Face of Nation : Manchester Pride faces racial prejudice claims.Black and Asian people say they were followed by staff, refused entry to bars and not served in clubs. Eight black and Asian people – who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender – said they had issues with staff in and around the Gay Village.
BAME LGBT people also said they were touched and harassed by other pride-goers, with one person justifying their actions by saying”I love black men”. “At work I’m constantly around nightclub security. I know how security and bar staff work in clubs,” he said.
“It may be a side-effect from the bombing in Manchester, and this is now how they treat anyone who looks like what they picture as a terrorist, but you cannot label every single ethnic minority a terrorist.”
Harvey Kennedy works for an LGBT organisation in Manchester and separately teaches businesses how to engage with LGBT people of colour in the services that they offer. “Did I have anything illegal on me? No. Did I have a gun, or a bomb? No. But somehow, without reason, my skin colour became a barrier to my entry.
