On Sunday 17 May, the Sheffield Winter Garden hosted crowds of people who came together to celebrate queer identities.
The celebration of International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia (IDAHOBT) was an afternoon packed with guest speakers and live musicians, organised for the 22nd year in a row by charity SayIt.
This event was one of the first of its kind to replace a moment’s silence for victims of discrimination with a moment’s noise.
Speaking to staff at the event, they said that this was suggested by a colleague many years ago as ‘queer people had been silenced long enough’.
We spoke to Ayman Eckford (they/them), a 30-year-old freelance journalist and trader who sells stainless steel jewellery handmade by Ukrainian refugees.