A Message From Martyn, Founding Director - Photoshoot

Bridges recently organised their very own photoshoot with the theme of equality between Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning and Straight young people.

The editorial team put on their brand new Bridges t-shirts (with our new logo designed by competition winner Nikki McDermott-Roe) and took to the Hollywood Glamour scene with make-up, camera and interviews.

You can view the pictures (with more coming soon) on our Flickr gallery.

The group chose to wear purple nails and eye shadow (provided by the immensely-talented Bethan Jones) for its significance - purple has become a colour adopted by LGBT groups such as "Day of Remembrance" in memory of those who have taken their lives because of homophobic bullying.

Gwir-Vol also attended to film some footage for their new documentary, Gwirforce, premiering in May 2012.

The promotional shoot was the first of Bridges, a new and exclusive project working with LGBT young people aged 13-17 in Rhondda Cynon Taff have had. This comes ahead of their new launch which took place in April 2012 . This photoshoot was funded by O2 Think Big with the aim to promote LGBT issues and awareness of them.

The shots you see represent visually what each term means broadly, but with the same tops and make-up there is a message, and that is that no matter who we love, we are all the same. We hope you enjoy the photos as everyone worked very hard and there are some beautiful shots.

I'd like to thank Jazmin Williams (photographer), Bethan Jones (make-up artist), Nikki McDermott-Roe (logo designer), Craig Chapman, Steve, Louise, Dan and Aled from Gwir-Vol, Gareth Aled John, Portia McGrath, Anna McIntyre, Bethan Carey Jones, Shannon Power, Josephine Eddy, Nathan Mordecai, Connor Thomas, Katie Vincent and the venue.