As we get closer to summer, we enter Pride season – in UNISON’s Year of LGBT+ Workers, celebrating at our regional events will be more important than ever before. Prides reflect the diversity of the South East, and offer an opportunity to bring UNISON’s equality work directly to the community.
We are proud to note that UNISON South East’s LGBT+ committee will be supporting the following events:
| Chipping Norton Pride | Sat 1 June |
| Brighton Trans Pride | Sat 20 July |
| Isle of Wight Pride | Sat 20 July |
| Margate Black Pride | July date TBC |
| Herne Bay Pride | Sun 25 August |
We will be out in numbers at all of these events, so please come and join us if you can.
If you would like to get involved, support our work, and join UNISON at any of the above events, please email UNISON South East LGBT+ committee secretary Clare Boorman for more details.
The regional LGBT+ self organised group is unable to sponsor every Pride in the region, but we encourage UNISON branches and activists to get involved and attend their local Prides.
Here’s when some of the major events around the South East will be taking place in 2024.
| Chichester Pride | Sat 25 May |
| Oxford Pride | Sat 8 June |
| Portsmouth Pride | Sat 6 July |
| Worthing Pride | Fri 5 – Sat 6 July |
| Isle of Wight Pride | Fri 19 – Sun 21 July |
| Eastbourne Pride | Sat 23 July |
| Brighton Pride | Fri 2 – Mon 5 August |
| Tonbridge Pride | Sat 3 August |
| Margate Pride | Sat 10 August |
| Medway Pride | Mon 12 – Sat 17 August |
| Crawley Pride | Sat 17 August |
| Southampton Pride | Sat 24 – Sun 25 August |
| Reading Pride | Sat 31 August |
| Milton Keynes Pride | Sat 14 September |
| Pride in Surrey (Reigate) | Sat 21 September |
If you would like to find out more about getting your branch involved in supporting a local Pride, please speak to Clare Boorman.
