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Northern Pride (festival)
Northern Pride is the biggest LGBT Pride festival in the North East of England, hosted in Newcastle upon Tyne. It is held in July every year on the Town Moor, just outside the City Centre. The event is free for all who attend and offers music, stalls and a safe space for LGBT+ people, their families and friends. Northern Pride is a celebration of LGBT+ culture, history and societal diversity. Northern Pride presents Newcastle Pride each year which is a 3-day festival on Newcastle Town Moor and in Times Square in the Centre for Life. Along with the Main Stage the festival offers a Family Zone, Youth Zone, Trans Zone, Women's Zone, Steve Paske Health Zone, Cabaret Tent, Sports Zone. Bear Zone, Dance Tent, Market Stalls and Fair ground. In the run up to the Pride weekend Northern Pride holds a number of satellite events and just after the Pride weekend they hold the ever-popular Paws with Pride pet show. History Building on the previous work of the organisation 'Pride On Tyne', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pride (LGBTQ Culture)
In the context of LGBTQ culture, pride (also known as LGBTQ pride, LGBTQIA pride, LGBT pride, queer pride, gay pride, or gay and lesbian pride) is the promotion of the rights, self-affirmation, dignity, equality, and increased visibility of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer ( LGBTQ people) as a social group. Pride, as opposed to shame and social stigma, is the predominant outlook that bolsters most LGBTQ rights movements. Pride has lent its name to LGBTQ-themed organizations, institutes, foundations, book titles, periodicals, a cable TV channel, and the Pride Library. Ranging from solemn to carnivalesque, pride events are typically held during LGBTQ Pride Month or some other period that commemorates a turning point in a country's LGBTQ history; one example is Moscow Pride, which is held every May for the anniversary of Russia's 1993 decriminalization of homosexuality. Some pride events include Pride parades and marches, rallies, commemorations, community day ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heather Peace
Heather Mary Peace (born 16 June 1975) is an English actress, singer and LGBT rights activist. She is known for her roles as Eve Unwin in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' and Nikki Boston in the BBC school-based drama series '' Waterloo Road''. Her other credits include Sally 'Gracie' Fields in ITV's long-running series '' London's Burning'', Fiona Murray in Kay Mellor's drama series '' The Chase'' and Sam Murray in the BBC Scotland drama series '' Lip Service'' Early life Heather Peace was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire. She has been playing piano since she was six years old, and guitar since her teens. Peace decided to be an actress at an early age and credits her parents for the encouragement they gave her to achieve that goal. She went to St. Joseph's Catholic College in Manningham, Bradford. Her mother was a long-serving cantor at St. Joseph's Catholic Church (which is next to the primary school) and also did readings. Peace was also a cantor at St. Joseph's Catholic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Culture In Newcastle Upon Tyne
Culture ( ) is a concept that encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, attitudes, and habits of the individuals in these groups.Tylor, Edward. (1871). ''Primitive Culture''. Vol 1. New York: J. P. Putnam's Son Culture often originates from or is attributed to a specific region or location. Humans acquire culture through the learning processes of enculturation and socialization, which is shown by the diversity of cultures across societies. A cultural norm codifies acceptable conduct in society; it serves as a guideline for behavior, dress, language, and demeanor in a situation, which serves as a template for expectations in a social group. Accepting only a monoculture in a social group can bear risks, just as a single species can wither in the face of environmental change, for lack of functional responses to the change. Thus in military culture, valor is counted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LGBTQ Events In England
LGBTQ people are individuals who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or questioning. Many variants of the initialism are used; LGBTQIA+ people incorporates intersex, asexual, aromantic, agender, and other individuals. The group is generally conceived as broadly encompassing all individuals who are part of a sexual or gender minority, including all sexual orientations, romantic orientations, gender identities, and sex characteristics that are not heterosexual, heteroromantic, cisgender, or endosex, respectively. Scope and terminology A broad array of sexual and gender minority identities are usually included in who is considered LGBTQ. The term ''gender, sexual, and romantic minorities'' is sometimes used as an alternative umbrella term for this group. Groups that make up the larger group of LGBTQ people include: * People with a sexual orientation that is non-heterosexual, including lesbians, gay men, bisexual people, and asexual people * People who are trans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heather Small
Heather Marguerita Small (born 20 January 1965) is an English soul music, soul singer and lead vocalist of the band M People. Her subsequent debut solo studio album, ''Proud (Heather Small album), Proud'', was released in 2000. Her second and third studio albums ''Close to a Miracle'' and ''Colour My Life'' were released in 2006 and 2022, respectively. Early life Small was born in London and raised on a Public housing in the United Kingdom, council estate in Ladbroke Grove, West London. Career 1987–1998: Hot House and M People Small joined her first group, Hot House (British band), Hot House, as a singer while she was still a teenager. She was the studio singer voice of the re-recorded version of "Ride on Time" by Black Box (band), Black Box. She had a chance meeting with Manchester DJ, Mike Pickering, formerly of Quando Quango, which led to sales of over 10 million albums worldwide with the group M People. They had considerable success with songs such as "Moving On Up (M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonia (singer)
