(Music)
Hello everybody!
I'm thankful I'm proud to be performing
for Pride Cymru's virtual Pride today.
It's called Into The Unknown
and it's from Frozen 2.
I hope you enjoy.
Into the unknown
Into the unknown
Into the unknown
I can hear you but I won't
Some look for trouble
while others don't
There's a thousand reasons
I should go about my day
And ignore your whispers
which I wish would go away
You're not a voice,
you're just a ringing in my ear
And if I heard you, which I don't,
I'm spoken for I fear
Everyone I've ever loved
is here within these walls
I'm sorry, secret siren,
but I'm blocking out your calls
I've had my adventure,
I don't need something new
I'm afraid of what I'm
risking if I follow you
Into the unknown
Into the unknown
Into the unknown
What do you want?
'Cause you've been keeping me awake
Are you here to distract
me so I make a big mistake?
Or are you someone out
there who's a little bit like me?
Who knows deep down I'm
not where I'm meant to be?
Every day's a little harder
as I feel your power grow
Don't there's part of
me that longs to go
Into the unknown?
Into the unknown
Into the unknown
Are you out there?
Do me?
Can you feel me?
Can you show me?
Where are you going?
Don't leave me alone
How do I follow you
Into the unknown?
Bye!
And that was a local girl Claire Brown
singing Frozen’s ‘Into The Unknown’ which
was a special request for me,
so I hope you enjoyed that.
Don't forget, we are here and we are
looking for your donations today, so if
you'd like to donate £5,
text PRIDE to 70470.
That will donate £5 straight to us for the
work we do all year round, it will cost
you five pounds plus
one standard network rate.
Joining me for the next hour is a local
drag queen and raconteur, the one, the
only, Miss Connie Orff!
Shwmae / Hello
Ti’n iawn, cariad / You alright, love?
Dwi’n iawn diolch yn
fawr / I’m good thanks
Ti’n iawn / You alright?
Ydw, gwych, diolch / Yes,
fabulous, thanks.
Oh marvellous, well it's lovely to be here
joining you here on the sofa for Pride
Cymru goes online 2020.
We are here bringing you information,
guidance, we're bringing new performances
and a little splash
of celebrity of course.
And what would a Pride
celebration be without drag queens?
I mean you're one yourself.
Am I?
And of course in South Wales we have a
varied and fantastic drag circuit, so here
is one of two videos that we've
put together with our local acts.
Alexa,
play party for one by Carly Rae Jepsen.
If you didn't know that
you were right for me
Then there's nothing I can say
Tried to call you out to
spend some time to see
But somebody's in your way
Tried to let it go and say I'm over you
I'm not over you
But I'm trying
Party for one
If you don't care about me
I'll just dance for myself
Back on my beat
I'll be the one
If you don't care about me
Making love to myself
Back on my beat
You don't want my love
If you don't care about me
I'll just dance for myself
Back on my beat
Party for one
If you don't care about me
Making love to myself
Back on my beat
Once upon a time,
I thought you wanted me
Was there no one else to kiss?
Was it all a dream
I let myself believe?
I'm not over this
But I'm trying
Party for one
If you don't care about me
I'll just dance for myself
Back on my beat
I'll be the one
If you don't care about me
Making love to myself
Back on my beat
You don't want my love
If you don't care about me
I'll just dance for myself
Back on my beat
Party for one
If you don't care about me
Making love to myself
Back on my beat
Back on my beat
Back on my beat
Party for one
'Cause you don't care about me
Back on my beat
Back on my beat
Party for one
Back on my beat
You don't want my love
If you don't care about me
I'll just dance for myself
Back on my beat
Party for one
If you don't care about me
Making love to myself
Back on my beat
Back on my beat
Back on my beat
Party for one
Back on my beat
Back on my beat
Party for one
Well here at Pride Cymru,
we obviously love a bit of Welsh talent.
I love Welsh talent,
do you love Welsh talent?
Absolutely, I've had so much of it.
Cheeky!
And one name which is getting more
and more attention is Bright Light Bright
Light, he's supported Cher on tour,
he's worked with Elton John, The Scissor
Sisters and I think his career highlight
came when he met me back in February this
year in New York.
A few years ago, he also raised money for
Pride Cymru with a single he released and
performed at our Big
Weekend which was brilliant.
That's awesome, he is absolutely fantastic
and here is something very special which
he’s cooked up just for us.
Hello, shwmae, I'm Bright Light Bright
Light, I'm from the Neath valleys and I've
been asked to do a little performance
for everybody back in Wales and Cardiff
specifically for Pride.
Thank you so much for having me guys, it's
a real shame not to be here this year.
It's a bit of an odd one, I've had some of
my best memories in Wales and Cardiff and
I played at Pride Cymru a couple of years
ago I think it was 2017 or something like
that, I can't remember.
Time is meaningless at the moment,
it was a while ago and it was fantastic.
So I'm sorry that you don't get to have
your regular celebrations, but this is for
you. I love everybody back home in Wales,
especially my family and my friends.
This is a song called
‘I Used To Be Cool’.
You can find me here any time of day
Any time of season, any time you like
If you need to fall apart,
or need to stay together
You can be whatever it’s ok,
it’s alright
I’m a slave to love and I’m happy to be
I’ve been taken over,
who could believe that
I’d be fooled enough
to give into that dream
It’s so exciting I don’t
want to be free so
I’ve got all night,
all day for your tears, for your pain
You won’t believe it,
but I used to be cool!
I’ve got all day,
all night for your passion for your fire
No way to leave it, oh what would I do
Without you?
When you pull me
near I could stay forever
Dancing though the
seasons with you side by side
Maybe I’ll live here,
right here in your shadow
So you can keep me safe
from all the anger that’s outside
There’s not enough
patience in the world
And the way they
love only seems to hurt
Oh life is rough out
there on the street
But in here where we’re hiding
there’s nothing to fear, so...
I’ve got all night,
all day for your tears, for your pain
You won’t believe it,
but I used to be cool!
I’ve got all day,
all night for your passion for your fire
No way to leave it, oh what would I do
Without you?
I don’t know what you do,
I don’t know how you do it
You don’t know the fire
you’ve started here in my mind
Oh the world is full of fools,
but I guess it’s me your fooling
I’ll write your name on everything,
cos everything is you and
I’ve got all night,
all day for your tears, for your pain
You won’t believe it,
but I used to be cool!
I’ve got all day,
all night for your passion for your fire
No way to leave it, oh what would I do
Without you?
Without you?
You can find me here.
Any time of day.
