Every year Pride month is celebrated during the month of June in honour of the LGBTQ+ community. Here at Site Equip we support the LGBT+ community in every way we can, whilst trying to find new ways to support the community.
This month-long celebration is both to celebrate the LGBTQ community as well as peacefully protest and raise awareness of the issues and prejudice the community is facing. Pride month shows how far the LGBTQ+ community have come since the 1969 and to continue awareness to encourage and continue the positive progress.
Pride is all about being proud of who you are, loving whoever you desire and being accepted in the world and bringing equality to the community.
Pride month is celebrated in honour of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan. On June 28 1969, member of the LGBTQ community rioted following a police raid in the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar. This is often known as the waterbed for the huge change in the way the LGBTQ+ community was treated and viewed.
Site Equip has had the honour of providing event equipment and sanitation for many pride events across the South of England. Brighton & Hove Pride were one of our very first event customers and we continue to supply them to this day with event equipment and sanitation, an event we all look forward to in our calendar.
Site Equip supports the LGBTQ+ community and continues to with the following pledges;
?️?Ensure our sanitisation is gender-neutral
As part of our continued education, we have created our portable toilets, vacuum pods, and many other sanitation offerings to be gender-neutral. This is to ensure the non-binary community aren’t excluded from sanitation use. Creating gender-neutral sanitation creates a safer space for Pride attendees. We endeavour to continue to educate ourselves and create safer and comfortable spaces for all parts of the LGTBQ+ community.
?️?Support the LGBTQ+ community financially
In this month of June, we will be donating all of our charity donations to a selected LGBTQ+ charity. This year we have chosen Mindout which is a mental health charity and service to for the LGTBQ community.
?️?Continue to supply the LGBTQ+ community
Site Event (our event division) have been supplying numerous pride events across the South of England for over 30 years, including the UKs biggest Brighton Pride. – Read our case study here.
?️?Educate and Advocate for the LGBTQ+ community
Site Equip promises to continually educate and improve ourselves with LGBTQ+ rights, we also promise to support the LGBTQ+ in every way we are able. At Site Equip we stand for equality and will not support or tolerate any hate act towards the LGBTQ+ community. Pride means acceptance for not only who you want to be, but who you are and the journey it took to get there.
Happy pride month.
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