Sonia Evans (born 13 February 1971), known mononymously as Sonia, is an English pop singer from Liverpool. She had a 1989 UK number one hit with " You'll Never Stop Me Loving You" and became the first female UK artist to achieve five top 20 hit singles from one album. She represented the United Kingdom in the 1993 Eurovision Song Contest, where she finished second with the song "Better the Devil You Know". Between 1989 and 1993, she had 11 UK top 30 hits, including " Listen to Your Heart" (1989), " Counting Every Minute" (1990) and " Only Fools (Never Fall in Love)" (1991). In 1994, she starred as Sandy in a West End revival of the musical '' Grease'', while on television she appeared as Bunty in the 1998 BBC comedy series ''The Lily Savage Show''. Career ''Everybody Knows'' and breakthrough (1990–1993) Sonia was signed to Chrysalis Records after badgering Pete Waterman to listen to her sing outside his recording studio in Liverpool. Waterman called her bluff and asked h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Five (group)
Five (occasionally stylised as 5ive) are an English boy band formed in 1997 consisting of members Sean Conlon, Ritchie Neville, Scott Robinson (singer), Scott Robinson, Abz Love and Jason "J" Brown. Five released several hit singles around the Turn of the century, turn of the 21st century, particularly in their native United Kingdom. The group has sold over 20 million records worldwide. Five were formed by Heart Management, who held auditions to create a boy band. The group were subsequently signed by Simon Cowell and Bertelsmann Music Group, BMG/RCA Records, RCA. In November 1997, Five released their debut single "Slam Dunk (Da Funk)", which peaked at number 10 on the UK Singles Chart. Their subsequent single, "When the Lights Go Out (song), When the Lights Go Out", became an international hit, peaking at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in the United States, 4 in the UK, and within the top ten of six further countries. Their debut album, ''Five (Five ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jake Quickenden
Jacob Quickenden (born 3 September 1988) is an English singer, ex-footballer and reality television personality. He was a contestant on the ninth and eleventh series of '' The X Factor'' in 2012 and 2014, before being runner-up in series 14 of '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'' in December 2014. Football career Quickenden played football, mainly as a winger or forward. He began his football career as a youth player for Scunthorpe United but suffered a broken leg, ending his chances with his hometown club. Following recovery he was offered trials in Australia with Bentleigh Greens and Sunshine George Cross, eventually playing professionally in Australia for two years. He then returned to England and went on to play for Frickley Athletic in the Evo-Stik Northern Premier League, Premier Division. Most recently he played for Lincolnshire club Bottesford Town in the Northern Counties East Football League. In 2015, he was rumoured to have been offered the opportun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tina Cousins
Tina Patricia Cousins (born 20 April 1971) is an English singer, songwriter and former model. She has had five singles in the top 20 of the UK Singles Chart, both as a solo artist and in collaboration with others, including " Mysterious Times" with Sash!, which reached number 2 in the UK in 1998. She has also achieved popularity in several other countries, including four top 30 hits in Sweden, six top 30 hits in Australia and seven top 20 hits in Finland. Her other hit singles include " Pray" (1998), " Killin' Time" (1999), "Forever" (1999), "Just Around the Hill" with Sash! (2000) and " Wonderful Life" (2005). Career 1998–2000: early career and "Mysterious Times" Cousins' first big break was in the music industry, appearing on German DJ/producer team Sash!'s single " Mysterious Times" in 1998. Before "Mysterious Times", Cousins had released " Killin' Time" and "Angel" in March and June 1997, respectively. Following the success of "Mysterious Times", she had two furth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hazell Dean
Hazell Dean ( Poole; born 27 October 1952) is an English dance-pop singer, who achieved her biggest success in the 1980s as a leading hi-NRG artist. She is best known for the top-ten hits in the United Kingdom "Searchin' (I Gotta Find a Man)", " Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go)" and " Who's Leaving Who". She has also worked as a songwriter and producer. Career Dean was born in Great Baddow, Essex. She started her career in the mid-1970s and came to prominence in the following decade after many years as a club performer and working on the gay scene with her brand of hi-NRG. She was elected three times the "Best Live Performer" by the "Federation of American Dance Clubs" (US), and twice a "Best British Performer" by "Club Mirror Awards" (UK).. Dean started her career signed to Decca Records releasing a few pop/soul singles from the mid to late '70s written and produced by Paul Curtis. Dean participated in the ''A Song for Europe'' contest in 1976, and took eighth place (out of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordan Gray (comedian)
Jordan Redford Gossamer Gray (born 11 January 1989) is an English comedian and singer from Essex. After beginning her career as a singer, she released several independent singles and albums. She appeared on the fifth series of ''The Voice UK'', where she was a semi-finalist; having performed a skit during one of the live shows and preferred it to singing, and after a record label deal was not renewed, she became a comedian, where she was nominated for an Edinburgh Comedy Award for her tour ''Is It a Bird?'' in 2022. Her 2022 appearance on ''Friday Night Live'', where she performed a song about her experiences as a transgender woman, stripped naked, and played the piano with her penis, attracted praise and controversy. Early life Gray was born Jordan Redford Gray in Thurrock on 11 January 1989, and attended Hassenbrook Academy in Corringham before spending two years at Palmer's College. Her father was a director of a steel factory who also performed as an Elvis impersonator, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorraine Crosby
Lorraine Crosby (born 27 November 1960) is an English singer and songwriter. She was the female vocalist on Meat Loaf's 1993 hit single "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)". Her debut album, '' Mrs Loud'', was released in 2008. Early life Crosby was born in Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne. Her father died in a road accident when his car collided with a bus when she was two years old, leaving her mother to raise Lorraine, her two sisters and one brother. She attended Walker Comprehensive school. Career In the 1980s, Crosby formed a five-piece band called Foxy, featuring Cliff Dinning on guitar, Ken Gallon on bass, John Lewis on keyboards, and Jim Pearson on drums. Inspired by Tina Turner, Crosby searched the noticeboard for bands wanting singers at the guitar shop Rock City in Newcastle. After joining several bands she set up a five-piece cabaret band which toured extensively, playing to British and American servicemen throughout the early 1980s. Back in Newcastle, she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
