A Grand Ball is being staged to welcome Cunard's Three Queens to the Mersey - and to raise funds for the Michael Causer Foundation and projects in the area.
A three year initiative is aiming to make Liverpool City region the most visibly friendly LGBT city in the UK.
Liverpool Pride has announced that one of the city's most popular events will return on Saturday, 1 August 2015.
The City of Liverpool will show its support today following the homophobic attack in Orlando over the weekend.