Any time of season
Any time you like
Big love, take care.
See you soon.
Wow, that was brilliant,
all the way from New York.
Such energy on that.
That was absolutely fabulous!
Now as we all know of course, Wales is
far more than the land of song, poetry and
rugby. It's also the land
of drag queens innit!
And there is enough of them!
There's enough of me, let me tell you.
Now earlier today, we saw Joe chat with
Sam and Shauna from Hang Fire Barbecue,
two people who have taken their love of
foods to the extreme and started their own
wonderful business down in Barry.
And alongside there are the offices of the
Good Wash Company, and Joe went along and
spoke to Mandy about how
she gives back to our community.
So I'm in Barry and I'm joined by Mandy
from Good Wash, thank you so much for
speaking with us.
How does a person play in international
sports go on to open up a soap shop?
Yeah, so I played international sports
from a young age but as part of my kind of
professional career, I worked for a
pharmaceutical company for 12 years in
London where I
specialized in dermatology.
There's a few things really, I wanted to
come back to Wales and set up a Welsh
brand, I wanted it to do good so every
time somebody bought a product it would
give back to Wales
and help improve lives.
So I kind of went through
what do people buy every day?
What was an everyday item that people
would buy and if they just bought social
it would do good?
So I kind of started with coffee or wine,
what you buy every day that's essential?
Well the first thing you do in the morning
when you wake up usually is have a good
wash. We hope so!
I started with the wash products and
obviously my background's in dermatology,
so it kind of just
fell into place really.
So obviously we're here because you have
an incredible community effort, so a lot
of the profits you make in your business
you're pumping back into the LGBTQ+
community. How important is it for you
to do that and to kind of raise awareness
about these issues and organizations?
It's absolutely core
to everything we do.
When we started, we were told you couldn't
have a luxury brand with a social heart
and those for me are the two fundamental
values, so I think in the first year we've
given over £30,000 to different charities
in Wales, we've done different events with
Llamau, and to support the brand is very
much all about equality so you don't judge
people, you'll be you,
you always be you.
And we continue to do good.
If we’re talking about Good Wash,
what makes a good wash?
We have two fur founders, Maisy and Duffle
and they are really important to the
brand. So we adore the fur founders
and we treat them like humans.
So when we develop in human ranges,
we wanted to develop a range that was
friendly for the dogs as well.
I wash sometimes the dog jumps in the
shower with me, I know that's a bit weird
maybe I don't know but all the dog wash
products are also approved for human use.
So like the dirty vegan for example, Matt
Prichard, he showers and all his profits
go to the dog meat trade rescues, all our
dog wash products go to local dog rescues
around Cardiff and South Wales.
Amazing so we are outside your
shop space and we're in Barry.
How excited are you to get it up and
running and getting people on that lovely
website of yours?
You know, I actually can't believe it
because when we started, we were told it
wouldn't work.
You couldn't have a Welsh brand with
Welsh language, you couldn't have a luxury
product with a social conscience, and
you certainly couldn't have a dog wash.
But all those things have really worked
to the point where we were actually
launching our first shop, so we feel
really proud that we haven't listened to
anybody and it still works but also the
community have really got behind us in
Barry, the Hang Fire girls academy use our
products, so we're just really excited.
Obviously to you, the Welsh philosophy
is really important and making sure that
Welsh is in your shop.
Explain how important is that
for you to kind of showcase that
on the website and in person?
The Welsh language is really important to
us and it wasn't until I moved away from
Wales I actually really noticed how
important it was to me and I think as I
said when we went to launch the brand,
we wanted to put the Welsh language on it.
Not cover it in the Welsh language, we
didn't want to alienate people but it was
important just to have the
keywords here and there.
We were told it wouldn't work outside
Wales, where 75% of our sales are outside
Wales, we sell to New York, LA,
Abu Dhabi, so we just like to
prove people wrong really I think.
Beyond the store and all of that stuff,
what are the plans for the future?
We literally just want to grow the brand
as much as we can because the more we
grow, the more good we can do.
So as I said, last year we delivered
over £30,000 to different charities.
This year we've delivered, even in COVID
alone, we've delivered over £20,000 worth
of donations to the NHS but I think as we
grow, we just continue to improve lives of
animals and people in Wales.
The more people who have a good wash,
the more good they can do.
Really is the motto.
Amazing, Mandy.
Thank you so much for taking
the time to speak with us, back to
you guys at the Pride cottage.
Well I know where I'm getting my
shampoo from in the future anyway!
I think so.
Coming up just before we go to our
sponsors break, we would like to thank all
our sponsors and supporters this
year for helping us put this all together.
We have started stage and screen all the
way from being head boy at Hogwarts school
of witchcraft and wizardry Percy Weasley
otherwise known as Chris Rankin and his
girlfriend Ness who, as well as
occasionally performing together, have set
up the house brand Chris Ness which
raises funds for the Albert Kennedy Trust.
This was set up as a virtual online
community to help young people.
Over the years, Chris and Ness have
met countless people at Comic Cons, at
different events, people who tell them
that the Harry Potter stories have helped
them get through some
very dark times indeed.
Many of them LGBTQIA+ youth.
So for every item sold by the house of
Chris Ness, 50% is donated to the Albert
Kennedy Trust to help homeless
and vulnerable young people.
You can find more from going
online at chrisrankin.co.uk.
Now, let's see them perform.
When the earth was still flat
And the clouds made of fire
And the mountains stretched up to the sky,
sometimes higher
Folks roamed the
earth like big rolling kegs
They had two sets of arms
They had two sets of legs
They had two faces
peering out of one giant head
So they could watch all around
them as they talked while they read
And they never knew nothing of love
It was before
The origin of love
Origin of love
The origin of love
Origin of love
Well there were three sexes then
One that looked like two
men glued on back to back
They were the children of the sun
And similar in shape girth
were the children of the earth
They looked like two
girls rolled up in one
And the children of the moon
was like a fork shoved on a spoon
They were part sun part
earth part daughter part son
Oh the origin of love
Well the gods grew quite scared
of our strength and defiance
And thor said i'm gonna
kill them all with my hammer
Like i killed the giants
But zeus said no
You'd better let me use
my lightning like scissors
Like i cut the legs off the whales
Dinosaurs into lizards
Then he grabbed up some bolts,
he let out a laugh
Said i'll split them
right down the middle
Gonna cut them right up in half
And then storm clouds gathered
above into great balls of fire
And then fire shot down
from the sky in bolts
Like shining blades of a knife
And it ripped right through the flesh
Of the children of the sun
and the moon and the earth
And some Indian god
sewed the wound up to a hole
Turned it 'round to our bellies
to remind us the price we payed
And osiris, and the gods of
the Nile gathered up a big storm
To blow a hurricane
To scatter us away
A flood of wind and rain,
a sea of tidal waves
To wash us all away
And if we don't behave
they'll cut us down again
And we'll be hopping 'round on one foot
Looking through one eye
The last time i saw you
we had just split in two
He was looking at me,
i was looking at you
You had a way so familiar
i could not recognize
Cause you had blood on your face
And i had blood in my eyes
But i swear by your expression
That the pain down in
your soul was the same
As the one down in mine
That's the pain
That cuts a straight line
down through the heart
We call it love
We wrapped our arms around each other
Tried to shove ourselves back together
We were making love, making love
It was a cold dark evening
such a long time ago
When by the mighty hand of jove
It was a sad story how we
became lonely two-legged creatures
The story, the origin of love
That's the origin of love
Oh yeah, the origin of love
The origin of love
The origin of love
Hello my name is Billy Nichols.
