Alliance Youth supports Belfast Pride 2011
Filed Under (News) by Administrator on 15-09-2011
Alliance Youth are proud to have been among the 10,000 participants who marched through the streets of Belfast for the 21st Annual Belfast Pride Parade in a demonstration of solidarity with the Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual and Transgender (LGBT) community in Northern Ireland.
Alliance Youth were supported by our friends from Liberal Youth Northern Ireland as well as members of the Scottish Liberal Democrats. A number of elected representatives also joined us for the Parade, including the Alliance Minister for Employment and Learning, Dr. Stephen Farry.
Alliance Youth gets creative for Pride
Queen’s University Alliance Youth Chair, Aaron McIntyre, commented, “It was great to have so many Alliance Youth members, supporters and elected representatives out in support of the LGBT community. After Jim Wells’ ‘repugnant’ comments, it was extremely positive to learn that Pride had grown yet again this year and that the people of Belfast, and indeed Northern Ireland, will not stand for bigotry. Belfast Pride enables everyone – no matter what orientation, sex or creed – to come together and celebrate equality and diversity.”
Alliance Youth would like to extend our special thanks to those who turned out to support us and Pride itself, as well as the organisers of the Parade, who ensured that everything ran smoothly. We all had a brilliant day out and our customised t-shirts certainly caught peoples’ attention.
