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Swansea Pride is the annual South West Wales LGBTQ festival which is held in Swansea, Wales.
Swansea Pride was founded in 2008 by group of local LGBTQ people who wanted to bring an outdoor Pride event to. The organisers included the people behind local social media website, Gayswansea.com. The initial committee was comprised entirely by volunteers, with no previous professional event organising experience. [1]
Pink in the Park, the first event, took place on the Lacrosse Field, Singleton Park on 28 June 2009. [2] The event was, in spite of doubts and trepidation, a resounding success, [3] where Kelly Llorenna, Scooch, and local entertainers entertained the crowd. The festival was also used as a way to raise money and awareness for the HIV and AIDS charity, Terrence Higgins Trust.
Emboldened by their success, and following the second Swansea Pride event in 2010, the events volunteers decided to constitute as a registered charity. The decision to become a charity was made to publicly demonstrate that Swansea Pride is a not-for-profit event run by volunteers for the benefit of the local LGBT community, their friends and families.
In 2013 the charity changed its name to Spectrum South West Wales while keeping the name Swansea Pride exclusively for the event. The reason for the name change was to allow the charity to undertake other events and activities for and on behalf of the local LGBT community.
The seventh annual event, Swansea Pride 2015, was cancelled on 14 April 2015. [4] Financial difficulties and a lack of volunteers were cited as the reasons the event was cancelled.
On Friday 19 June 2015 a public meeting was held at the charity's office where a public vote decided to start planning and preparation for a Swansea Pride event in 2016. [5] A new contingent of volunteers were recruited to the event Organising Committee & its constituent sub-committees.
Historically, the event was held on the last Saturday in June each year. However, since the relaunch of London Pride the decision was made to move to another date. The date for the 2016 event was scheduled to be 30 April 2016. [6] However the event did not happen.
On Saturday 5 May 2018, Swansea Pride returned at the National Waterfront Museum in Swansea for their first spring pride. Hundreds of people took part in the march and watched live performances. [7]
In 2023 the event had to be moved from the National Waterfront Museum to the Guildhall. This was due to weeks of heavy rain causing the Museum Park grass to become unstable and muddy. [8]
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