Belfast Pride 1991
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Title
Belfast Pride 1991
Subject
Belfast Pride
Description
“The First Belfast Pride was suggested at an NIGRA meeting on 16 May 1991. This Belfast Pride was organised in 6 weeks for June 1991. Depending on who you speak to approximately 50-150 people were on the first Belfast Pride.
The key organisers for this Belfast Pride were: D Arthur, P A MagLochlainn, Terry McFarlane, Tom McAlister, Brian Mulcahy, Anne Ross, Andrew Wakefield, Sean McGouran, Jeff Dudgeon, Niall Gillespie, Michael Elston, D F, Martin Hewson, Greg Jackson, Geoffrey Browne, Warren Corbett, Bob Davidson, Thomas Moffatt, Donal Savage, Tim Clarke, John Cross, Pamela Sweeney, Barbara Ward (not a definitive list).
Sean McGouran coined the phrase that it was a ‘dander’, not a march, on a route agreed with the RUC.
The first march took a lot of courage, to set out on something that had never been done before, and to allow people to see you as a person representing the LGBTQIA+ community. Each year Belfast Pride has grown, and the people of Northern Ireland have become more open and supportive of the LGBTQIA+ community. The ‘dander’ has now spread to different parts of the 6 counties, and we continue to have members who travel to other Prides throughout the world.”
David McFarlane
The key organisers for this Belfast Pride were: D Arthur, P A MagLochlainn, Terry McFarlane, Tom McAlister, Brian Mulcahy, Anne Ross, Andrew Wakefield, Sean McGouran, Jeff Dudgeon, Niall Gillespie, Michael Elston, D F, Martin Hewson, Greg Jackson, Geoffrey Browne, Warren Corbett, Bob Davidson, Thomas Moffatt, Donal Savage, Tim Clarke, John Cross, Pamela Sweeney, Barbara Ward (not a definitive list).
Sean McGouran coined the phrase that it was a ‘dander’, not a march, on a route agreed with the RUC.
The first march took a lot of courage, to set out on something that had never been done before, and to allow people to see you as a person representing the LGBTQIA+ community. Each year Belfast Pride has grown, and the people of Northern Ireland have become more open and supportive of the LGBTQIA+ community. The ‘dander’ has now spread to different parts of the 6 counties, and we continue to have members who travel to other Prides throughout the world.”
David McFarlane
Creator
David McFarlane
Source
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, P A MagLochlainn Papers (PRONI ref D4779/8/1)
Contributor
David McFarlane (Photographer)
Rights
The copyright holder for the photographs is David McFarlane. For permission to publish requests for these images, please contact PRONI at access@communities-ni.gov.uk
Language
English
Coverage
Belfast City Centre
Collection Items
Belfast Pride Photograph
Large photograph of the first Belfast Gay Pride march in June 1991 at the top of Donegall Place showing a banner for the Queen's University, Belfast Student Community Action Group and several banners protesting the march.
Belfast Pride Photographs
Collection of seven photographs taken of the first Belfast Gay Pride march in June 1991
Belfast Pride Photographs
Collection of seven photographs taken of the first Belfast Gay Pride march in June 1991