Voices of Pride creates space for queer voices that refuse restriction, dilution, or apology. Through writing, art, and lived experience, LGBTIA* creators reclaim visibility, challenge inherited norms, and speak to the realities of identity, resistance, intimacy, and belonging.

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The element required has always been here, named or unnamed it is natural as the Earth and can be found in all corners of the globe. 

While it often shines, sometimes the light must be dimmed, but it can never be diminished and burns brighter around others, blood, chosen or kin. 

To nurture, allow to breathe, to grow and to develop without restriction, without judgement. 

Add discrimination to strengthen (unneeded yet often included). 

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About the Author

Dan Webber (he/him) is an award-winning LGBTQ+ poet, promoter and producer.

He has performed at festivals and venues including Glastonbury Festival, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, The UK Ghost Story Festival, The Other Place (The RSC) and at The Royal Vauxhall Tavern. 

Collections include ‘Genre Fluid’ (2019), ‘The Derby Witness’ (2022) both published by Big White Shed, and ‘Whispers From The Woods’ (2025) published by The University of Derby Press. 

Commissions include poetry for Vocalzone, The National Forest, SHOUT Festival, Coventry Pride, The Brewhouse Arts Centre, Derby Feste, Derbyshire LGBT+ and 1623 Theatre Company’s Queer Folio project. 

Instagram: @imgenrefluid 

Website: www.imgenrefluid.com

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Photography

The Voices of Pride campaign features work by Elizaveta Bogachavo, drawn from the project Ephemeral Reveries through the Alchemy of Queerness. You can read more about Elizaveta and the project here.

Instagram: @lisa.bogachova

Website: www.elizavetabogachova.me