I'm a steward and a safety rep for the
Royal College of Nursing in North Wales.
RCM Wales is proud to have been attending
Pride Cymru every year for the past
decade. There are many ways in which
the RCN demonstrates that it is proud and
inclusive. It promotes equal
opportunities for its LGBTQ+ staff.
It works with its members to improve
equality in the health sector providing
support and celebrating diversity.
The RCN has an LGBTQ member network,
Proud.
It encourages members and staff to become
LGBTQ+ allies who support our community.
It's about raising the profile
of LGBT equality, not just for
staff but for our patients too.
Have a good virtual Pride.
For me, I feel and see Pride in being able
to have my own family and to be able to
share moments with my
husband and my two kids.
Alla i ddweud roedd
/ Can I just say that
hwnna’n magic – rhy cliché
/ was magic – too cliché?
Ddim o gwbl / Not at all.
Wel, sôn am magical / Well,
talking about magical…
Speaking of magical,
here is something absolutely magical.
Right now, we have Harrison Knights for
you who rose to fame when he appeared on
BBC’s All Together Now.
He stole our hearts when he
sang ‘I Am What I Am’, having
come out as a trans man.
Here,
he's got something very special for us.
Here he is with ‘As
Long As He Needs Me’.
As long as he needs me
Oh, yes, he does need me
In spite of what you see
I'm sure that he needs me
Who else would love him still
When they've been used so ill
He knows I always will
As long as he needs me
I miss him so much when he is gone
But when he's near me
I don't let on
The way I feel inside
The love I have to hide
The Hell!
I've got my pride
As long as he needs me
He doesn't say the things he should
He acts the way he thinks he should
But, all the same
I'll play this game his way
As long as he needs me
I know where I must be
I'll cling on steadfastly
As long as he needs me
As long as life is long
I'll love him, right or wrong
And, somehow, I'll be strong
As long as he needs me
If you are lonely, then you will know
When someone needs you,
you love them so
I won't betray his trust
Though people say I must
I've got to stay true, just
As long as he needs me
(Music)
Hello Pride Cymru!
Happy Pride to one and all!
It's such a shame that we can't be
together this year but we are virtually
together online. I do hope the lockdown
wasn't too difficult for anybody and I
hope that you all stayed
connected via social media platforms.
Here's a little song of me singing with
me, my favorite person, and singing ‘I
Know Him So Well’.
Happy Pride!
Remember it's my Pride, it's your Pride,
but together it's our Pride.
So I thought I'd do a duet but I can't do
a duet on my own, so I thought I'd bring
out a little guest.
My favorite person in the world,
it's me.
Hello all right, we're in that?
Here anyway, we're gonna do a beautiful
little song sung by Elaine Paige and
Barbara Dixon. I'll be
Elaine Page with an attitude.
Thank you and she’ll be Barbara
Dixon because that's the other one left.
And it goes a little
bit something like this.
I’m first.
Nothing it so good it lasts eternally
Perfect situations must go wrong
But this has never yet
prevented me (Don’t turn yet)
Wanting far too much for
far too long (It’s still me)
Looking back,
I could have played it differently
Won a few more moments who can tell
But it took time to understand the man
Now at least I know I
know him well (Turn)
Wasn't it good?
(Oh so good)
Wasn't he fine?
(Oh so fine)
Isn't it madness?
He can't be mine
But in the end he needs
a little bit more than me
(More security)
He needs his fantasies and freedom
I know him so well
No one in your life
is with you constantly
No one is completely on your side
And though I move
my world to be with him
Still the gap between us is too wide
Looking back I could
have played it differently
Learned about the man before I fell
But I was ever so much younger then
Now at least I know I know him well
Wasn't it good?
(Oh so good)
Wasn't he fine?
(Oh so fine)
Isn't it madness?
He can't be mine
Didn't I know
How it would go
from the start if I knew
Why am I falling apart?
Wasn't it good?
Wasn't it fine?
Isn't it madness?
He can't be mine
But in the end he needs
a little bit more than me
(More security)
He needs his fantasies and freedom
I know him so well
It took time to understand him
I know him so well
(Music)
A dream is a wish your heart makes
When you're fast asleep
In dreams you will lose your heartaches
Whatever you wish for, you keep
Have faith in your dreams and someday
Your rainbow will come smiling through
No matter how your heart is grieving
If you keep on believing
The dream that you wish will come true
A dream is a wish your heart makes
When you're fast asleep
In dreams you will lose your heartaches
Whatever you wish for, you keep
Have faith in your dreams and someday
Your rainbow will come smiling through
No matter how your heart is grieving
If you keep on believing
The dream that you wish will come true
Hello everyone!
Thank you so much for having me on this
Pride Cymru event, oh I'm so excited to be
part of this online celebration.
Every single year, one of my favorite
times of the year is getting to celebrate
and sing for you all at Pride Cymru and
unfortunately this year we're unable to do
that. But wherever you are celebrating
and however you are celebrating, I hope
you're having an
absolutely fabulous day.
I'm gonna sing you one more
Disney song before I head off.
It's from one of my favourite, I can't
really choose, favorite Disney movies -
Frozen - and it's by one of
probably the most relatable Disney
princesses, which is Princess Anna.
It's called ‘For The First Time in
Forever’, which I think is very fitting
for the current circumstances
that we're just coming out of now.
Hope you have a fabulous day guys
and however you are celebrating, celebrate
safe and having loads of fun.
Thank you so much.
The window is open!
