Pride

For the 15th year, Liverpool has celebrated Pride. It nearly didn't happen this year, but thankfully, Sahir House were able to step in a make the event a success. Hopefully, people will be planning for 2026 soon to protect the march and make sure it goes ahead.

It was great to see the event was saved. Pride is needed. It is a protest and while it may appear to be a celebration, it's only because queer joy is a form of protest. Defiant joy against a world seeking to erase us. A shining example of this is Marsha P. Johnson, who played a key role in the Stonewall Uprising of 1969.

Johnson believed in the power of joy to fuel dreams and imagination, drawing on resources, community, and power as they grow. - Tourmaline

In joy lies your greatest clarity about how to navigate a big problem, how to offer a huge solution. In joy is a tremendous amount of power to support and show up for one another, and also to be fully alive. She knew she deserved to be fully alive at any given moment. And she lived in such defiance of the norms and forms. You can't separate that from her beauty. - Tourmaline

Pride needs to sweep through the city. The joy of being yourself needs to wind its way through the heart of a place. Here's to 2026, let's dream bigger.

A few photos from the day and a full set is on my photography portfolio site.

Links

• Me at work at Pride via Shutterstock
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