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This year we’re asking every Channel Islander and visitor to Pride to celebrate what makes them special and ask what they are most proud of. #LouderProuderStronger #CIPride25
You won’t see familiar stock images of masculine, white, gay men in our campaign. Instead, we wanted to show the variety of people who make up our Island LGBTQ+ community and our allies in all their diversity!
donkey glam 💅💅💅
what are you most excited for at channel islands pride this year? 🏳️⚧️🌈
#cipride #cipride26 #10yearsofpride
Guernsey! ❣️ Super sweet words from Chris at Gaydio – we had such a hoot showing Chris, Neil and Debbie what our islands have to offer
PS to Jersey – apparently Guernsey`s the best Bailiwick, sorry we don`t make the rules! 😉
Enter Gaydio`s competition to win free travel, accommodation and tickets for #CIPride26 while you still can! link in bio
@VisitGuernsey @sark_island @sarkisland @gaydio
THE MONTH IS NIGH! 🤯
this one`s for all my mean girls, the bad girls, my break your boyfriend`s heart girls x
WEBSITE: https://f.mtr.cool/wv9q3ci463
TICKETS/INFO: https://f.mtr.cool/a3x5429mww
#CIPrideX #10YearsOfPride
Arrive for the parade, stay for the main day! 🌈🏳️⚧️ With 10% off too?!
BOOK NOW WITH CODE PRIDE2026: https://islands-unlimited.com/book/sailings/
SAT 12 SEPT:
🚢 12:50pm JSY-GSY
🌈 Pride Parade & Party
🚢 9pm GSY-JSY
want to make a whole weekend of it? check out our travel & hotel deals: https://linktr.ee/cipridex 🏩✨
#JerseyCI #ChannelIslands #Guernsey #10YearsOfPride #CIPride
your most authentic self is your best self – wherever you are on your path to becoming is where you`re meant to be right now!
be yourself to let the joy in – as an act of resistance, and one of self-love!
you deserve all the nice things x
DESPERATE for a drag fix? 👑 Well, you`re in luck! 🍀
Channel Islands Pride will be showcasing legendary drag ALL WEEKEND!
❤️🔥 Elle Vosque
🧡 Mercedes Bends
💛 Miss Leigh Ding
💚 Monroe
💙 Roxie
💜 Foxy Doll
💖 Magenta
🖤 Kimberley Von Klapp
Find these iconic monarchs at:
🎭 Comedy, cabaret, and drag chaos on Friday
🍳 Breakfast @ the Pen (travel deal exclusive)
😋 Brunch @ Balthazar @BookedByBenji
🌈 CI Pride all day! Elle Vosque headliner
💿 Mojitos afterparty ft. Roxie & Foxy Doll
👙 Sunday pool party with guest DJ Monroe!
tickets FLYING out now! 🚀 get yours before it`s too late: https://f.mtr.cool/s4i9onvkz2 (in bio)
Give a warm welcome to the Lavender Menace choir! 🎶
Made up of LGBTQ+ folks and allies of all ages, backgrounds, and experiences, the Jersey-based choir will serenade us with a range of songs in two, three, and four-part harmonies. Join in for favourites like People Have the Power!
Why are they called Lavender Menace?
💟 Lavender as slang for MLM in the 1920s
💟 1950s Lavender Scare targeted homosexual federal employees in the USA
💟 Lavender marriages describe straight-presenting relationships typically used by Hollywood actors to conceal their LGBTQ+ identities
💟 Reclamation of the term coined by the feminist groups in the 1960s dubbing lesbians the `Lavender Menace.`
💟 Lavender (the flower & colour) has been a symbol of queer resilience throughout centuries, including the Stonewall Riots and other demonstrations.
Established in 2025 for a Liberation Day performance with Dr Adam Perchard, the choir is taught and led by Esther Rose Parkes.
They first performed at the Jersey Arts Centre, then at CI Pride in Jersey last year, before reconvening for the 2026 DIFERA Awards, where they received a standing ovation!
💬 "We have learned some new songs specifically for this year’s Pride in Guernsey… with one very recognisable queer anthem in the mix!"
Sponsored in kind by @islandsunlimited
time to book your tickets or travel/hotel stays! 🌈🏳️⚧️
things are selling FAST so dont miss out x https://linktr.ee/CIPrideX
As a first-ever, La Vallette will transform into a HUGE Pride Village with full on festival vibes on Saturday 12th September! 🎪
Instead of meeting at Candie Gardens and ending up at Market Square, we`ll be getting the party started by the Rainbow Steps and parading down to the Bathing Pools.
