{"id":159,"date":"2013-07-28T14:47:02","date_gmt":"2013-07-28T13:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/j-applebee.tumblr.com\/post\/56689479724"},"modified":"2013-07-28T14:47:02","modified_gmt":"2013-07-28T13:47:02","slug":"i-had-a-wonderful-time-at-nottinghamshire-pride-it-was-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/2013\/07\/i-had-a-wonderful-time-at-nottinghamshire-pride-it-was-the\/","title":{"rendered":"I had a wonderful time at Nottinghamshire Pride.\u00a0 It was the&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/33.media.tumblr.com\/4e48578a955ed804d3ad3e97c31891f1\/tumblr_mqnfmeXE7t1qd3j1wo1_500.jpg\"\/><br \/> Kat Gupta, Maryam Bibi Din &#038; El Dia, three of the four organisers of the Community stage.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/38.media.tumblr.com\/ad4913cd84ff2dce6f025691956dc946\/tumblr_mqnfmeXE7t1qd3j1wo2_500.jpg\"\/><br \/> Bi badges from Uncharted Worlds. http:\/\/www.uncharted-worlds.org\/identitybadges\/<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/33.media.tumblr.com\/7da43854f4fc5a9d52f8b7b58776778e\/tumblr_mqnfmeXE7t1qd3j1wo3_500.jpg\"\/><br \/> Pagan Pride http:\/\/www.paganpride.org.uk\/pagan-pride-2013\/<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/33.media.tumblr.com\/b1a3d63d119cc7155cd0977a78789dad\/tumblr_mqnfmeXE7t1qd3j1wo4_500.jpg\"\/><br \/> My British Sign Language signer was a patient soul!<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/38.media.tumblr.com\/69cff571ae94784dce4e30aa3eeb63b9\/tumblr_mqnfmeXE7t1qd3j1wo5_500.jpg\"\/><br \/> Love this badge!<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/33.media.tumblr.com\/33b7eba2b67734a0c8e3511b901d3ce5\/tumblr_mqnfmeXE7t1qd3j1wo6_500.jpg\"\/><br \/> Two presenters from Nottingham&#8217;s Trent Sound radio station<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/31.media.tumblr.com\/7c9abbed0d0ce4ad37bc61c1cef2576f\/tumblr_mqnfmeXE7t1qd3j1wo7_500.jpg\"\/><br \/> Kat enjoying the music at Nottinghamshire Pride.<\/p>\n<p>I had a wonderful time at Nottinghamshire Pride.\u00a0 It was the first pride festival where I performed my work.\u00a0 I read my Biphobia story and my Personal Ad hell poem (I was asked to do non-smut!) on the Community stage.\u00a0 It was certainly daunting to look out at all the people having picnics on the grass as I read out loud.<\/p>\n<p>This was only my second time at Nottinghamshire Pride.\u00a0 I got totally lost in Nottingham, but some friendly goths helped me find my way.\u00a0 I felt really welcomed the whole day, which was great. <\/p>\n<p>I read my pieces in the afternoon, so I had a lot of time to enjoy all the other acts including a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nottinghamdancecomplex.co.uk\/\" >brililant dance troupe<\/a>, soulful <a href=\"http:\/\/www.single-bass.co.uk\/\" >Single Bass<\/a>, and some spoken word from Seattle\u2019s El Dia, whose <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6mRiZOz1zn4&#038;list=PLAE7650DB3B5DD4E8&#038;index=3\" >Dragon Lady<\/a> tune blew me away.\u00a0 Maryam Bibi Din did a mythbusting piece on Queer Muslims that would have made the entire day worth it.\u00a0 There was just so much to enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/33.media.tumblr.com\/4e48578a955ed804d3ad3e97c31891f1\/tumblr_mqnfmeXE7t1qd3j1wo1_500.jpg\"><br \/> Kat Gupta, Maryam Bibi Din &amp; El Dia, three of the four organisers of the Community stage.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/38.media.tumblr.com\/ad4913cd84ff2dce6f025691956dc946\/tumblr_mqnfmeXE7t1qd3j1wo2_500.jpg\"><br \/> Bi badges from Uncharted Worlds. http:\/\/www.uncharted-worlds.org\/identitybadges\/<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/33.media.tumblr.com\/7da43854f4fc5a9d52f8b7b58776778e\/tumblr_mqnfmeXE7t1qd3j1wo3_500.jpg\"><br \/> Pagan Pride http:\/\/www.paganpride.org.uk\/pagan-pride-2013\/<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/33.media.tumblr.com\/b1a3d63d119cc7155cd0977a78789dad\/tumblr_mqnfmeXE7t1qd3j1wo4_500.jpg\"><br \/> My British Sign Language signer was a patient soul!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/38.media.tumblr.com\/69cff571ae94784dce4e30aa3eeb63b9\/tumblr_mqnfmeXE7t1qd3j1wo5_500.jpg\"><br \/> Love this badge!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/33.media.tumblr.com\/33b7eba2b67734a0c8e3511b901d3ce5\/tumblr_mqnfmeXE7t1qd3j1wo6_500.jpg\"><br \/> Two presenters from Nottingham&#8217;s Trent Sound radio station<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/31.media.tumblr.com\/7c9abbed0d0ce4ad37bc61c1cef2576f\/tumblr_mqnfmeXE7t1qd3j1wo7_500.jpg\"><br \/> Kat enjoying the music at Nottinghamshire Pride.<\/p>\n<p>I had a wonderful time at Nottinghamshire Pride.&nbsp; It was the first pride festival where I performed my work.&nbsp; I read my Biphobia story and my Personal Ad hell poem (I was asked to do non-smut!) on the Community stage.&nbsp; It was certainly daunting to look out at all the people having picnics on the grass as I read out loud.<\/p>\n<p>This was only my second time at Nottinghamshire Pride.&nbsp; I got totally lost in Nottingham, but some friendly goths helped me find my way.&nbsp; I felt really welcomed the whole day, which was great. <\/p>\n<p>I read my pieces in the afternoon, so I had a lot of time to enjoy all the other acts including a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nottinghamdancecomplex.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">brililant dance troupe<\/a>, soulful <a href=\"http:\/\/www.single-bass.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Single Bass<\/a>, and some spoken word from Seattle&rsquo;s El Dia, whose <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6mRiZOz1zn4&amp;list=PLAE7650DB3B5DD4E8&amp;index=3\" target=\"_blank\">Dragon Lady<\/a> tune blew me away.&nbsp; Maryam Bibi Din did a mythbusting piece on Queer Muslims that would have made the entire day worth it.&nbsp; There was just so much to enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":1211,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9,63,167,168,15,166],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bi","category-bisexual","category-lgbt","category-muslim","category-nottingham","category-pride","category-queer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}