Reform-led Durham council cut off funding to the annual Pride celebrations.
So trade unions launched a fundraiser to save it, eventually raising more money than was cut.
Which means this year's Pride will be bigger than ever.
In the 1980s, the LGBT+ community raised thousands of pounds to help striking miners and their families.
When we stick up for each other, we can achieve anything.
This is the first time I've seen a performance of 'You'll Never Walk Alone' in which every member of the band is playing and singing in a different key.
half of Europe isn't even participating because Eurovision preferred us to leave than telling a "country" who is provoking wars and commiting a genocide for decades to leave until they stop killing people. BOYCOTT EUROVISION, STOP THE WARS and FREE PALESTINE.