LGBTQ+ Pride Month at Sue Ryder
In the UK and in many countries around the world, June is LGBTQ+ Pride Month, when people come together to fight for the freedom and equality of every LGBTQ+ person.
What are our plans for LGBTQ+ Pride Month at Sue Ryder?
Pride marches
This year, Sue Ryder will be attending Pride marches up and down the country, to support our LGBTQ+ colleagues and celebrate with the local LGBTQ+ community.
We want to promote the inclusivity within our organisation, and we hope that by having a visible presence in the community, we’ll feel like somewhere that LGBTQ+ people can come to us to work and volunteer, and for support and care.
This year, we are attending the following Pride marches:
- Saturday 18th July 2026 – Peterborough Pride
- Sunday 19th July 2026 – Leeds Pride
- Saturday 1st August 2026 – Manchester Trans Pride
- Saturday 5th September 2026 – Reading Pride.
You can sign up to attend an LGBTQ+ Pride march with Sue Ryder colleagues, by emailing the LGBTQ+ Network lgbtqnetwork@sueryder.org
Online Pride Month events
We also have an online Pride Month event that we would love to see you at. Come along to the LGBTQ+ Network’s Culture Club event!
This is an informal online group which brings together the LGBTQ+ community and allies to celebrate LGBTQ+ culture. All staff and volunteers are welcome to attend.
LGBTQ+ Pride Month’s Culture Club will take place on Thursday 11th June, from 12.30pm until 1.30pm. Please email lgbtqnetwork@sueryder.org to request an invite.
How did the tradition of Pride events start?
LGBTQ+ Pride is about communities coming together in celebration, protest and unity.
In every community in the UK, and around the world, LGBTQ+ people are still not able to be themselves and are having to fight for their rights. This includes over 65 countries that still criminalize LGBTQ+ identities. For some LGBTQ+ people, life can be more difficult, due to experiencing other forms of discrimination alongside homophobia, biphobia and transphobia, for example, racism or sexism, or through having a disability or experiencing poor mental health.
Over Pride Season, people come together – in communities, in schools and workplaces, online and on the streets – to fight for the freedom and equity of every LGBTQ+ person. We celebrate who we are, we celebrate progress, we fight for freedom and we stand together across our movement.
For a lot of LGBTQ+ people, Pride celebrations are extremely validating and liberating. For some LGBTQ+ people, it’s the only part of the year they can truly be themselves.