Pride - Hackney Citizen

Raising the colour: Hackney flies flag for Black History Season

Following a summer where flag wars have polarised the country, the borough is 'Standing Firm in Power and Pride'

Author: Claudia Lee

Hackney Council black history season flag

Queer campaigners offer up shares in ‘UK’s first community-run LGBT+ venue’ – with £100k needed to open it this year

Friends of the Joiners Arms, still waiting for the new LGBT+ pub it fought hard for, has decided to build its own

Author: Hackney Citizen

Queer campaigners offer up shares in ‘UK’s first community-run LGBT+ venue’ – with £100k needed to open it this year

Queer Summer Fayre, Hackney Bridge, review: ‘Multifaceted fun that was perfect for Pride Month’

Organisers promised a fresh spin on a British tradition – and they didn’t disappoint

Author: Lizzie McAllister

Queer Summer Fayre, Hackney Bridge, review: ‘Multifaceted fun that was perfect for Pride Month’

Town Hall announces summer programme of Queer self-defence and art workshops

Events to be held throughout August at Haggerston Community Centre

Author: Lizzie McAllister

Town Hall announces summer programme of Queer self-defence and art workshops

Inclusive Pride flag flies above Hackney Town Hall for first time

Lifting of the flag, with extra colours to represent queer people of colour and trans people, marks start of Pride Week

Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

Inclusive Pride flag flies above Hackney Town Hall for first time

Hackney Brewery to bring back Unicorn Rodeo charity beer for Pride 2019

The eye-catching pale ale will be on sale in support of LGBT+ helpline Switchboard from the beginning of June

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney Brewery to bring back Unicorn Rodeo charity beer for Pride 2019

Stik sculpture to take Pride of place in Hoxton park

Holding Hands, a 4m tall piece based on the artist’s trademark stick figures and famous LGBTQI+ Pride banner, will be coming to Hoxton Square later this year

Author: Andrew Barnes

Intimacy: a mock-up of how Holding Hands will look once erected. Photograph: Hackney Council

Stik’s Pride banner on display in Hackney Museum

The rainbow banner by the Hackney-based artist will be on display in the borough until October

Author: Hackney Citizen

Stik's image, representing Hackney at ‘Pride in London’ 2016

East London celebrates Pride

Hundreds march peacefully from Hackney Town Hall despite the recent controversies over the appearance of ‘gay-free zone’ stickers

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney Pride march

Saturday 4 September, Hackney Central Library to Shoreditch Church

Author: Hackney Citizen