All weekend, we`re taking over The Peninsula Hotel as the official CI Pride Hotel, with fabulous surrounding events happening there Friday to Sunday.
If you want to save the hassle of getting around, check out our hotel, camp camping, and travel deals. They are an absolute bargain and come with free tickets to all our events at the Pen.
Gaydio just announced a competition for a weekend trip. Open to UK & Jersey – spread the word if your pals want a last minute getaway!
Plus Islands Unlimited are offering 10% off weekend and day trip sailings between Jersey and Guernsey with code `Pride26` when you book here.
Link in bio for more 🔗
spotted any pridery happening in town yet…? 👀🌈
See you in a couple weeks!
🚨 ulterior motive of Pride FINALLY revealed🚨
it`s…………….
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💘💝💖💗💓💞💖💘💞💝💖💗💓💞💘
💘💝💖💗💓💞 LOVE! 💘💝💖💗💓💞
💘💝💖💗💓💞💖💘💞💝💖💗💓💞💘
No more, no less!
we`re just trying to live normal lives, and get on with it without all this drama and sensationalism.
we can be totally misunderstood, whatever, that`s fine – maybe a good learning opportunity.
we want to be accepted, instead of generally only tolerated at best
but at worst, we are totally (and, dare i say, deliberately) misrepresented. with claims so ridiculous, so discriminatory, so reductionist – yet people actually believe them. it`s the same things we heard in the 80s and during section 28, back with a vengeance!
yes, even now. yes, still today.
by the way, we`re sick of having to have pride too.
but we will keep having pride until we are ALL equal and free.
because we all love the same.
same as our non-LGBTQ+ neighbours, friends, families.
same as those who despise their imagined idea of us, without knowing us.
same as you.
love is all you need, and love is all it`s about x
it`s a magic number! 🪄
booked a room in the Pride Hotel yet? you get free tickets to all our events at the Peninsula if you do! 🏩 (and it`ll be a huge vibe x)
Jersey day trips on the Saturday, or 10% off sailings all weekend with code Pride26 with Islands Unlimited
tickets/book here: https://linktr.ee/CIPrideX
see you sooooon have a great weekend everybody!! 🌈🏳️⚧️✨
10% off CI Pride day trip? 🇯🇪👀
Arrive for the parade, stay for the main day! 🌈🏳️⚧️
SAT 12 SEPT:
🚢 12:50pm JSY-GSY
🌈 Pride Parade & Party
🚢 9pm GSY-JSY
BOOK NOW WITH CODE PRIDE2026: https://islands-unlimited.com/book/sailings/
want to make a whole weekend of it? check out our travel & hotel deals: https://linktr.ee/cipridex 🏩✨
#JerseyCI #ChannelIslands #Guernsey #10YearsOfPride #CIPride26 channel islands pride gay lesbian bi trans queer questioning intersex ace aro travel
How DOES she do it? 🤯
You won`t believe your eyes, so see this force of nature for yourself – the one and only MERCEDES BENDS! 💋
Serving in Soho to slaying in St Peter Port, this icon lights up the stage with live performances, lip syncs, cabaret, plus mind-bending acrobatics that could put the Cirque du Soleil to shame! ✨
Hostess with the mostess, this queen is FIT AS and has the fits to match 🥵💅
On the pole, on the stage, on the streets – she`s drama, she`s energy, she`s the definition of glitz, glam, and throwing shapes! 🤸♀️💎
She`s even been a featured performer at Eurovision`s halftime show! 💃
Find her at:
🎭 FRI: Queer Comedy & Cabaret Night
👑 SAT: Drag breakfast (Pride Hotel EXCLUSIVE)
🥘 SAT: Drag Brunch at Balthazar (tickets via @BookedByBenji)
🌈 SAT: CI Pride
👙 SUN: Pool Party with Drag Chaos & DJ Craig Law
Let`s give it up for this gorgeous superstar, darling! ⭐️🌈🎶
@BookedByBenji @missmercedes.bends
#FabulousAndCamp #MissMercedesTakesTheStage #LifeIsACabaret #CIPride26 #CIPride #10YearsOfPride #Pride #UKPride
Gaycations filling up FAST 🥵
We`re taking over The Peninsula Hotel all weekend for Channel Islands Pride 🏩
Stay at the Pride Hotel with all our VIPs for an unforgettable weekend – not to be missed!