So’s that door!
I didn’t know they did that anymore!
Who knew we owned 8,000 salad plates…?
For years I’ve roamed these empty halls
Why have a ballroom with no balls?
Finally they’re opening up the gates!
There’ll be actual real live people
It’ll be totally strange
But wow!
Am I so ready for this change!
’Cause for the first time in forever
There’ll be music, there’ll be light!
For the first time in forever
I’ll be dancing through the night…
Don’t know if I’m elated or gassy
But I’m somewhere in that zone!
’Cause for the first time in forever
I won’t be alone
I can’t wait to meet everyone!
What if I meet THE ONE?
Tonight, imagine me gown and all
Fetchingly draped against the wall
The picture of sophisticated grace…
I suddenly see him standing there
A beautiful stranger, tall and fair
I wanna stuff some
chocolate in my face!
But then we laugh and talk all evening
Which is totally bizarre
Nothing like the life I’ve led so far!
For the first time in forever
There’ll be magic, there’ll be love!
For the first time in forever
I could be noticed by someone…
And I know it is totally crazy
To dream I’d find romance…
But for the first time in forever
At least I’ve got a chance!
But it’s only for today
It’s agony to wait
Tell the guards to open up the gate!
The gate!!!
For the first time in forever
I’m getting what I’m dreaming of!
A chance to change my lonely world
A chance to find true love!
I know it all ends tomorrow
So it has to be today!
’Cause for the first time in forever…
For the first time in forever
Nothing’s in my way!
I love it,
a little bit of Disney sparkle.
I love Disney,
I'm the biggest Disney fan ever.
Thank you very much Christopher Hughes and
of course Cardiff's very own Mary Golds.
I love that.
I'm gonna let you do an interview, I'm
gonna get out of your way for your next
interview. So bye!
And speaking of sparkle, somebody who
can make art out of sparkles and toast and
spaghetti,
oh well bloody anything really.
It is our own fabulous local celebrity,
give it up it's Nathan Wyburn!
Hi, how are you?
Good, how are you?
I'm marvellous.
All the better for seeing you.
Thank you!
I brought two fans today, they call
me Connie too fans, I don't know why.
How have you been?
Very good actually, busy surprisingly.
That's good, that's good.
I find that we've had to keep ourselves
busy for the last few months in order to
distract from the negativity from the
weirdness of the world and I think that
you were somebody who is particularly good
at finding positives and doing positive
things. I am definitely, I've been making
so much work that is reflecting the times
but in a positive way and just
trying to make people smile in
a bit of a bit of a naff time.
I think that's really exciting and of
course you have a new book, all about me –
POPtART! I know, I thought what am I gonna
name it and then I just thought Connie?
Oh, a POPtART.
Amazing.
I do love a bit of pop.
Kylie or Madonna?
I like both.
Oh there’s always one isn’t there?
I’d pick Madonna if I had to choose.
Talking of Kylie and Madonna,
seamless link, both in there.
They're both in there oh my god!
That's so exciting, I'm so envious of all
the wonderful people you've got to meet
through this book.
Do you find that just
really exciting still?
It is and I've been doing it for 10 years
now, that's what it is, it's a 10-year
celebration of my work and it's been
quite self-indulgent actually because I've
always made the work of people that
I've admired, so I've got to meet a lot of
these people through it and I mean like
Dame Shirley Bassey, Mariah Carey, oh my
word. Icons, it's just amazing to meet
them through my work and as like a young
valleys boy, I never thought that was even
feasible so the dream come true really.
I think it's really interesting that
you say self-indulgent because it's not
really, all art I think can be called
self-indulgent, somebody could say to a
drug performer oh you're just getting into
drag making yourself look beautiful but
it's only self-indulgent if you make it
all about you but I think all of this, all
of these wonderful art projects are
about other people, about bringing joy to
people. Yeah they are and I've always kind
of had the thoughts of trying to inspire
people to think outside the box with their
creativity as well and when I go into
schools and I talk to kids, I just try to
make people always think outside the box
and I think I've done that throughout my
career and I think maybe that's why it's
done all right for a while.
I think it's really important,
you say you're a valley's boy, I'm a
valley's boy, oh it's a boy!
Yes I know, I grew up in Neath, I never
imagined that when my parents thought I
was too timid to take Drama GCSE
and I was very timid back then, I became a
different person when I hit about 18 and I
think that you do always feel that little
bit of am I allowed to do this?
And you do have to give yourself
permission to go out there and be bold and
do things. Yeah definitely, I think for me
because I was bullied in school for being
the gay one, the ginger one, the creative
one, all things that I now love most about
myself and have made me who I am.
I think where I was so quiet in school
there was that need for a little bit of
attention maybe, where I turn to
making these pieces of work that are quite
eye-catching and they do get a couple of
thousand views here and there on YouTube
and stuff like that.
I had this need for like
screaming I'm here, come on.
The work has managed to do that for me.
That's fantastic, honestly,
I think it's absolutely brilliant.
Do you have - there's never gonna be a
top one, a favorite one, but have you got
maybe a group of favorites, maybe five
favorites that you are just either really
proud of, it doesn't have to
be your favorite piece of work
but the experience maybe of it?
I'm definitely extremely thankful to the
Simon Cowell Marmite on toast for me
because that was the first unusual
material I've put online and it had such a
great response and that kind of started
the whole career for me and so the Marmite
on toast,
obviously I did the same on BGT in 2011.
So that's kind of what people
think of when I think of my work,
but I love the glitter ones.
Pop stars like Shirley Bassey, Catherine
Zeta, but then there's some pieces that
can have a bit of a
statement to them as well.
I've done some pieces of Donald Trump
using Mexican food and paintball pellets
which is obviously reflecting
his extreme views on gun laws
and different things like this.
I'm not shy to jump into a bit of politics
and celebrating proud LGBT stuff as well
because that's who I am
and I just really enjoy it.
But it's hard to pick,
it is really hard to pick.
I love them all for different reasons.
Judy Garland with rainbow
drops this is one of my favorites.
I do think that you say you're not afraid
to jump into politics and I think these
days we all have to be unafraid to
be political, to stand up, it's who we are
isn't it? It's who we are,
the act of making art is political.
The act of a man putting on a dress and
putting on some boobs is political because
you're inevitably going to upset some
people through an action and so being bold
is really important.
I mean the Donald Trump one, I think
that's really important to do to put it
out there,
art generates opinion doesn't it?
