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29.08.2023 - 12:07 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
As thousands made their way down Deansgate and towards Manchester’s Gay Village as part of this year’s huge Manchester Pride parade on Saturday, one float came to a temporary halt for a very special reason.
Walking alongside the Prevent Breast Cancer float, Lisa Mattocks stopped traffic in order to ask Steph Wild, her partner of 20 years, if she would marry her. As Steph said yes amongst tears of joy, the proposal drew huge cheers from the onlooking crowd as vans also honked in appreciation.
It was a moment made for
, which took on a ‘Queerly Beloved’ theme to mark ten years of marriage equality in England and Wales. And it was even more fitting that it took place just three years after Steph, 45, was first diagnosed with breast cancer.
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“Steph was diagnosed with cancer just as we went into the first lockdown in 2020 and it was a very scary time,” Lisa, 38, told the M.E.N. “Steph had so much resilience and just did what she had to do. But just when she thought she was okay, she was diagnosed a second time just a year later and had to go through everything all over again.
“It was harder the second time because you think that you’re done but now she’s doing really well. She will be on treatment for a really long time but she’s much, much better.”
Steph walked the parade topless - proudly showing off her double mastectomy scars alongside a rainbow lei garland. Speaking about the proposal, Lisa, who is originally from York, said: “Oh, it was amazing.
"I could imagine it all in my head and what it might be like but I could never imagine how wild the crowd was going to go and how supportive everyone would be. The vans were honking, it was just incredible. A really
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