Birmingham Pride

https://www.iambirmingham.co.uk/2019/05/04/national-express-west-midlands-paints-city-rainbows-ahead-birmingham-pride/

Birmingham is getting ready for Pride weekend and many shops and businesses in the city centre are painted in rainbow colours.

Many cities across the UK and the world hold pride events every year to celebrate their diversity and demonstrate to all families that they are welcome. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender people, and people who identify in lots of different ways, together with all their friends and supporters are encouraged to walk together through the city centre to show no one has to hide who they are. Everyone is welcome; there will be people of different gender, race, religion, disability, age, no one is left out.

The photos show a bus stop in Birmingham City Centre with a bus painted in rainbow colours  a sign in Sainsburys and a cash point; many banks in the city have painted their cash machines rainbow colours and there are many shops with rainbow colour displays.

The theme of Birmingham pride this year is Love Out Loud. Sponsors of Pride, HSBC say, "It's not about gender, race, culture or religion. Just people. And Love. Coming out and wanting the world to know. Open to all. Arm in arm, holding hands. Because when we celebrate our differences, we're part of something far bigger. You are not an island. Together we love."

This year Birmingham pride supports No Outsiders

What do you see in the picture?
Are they usually painted in rainbow colours?
What are the rainbow colours for?

explain the picture

- What do the terms Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender mean?
- Why do you think a rainbow is used to symbolise LGBT pride?
- Read the HSBC quote; what does 'coming out' mean?
- Why do they say, "It's not about gender, race, culture or religion"?
- Why do they say, "You're not an island"?
- Why do so many cities hold pride events?
- When a city holds a pride event, what are they saying about people who are LGBT?
- Why paint a bus in rainbow colours? Will going on the bus make you gay?
- Many shops have signs like the one shown in Sainsburys. Why display this sign?
- How would a person who is LGBT feel as they walk past that sign?
- Why might a person who is LGBT not always feel supported?
- What does British law say about LGBT people?
- Who else does the Equality Act protect?
- Why is this story about No Outsiders?

No Outsiders in our school: Teaching the Equality Act in primary schools by Andrew Moffat

Reclaiming radical ideas in schools: Preparing young children for life in modern Britain by Andrew Moffat 

Thanks to Khakan Qureshi for the cash point photo and Aimee for the Sainsburys photo