I've always been quite shy with stating my
opinion but I've not been shy with making
a piece of work that at least starts a
conversation for people and I think art
and visual art and songs act in anything
really, any sort of creativity, can really
start a conversation sometimes where maybe
words can't and if you throw too much
text and words at people,
people will quite often dismiss it.
Something as easy as an image that
can start a conversation, I mean great.
Especially glittery ones?
Glittery ones.
I think we've talked in the past about
bullying and bullying happening when we
were younger, unfortunately it still
happens out there, it happens to young
people out there but it happens to
people in our community now as grown-ups.
Do you have any sort of I guess tactics or
they might just be personal ways for you
to overcome negativity and any
negative feedback or comments out there?
I had quite a lot, I always refer to
the piece of artwork - I did a portrait of
Justin Bieber using lipstick, so I have a
bit of lippy on there and I'm kissing the
canvas to make this huge portrait.
And it was about his song love yourself
and it was around valentine's day, it was
nothing really to do
with LGBT or anything.
But I'm obviously comfortable enough to
wear lipstick for a piece of artwork, who
cares? And I had so much homophobia on
that video and so much in fact that I sat
my my father down to read the comments out
and things saying that I should be struck
with cancer, I should die, I should hang
myself, horrendous comments on this video
which was just an innocent
video kissing a picture.
So much though, Justin Bieber
liked it himself on Twitter which
is fabulous and it was great.
When I see those comments, I'm fine with
them now because I'm comfortable in myself
but I think about my family, my sisters,
people that care about me that don't quite
understand that I can deal with that and
then I think about those people that can't
and it really upsets me.
Those things are still hurtful,
those things are still there and I've
experienced it recently just comments,
whether it's sarcasm or hate or anything
like that, it's hard each one of them has
an effect and I think you do really have
to breathe, you have to remember that
there are people out there who are not
speaking to you, they are speaking to the
world, they're venting their own anger and
they're very confident to tap out those
things whereas what's wonderful about
conversations is finding things in common,
so I've just started just switching off.
Just switching off the phone every now and
again, putting that down and going let's
talk to real people because actually
people in real life are far nicer, far
kinder, more accepting, more willing even
when they disagree to find a way to get
on. Yeah I think you're right and what
I always say to try and maybe help the
person that is making those comments as
well because there's something wrong there
why within themselves they feel
the need to do that, so maybe try
and reach out in a positive way.
At least try.
I think that's wonderful and I think that
is a wonderful positive uplifting way to
bring this lovely chat to a close.
Thank you so much for joining me, dear.
Enjoy the rest of
this day and all days.
It's gonna be fab I love it.
Diolch yn fawr, Nathan!
Diolch yn fawr Nathan!
Yes thank you.
That was really good, I loved it.
This book is incredible,
make sure you get it and thank you to you.
Me?
It's been me a lovely hour
and you've been amazing.
Diolch yn fawr / Thank you.
Diolch I ti / Thank you.
Dwi’n caru chi / I love you.
Dwi’n caru ti hefyd / I love you too.
I’ve had a lovely time
I'm taking my mug now.
Coming up in the next hour it is the
one and only Dr Beverly Ballcrusher, from
Cardiff, big names on the drag
scene and they are here next.
(Music)
Hello I'm Minus De
Kock and this is Dr Bev.
Hello, here we are in Pride cottage,
giving you a flavor of what we'd normally
do for you at our main event.
The main event always has something for
everyone and tomorrow, we'll be featuring
a period of reflection and discussion on
faith but before that we have a message
from the Bishop of Llandaff followed by a
message from the team at The Gathering.
Hello, I'm Bishop June, the Bishop of
Llandaff, and this message is for those of
you involved with Pride, particularly for
those of you who would be running the
faith tent or popped in to
see what goes on there.
I'm a very great believer in the
importance of Pride it's a wonderful part
of our summer schedule.
I once blessed the first Pride march in
a town where I previously lived and I did
that because I think that the message of
Pride is so important, it is a symbol to
us of how our society is absolutely
dependent on healthy diversity.
Now the faith tent reminds us
all how radical that message is.
Not all world views hold to the equality
of human life, but I believe that every
human being is equal and deserves
the sense of value and dignity.
No ifs, no buts, our society is only
as good as it can be if it's inclusive.
Now from my own faith tradition,
the Christian tradition, we have always
championed the values
of equality and diversity.
We haven't always lived by them but
they've been right there in the heart of
what the Christian faith
speaks about which is that
God values everybody equally.
Now this year,
Pride is very different isn't it.
There will be no jamborees, no masked
crowds and yet it still has presence for
us and I want to say to those of you who
are involved with Pride this year remember
that faith matters.
Faith that is worth believing in and
giving your loyalty to stands for exactly
what Pride stands for,
the challenge of equality.
So God bless you and may you celebrate
in these very strange times, may you
celebrate the dignity
and Pride of being you.
So after that,
let's have some cabaret, shall we?
Here's Mikey James with a
little something to sing along to.
And as ever as we get a little late into
the day, please be aware that whilst we
always try to stay family friendly,
we can occasionally let things slip.
How you doing?
My name is Mikey James and I am
gonna do some pop music for you.
(Lyrics unavailable.)
Ok everyone,
that’s it from here here tonight.
I hope you had an amazing time, I
certainly did, so I just want to say stay
fierce, stay fabulous, stay proud, read
the news once a day and try and do one
thing whether it's big or small to
help people within our community.
But most of all, tonight just enjoy
and have fun and I'll see you soon.
Hello everybody, it's Amber Dextrous here,
I just wanted to tell you what Pride
means to me personally.
Pride is a celebration of life of love,
for us to all come together and be proud
of who we are and to
celebrate that as a community.
Also on a personal note it means I have
to get up at seven o'clock in the morning,
put drag on, walk through town,
sit in a muddy field and do a show.
Yay my career!
Happy Pride everybody.
Are you ready Cardiff?
I was thinking about
parking the other night
We was out on a back road
My and my woman was just getting' right
All systems on overload
The radio blasting in the front seat
Turning out the music fine
We was snuggled up in the back seat
Making up for lost time
Steamy windows
Zero visibility
Steamy windows
Coming from the body heat
You can wine and dine a woman all night
With good intent
But there's something about
a confrontation on a back road
Breaks down the defence
Steamy windows
Zero visibility
Steamy windows
Coming from the body heat
Steamy windows
Ain't nobody can see
Steamy windows
Coming from the body heat
Well hello Cardiff how are we all?
Happy Pride!
I hope we’re all well.