BEST DEAL:
🏩 hotel only £120pp (includes breakfast throughout, shuttle buses to/from Pride, tickets to all events @ the Pen & EXCLUSIVE drag breakfast)
BOOK NOW: https://www.ticketsource.com/liberate-guernsey/e-bpdylx (in bio)
MORE OPTIONS:
🏕️ camp camping (hotel only cheaper option)
🛄 full package (travel + hotel)
🚢 day trip from Jersey + back
More info on these: https://linktr.ee/cipridex
💫🌈🏳️⚧️👑🦄
Channel Islands Pride #CIPride26 Jersey Guernsey Sark Herm Alderney LGBT Travel Lesbian Gay Bi Trans Queer #10YearsOfPride
10% off day trip for Channel Islands Pride? 🇯🇪👀
Use code Pride2026 to arrive in time for the parade and stay for the main day on Saturday 12 September!
🚢 12:50pm JSY-GSY
🌈 Pride Parade & Party
🚢 9pm GSY-JSY
BOOK HERE: https://islands-unlimited.com/book/sailings/
#JerseyCI #ChannelIslands
🔮 Something`s appearing in the crystal ball… it`s MISS LEIGH DING! 👑
Fortune doth smile upon our rock as we are graced by a BEWITCHING beauty with insanely slayful skills to match 🪄
Comedian, host, performer, fortune teller to the stars and all round silly clown,- Miss Leigh Ding is back by popular demand! ✨
Known as the most booked Drag Queen in London 🥵
Find her at:
🎭 FRI: Queer Comedy & Cabaret Night
👑 SAT: Drag breakfast (Pride Hotel EXCLUSIVE)
🥘 SAT: Drag Brunch at Balthazar (tickets via @bookedbybenji)
🌈 SAT: CI Pride Main Stage
👙 SUN: Pool Party with Drag Chaos & DJ Craig Law
Fate plays its fickle hand but she`s ALWAYS lucky in looks – and we`ve got the evidence to prove it!💅
#CIPride26 #CIPride #10YearsOfPride #Pride #UKPride
First time`s a charm 🪄 Got LGBTQ+ books to donate? 🌈📚
Lit With Liberate is hosting its first ever book stall at Channel Islands Pride. They`re meeting on Tuesday 7pm at Guille-Alles Library – pop by if you`re free!
message us if you have books to donate! Thanks everyone who has already so far! 💞
🍋 UP THE LEM 🍋 CodeBlack connoisseur LEM will be spinning certified bangers as our Pride Afterhours @ Mojitos guest DJ 🔥🔥
Expect your favourite anthems plus disco, house, and club classics to fill that dancefloor alllll night long 💃🪩🕺
From underground digs to iconic gigs, LEM brings the genre-spanning sets with non-stop energy.
If you`ve not seen him on local balconies, kiosks, or clubs, you might`ve caught LEM at Vale Earth Fair, Volks in Brighton, or supporting big names in the scene
As a veteran Mojitos selector, LEM knows exactly how to get that sound system popping for guaranteed good vibes! 🎶
See you on the floor ✨
EARLY BIRD TICKETS SELLING FAST: https://www.ticketsource.com/liberate-guernsey/e-ljmapy (in bio)
@alex.le.maitre @officialcodeblack @mojitogsy
Channel Islands Pride #CIPride26 #10YearsOfPride
*turns around on a spinny chair holding a rabbit* RELEASE THE WHIMSY! ⚔️ be unusual and imaginative – all the best people are!
have confirmed all the sausages are GAY so you have no chance of catching any heterocis from them x it`s okay babes it`s a safe space here
you could put a raw sausage in your birkin x (but always use protection)
find us: glorious guernsey gay sausage raffle 6pm on 22nd @ bathing pools V/VEO 🌱
With just 4 weeks to go, our gaycations are filling up QUICK ✨ Bag a bargain bed at the Pride Hotel while you still can! 🛌
BEST DEAL:
🏩 hotel only £120pp (includes breakfast throughout, shuttle buses to/from Pride, tickets to all events @ the Pen & EXCLUSIVE drag breakfast)
BOOK NOW FOR NO FOMO: https://www.ticketsource.com/liberate-guernsey/e-bpdylx (in bio)
MORE OPTIONS:
🏕️ camp camping (hotel only cheaper option)
🛄 full package (travel + hotel)
🚢 day trip from Jersey + back
More info on these: https://linktr.ee/cipridex
💫🌈🏳️⚧️👑🦄
Channel Islands Pride #CIPride26 Jersey Guernsey Sark Herm Alderney LGBT Travel Lesbian Gay Bi Trans Queer #10YearsOfPride
WHO TF IS MONROE?! 🖤⛓️ What, like you don`t know already? 💟
Guernsey`s very own pop punk princess will be gracing our shores once again! 🚨
Drag Idol UK 2024 Finalist and Gold Rush London S2 winner, the self-professed singer, DJ and delinquent is packing PLENTY for you to sink your teeth into 🫦
Where to find her:
🎭 FRI: Queer Comedy & Cabaret Night
🥘 SAT: Drag Brunch at Balthazar (tickets via @bookedbybenji)
🌈 SAT: CI Pride
👙 SUN: Guest DJ at Pool Party with Drag Chaos & DJ Craig Law
Face card? FIERCE. 💋🤘🏼 Think you can handle her? ❤️🔥
TICKETS SELLING FASTER THAN YOU GOT OVER YOUR EX 😇 https://f.mtr.cool/tveiqgghrm
JERSEY! 🇯🇪 Imagine a dreamy boat ride FULL of gays, pride, and vibes 🌜💭
That`s gonna be reality with our exclusive day trip sailings on Saturday 12 September!
