59 inspirational LGBTQ people making Liverpool more inclusive

Every year in July, thousands of people – lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, binary and allies – come to Liverpool city centre to spend two days in a wonderul, rainbow flag-festooned celebration of us all being free to live our lives as ourselves. It is easy to believe over that weekend that equality has been achieved, that homophobia has been vanquished and that nobody is being judged, bullied or discriminated against because of their sexuality. Sadly though, there is still much work to be done. Ahead of Liverpool Pride this weekend, the ECHO is celebrating the achievements of the city’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in this list of 59 inspirational LGBTQ people working hard to make real change throughout the other 363 days of the year. We were planning to make it a list of 50 – but were overwhelmed with suggestions of people to include so have expanded the list. Here they are, in no particular order. We asked the organisers of Pride and other LGBTQ+ organisations in Liverpool to help compile this list. However, if you feel we have left out someone deserving then please let us know in the comments section. Joan Burnett – LGBT+ film… Read full this story

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