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Where Queer Hope & Joy Flourish 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
…for 50 years and counting
#LGBTFoundation50 ✨

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Become a Front Desk Volunteer ✨

Our centre welcomes staff, service users, and community groups. We’re looking for volunteers to be a friendly face to everyone as they arrive, helping direct people to the resources they need. 🌈

Visit www.lgbt.foundation/vacancy/front-desk-volunteer to learn more 💗
Front desk volunteer Photo of a white woman with red hair with a notebook and laptop Text: Help create a warm, welcoming space for staff, service users, volunteers and community groups in our centre! Volunteer shifts available on weekdays mornings, afternoons, evenings and some weekends. We will have a rota where you can choose specific times that suit you.
October 15, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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We are living through turbulent times. If you need someone to talk to, LGBT Foundation's helpline has been a trusted friend to LGBTQ+ people for 50 years.

Whenever you need to chat, we’re here for you.
Call 0345 3 30 30 30 – everyone deserves someone to listen.
lgbt.foundation/help/
Image: Two Black women holding hands in Manchester Text: We're here if you need us Call our free helpline 0345 3 30 30 30 www.lgbt.foundation
October 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Happy Bisexual Visibility Day! We hope you feel seen, celebrated and safe in your identity🩷💜💙

On #BiVisibilityDay, we celebrate bi+ identities, dispel myths and reclaim stereotypes; and we show up proudly to remind bi+ people everywhere that they are loved, and their identity is equally valid.
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September 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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We had a blast at Manchester Pride over the weekend, celebrating 50 years of queer hope and joy, and continuing the protest for LGBTQ+ safety and equality.

Did you spot us in the Parade or meet our Village Angels at the gates? 🌈🪧🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

#ManchesterPride #LGBTQ #Pride #ProgressPride #NoLGBwithouttheT
August 26, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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DON'T MISS OUT: Sapphic Showcase 💜

As we get Manchester Pride ready, our celebration of LGBTQ+ women is just 3 days away! Thursday 7-10pm, we're bringing a vibrant night of sapphic talent online 💥 LIVE on Insta (@lgbtfdn)!

Our 50th anniversary activities are proudly supported by Barefoot Wine! 🌈
Live on Instagram: watch the sapphic showcase Thursday 21st August 7-10pm Missed out on tickets for the event? Watch out Livestream @lgbtfdn to laugh, dance and sign along LGBT Foundation logo - 50 years
August 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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What's On in August at LGBT Foundation 🐝🌈🙌

We’ve got tons of great events lined up to celebrate Manchester Pride with you!

This month, we’re spreading even more queer hope and joy around Manchester, Liverpool, and online: lgbt.foundation/events/
Whats on - August 2025 Mon 11th - Tales of the city book club Tues 12th - Hate Crime awareness training Thurs 21st - Sapphic Showcase Fri 22nd - Pride wellbeing walk Fri 22nd - Liverpool Pride in Ageing Plus volunteer with us at Manchester Pride from 22nd to 24th August Whats on - our regulars Every tuesday - Recovery group Every wednesday - Life Admin support service Every thursday - lgbt smart recovery group Every thursday - Liverpool lgbtq+ wellbeing group Monthly first saturday - community cafe last wednesday - chemsex support Last thursday - housing drop in last friday - sober social lgbt.foundation/events Sapphic showcase with Run Remedy and Lesbian Boyband Choir Thurs 1st August Sign up to the watch party: recovery@lgbt.foundation Pride wellbeing walk 22nd august 4-7pm email therapy@lgbt.foundation to sign up
August 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Volunteer with us at Manchester Pride 🌈❤️🐝
We’ve got an exciting opportunity for volunteers to join the Village Angels Welcome Team this year! Find out more at www.lgbt.foundation/vacancy/pride-volunteer/ or take part in one of the information sessions we've posted at www.lgbt.foundation/events 💜
Volunteer at Manchester Pride 6 volunteers in pink high vis jackets pictured QR code for LGBT Foundation volunteer vacancy Questions? Join our information sessions: www.lgbt.foundation/events
July 28, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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Curated by LGBT Foundation and spread across Manchester Piccadilly, Kampus, the Iconic Gay Village and more, this free public art trail celebrates the power of LGBTQ+ voices and the positive impact of queer hope and joy dotted across Manchester! 🐝
Queer Hope and joy sign pictured at Kampus in Manchester, providing QR code for the arts trail map, and barefoot wine and heritage fund logos
July 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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All summer, our Rainbow Arts Trail platforms LGBTQ+ artists across Manchester, showing the world that LGBTQ+ people are not going anywhere. Queer visibility, joy and progress matters more than ever in 2025.
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July 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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The Rainbow Arts Trail celebrates LGBTQ+ artists across Manchester! 🌈💗

All summer long, our Rainbow Arts Trail platforms LGBTQ+ artists across Manchester, amplifying marginalised voices in public spaces and showing the world that LGBTQ+ people are not going anywhere.

#LGBTFoundation50 #LGBTQ
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July 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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July 18, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Alt text readable version here: 🔗 https://lgbt.foundation/a-joint-statement-from-lgbt-foundation-london-friend-switchboard-and-stonewall/
July 18, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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📃 A joint statement from LGBT Foundation, London Friend, Switchboard LGBT+ Support Line and Stonewall

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July 18, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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🏆 We are beyond thrilled to have been awarded Charity of the Year at the Rainbow Honours 2025!