🚢 12:50pm JSY-GSY
🌈 Join the parade
🚢 9pm GSY-JSY
BOOK NOW: https://islands-unlimited.com/book/sailings/ use code Pride2026 for 10% off 👀
Out now! ✨ Meeting dates for Channel Islands Pride 2026 volunteers x
Potential meetings irl/in person on:
🌈 Thursday 27th August
🌈 Thursday 3rd September
🌈 Wednesday 9th September
Plus some online ones too if people can`t make these!
message us for a link to join our chat 💟
Lots of love! 🦄
JERSEY! 🇯🇪 We have a little treat for you… 👀
Islands Unlimited is offering 👏 discounted 👏 sailings 👏 specifically 👏 for Channel Islands Pride! 👏
Saturday 12 September:
🚢 12:50pm Jersey to Guernsey
🌈 Land into the Parade
🚢 9pm Guernsey to Jersey
Bring your friends, enemies, and lovers to make the crossing part of the Pride experience – don`t forget to use code Pride2026 for 10% off 🤑
TELL ALL YOUR MATES AND BOOK NOW: https://islands-unlimited.com/book/sailings/
@islandsunlimited @visitguernsey @visitjerseyci
lots of love x
Hope Little Sark is recovering from the fire last month x life will find a way to return 🌱
just found these from when we brought some joy to La Coupee in the form of a VERY BIG RAINBOW FLAG 🌈
so here`s a little piece of joy for you too xx
lots of love 💓
🫵 Yes, even you! 🫵
Channel Islands Pride welcomes people of:
✨ all genders
✨ all sexualities
✨ all abilities
✨ all places
✨ all races
✨ all ages
✨ all creeds
✨ all covens
(bonus points just for the craic if you`re queer, autistic, visually impaired, have IBS, insomnia, and C-PTSD! 💝 anybody get a bingo there?)
#10YearsOfPride #CIPride26
Hotel only deals to stay at the CI Pride Hotel! 🌈🏳️⚧️
✅ singles or duos
✅ 2 or 3 nights
✅ breakfast throughout
✅ EXCLUSIVE access to Drag Breakfast on pride day!
✅ FREE tickets to ALL events happening at the Pride Hotel (worth £60-£110)
Book now/more info: https://f.mtr.cool/wewdcwqvvx
two weeks til a fun little gay sausage raffle hits the bathing pools! 😋 with special guests so be nice to them pls xo
the sausages are crying out your name already: please win me!! take me home!!! eat me!!!! in this economy, you actually NEED to be there x
6pm on 22nd @ bathing pools V/VEO 🌱
eeek! 🤩 5 weeks to go until Channel Islands Pride 2026!
will you allow us to feast on your magnificence?
woah! *flexes muscles* did that come off a bit strong? 💪
Meant to say see you there, yeah?!
🇬🇬🇯🇪🌈🦄🐸🫏
#CIPride26 #10YearsOfPride
WANTED: LGBTQ+ books! 📚🌈
Book donors will not only free up shelf space, but can choose a new book at the Lit With Liberate secondhand LGBTQ+ book stall, which will be at Channel Islands Pride!
Please share and email hello@liberate.gg to arrange collection/drop off, thank you! 🙏
Pride is a place where everybody can be themselves – no judgement, no hate – just love and good vibes! 💅✨
With the massive steps back we`ve seen this week and in recent years, we need pride now more than ever.
Human rights are literally eroding in front of our eyes. If we don`t act now, history tells us what`s coming next.
So wear your gay card loud and proud! 📢 Show your love and be who you are without shame, without fear of judgement.
