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Glitter Cymru is a Cardiff-based social meet-up group for the LGBTQ+ global majority community since June 2016. They meet every 3rd Saturday of the month at Cardiff Central Library and also run Glitter Pride, which takes place every August. Glitter Cymru highlights the art, cultural stories, artefacts and lived experiences of Wales queer minority communities, which include asylum seekers, refugees, and international students, who form a core part of Glitter Cymru’s community. All funding from their 2024 Pride event is directly invested into Wales LGBTQ+ ethnic minority community.

Supi and Kink aims to redefine the concept of sex shops by transforming them into spaces dedicated to unpacking and addressing mental health, distress, trauma, gender, racial and disability justice through pleasure. This imagining is rooted in the urgent need to dismantle existing structures that perpetuate harm within these spheres promoting systemic change and fostering holistic intimacy spaces.

Queerribean Dominoes Project is a set of games workshop and conversational event that explores the experience of queer Caribbeans in the legacy of Windrush generation with community elders.

Founded in 2022, South East London Pride is an annual pride festival in the South East of London that welcomes a diverse community of LGBTQ+ members and allies at their event with over 2000 attendees last year. Activities during their pride include a vibrant queer art market, entertainment from local performers, family games and children’s entertainment. SE London Pride also provides their most vulnerable attendees with support and guidance during our festival, by inviting organisations such as METRO Charity, LGBTQ Consortium, Lewisham Local, Insight and Lewisham Council to have a stall.

Melanin Power Up aims to build communities of QTIPOC game developers and players, focusing on approachable and accessible games. The community created will be maintained via Discord for continuous relationships and collaborations. With a lack of representation of POC and LGBTQIA+ gamers, this project meets the vital need for diversity in games. With 75% game developers being white and 60% gamers worldwide being white, Melanin Power Up aims to address that vital need for diversity in games, both players and makers, as well as the characters within games.

Black Lesbian Warriors is an initiative founded in memory of the late Audre Lorde, who famously identified as a "black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet." Following a successful inaugural event funded by private contributions, the founders recognised a significant demand for their services. Their latest program funded by the Community Action Fund, “My Sister’s Tools, provided a wellness day specifically designed for Black and POC queer women aged 40 and above. This event featured a range of activities, including yoga, breathwork, music, storytelling, healing practices, and letter writing, all aimed at fostering well-being and community connection.

Shaded Writers is a collective which provides safe, sober, accessible workshop spaces for QTIPOC voices & stories. Their writing workshop utilises art pieces as writing prompt to help support QTIPOC people in areas of self-expression, skill-sharing, & professional/creative development, in a safe, nurturing, sober LGBTQIA+ group setting. The workshop series help address the problem of loneliness & isolation in the QTIPOC community, creating space for connection & opportunity for making friends.