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Mr Speaker, SIr Lindsay Hoyle hosts the launch of Pride Wide.
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24 Feb 2026

Pride Wide launches in UK Parliament with urgent call to win the LGBTQIA+ “media war”

Speech in full: Pride Wide’s plan to create a world where all LGBTQIA+ people can thrive by 2050.
Sir Lindsay Hoyle with the co-founders of Pride Wide Scott Nunn and Tris Reid-Smith.
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24 Feb 2026

Speaker of the House of Commons says Pride Wide “will contribute to a healthier democracy”

Remarks in full: Mr Speaker warns LGBTQIA+ people are the “canaries in the mine” when democracy comes under attack.
Ali Barclay at Pride WIde’s Create Hope event.
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6 Feb 2026

Ali Barclay: From invisibility to being the first lesbian winner of Big Brother UK

“I didn't even really have a concept of what it meant to be a lesbian because I never saw any.”
Helen Belcher at Pride Wide’s Creat Hope event.
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4 Apr 2025

Winning the battle for hearts and minds and fighting anti-trans toxicity

Helen Belcher OBE, co-founder of Trans Media Watch, argues we can move from an existential attack on trans people to a narrative of shared humanity.
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4 Apr 2025

Aidy Smith: From being canceled for having Tourette’s to creating a hit global TV show

Now, I have a series on Amazon Prime across 30 countries and 100 territories. The point is: never let other people hold you back.
Claudia Kariuki speaking to Pride Wide at our Create Hope event at Samsung's KX store
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4 Apr 2025

Claudia Kariuki: The queen who discovered they were nonbinary in lockdown

Lockdown enabled me to go back into myself and say, "You are allowed to be this person". I realized I could wear what I want, love who I want, and live how I want.
Jake and Hannah Graf
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27 Feb 2025

This trans couple took on the UK media and won with a very simple, boring message

The UK's most famous trans couple, Jake and Hannah Graf share their Trans is Human visibility project.
Bisi Alimi at Pride Wide’s Hope event.
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27 Feb 2025

Bisi Alimi: The fight for LGBTQIA+ survival is a battle for hope, not victimhood

Criminalising gay and trans people signals to the man on the street that he is "doing the right thing" by attacking his neighbor.