Lichfield Pride Flash Weekend

Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th July

With tattooing across both Saturday and Sunday, come get tattooed by the artists of Tudor Row Tattoo and more! Featuring designs by Ellis Arch, Alice Violet, Calamity Jaz, Charlie Sullivan, Lauren Buffery, Moon Sheen, Alex J Griffith and Liv Hornblower. Taking bookings now - get in touch with your artist directly to book. Walk Ups available on the day.

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  • Marsha P Johnson

    Marsha was one of the most prominent figures of the gay rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s. She was an important advocate for the homeless LGBTQ+ youth and those affected by HIV and AIDs and gay and transgender rights.

    Marsha was on the front lines with the resistance at The Stonewall Inn and supposedly threw the first brick against the police in the raid. The first Gay Pride Parade took place a year later and has been celebrated every year since.

  • Sylvia Rivera

    A veteran of the 1969 Stonewall Inn uprising, Sylvia was a tireless advocate and fought against the exclusion of transgender people, especially trans people of colour, from the larger movement of gay rights.

    A good friend to Marsha (who felt like a Mother to her), Sylvia was with her at The Stonewall Inn and said “whilst I did not throw the first Molotov, I did throw the second”. She refused to go home and said “I’m not missing a minute of this - it’s the revolution.”.

  • Alan Turing

    A English mathematician and logician, and the pioneering father of computer science. Alan invented the bomba, a machine that could run through billions of possible keys and narrow it down to a handful to be used alongside the Engima machine in WWII.

    After the war Alan was arrested for gross indecency after admitting to being in a relationship with another man.

    In 2014 he was granted a rare royal pardon for his ‘crimes’.