Events – OutStories Bristol

24 Feb 2026 – From Evolution to Activism: Representation from Nature to Bristol Pride

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Join this UWE Bristol LGBT+ History Month panel event exploring how ideas of what is considered “natural” have been shaped, challenged, reclaimed, and mobilised for social change.

Confirmed Speakers:

Daryn Carter, Director, Bristol Pride
Antonia Forster, Senior XR Engineer, TEDx Speaker, Award-Winning Director of LGBTQ+ VR Museum
Lady Phyll, Co-Founder and Chief Executive of UK Black Pride and former executive director of Kaleidoscope Trust (hopefully attending online)
Chaired by UWE Alumni, Louise Ndibwirende, TEDx and Keynote Speaker, Multi Award Winning Equality Specialist, Documentary Director and Producer, Watershed Trustee.

There will also be networking opportunities with a range of Bristol organisations.

Tuesday 24 February 2026, 6pm to 9pm
Hybrid event: online and at Bristol Beacon

The event is sponsored by the University of the West of England.
Free but registration required: uwe.ac.uk/events/bdas-from-evolution-to-activism

28 March 2026 – Trans Pride Bristol community day

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Saturday 28th March is Trans Pride Bristol Community Day.

Join them for a march through Bristol city centre in the morning.
Browse stalls from local organisations in the afternoon at the Trinity Centre; there will be everything from local artists to Bristol-based charities and organisations that support the trans community.
And party the night away at Loco Klub.

For full details see the Trans Pride Bristol website: transpridebristol.org.uk/events

To 29 March 2026 – Bristol Pride x Martin Parr photo exhibition

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Six smiling young people wearing brightly coloured clothes are holding large signs with slogans such as "love wins" and "stand proud". Behind them is a large crowd about to start a street parade.

Legendary photographer Martin Parr teamed up with Bristol Pride and Bristol Museums to showcase a retrospective of his photos of the city’s annual Pride festival.

Images in the exhibition capture all the different walks of life that come to celebrate and protest at Bristol Pride.

Martin Parr explained that: “I have photographed over four Prides and it is always one of the best days for shooting in the Bristol calendar …. It is fantastic how Pride marches are now enjoyed by so many people. This would not have been the case when these marches started”.

Martin Parr died 6th December 2025. Obituary.

27th May 2025 to 29th March 2026. Daily (not Mondays), 10am to 5pm

Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Queens Road, Bristol BS8 1RL
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For further details see the Bristol Museums webpage. The exhibition is free but donations to the museum welcome.