Just donated to NEST to help them get up and running 🙏🪺🙏 If you are able to support too, go here: www.gofundme.com/f/nest-paren...

Mams NEVER ask anyone for funding and we will continue with this, BUT this project (N.E.S.T) we are taking on with some Prides desperately needs funds to get established. Please help us get started. families really need support. 🙏 Thank you, every little bit will help. #bettertogether ❤️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈❤️

Please help us get our support group off the ground, we need to pay to rent spaces to hold our meetings etc. Every little helps, please and thank you ❤️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❤️

I vouch for this group and everyone involved and would encourage you to support them in any way you can as anti-LGBTQ+ hate ramps up in NI and the DUP/TUV target trans kids.

If youre in Northern Ireland and a parent of an LGBTQ+ young person this new group may be of interest / help. bsky.app/profile/nest...

Donate to help establish N.E.S.T a vital new support group for LGBTQ+ parents & parents of LGBTQ+ young people. I cannot stress enough how needed this is. @causewaypride.bsky.social @meapride.bsky.social @imamammie.bsky.social @mams4transni.bsky.social & Foyle Pride. X gofund.me/d8d376e2a

Delighted to play my part in bringing this to fruition. - @curtislee.bsky.social 🫶🏻

@meapride.bsky.social @mams4transni.bsky.social Foyle pride and ourselves have something new to announce 😁

Life recently. Green Party ni ✅ More prides ✅ Nights out ✅

@zackpolanski.bsky.social my fingers & everything else are crossed for you, solidarity from this @greenpartyni.org member. 🫡

Ballymena, it’s time for something new. Join us for the Green Party’s first ever public meeting in the town: 📍 Adair Arms Hotel – Kells Suite 📅 Thursday 21 August, 7.30pm Meet local members, hear what we stand for, and share your ideas for a fairer, greener Ballymena. 1/2

Everyone’s welcome – bring a friend and be part of the change. 👉 Register: greenpartyni.org/townhall_bal... #Ballymena #TownHallMeeting 2/2

Delighted to be part of something new, something greener and something brighter as we embark on a new chapter for Ballymena. 💚

My antidepressants were upped recently, and I’m not doing well ✨ I’ve been on the sick from work for over 4 weeks, I never used to be one to nap during the day but I’m oversleeping to the point of exhaustion. Appetite is all over the show & my mood swings are brutal, 😭

MEA Pride will be marching this Saturday with our siblings up at @causewaypride.bsky.social 🫶🏻 hope to see as many of you there as possible 🙌🙌

TikTok: curtisleex💚

2x awards for @meapride.bsky.social at last night’s #belfastpride awards 2025! 🫶🏻

Your new Ballymena Green Party reps💚

Youth Pride in Dundalk yesterday at the outcomers centre, started the day with a radio interview and #slurrygate was even a talking point in Dundalk. 🤣

Delighted to introduce our new permanent logo/visual identity designed by the incredible @pansysoup (on insta) 🫶🏻 Bonus points to anyone who can spot the 3 famous MEA landmarks. 😌 #MEAPride

Belfast City Council voting to remove the bonfire beside a hospital substation and also remove asbestos from the site and the DUP voting against this because they must always be on the wrong side of absolutely everything. They'd eat sand in the Sahara just cause everyone else is drinking water.

Solidarity with @seamasbelfast.bsky.social, I loathe twitter with all my heart but was made aware just there now of the hatred & bile being directed towards you by mr 167 votes… 💚

We’re also expanding our outreach across the MEA Borough. If you’re in Carrick or nearby & fancy a sober, inclusive & safe space to broaden your horizons & meet likeminded people our new Queer Communi-tea social begins on August 12th!

Ballymena now has an up & running LGBTQ+ youth group that I’ll be working with. We’re going on a trip tomorrow to Dundalk, and I just think it’s so bloody brilliant to have these local services to support young people. This is the legacy I wanted @meapride.bsky.social to create. 🫶🏻

Welcome Curtis! Look forward to meeting you. If you have a questions just mail, text or DM us. Also I’d like to hear any comments or suggestions you have on our social media output (been a bit quiet for a fortnight due to holidays!)

This was not a one off! Thank you so much for the outpouring of love & support. We go again next June! ❤️

Mam's in Ballymena hey ❤️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈❤️ @izzykamikaze.bsky.social

Ballymena Pride yesterday. The town showed up yesterday against hate in a massive way. This was one of the most important Prides these islands have ever has seen.

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🧵 #MEAPride 2025: some thoughts from our chair & founder. @curtislee.bsky.social 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

[Photo Thread] Mid East Antrim Pride in Ballymena

Some news 🧵

First ever Mid & East Antrim #Pride in #Ballymena this Saturday, 28th June. See you there? #LoveOverFear

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In my humble opinion MEA is the pride one we all must make an effort to attend. This community has been ripped apart in the last month and we need to stand up! 🏳️‍🌈❤️🏳️‍⚧️ #bettertogether #leavenoonebehind

We need feet on the ground on Saturday like never before, certain groups and organisations registered for the parade have lost participants given recent events in the town. It’s now or never, if you can please be there. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @meapride.bsky.social

This is this weekend and it is an ALL HANDS call...

Mid & East Antrim will hold their first ever Pride parade this year in Ballymena on 28 June. M&EA are going to need a lot of us to show up for reasons that should be obvious given what's happening in the town atm. Numerous counter-protests have already been registered. This is what Pride is about

If you're all about being a good ally & you were kinda half-thinking of going to Dublin Pride that day, maybe you could start thinking about going to Ballymena instead? First ever Pride parade in Mid & East Antrim. Same day as Dublin, 28th.

Normalise shaming these people!!

MID & EAST ANTRIM PRIDE IS THIS MONTH!!! Get your arses to Ballymena on the 28th of June & support Ireland’s newest Pride!! @meapride.bsky.social

After due consideration, having weighed up the relevant evidence, assessed the balance of arguments and gamed the likely implications, I have reached the conclusion that Keir Starmer can fuck off from a great height.

Have you got your tickets yet? 🤔

💖💖💖 gofund.me/fc46b653

I came to Ballymena seeking a more quiet life, in the last few months I’ve rattled both the TUV and Ian Paisley’s old church. A win is a win…🤪🤣

Yupppp there’s irony in there somewhere 😂

🩷 #LoveOverFear

🚨 PARADE APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN! If you’re part of a community group, charity, local business or other type of organisation that would be interested in joining us on Saturday June 28th as we make history in Ballymena then email us on [email protected] for more info. #MEAPride🌈