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Sam Smith praised for ‘fabulous’ BBC Proms performance

Graham Robson August 25, 2024

Sam Smith has been praised for their ‘fabulous’ BBC Proms performance, wearing a custom-made Vivienne Westwood gown by Andreas Kronthaler. As they opened the show they said: ‘I have been thinking about this since I was a kid, and I just want to say to the BBC and everyone here. Thank you for having me.’ […]

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Television

Ria Zmitrowicz (The Power) to join cast of BBC drama Sherwood as a queer Sheriff of Nottingham

Graham Robson August 20, 2024

Ria Zmitrowicz (The Power) is to join the cast of BBC drama Sherwood as a “young, queer and female” Sheriff of Nottingham to help modernise the idea of the role. The TV series, set in a Nottinghamshire mining village, is inspired by real events where show creator James Graham grew up, and also stars David […]

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Television

“They are open and honest in their search for love.” Dannii Minogue to play Cupid on new dating series ‘I Kissed A Girl’

Graham Robson April 30, 2024

Pop icon Dannii Minogue is to return as host of the UK’s first lesbian dating show, I Kissed A Girl, on May 5, which follows the same format of I Kissed a Boy. Dannii will play Cupid for ten lucky lesbians on the show, which serves up plenty of drama in a stunning Italian Masseria. […]

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LGBTQ+ News

Emma Riley, a Brighton-based LGBTQ+ navy veteran, named Hero of the Year at the British Diversity Awards for her efforts to get a rule banning LGBTQ+ people from the navy overturned

Graham Robson April 11, 2024

Emma Riley, a Brighton-based LGBTQ+ navy veteran, has been named Hero of the Year at the British Diversity Awards for her efforts to get a rule banning LGBTQ+ people from the navy overturned by taking the UK to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). Emma, who discharged from her role as a Royal Navy […]

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Music

Courtney Love’s Women: iconic Hole frontwoman to share ultimate soundtrack to her life on BBC Radio 6 in April

Graham Robson March 25, 2024

This April, BBC Radio 6 Music and BBC Sounds is to present Courtney Love’s Women – a candid and raw new music series, in which legendary Hole front woman Courtney Love shares the ultimate soundtrack to her life as she reflects on the women in music who have shaped her journey, her sound and her […]

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Transgender News

“There is no care for trans people.” Mother of Alice Litman, a trans woman from Brighton who took her own life in 2022, reacts to BBC investigation into NHS gender clinic waiting lists

Graham Robson March 20, 2024

The mum of a trans woman who took her own life has said that transgender patients facing a years-long wait for NHS gender care are being handed a “death sentence”. Responding to data obtained by the BBC Newsnight, which found it would take 10 years to clear the backlog of people waiting for first appointments […]

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Arts

Terrence Higgins Trust works with BBC’s EastEnders on major HIV storyline

Graham Robson January 6, 2023

HIV/sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) has confirmed it is working with BBC’s EastEnders to develop a major new storyline, which will see character Zack Hudson (James Farrar) diagnosed with HIV 30 years after the seminal Mark Fowler storyline.

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