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25 Feb BBC News

Covid: Birmingham Pride postponed to September

Birmingham's Pride event has been postponed from May until September following the prime minister's ending of lockdown announcement.
Business

03 Mar BBC Midlands Today

Lawrence is interviewed on the implications of the Chancellor’s Budget on the UK’s hospitality industry

Community

11 Oct BBC Midlands Today

Lawrence Barton, Director of Birmingham Pride, is interviewed on the recent attacks in Birmingham's gay village

Find out what Lawrence Barton, Director of Birmingham Pride, has to say about the attacks and hate crimes in Birmingham's gay village
Birmingham

01 Jun BBC Today on BBC Radio 4

Interview with Lawrence Barton talking about Birmingham's preparations for the Platinum Jubilee

Business

19 Aug Birmingham Live

Save our nightclubs plea - hospitality boss calls for 'immediate' action to save struggling sector

Lawrence Barton has set out some recommendations for ministers to help protect the night-time economy
A pride flag held aloft
Community

02 Nov Birmingham Live

Shameful homophobic incidents still show 'struggle for equality far from over' - Pride chief

The need for Pride as a protest movement remains after 'shameful' instances of homophobia, Lawrence Barton said