House of Pride was founded in 2019 by actors Alexandra D’Sa and Lu Corfield.
Having met working on the UK’s latest women’s prison drama Clink, they quickly bonded over their shared passion for the LGBT+ community.
They lamented over the fact that there was nowhere that queer people, women in particular, could go during the day to grab a cup of coffee; that LGBT+ hate crime was on the rise and there was a lack of safe spaces; that what few spaces we do have seem to be closing down.
And they decided to do something about it.
They formed House of Pride as the answer to a question that we hear time and time again: where are all the queer women?
The company strives to be as inclusive as possible. Focused particularly on the queer female and non binary community, House of Pride is keen to hear from voices from all across the (mainly LGBT+) spectrum. We want everyone to feel welcome at our events, and represented in our projects, but to understand that they are safe spaces for this community; anyone else who comes along is very welcome, but needs to be a respectful guest.
House of Pride are working towards building these spaces for you, and are starting by hosting unique events all over the world and creating those safe spaces in your workplaces.
Our main goal? To build you a physical queer social space, not centred around alcohol or clubbing. A place to be. A home.
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Founders & CEOs
Alexandra D’Sa
Alex is an out lesbian, South Asian actress and entrepreneur. As an actress her credits include Clink (Channel 5), Ackley Bridge (Channel 4/Netflix), The Bay (ITV), and Eastenders (BBC).
She is cofounder of SHADES, a platform for South Asian creatives in the UK, and House of Pride. The main aim of House of Pride is to build LGBT+ lifestyle spaces around the world to celebrate queer excellence and to help the community grow personally, professionally, and creatively.
Alexandra also has a background in Financial Services and Technology. Her current role is Head of Programs at the mentoring and leadership company, WERKIN. In 2021 she was recognised as one of INvolve's Top 100 LGBT+ Future Leaders, and DIVA's Visible 100, Top 10 LGBTQ+ Women in Tech.
She studied English Literature at The University of Exeter and Vassar College, New York, and Acting at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.
She spent a lot of that time brushing up on Queer Theory, too.
Lu Corfield
Lu is an Actress and Creative.
She is a cofounder of House of Pride, a Patron of Pride Cymru and was the Artistic Director/co-creator of Amnesty International's first T.I.E Company - 'No Frills Theatre'.
Lu identifies as being Queer and Welsh. A campaigning Celt.
As an Actress, Lu is best known for her TV roles in "Last Tango in Halifax", "Sex Education" and "In my Skin". Her theatre work includes shows at The Royal Court Theatre, The Young Vic, Soho Theatre, The Royal Shakespeare Company and Headlong Theatre.
Lu also has a background in mentoring. Before, during and after Lu’s training at RADA (The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art), she has run her own public and private workshops accumulating in over 20 years of experience as a Trainer and Coach.
Lu is passionate about the work she does with several Mental Health Charities, encouraging people to change the way they think and act about mental health problems.
Lu is constantly campaigning to improve the rights and visibility of the LGBTQIA Community.
She is also constantly drinking tea.