Andy Barnham Tom Edgar, South London Stags, fly half. ‘Gay clubs are the best of rugby’s sporting qualities’ Christian Pabis, South London Stags, winger. We asked Barnham a bit about his photo project, Portraits of Pride. But he didn’t know about the wider sporting community that makes LGBT+ rugby today.
He was aware of the Bingham Cup, the world championships of gay and inclusive rugby. Moreover it’s been an eye-opener for the photographer – Andy Barnham – who is a former player himself. But despite that, LGBT+ rugby continues to grow. He discovered that sponsors and big clubs are ignoring the opportunities of the growing LGBT+ rugby clubs. We hope you will join us at the upcoming reception to reflect on how far we’ve come as we Persist with Pride.A rugby-loving former British Army officer has toured the UK, taking these photos of gay inclusive rugby clubs to shine a new light on the sport. The next exhibit is entitled Images of Pride where the brilliant work of our community’s photographers will be on display. Honoring that legacy of art as advocacy, Art of Pride is a program showcasing local LGBTQ artists that we have been hosting since 2005 at our Festival and within our building. The freedom to serve, and the right to marriage equality. The photo that captured that moment was posted immediately to our account and seen over 5 million times spreading beyond Pride to be used by Freedom to Marry and the Human Rights Campaign as were were able to authentically show the intersections of two contemporary issues our community was dealing with. Near the end of the parade and within our military contingent, then Navy Senior Chief Dwayne D. In 2012 San Diego Pride became the first in the nation to have Department of Defense approval for active duty service members to wear their uniforms in our Parade. Our community knows all too well that visibility is key to impacting change, and photography can play a vital role in authentically showcasing the breadth and depth of our community. Her foundational work coupled with the photo collections of board and community members meant that images of our community were well-preserved and could be shared.Īs folks started to look through each year of Pride they began to tag their friends, share memories, and even reconnect with loved ones who they thought they had lost during the HIV/AIDS crisis. You see, while social media and digital photography were still relatively new and certainly not yet ubiquitous, in 1994 Executive Director Brenda Schumacher had begun the tradition of ensuring everything about Pride was documented through photography. When the repeal of DADT took effect later that year, Pride began the long process of uploading our photographic history to Facebook and something amazing happened. The risk was too great for our service members. While we had enjoyed LGBTQ employment protections for some time in the state of California – San Diego had the highest concentration of LGBTQ military personell in the country, and the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell had not yet taken effect. When I first began working at Pride in 2011 we were not yet using photos to tell the story of our organization or community.