Neath Port Talbot is hosting its first ever Pride weekend. From Thursday, June 29 until Sunday, July 2, Neath and Port Talbot will celebrate the LGBTQ+ community with events including a Pride parade, film screenings, parties and arts and crafts sessions.
Organiser Joshua Tuck, 29, said the event started with the idea to host one film screening of the film Pride but has since "snowballed" into a huge celebration across the weekend. The community response has already been amazing, said Joshua, who explained that many people who grew up as gay in the eighties in Neath Port Talbot said they never thought they would see the day that Pride came to the area.
"It has been amazing putting together the first ever Neath Port Talbot Pride. So many people have come together and put in mountains of effort to put on, what we think, is a fantastic set of events across the full weekend," he said. "We have been so touched by the enthusiasm of every business and organisation involved and we are so proud of how it’s brought our whole NPT community together,” said Joshua Tuck.
