The Northern Pride festival of events is now over and the Pride commitee would like to remind everyone that feedback about the event is very important, it helps in the planning of the next one. Please fill in the online survey about what you thought of the event at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/northernpride. It’s really quick and easy to do. Thank you.

Hello and welcome to MESMAC North East’s brand new website.
We hope that you find this new website easier to navigate with the new drop down menue bar above. In the next few months we intend to add new material to this site to make it even better and more user friendly. If there is something that you would like to see added to this site please let us know by emailing us at all@mesmacnortheast.com Regards, the MESMAC team.

EMIS is the biggest survey of gay men and bisexual men in the world! It is happening in 25 languages across 31 European countries in the summer of 2010.
In the UK the survey is co-ordinated by Sigma Research and incorporates the Gay Men’s Sex Survey, also known as Vital Statistics.
The survey is completely anonymous.
Do it now by clicking on the picture on the left.

Are you looking for a boyfriend? Want a relationship that lasts longer than a night? ‘Getting A Boyfriend’ is a one day course to help you understand more about yourself and what you want in relationships, and how clear and honest communication is key to continuing your safer sex stratergy whilst in relationships. We are running the ‘Getting A Boyfriend’ class in central Newcastle onSaturday 31st July 2010. All places are FREE of charge. The course starts at 10am and finishes at 5pm. Book your place by calling: 020 7738 3712 or online at: www.gmfa.org.uk/national

Newcastle City Council have leapt up a league table which lists Britain’s top 100 employers for gay staff. The council was ranked 30th best place to work for lesbian, gay and bisexual staff in 2010 compared to 61st place last year in Stonewall’s Workplace Equality Index.

The index is based on a range of key indicators which this year included the largest ever survey of lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) employees, with over 7,000 participants. It showed that staff satisfaction levels were highest at those organisations at the top of the Index. The inspection recognised that they had set up a number of initiatives to ensure LGB employees can meet to discuss issues that affect them, and set up the ARCH system to record and report homophobic crime. IBM topped the index.

Transformations and transitions in lesbian and gay sites in the North East! Do you live or go out in Newcastle, Northumberland or Middlesbrough? Would you like your say on lesbian & gay spaces and communities in the North East? If the answer is yes and you would like to take part in this exciting research, please contact: Mark: m.e.casey@ncl.ac.uk (0191 222 7921) or Yvette: yvette.taylor@ncl.ac.uk (0191 222 7870) for more info.

North Tyneside Link would like to hear your views. Are you happy? yes or no, they want to know. What’s your experience of health and social care services in North Tyneside? Speak up, don’t shut up!- make something happen.
Email: diane.v@gmx.com with your views or to find out more.

This year MESMAC celebrates 20 years of service to the LGBT communities of North East England. MESMAC was founded in 1990 as a response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic of the late 1980′s and has continued through to the present day having adapted to the times using a community development style of working. MESMAC North East will be celebrating our 20th birthday through the year with some special events. Stay tuned for further news as and when it is announced.