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Huge crowds attend Lancaster Pride

BBC A large marionette puppet in a white robe and rainbow sash towers above a crowd of people walking through the city centre. Shops can be seen in the backgroundBBC
Members of various local groups attended the event

Hundreds of people have turned out for the Lancaster Pride parade through the city.

The charity Out in the Bay, which organises the event, said it had seen an increase in homophobic comments directed at this year's occasion.

Robert Mee, from the group, told BBC Radio Lancashire: "We seem to be the victims of hate along with some other groups of people who it's easy to attack and I think it's so sad.

"More than ever, we need pride, protest but we also need allyship."

People fly rainbow pride flags as they stream through a historic narrow street in Lancaster city centre with old shops lining both sides of the road
The event was the 17th annual Lancaster Pride

Local organisations and members of the emergency services also attended the event.

Neil Darby, from the Lancashire rugby union club Typhoons, said: "To see a place like Lancaster - a bit of a smaller city - have so many people come out in support means the world to us."

He added that it helped "people who are really struggling at the moment".

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