/#comment-308 Sun, 12 Apr 2009 10:07:48 +0000 http://gaymafiawatch.wordpress.com/?p=397#comment-308 [...] Reclaiming Pride in Manchester Tips on how you can do your part in reclaiming Manchester’s Pride festival by supporting alternative events and links to different bodies that provide funding and support to community groups. [...]

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