#welsh pride

Michael looking sweet as ever at the Richard Burton Event.

...minding your own business. And you see this really great headline:

"Wales First Non-Binary Council Mayor Elected To Represent Bangor"

And once you're over the natural and completely understandable wave of nausea that you get every time you're forced to read about *shudders* Bangor, you are delighted! This Mayor Hurcum looks like a delightful and engaged young person and it's fantastic to see not just a member of the LGBT+ community getting elected but also a young person getting active in local politics.

And then you see it.

The photo.

The fabulous, wonderful photo that the new Mayor of Bangor has circulated of themselves as part of all this lovely, positive press:

And you are consumed by one thought and one thought alone:

"I need that mug."

Because what self-respecting Queer Welshie doesn't need a pride flag Lovespoon mug in their life?

It took me all of 17 seconds to find it. The Google search "pride lovespoon mug" took me straight to the lovely Gan Sara's Etsy shop (she's also on Instagram) where I discovered many pride flag lovespoon items (the mug currently only comes in the OG flag pattern cuz it's a very new addition but if they sell well the range may expand).

And then it was just a case of waiting.

BUT WE WAIT NO LONGER MY FRIENDS!

FOR IT HAS ARRIVED!

AND IT IS GLORIOUS!

Now I just have to resist the urge to buy 50 more.

In 1841, Welsh landlowner and Conservative MP Stephen Glynn, 9th Baronet, sued ‘The Chester Chronicle’ for allegations of homosexuality during his election campaigns, who were forced to apologise.

Born on the 22nd of September 1807, he inherited the baronetcy from his father aged 7, which included Hawarden Castle. He was MP for the Flint Boroughs from 1832 then for Flintshire from 1837 to 1847. He was also an antiquary and studied Church architecture. He died on the 17th of June, 1874, unmarried and childless, so the baronetcy died with him.