To receive this recognition during our 50th year is just incredible.
Now, and every day, we celebrate queer hope & joy! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🥳

#RainbowHonours2025 #RH2025 #LGBTFoundation50
June 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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MAKE EVERY VIEW COUNT 🎮
Our Stream for Good challenge involves gamers, streamers and chatters in the fight for LGBTQ+ liberation.
Get involved by hosting a charity live stream for your friends, followers and fans. Head to lgbt.foundation/streamforgood for a FREE resource pack!

#StreamForGood #TTRPG
Game. Stream. Impact Fundraise with LGBT Foundation and make every view count!
June 26, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Our stories deserve to be heard 📣💥

For too long, our stories, identities, and experiences have been ignored and misunderstood. Now, we're reclaiming our narratives and sharing what it's really like to be a woman. 🙌

We need your help to protect our rights: www.lgbt.foundation/EHRC 🔥
Our stories are our own 5 women pictured See the full picture: LGBT.foundation Strength, self expression and authenticity. It's not defined by how others see you but by how deeply you know yourself. 1/2 As a transgender woman my journey into womanhood has been about reclaiming my truth, embracing my identity with pride and showing up in the world as the woman I've always known I am. Be an active ally. Make your voice heard. Respond to the EHRC's consultation to prevent the policing of our bodies, healthcare and spaces that put our rights and safety at risk. Responses are due by 30th June 2025 Download our guide: LGBT.foundation/ehrc
June 26, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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EVERYTHING we do is designed to spread hope and joy ❤️

We're dedicated to providing space for everyone to grow, thrive, and live their most authentic life. Sisterhood is all about lifting each other up, supporting dreams, and fighting for our futures:
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Always lifting other women up Four women pictured LGBT Foundation logo See the full picture: www.lgbt.foundation Whole I no longer identify as a woman, I still deeply value the strength, care and solidarity I've found in sisterhood and spaces built by and for women. I celebrate these connections by creating inclusive, affirming spaces - like LesClimb, where queer people of all identities can show up fully and support one another. 1/3 I uplift the women and femmes in my life, listen to their stories and stand beside them in struggle and joy. Sisterhood, to me, is about chosen family, collective empowerment and mutual care. 2/3 It's in the everyday moments- cheering on a friend at the climbing wall, holding space for someone who needs to be seen, or showing up in community with intention. Even as a non binary person, I carry those values with pride. 3/3
June 24, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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It’s #AgeWithoutLimits Day today! Together we commit to a future without ageism—where communities, like our #PrideinAgeing group can experience joy, connection and support as they get older.

We are working in partnership to develop the UK’s first LGBTQ+ Extra Care Housing in Whalley Range.
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June 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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This is What a Woman Looks Like - and we're defining what that means in our own terms. 🙌❤️

See the full picture: lgbt.foundation/thisiswhataw...

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#ThisIsWhatAWomanLooksLike #ThisIsAWoman #PrideMonth2025 #LGBTFoundation50
June 5, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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We've fought too long for women to be defined solely by their bodies. 🔥

Women are not a monolith, and our existence can't be defined through a hateful, narrow lens. Womanhood looks different for us all, and we all deserve a safe space to share our experiences, perspectives, and identities. ✨
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June 5, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Refuse to be invisible! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Now is the time to make our voices heard, sharing our experiences in the EHRC Consultation which affects LGBTQ+ people.

We've created a handy guide to help plan your response, get started now and share this post.

www.lgbt.foundation/EHRC
June 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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In 2025, womanhood isn’t one story — it’s many. ✨

From the high street to your feed, our This Is What a Woman Looks Like is here!

All women deserve to be seen, heard, and celebrated. 💖
See the full picture at: lgbt.foundation/thisiswhataw...

#ThisIsWhatAWomanLooksLike #PrideMonth2025
This is what a woman looks like vertical billboard featuring 5 women "Being a woman is a beautiful, inspiring and complex existence. Womanhood is simultaneously an individual experience and a collective one." 1/2 "Womanhood is an inherent knowing of self, care, compassion, creativity, strength, and community building. It is an open and free flowing experience that should be welcome to anyone who identifies with this in their soul, and I think that's beautiful" 2/2 This is what a woman looks like 8 women photographed smiling See the full picture: www.lgbt.foundation
June 1, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Celebrating 50 years of Queer Hope & Joy @birminghampride.bsky.social with the glamourous @ditagarbo.bsky.social ✨

Come and say hi, we're opposite the Cabaret Tent 🌈
May 24, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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🐝 We Will Remember Them 🐝
May 22, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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🚨Urgent: Take Action Now for LGBTQ+ Rights🚨
The EHRC consultation is live and will have a massive impact on LGBTQ+ rights in the UK.

We're calling on people to stand up, be visible and take action today. Be the first to receive our free guide to responding by signing up: lgbt.foundation/newsletter
Refuse to be invisible Respond to the EHRC's consultation What is the EHRC? The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is a non-departmental public body. They have responsibilty for the promotion and enforcement of equality and non-discrimination laws in the UK. They have opened a consultation which will affect LGBTQ+ communities. sign up to our newsletter and be the first to receive our free guide, helping you respond the consultation and defend lgbtq+ rights
May 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM