Activism Archives - Into The Outside

“We need to be as loud as the people who don’t have to fight for their voice”
“I’m not as well versed in it as I feel I should be as an LGBTQ+ person”
“I went to a Pride in Portsmouth, which was drastically different”
“I love the fact that they’re building in new LGBTQ+ness into the media, as we know it”
“Politicians are there to represent us. We need to be political about our rights so that they get it”
“In Russia, they’re putting us in concentration camps”
“It’s nice to know that you’re part of something that’s just brilliantly vibrant”
“I’d say Brighton Pride has a brilliant atmosphere”
“The LGBTQ+ community is vibrant within my college, but is being drowned out when it comes to identity”
“We are only beginning to reach a period in culture where representatives of the kind of broader definitions of LGBTQ+ culture are being able to speak for themselves in the media”
“Pride is important, because it allows us to be together in solidarity”
“It’s increasingly becoming less of a political event and more of a just a big party, which annoys me a bit”
“Brighton Pride, it’s sort of THE event of Brighton and also it’s an event celebrating my community”
“Generally I identify as a girl, although some days I’m a little bit kind of not, so just like 97% girl or something”
“It’s like a remembrance day. You remember a war because something bad happened. It’s the same for Pride. So many bad things have happened in history to gay people”
“We don’t have equality yet and that’s really shocking”
“I find it a bit overwhelming”
“Certainly, in the last few decades, we’ve made great strides towards LGBTQ+ equality”
“My sister’s girlfriend, her mother didn’t approve of it really and spent a long time trying to make sure she didn’t feel comfortable”
“There were people playing ukuleles and singing. It was so open and it was so lovely”
“The school’s good to speak to, but they won’t really solve any of the issues that they’re having”
“They’re always asking me what certain words mean for certain things”
“I think representation is important”
“This is my first Pride. I thought it would be a really nice opportunity to be around more people like me”
“My parents bought me the ticket to Pride for Christmas”
“It should be a Pride Day, Day of Pride, everywhere has it on the same day.”
“I want it to change that people don’t label people as soon as they see them”
“One thing I’ve noticed I start doing now is when I meet someone new, I don’t just ask their name, I ask their pronouns as well”
“If everyone was just accepting, that’d be cool wouldn’t it?”