Isle of Wight Pride returns to Ryde with a 3 day extravaganza kicking off on Friday 14th July at Eastern Gardens on the Esplanade.
The event will commence with the Pride Launch Party between 17:00 and 21:00 on Friday 14th July, featuring StarStruck – a Years & Years Tribute, Gay-Ties Revival Show plus DJ, with a variety of food and drink available including our newly launched IW Pride Cocktail.
On Saturday 15th July, the Pride Parade will start at 12:00 from Ryde School heading down West Street, Lind Street, Union Street, along the Esplanade until it reaches the Pride Community Village in Eastern Gardens.
Entertainment on the main stage will be hosted by Island drag sensation Quivers and boasts a fabulous variety of acts including Christavie Francisco, Solent Men’s Gay Chorus, Brighton Drag Queens Raiine and Glew, MDNA – a Madonna Tribute, Cherry Liquor, Diva-Licious 90s show, star of The Voice UK, Amrick Channa and we finish the day with a DJ set from Woody Cook starting at 21:00.
Pride Community Village will be open all day from 12:00 on Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th July including bars, a range of food stalls, local business and charity stalls and the all new Selfie Island featuring the Pride Unicorns!
Pride Plus, on Sunday 16th July, will start at 12:00 in Eastern Gardens with all-day entertainment including performances from local theatre groups and singers, Kylie and Dolly Parton tributes, burlesque, drag and a Promise Ceremony.
Isle of Wight Pride 2023 is a free event and open to all. This event champions the importance of equality and diversity by highlighting the advances that have been made for the LGBTQIA+ community in the UK and around the world, whilst also raising awareness of the prejudice and danger that many still face.
Isle of Wight Pride is open for all to enjoy who share a vision for a world in which people can be their authentic selves with no fear of censure, judgement, inequality, or abuse, proving that ‘Love Wins.’
getting boring now – the backlash against all of this has begun in the USA – bud light and target have been boycotted, students in classes have demanded that teachers stop going on about LGBTQ as it is upsetting them, other brands are starting to see backlash and boycotts for going on about trans etc and people are saying enough.
the majority of society is heterosexual (over 90%) and they are getting bored of listening to the endless droning on by the minority.
Basically’they’ know their odd preferences and the rest of us don’t care.
We all have genitalia and so what you put it in or have put in it is up to you but no need to make a song and dance about it.
It is fair to say that women are actually now being insulted and mocked by men who dress up as women and claim to be female – it is a sad, pathetic, weak attempt at pushing real women back down the pecking order in society.
whilst I don’t doubt some people genuinely think they are born in the wrong body, there is no justification whatsoever, for any person with a visually male body, being allowed in a female changing room, no matter what it calls itself. That is an out and out violation of a biological females right to be in a state of undress without any biological male being in the same room.
how many biological females who claim they are male turn up in male changing rooms, whilst still having a female body – none!
As you say “they think they are born in the wrong body” THINK being the important word as they don’t have any proof. These people are just attention seekers who say they are special.
You sound very angry about trans people?
Have you made some kind of mistake in the past?
like is is getting boring listening to the endless droning on by the minority of people who wanted to say in the eu
What would happen if we had a straight carnival I bet there would be an outcry .
If you are homosexual ok but please stop shouting about it .
We normal people just get on with our lives quietly could you lot just do the same please .
it is all a bit hypocritical though – they preach about inclusion and everyone together, yet there is no “H” for heterosexual in the LGBTQ acronym – how can you preach inclusivity and equality, whilst excluding the majority of society from your group.
Really? A straight carnival? aren’t they all straight except Pride! If you don’t like Pride, don’t attend. Why are you all getting upset? Live and let live and stop whinging because people want to celebrate who they are. Some people are gay, get over it.
You miss the point max – LGBTQ bang on about equality and being treated the same as the over 90% majority of society who are heterosexual, however, they don’t seem to have a problem ramming the whole issue in the faces of all the heterosexuals, yet get all annoyed if heterosexuals start talking about how they feel and how heterosexuality is important to them.
But why do we need it forced down our throats all the bloody time now..
And please, keep your children away from these groomers.
I’m seriously worried by the sight of young children plastered in rainbows waving the flag of perversion.
Strange how they target the young especially…….
yes, it is a bit strange, how some in the education system are determined to sit there talking to under tens about sexual activity, whilst doing their very best to justify it in a classroom setting, when under normal circumstances, they would get the s^it kicked out of them before being arrested for talking to little ones like that.
Looks like we’re getting trolled by the alphabet people! Lol, must have touched a nerve.
that would be the alphabet people who are against the letter H for heterosexual – as they do not allow it in their inclusive acronym.
Why has it got that rude person from Sainsbury’s on picture tut tut
im thinking of starting a straight march..don’t think be many for it..
Wouldn’t. It be nice if we could get rid of the awful homophobic bigots from our island and replace them with some of the deserving refugees who are risking their lives to get here to protect their families and theirselves.
get lost fred – those gimme grants, are only turning up here for free housing, free state money and free healthcare, which they don’t get where they come from – no other reason.
we need to stop the handouts, then they won’t turn up
it would also be nice to get rid of the heterophobic anti white apologists who are wrecking this country
I guess you are someone who receives a free state pension which no one pays for.( you are sponging off your kids and grandkids if you do the sums) . “I paid in all my life” is a joke, you do the sums. Too may sad old whinging bigots on this island.
no fred, I am a long way away from a state pension – I work, have done for many years and don’t claim any state freeloaders benefits.
too many sad old hand wringing do gooding lefties on the island – that need to go.
You strange gay people please leave us alone