Manchester Pride 2024
This August Bank Holiday weekend just gone the Greeting Card Association took part in their third Pride event. The association, founded in 1919, supports and promotes the industry and wants everyone to feel connected by the sending and receiving of greeting cards. As a gay own business Dean Morris Cards have published LGBTQ+ cards since we started back in 1999 (yes this year is our own Golden 25th Anniversary). In that time, we have been so excited and proud to see new companies join the industry and the ranges and diversity of cards offered grow. As publishers we are passionate about...
Send a Card With Pride
At the very start of July this year we were part of a group of 50 Greeting Card Association members who got together to celebrate Pride in London. It was an amazing day! Several members of the GCA wanted to celebrate both Pride and the industry we work in, and so a group got together and decided to make it happen! The plan was simple, get some LGBT+ publishers, owners, staff and supporters and celebrate our community and industry. And what better way to do that then with a few greeting cards! We all met up on a bright sunny Saturday morning. We had...
A look back at Birmingham Pride
This past weekend was Birmingham Pride, and my husband asked me if he could write a guest blog post for me about Pride and what it means to him. Below were his observations of the weekend. I’m 42 and have no idea what music kids today listen to – indeed I had no idea who most of the performers on the main stage were. Saturday’s main stage line up I knew two out of 15 acts, and Sunday four out of 13. The DJ I saw on the main stage was a performer – not just filler between acts –...