Further context: Durham city council (Reform UK) cut funding and support for Pride. The Durham Miner's Association and other trade unions raised enough money for Durham Pride 2026 to go ahead - a direct call back to when Lesbian and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) raised money for mining communities when Margaret Thatcher seized union funding during the miner strikes of 1984-85.
At the 1985 Labour party meet, the motion to support LGBT rights as a party was passed due to a block vote from mining unions.
Stephen Guy, the chair of the Durham Miners’ Association, said that when it became apparent Durham Pride was under threat, he took it upon himself to “encourage the trade union movement to step up and do the right thing, and stand shoulder to shoulder with the LGBT+ community […] They not only raised funds for us, but came to our communities, uplifted our spirits when they were down, and showed their solidarity.”
Tyria Pride 2026 is celebrating our 10 year anniversary on June 27 and 28! 🎉
Hello everyone! This is the most exciting Tyria Pride announcement yet! Tyria Pride has turned 10, and we're preparing for the biggest pride season ever!
Join us for tons of amazing pre-events, organized by both the Tyria Pride team internally, and the many independent organizers, from now until the main event on Saturday and Sunday, June 27 and 28 on both EU & NA!
You can also join us on Discord, or watch the events on twitch, covered by a ton of streamers!
Check out the linktree at tyriapride.com!
More info below the cut
🌈What is Tyria Pride?
Tyria Pride is a two-day in-game pride march from one corner of (core) Tyria to the other to show support both LGBTQ players and devs, and a fundraiser for Rainbow Railroad, a non-profit organisation which helps queer people escape state-sponsored persecution and violence around the world.
It's tons of fun every year, a ton of streamers join in so there are many ways to follow along even if you're not in game, music guilds hold concerts, and we have some pretty legendary giveaways! It's always blast!
For more info, check out the post on the official forums at tyriapride.com/2026
🫶 Fundraiser
Rainbow Railroad is a non-profit that helps LGBTQ+ people get to safety from countries where their lives are at risk. They've done tons of work all over the world, working tirelessly in places like Afghanistan and Ukraine! Rainbow Railroad works year-round to save lives, and we're honored to support them in this cause!
To check out the fundraiser, go to tyriapride.com/donate
✊ How to get involved?
If you'd like to get involved beyond just participating, there's tons of ways to do it! On the discord, you'll find an entire "How to Help" section!
We're always looking for artists who are interested in donating a commission as a prize for our fundraiser raffle!
Another way you can help out is by donating in-game prizes! We incentivize donations to the fundraiser by raffling off legendaries, black lion skins, and more! If you can spare donations, both in-game or out, let me know! My in-game name is Lelling.6795
You can join us on the Tyria Pride discord for more resources and information: tyriapride.com/discord
This is - legitimately - my favourite delivery of Shakespeare I have EVER seen (and I have seen some good-ass productions yo, in the Globe Theatre itself even). Like seriously, even though the words are unchanged, he’s stripped away ALL of the archaic pretense and assumed grandeur of ~presenting the bard~ that makes even the most wildly talented of actors and innovative of productions inherently inaccessible to a modern audience. Like, they’re still great, they can still communicate the message and (some) of the nuance, but they’re still always a step removed from being identifiable to any viewer’s lived experience. They’re still always reciting 15th century poetry. But this guy? This guy is like, screw iambic pentameter, to hell with being precious about the material, HOW WOULD AN ACTUAL PERSON SAY THIS SHIT?
Like this. And it’s beautiful. It’s beautiful to hear a soliloquy I loved so much already, and have it come to life in a way it never, ever, did before. I feel like I grasp his motivations, his twists and turns, no longer on an academic level but on a visceral, instinctive one. Because he’s presenting his mental and emotional journey in a way that speaks honestly, like a real person.
So yeah, this shit post? I love it. Deeply and sincerely.
This was a man, dressed as a plant, making pigeon noises at people walking by. I said hello, asked if it was okay to take his picture, and then asked why he was dressed as a plant. He said, “I’m just working through some stuff. Thank you for asking. No ones asked yet.”
The Tyria Pride 2026 fundraiser has reached our first goal!
Pride Season is only just beginning and we've already smashed our first goal! Thank you so much to everyone for your generous donations! Our second goal will be $2,869 in honor of the Stonewall Riots, which sparked on June 28, 1969!
With each of our milestones, we try to do some number gymnastics to relate it to some significant number! This year, to celebrate our 10 year anniversary, we've also included the fundraising amounts from past events!
You can find our fundraiser at tyriapride.com/donate, and mousing over individual milestones will tell you what they represent!
What's On This Week? | Tyria Pride Pre-Events | [Week 22]
Below's a list of Tyria Pride's pre-events happening this week! Don't miss out on the party in Guild Wars 1 on Saturday, and catch the first Mini-March in Heart of Thorns on Sunday!
— Wed 27 May
🏳️🌈 Nerdy's Path of Fire Meta Train
🧭 Starting in Domain of Vabbi
[EU] 7PM CEST
— Fri 29 May
👑 Fashion Wars: Human
🧭 Divinity's Reach
[EU] 7PM CEST
[NA] 8PM CDT
— Sat 30 May
🎉 Guild Wars 1 Party
🧭 Pre-Searing Ascalon & Lion's Arch
[International] 7PM CEST / 12PM CDT
— Sun 31 May
👠 Mini-March: Heart of Thorns
🧭 Starting in Verdant Brink
[EU] 4PM CEST
[NA] 4PM CDT
You can see the full info on these Pre-Events either in our Discord server: tyriapride.com/discord or on the hyperlinks above! ✨
there is something so fucking insulting about someone complimenting you over your weight loss when the weight loss was not intentional and was, in fact, frightening. like, thanks asshole. I wish having a BMI over 25 was the only thing I had to worry about. I’m glad you apparently believed my body was less than ideal and it is now more pleasing to you after I have been dealing with a flareup of a serious autoimmune disorder for months. I miss being able to enjoy food but I’m so glad you think I look better, apparently.
of course, you can’t say this because in the diet culture infested world that we live in, no one thinks twice about complimenting someone on their visible weight loss. it isn’t meant as a insult, it’s a thoughtless comment. it is unfathomable that someone may have been happier or healthier when they weighed more. and you don’t want to have to recount your personal medical history in graphic detail to explain why losing weight was not good.
‘you’ve lost weight since the last time I saw you’ is a completely neutral observation, it’s an acceptable comment to make in my opinion. automatically complimenting someone on it is so presumptuous and gross.