Here I am live in a living room, camera’s
about to go down, it’s bouncing off the
wall! (Not the first time)
There's a sound outside the front door
And I know it's just the wind
But it makes her snuggle
up just a little bit closer
And it starts things happening again
Steamy windows
There ain’t no body to see
Steamy windows
Coming from the body heat
Steamy windows
Steamy windows
Coming from the body heat
Steamy windows
Well hello boys and girls, make some noise
clap your hands, neck your vodka while
you're sitting in a park or sitting in a
pub watching it or sitting in your living
room or doing everything
else and it's where are we?
Oh it's Cardiff Mardi Gras,
Cardiff Pride, Cardiff hello.
Just hello to Cardiff.
I hope we're all well, I see everybody's
been working very hard, I'm not sure who
came before me it's all down my
times and I'm not sure who's coming
after me but I'll be waiting.
So if you've not seen me before my name
is Miss Penny, my full name is Miss Penny
Tracian. If you want to find out why, I'll
meet you in Mary's toilets when I'm down
next. It's all good,
lockdown, digital, online.
Very different, very interesting, can't
see you but I'm pointing at you right
there that's drinking that vodka because
somebody's bound to be drinking that vodka
right now, so what I suggest is that you
just neck it very quickly because we're
celebrating our lives.
I'm just going to drink it neat from the
bottle because I haven't poured myself a
drink yet which is silly.
The lovely Beverly asked me if I would do
a couple of songs, so there was the first
one and we should do a little
bit of a party one I think next.
Let's do something you can sing to.
Have a lovely time, all the acts of being
wonderful as always, I'm sure Miss Kitty's
around someone oh 25
years in the business oh.
You've got Gypsy doing a touchy impression
up the back alley, normally have a
prostitute but we
don't speak about that.
Let’s have a sing song.
Where it began,
I can't begin to knowing
But then I know it's growing strong
Was in the spring
And spring became the summer
Who'd have believed you'd come along
Hands, touching hands
Reaching out, touching me, touching you
Sweet Caroline
Good times never seemed so good
I've been inclined
To believe they never would
Sweet Caroline
Good times never seemed so good
I've been inclined
To believe they never would
Oh no, no
Have a wonderful day, Cardiff, I miss
you all and hope to see you all for a
beverage,
vodka or Sambuca at some point.
Thank you to every single one of them for
taking part and thank you for watching!
Look after yourselves and much
love from Miss Penny from the
Midlands and I’ll see you soon!
Ta-ra!
Bye!
Where’s that gin?
The ever mouthy and fabulous Miss
Penny there, and thanks to Mikey as well.
So Bev, what have you been doing
to keep yourself occupied in lockdown?
Two things, binge eating,
binge watching, a lovely box.
Yeah, I see so you could say that again
the only thing fitting you properly is
your shoes. Rude!
Well so what did you watch?
To be fair, very much a
Netflix kind of kid, Tiger King.
Schitt’s Creek, Pose - stunning TV series
and I love the medical dramas so I watched
some reruns of Grey's Anatomy, Holby City,
Casualty, speaking of which I think yes
I think we can go over to the
casualty department of Holby
City Hospital right now.
So during lockdown, I decided to write
this song because plenty of time free
because no work and I'd love to sing
it for you guys right and it goes a little
something like this.
Oh I just received a text from Rob
saying no song, no time for my song.
Hi everyone, hope you're enjoying Pride
Cymru, I'm Amanda Henderson and I'm gonna
sing you a couple of songs.
You shout it out
But I can't hear a word you say
I'm talking loud not saying much
I'm criticized but all
your bullets ricochet
You shoot me down, but I get up
I'm bulletproof nothing to lose
Fire away, fire away
Ricochet, you take your aim
Fire away, fire away
You shoot me down but I won't fall,
I am titanium
You shoot me down but I won't fall
I am titanium, I am titanium,
I am titanium, I am titanium
Cut me down
But it's you who has further to fall
Ghost town, haunted love
Raise your voice,
sticks and stones may break my bones
I'm talking loud not saying much
I'm bulletproof nothing to lose
Fire away, fire away
Ricochet, you take your aim
Fire away, fire away
You shoot me down but I won't fall
I am titanium
You shoot me down but I won't fall
I am titanium, I am titanium
Stone-hard, machine gun
Firing at the ones who run
Stone-hard, thus bulletproof glass
You shoot me down but I won't fall,
I am titanium
You shoot me down but I won't fall,
I am titanium
You shoot me down but I won't fall,
I am titanium
You shoot me down but I won't fall,
I am titanium
I am titanium
Okay, the next one I'm gonna do is Last
Dance by Donna Summer, so get off your
sofas have a little dance and enjoy.
Last dance, last chance for love
Yes, it's my last chance
For romance, tonight
I need you, by me
Beside me, to guide me
To hold me, to scold me
'Cause when I'm bad, I'm so so bad
So let's dance, the last dance
Let's dance, the last dance
Let's dance, this last dance tonight
Last dance, last chance for love
Yes, it's my last chance
For romance tonight
Oh oh, I need you, by me
Beside me, to guide me
To hold me, to scold me
'Cause when I'm bad, I'm so so bad
So let's dance, the last dance
Let's dance, the last dance
Let's dance, this last dance tonight
Oh I need you, by me
Beside me, to guide me
To hold me, to scold me
'Cause when I'm bad, I'm so so bad
So let's dance, the last dance
Let's dance, the last dance
Let's dance, the last dance
Let's dance, the last dance tonight
Hi everyone, I am Crystal Yu, you might
know me as Dr Lily Chao from Casualty and
Lynn in Netflix ‘Christmas Prince’.
I just want to wish you guys an amazing
time at Pride Cymru Online this year and
stay safe and cheers!
At Legal and General, we stand for
inclusion, for a workplace where we can
all perform at our best,
no matter who we are.
We focus on social
inclusion for everyone.
Many of our people have a passionate
desire to make Legal and General a
stronger, more diverse business.
Our thriving diversity and inclusion
networks, which we fully support, have
done great things to help
individuals connect, feel
valued and flourish together.
I'm pleased to take this opportunity
to celebrate the achievements of trans,
bisexual, lesbian and gay
communities across the whole of Wales.
I wish all celebrating a
very happy and a safe Pride.
Enjoy.
So what did you do in lockdown?
Well, I think I just watched
drag the whole time.
So I watched Joanna and Mary,
and I watched Amber's agony hour.
I watched Miss Kitty and the WOW girls,
and the drag diva lockdown..
So next up, we have the second of
our videos featuring some of Wales’ drag
performers. We put a call out to all of
our drug performers here but some chose
not to take part for political
and personal reasons.