We`re all born this way, as nature intended – and pride is a safe space to blossom! 🪻
We need to lift each other up, to connect, to unify. To speak up, to stand tall, to stand proud. 🦁
Let`s do this for all of us who live our truth, even when some in our wider community show no acceptance or wilfully misunderstand. When our loved ones fail to love, or `unconditional love` is conditional.
Let`s do this for all our queer siblings around the world who can`t be themselves. Who face persecution and risk their lives. Who still choose to be themselves, rather than live a lie.
Let`s do this for all those who came before us, and all those who will come. We are all connected in this rainbow tapestry across the ages. There is so much love and power in that. Our ancestors are cheering us on!
L`amour gogne ❤️🔥 Remember, love always wins against hate, every time!
whether you like it or not, people who are 🥰 not our biggest fans 🥰 still benefit from CI Pride. Looking at you, handful of people in comments – what are you, like, obsessed with me?! 💅
even if you`re a naysayer, you`re still welcome at Channel Islands Pride! 🧌🌈
but why? 🤔 because we actually recognise that you`re human. you’ll have good qualities in there somewhere.
seems like you might need a bit of pride in yourself. and a long, hard think.
why does pride, or celebrating LGBTQ+ culture and identity, make you feel funny? what makes you want to scream to the world ‘I don’t want to see this’? what feelings does it really stir in you? where is that coming from?
you might not understand us, yourself, or what pride is about – so come and find out! you might just get a glimpse of that love and community you`re missing x
if you don`t have the bravery or the decency to do that, maybe stop throwing your unsolicited opinions in people`s faces, or get in a tizzy for people not respecting your disrespect x
and remember, the more people who support pride, the more our whole economy benefits!
pride is for everyone, so see you saturday 12 september in guernsey! 💋 xoxo
#CIPride26 #10YearsOfPride
TEA REVEAL: the main event for Channel Islands Pride will be at The Bathing Pools! ☕❤️🔥
We`re turning La Vallette into a spectacular Pride Village party on Saturday 12 September for our BIGGEST celebration yet! 🎪🌈
FRIDAY
🌈 7:30pm comedy and cabaret night @ the Pen ft. Sam Nicoresti, local comedians, and drag chaos/campioke!
SATURDAY
🌈 Hotel/travel deal exclusive: Drag Breakfast @ the Pen
🌈 1pm Pre-parade @ Market Square
🌈 2pm Pride Parade
🌈 3pm – 9pm Pride Village party @ La Vallette
🌈 9pm Afterhours @ Mojitos
🌈 9:30pm Afterglow @ the Pen
SUNDAY
🌈 2pm Pool party with drag chaos, DJ Craig Law & Monroe @ the Pen
MORE INFO: https://f.mtr.cool/vblhrreyst
TICKETS: https://f.mtr.cool/vinfbeakae
#CIPride26 #Pride #UKPride #10YearsOfPride
Hotel only deals to stay at the CI Pride Hotel! 🌈🏳️⚧️
✅ singles or duos
✅ 2 or 3 nights
✅ breakfast throughout
✅ EXCLUSIVE access to Drag Breakfast on pride day!
✅ FREE tickets to ALL events happening at the Pride Hotel (worth £60-£110)
Book now/more info: https://f.mtr.cool/cswuofeegf (in bio)
Announcing… DJ Craig Law at Channel Islands Pride 2026! 💿🎶🪩
Craig will be keeping it fresh ALL weekend with the HOTTEST tunes as our:
🌟 Mainstage DJ
🌟 Peninsula afterparty headliner
🌟 Sunday pool party host DJ
Saturday nights wouldn`t be the same without DJ Craig Law getting that party started on Gaydio – the world`s biggest LGBTQ+ radio station! 🌈
Let`s show MORE love than half a million regular listeners! 🙀 Reckon we can do it? 💪
Cymru am byth! 🏴🏴🏴
@djcraiglaw @liberate.ci @liberatejersey
#CIPride26 #10YearsOfPride
next line up announcement TOMORROW!
practising the death drops now xoxo
☘️ She is handsome, she is pretty, she’s Elle Vosque from RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Series 7! ✨
To celebrate 10 years of Channel Islands Pride, we’re thrilled to welcome the incredible Drag Race UK season 7 runner-up, the Belle of Belfast, to Guernsey as this year’s headline act. 🤩
Known for her larger-than-life personality, dazzling stage presence and truly show-stopping live vocals, Elle has become one of the UK’s most exciting drag performers. 💫
Expect powerhouse performances, huge energy and a headline set you won’t forget ⚡
#CIPride26 #CIPride #10YearsOfPride #Pride #UKPride
