An exclusive Pride Star Martini has been launched across seven cities ahead of Manchester Pride.

Manchester’s LGBT community have been sent green with envy at the news that Britney Spears will play at Brighton Pride.

Will Young, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Fleur East, Heather Small and Tulisa are just some of the huge names which are set to entertain the tens of thousands of people from across Europe expected to flock to Manchester this weekend.

Manchester Pride, which is this year celebrating its 25th anniversary, will again see thousands of visitors from across the UK flock to the city for an action-packed weekend of events and activities.

Manchester Pride have announced their donations to charity have risen to £54,000 this year – yet protesters maintain that the figure is still far too low.

In the week running up to the Pride Big Weekend, Manchester City Council applied to the Department for Transport for a traffic restraining order (TRO) to restrict access to anyone the streets around the village over Pride

The theme for this year’s Pride is ‘love’, and many have been using the hash tag #Love_is to express what love means to them in whatever form, regardless of sexuality.

A group of aggrieved Village business owners have launched a campaign to overturn a curfew which bans drinking on Canal Street over the Pride Big Weekend.

Orange is the New Black star and iconic gay actress Lea DeLaria will act as Grand Marshall for this year’s Manchester Pride.

Manchester will be bracing itself for a weekend of wild, full throttle celebration of all things LGBT for Pride’s Big Weekender.

Organisation donated £34,000 to charity – down 35% compared to previous year