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Pride 2023

Photo: the main stage at Pride 2023

2023 was the year Channel Islands Pride ‘went large’ and took over People’s Park and Victoria Park for four days of celebrations

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Pride 2022

Photo: person at Pride with a flag saying, Everyone is welcome here

Feeling certain that Channel Islands Pride 2022 was going to be the year when, after two disrupted years, it would go ahead as planned, we could not have been more wrong!

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Pride 2021

Photo: CI Pride Live title screen

When CI Pride 2021 was hit by COVID-19 we took it online. Could we pull off the Channel Islands first live-streamed pan-island concert in a month? Of course, we could!

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National Hate Crime Awareness Week 2020

Poster: stop hate U K, hate doesn't belong here

This year’s National Hate Crime Awareness Week will take place from 10– 17 October 2020. Jersey is a multi-cultural island and whilst some celebrate this rich diversity, others can directly or indirectly affect people’s enjoyment of life by acting on…

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Liberation75

Photo: Liberation Day 1945 crowds outside the Pomme d'Or

As we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Liberation of the Channel Islands and the start of the end of WWII, and as we continue to be living in a restricted way due to coronavirus, it seems a good moment…

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Pride 2019

Photo: C I Pride parade rounding the corner of the Radisson Hotel, taken from the air

CI Pride 2019 started on Friday 6 September 2019 with a reading by children’s LGBT+ author, Olly Pike, at the Jersey Library. Olly presented the Government of Jersey Assistant Education Minister, Jeremy Maçon, with sets of his books for all Jersey primary schools…

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I am a… Mother in a Same-Sex Marriage

Photo: a lesbian couple and their children

I am a mother of one-year old twin girls. I also happen to be in a same-sex marriage, which led to some challenges and obstacles when my daughters were born last year. Currently, in Jersey, when a lesbian couple have…

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I am a… Member of the Polish Community

Photo: a group of Polish people in their traditional dress

I am a member of a Polish community in Jersey. Since my arrival in year 2000 I’ve met many people from different walks of life and cultures. I’ve learnt a whole lot about Jersey history, language and society. I enjoyed…

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I am a… New Series in the JEP

Pic: a cartoon of a group of diverse people

This column came about through a discussion with the editor regarding the opinions of some columnists in the Jersey Evening Post that many people from minority groups in the Island find extremely offensive. Although it would be desirable to many…

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Channel Islands’ Disability Survey

Pic: a cartoon of a group of people with different disabilities

In advance of the UN’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Island Global Research is conducting a survey of Channel Islanders on issues related to disability.

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