Manchester Pride is taking place this weekend following a storm of controversy over its finances. I wanted to make a stand so that if anyone’s out there scared to come out, they will come out.” “What I want to encourage with my message is that no matter what you are, no matter how you want to express yourself, you are individual and you are beautiful just by simply existing. “I couldn’t quite put a label on it, then I learned about pansexuality from magazines and the internet and I think it’s so beautiful that sexuality has really come to the forefront of my generation’s mind, that you can be beautifully yourself. “I was just like with it all ‘I’m pan, you know what I’m saying?’ It doesn’t matter what genitalia you’ve got or what you identify as, if I love you, I love you and that’s it, and that’s (something) I’ve struggled with my whole life, because I didn’t know what I was,” he said. In a recent interview with Hunger magazine, the 24-year-old singer reflected on his decision to come out, saying he wanted to “own these labels”.
Yungblud first came out as pansexual and polyamorous in December 2020, having previously described himself as “very fluid” but “more straight”. Other artists set to take to the stage on Saturday include Sigala, Katy B, Example, Eve and Mykki Blanco, while Zara Larsson, Ella Henderson, Gabrielle, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Lucy Spraggan, Jodie Harsh, Shura and many others will perform on Sunday. The festival shared the news again at 10am, writing: “We’re THRILLED to announce that LGBTQ+ singer songwriter Yungblud will be performing at MCR Pride Live!! We CANNOT WAIT for Yungblud to bring that pansexual, alt rock, pop punk representation to Manchester Pride festival!” Manchester Pride announced the news on Twitter on Friday morning (27 August), but the tweet was deleted shortly afterwards.
We’re THRILLED to announce that LGBTQ+ singer songwriter will be performing at MCR Pride Live!! We CANNOT WAIT for Yungblud to bring that pansexual, alt rock, pop punk representation to Manchester Pride Festival! ⚡Ĭatch his set Sat 28th Aug ? /iVB12WgJGu