Pride events have always caused
controversy, that's what Pride is
fundamentally about. Taking what's
viewed as the norm and shaking things up.
So that all can have
a voice and be heard.
Our journey both as an event and as a
charity is ongoing and hopefully one day
our voices will be as one.
In the meantime, thank you.
Genuinely,
thank you to everyone who contacts us.
We always listen to all of our community
and hope to turn whatever you say and your
thoughts and your actions into a
positive experience for all of us.
Hopefully next year,
more people will join us.
Remember, if you can't see the
change happening, then be part of
the movement to make it happen.
So Pride recently ran a poetry competition
based on the subject of identity and
community. There were some great entries
and we'd like to thank our judges, Rania
from Glitter Cymru, Sarah McCreadie,
Russell T Davis and, as she is sat
alongside me, Dr Bev.
Thank you.
A selection of the entries will be shown
on the Pride website after this week's
event, but the winning entry is
‘Burning Binaries’ by Valentine Seward.
And here it is.
I am seen as a woman.
Miss they call me.
That they miss the tension that racks my
shoulders, the anguish and pressed lips.
I am no Miss, I am the verdant brambles
in the shape of human beyond codification.
Burning binaries.
How dare they classify me?
Pin me down, strip me to
the wretched outline of female?
How dare they.
I am no longer seen as who I am,
only what they wish I could be.
What serves them the
most comfort at night.
They have starved me of identity, taunted
me with tepid tolerance and left me to
languish in the dark and frozen
earth when I dared to ask for more.
No longer if you do not see me
that does not mean I am not there.
Bear teeth and sharp limbs waiting.
Do not turn around,
you will not like what you see.
Happy Pride from all
of us at Samaritans.
Pride hapus oddi wrthon
ni gyd yn y Samariaid.
Rydyn ni mor falch gallu dathlu Pride gyda
chi eleni, yn dod atoch o'n canghennau
ledled Cymru.
We are so pleased to be able to celebrate
Pride with you this year, coming to you
from our branches throughout Wales.
From Cardiff, Newport, Swansea, Bridgend,
the South Wales valleys, Haverfordwest,
Powys, Aberystwyth, Bangor and Rhyl.
Pride is a time to come
together and celebrate.
A time to reflect on
how far we've come.
And a time to look forward to
how far we still have left to go.
Life's troubles don't go away during this
time though, it's been a difficult year
and we understand that
some of you may be struggling.
Whatever you're facing,
we're here to listen.
We are here to listen.
Whatever your sexual orientation
or gender identity, we will listen.
We will listen if you're going through
a tough time, you don't have to face it
alone.
Os ydych chi'n mynd drwy gyfnod anodd,
does dim rhaid ichi ei
wynebu ar eich pen eich hun.
We are open 24 hours a day,
seven days a week.
A gallwch chi siarad gyda ni yn Gymraeg
bob dydd rhwng 7 o'r gloch y nos ac 11 y
nos.
Day or night,
we are here when life is difficult.
It's always important to celebrate body
positivity in whatever form, so here's a
little something from South
Wales Sirens Burlesque Troop.
But before that, we're going to be leaving
cottage now and head over to the Red
Dragon Centre in Cardiff Bay with Capital
FM's Josh and Kally with an hour of live
music and dancing.
A big thank you to all our hosts and
performers, all of whom have appeared here
at Pride Cottage.
(Lady Gaga – Born This Way)
And that's just about it from us for this
year, thank you all of you for taking part
and for those of you at home
who stayed and watched.
Obviously, Pride Cymru 2021 won't look
like this and I'd like to take a moment to
say thank you to everybody took part, to
those who were unfortunate to miss us this
year. We will be back stronger,
louder, prouder.
Let's make Cardiff a rainbow again.
See you next year, folks.
(Music)
Hey, we're Josh and Kally and
welcome to Capital Hits Pride 2020.
Well this is a bit different isn't it but
I tell you what, I am so glad we get to
celebrate Pride with you virtually and
we've got a great show for you today.
Coming up, live performances from right
outside our studios here in Cardiff Bay.
Yep, we've got X Factor fave Lloyd
Daniels, Pride fave Nicki French, up and
coming artist Sophie Clayton and
of course Cardiff legend Miss Kitty.
Yes, but first, she came to fame on BBC
One’s The Voice UK on Team Paloma and was
the first ever transgender contestant.
Yes, it's Jordan Gray!
Hello Pride Cymru and indeed
hello internet, you sexy
little fibre optic sausage.
Look at you all in your little
rectangles there you are, I can see
you don't think I can't see you!
I'm Jordan Gray and if it's all right,
if it please the court, I should like to
perform some music for the afternoon.
Here we are.
Yeah that sounds nice.
(The Devil went down to Georgia)
It works!
It all came out it all
sounded like a thing didn't it?
Pressed all the right notes correctly.
Here’s another one I've not been able to
get this song out of my head for a while
so what better way than to perform it?
(You Can Call Me Al)
A man walks down the street He says,
"Why am I soft in the middle, now?
Why am I soft in the middle?
The rest of my life is so hard
I need a photo-opportunity
I want a shot at redemption
Don't want to end up a cartoon
In a cartoon graveyard"
Bonedigger, Bonedigger
Dogs in the moonlight
Far away in my well-lit door
Mr. Beerbelly, Beerbelly
Get these mutts away from me You know,
I don't find this stuff amusing anymore
If you'll be my bodyguard
I can be your long lost pal
I can call you Betty And Betty,
when you call me, you can call me Al
A man walks down the street
He says, "Why am I short of attention?
Got a short little span of attention
And, whoa, my nights are so long
Where's my wife and
family? What if I die here?
Who'll be my role model
Now that my role model is gone, gone?"
He ducked back down the alley
With some roly-poly little bat-faced girl
All along,
along There were incidents and accidents
There were hints and allegations
If you'll be my bodyguard
I can be your long lost pal
I can call you Betty And Betty,
when you call me, you can call me Al
A man walks down the street
It's a street in a strange world
Maybe it's the third world
Maybe it's his first time around
Doesn't speak the language
He holds no currency
He is a foreign man He is
surrounded by the sound, the sound
Cattle in the marketplace
Scatterings and orphanages
He looks around, around
He sees angels in the architecture
Spinning in infinity
He says, "Amen and Hallelujah!"
If you'll be my bodyguard
I can be your long lost pal
I can call you Betty And Betty,
when you call me, you can call me Al
(Real Gone Kid)
Thank you very much, that's nice.
