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Bristol Pride – the Rife recap
Credit: Jon Aitken
Jon went to his first ever Pride last saturday here in Bristol, have a look at his experience below.
Rife is currently working with a group of young LGBT (confused? refer to this video) teens and so we took the chance to get some filming done at Pride for the video we’re making, as well as enjoy everything it has to offer.
TODAY RIFE IS AT #BristolPride (@wearefest) WITH BROOK! We’re making a video with young #LGBT look out for our signs! pic.twitter.com/fl13Vki6up
— Rife magazine (@rifemag) July 12, 2014
We’re going to be asking people about love, companionship and what’s important to them in a relationship (even just platonic) #BristolPride
— Rife magazine (@rifemag) July 12, 2014
This should be the permanent design #BristolPride pic.twitter.com/xRke0fwTZD
— Rife magazine (@rifemag) July 12, 2014
The sun was shining, because, you know, happiness.
Flying the flag already! Now looking for some shade #sweating #BristolPride pic.twitter.com/JNKHZmWDvC
— Rife magazine (@rifemag) July 12, 2014
Celeb spotting early on…
The Rife/LGBT team with @GeorgeFergusonx! #redtrousers #BristolPride pic.twitter.com/iiR2RYnNgQ
— Rife magazine (@rifemag) July 12, 2014
As well as lots of really happy people!
Me and George with @ASPoliceLGBT! #BristolPride pic.twitter.com/e17w95qXWj
— Rife magazine (@rifemag) July 12, 2014
Us with @brislordmayor! He wins the sassiest outfit award hands down #BristolPride pic.twitter.com/42KHebQBJa
— Rife magazine (@rifemag) July 12, 2014
From 11:30am we marched, with a massive Nando’s chicken. Think of the sweat.
NANDO’S SUPPORTS EQUALITY #BristolPride https://t.co/hKosZmldo8
— Rife magazine (@rifemag) July 12, 2014
Season-appropriate music:
FEED THE WORLD DAMNIT #BristolPride https://t.co/e313j4hdPD
— Rife magazine (@rifemag) July 12, 2014
Lots of people in leather…
The hottest guys in town #BristolPride @LeatherWest pic.twitter.com/N7H7VRoDJU
— Rife magazine (@rifemag) July 12, 2014
In the parade and the atmosphere is incredible. So much love from people participating and bystanders #BristolPride pic.twitter.com/aLjH3y4uRW
— Rife magazine (@rifemag) July 12, 2014
The excitement might have got to me a bit.
Also having traffic stop for us makes me feel so powerful #BristolPride
— Rife magazine (@rifemag) July 12, 2014
MARCHING. YES. #bristolpride https://t.co/zPi9y1jKsv
— Rife magazine (@rifemag) July 12, 2014
You can run, lady, but equality will always catch you up #BristolPride pic.twitter.com/dmtPoSvOYx
— Rife magazine (@rifemag) July 12, 2014
So much yes.
Fighting prejudice and stereotypes #BristolPride pic.twitter.com/b8Nu4N76Gr
— Rife magazine (@rifemag) July 12, 2014
WE HAVE REACHED CASTLE PARK WOOOOOooOoOoOoOoOoo #BristolPride pic.twitter.com/8JilaIwEem
— Rife magazine (@rifemag) July 12, 2014
My selfie game was still strong from the St. Pauls Carnival Challenge…
Sly selfie with @LeatherWest teehee #BristolPride pic.twitter.com/mQBqGywvcM
— Rife magazine (@rifemag) July 12, 2014
And so our filming for our LGBT video began!
Awesome got mr mayor on camera 🙂 #pride2014 @rifemag pic.twitter.com/BhL3aQ7gXZ
— hellobentleg (@hellobentleg) July 12, 2014
We even managed to get on the radio.
Brilliant time on @BCfmRadio with @Benjibird! Remember to get involved! http://t.co/s7uGuPetlN #BristolPride pic.twitter.com/56iVp7qPtr
— Rife magazine (@rifemag) July 12, 2014
And we were, uh, amazing.
Me and George on the radio! #BristolPride pic.twitter.com/tcXGTchUnz
— Rife magazine (@rifemag) July 12, 2014
Not such a sly selfie this time…
Finally got round to having a chat about younger people and leather culture with @LeatherWest! #BristolPride pic.twitter.com/gkqkLMmZKC
— Rife magazine (@rifemag) July 12, 2014
There was entertainment everywhere, from drag queens to music stages:
“Straight from Costa-del-Birmingham” #BristolPride pic.twitter.com/pGDByESllT
— Rife magazine (@rifemag) July 12, 2014
Even our project leader managed to have some fun…
All of @hellobentleg‘s dreams just came true at #BristolPride pic.twitter.com/dlsx3MWEP2
— Rife magazine (@rifemag) July 12, 2014
And then we were finished! And exhausted from all the happiness and joy.
WE. ARE. DONE. Thank you #BristolPride for all your help and thoughts on relationships! pic.twitter.com/9LK86QQLmw
— Rife magazine (@rifemag) July 12, 2014
Could not be prouder of the young #LGBT group working with us today. Amazing effort from everyone. #BristolPride was a huge success.
— Rife magazine (@rifemag) July 12, 2014
But our legacy continued…
@jonbehere your faces are on the post http://t.co/2rJS1L1SAu
— Huw (@Huwniverse) July 13, 2014
We had an amazing time at #BristolPride, video will arrive soon but in the meantime – inception with @GeorgeFergusonx pic.twitter.com/yOB5kt7L0k
— Rife magazine (@rifemag) July 14, 2014
We all had a fantastic day, thank you to everyone who came along and helped out with our filming and also those who followed the live coverage. Look out for the video soon…
Did you go to Bristol Pride? Let us know by tweeting us, and check out Sophie’s article on why we need Pride and how necessary the council funding is, here.
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