It's been lovely joining you today.
I shall perform one more song
I reckon and then I'll pop off.
I discovered a little while ago there's
this tiny little guitar thing and when I'm
on my own I just do it for hours
and I think it sounds really nice.
It sounds like this and I realized as well
that you can perform just about any song
in the world behind this and it makes
it sound really lovely so here's about 20
songs in a row with this little
bit of guitar in the background.
That's in case there's any doubt that I'm
in fact a transgender woman, that is where
their voice comes from.
I don't have much cause to sing like that
any more, but it's nice once in a while
and I'm sure everybody watching
knows what the word transgender means.
But I don't know, maybe you've brought
along by a friend and you're just thinking
some of these women
nowadays are incredibly tall.
So I’ll explain to you what it means being
transgender all it means is I used to be
miserable and now I'm
very happy with my life.
Thank you very much,
I shall see you next time.
Have a lovely Pride Cymru!
I love you, goodbye.
Wow,
what a great performance from Jordan Gray.
Yes, so good.
We are Josh and Kally and we are so happy
to be celebrating Pride Cymru with you
today. Pride is something that
we both love and support so much.
As well as all the fun and fabulousness,
Pride's about being yourself, loving
yourself and celebrating
it with friends and family.
So that's what we're here to do today and
hopefully next year we'll be celebrating
it with you at a huge
party on City Hall lawns.
Yes bring it on, but for now though,
let's get some more talent on your screen.
He's a Welsh singer from Merthyr who made
it through to Team Cheryl on the sixth
series of the X Factor,
yes it's Lloyd Daniels!
Hello Cardiff Pride,
it's Lloyd Daniels here.
Thank you very much for
having me back at Pride Cymru.
I've got a couple of songs for you,
this is Snow Patrol.
(Snow Patrol – Chasing Cars)
(Swedish House Mafia
– Don’t You Worry Child)
(The Greatest Showman
– A Million Dreams)
Have a great day!
Wow,
so good to see and hear this guy again.
A great set from Lloyd Daniels.
Still to come today, Nicki French,
upcoming act Sophie Anne, and Rahim's got
a special belly dance
to close the show.
Oh, I'm excited for that!
But before all that, it wouldn't be
Pride Cymru without some drag.
Here's the fabulous Miss Kitty.
Right hello girls and boys,
ladies and gentlemen.
We hope you're enjoying
Cardiff Pride here today, 2020.
Yes girls and boys, I was at the
very first Pride with the one and only Dr
Beverley Ballcrusher and we're here today
and I'm going to do you a few little songs
and this first one goes a
little something like this.
(Gloria Gaynor – I Will Survive)
There we are.
Lovely.
Now girls and boys, ladies and gentlemen,
what we're gonna do now is we're gonna do
a fantastic song done by pure divas.
Yes, pure divas.
Original girl power.
The one, the only,
it's The Weather Girls.
Here we go.
(The Weather Girls – It’s Raining Men)
It's the last little song for
auntie Kitty down here today.
We hope you're enjoying it,
stick around, still loads more to come
and this one goes like this.
(Bonnie Tyler – Holding Out for a Hero)
Thank you very much and ta-ra!
Wasn't that such a
fun set from Miss Kitty?
Yep!
Now we hope you're enjoying the
show today and if you are, we would
like to ask for your support.
Yes, Pride Cymru are raising funds today
to continue the vital support work they do
all year round and we're asking
you to consider donating £5 today.
So get your phone out and
text the word PRIDE to 70470.
That's PRIDE to 70470.
Texts cost £5 +
standard network charge.
All donations go directly to Pride
Cymru and they will help massively.
Please do, if you can, text PRIDE
to 70470 and thank you very much.
Thank you.
More live music for you now.
She's best known for her dance cover of
‘Total Eclipse of the Heart’ which reached
top five status and she's
repped the UK in Eurovision 2000.
Yes, let's welcome Nicki French!
Thank you so much to all you guys
in there and thank you everyone.
Welcome to Cardiff Pride, a bit of a
strange one this year, but it's great to
be back. So red for the red dragon and
let's all start with the one that started
it all off for me.
I want to see everybody singing, there's
only about five people here, but you lot
at home you can sing along.
Here we go, are you ready to sing?
(Nicki French – Total
Eclipse Of The Heart Remix)
I just want to say thank you to everyone
at Pride for having me today and good luck
to everybody, it's been a
wonderful day and I'm sure you
at home are enjoying this.
I'm going to finish with a song which
became a good big Pride anthem back in
2015 because the message is it doesn't
matter what sexuality you are or what
gender you are or what colour you are
or what race or religion you are, love is
what matters. So this ‘This
Love’ and please enjoy it with me.
Thank you to Rob,
thank you to all the helpers and everybody
that's helped out today.
(Nicki French – This Love)
Thank you so much!
That was an awesome set there from
Nicki French and still to come we have an
amazing dance piece from Rahim, but before
that let's head back outside for more
music. We have a 22 year old singer
from the West Midlands for you next.
She's been influenced by the
likes of Alicia Keys and Beverly
Knight, here's Sophie Anne.
Hey Pride Cymru!
I'm Sophie Anne and I'm gonna sing some of
my favourite songs for you and I'm gonna
start with this one.
(Beverley Knight – Made It Back)
Thank you so much.
So the next song I
want to sing is a classic.
‘If I Got You’ by Alicia Keys.
(Alicia Keys – If I Got You)
Thank you so much.
So my last song I'm going to sing
is ‘Killing Me Softly’, another classic.
So yeah, let's do it.
(Killing Me Softly)
Thank you so much.
I'm Sophie Anne,
thanks for having me Cardiff!
Definitely someone to
watch out for in the future.
You saw her here first.
Sophie Anne, remember that name.
Yes remember.
We're Josh and Kally and our hour has come
to an end, but we cannot wait to see you
back on city hall lawns next year
but before you go, we have one last
performance right? Yes we do.
Rahim from Glitter Cymru dances to
increase the visibility of LGBT asylum
seekers and red is always his colour
to honour all the people living with HIV.
So performing some belly
dancing just outside our studios in
Cardiff Bay, it's Rahim.
(Music)
And that's just about
it from us for this year.
Thank you all of you for taking part and
for those of you at home who stayed and
watched. Obviously, Pride Cymru 2021 won't
look like this, and I'd like to take a
moment to say thank you to everybody took
part, to those who were unfortunate to
miss us this year.
We will be back stronger,
louder, prouder.
Let's make Cardiff rainbow again.
See you next year folks!
