Out To Swim, which runs LGBTQ+ swimming clubs across the UK including Bristol, Brighton and London, has announced it has expanded into two new cities, Bournemouth and Newcastle. The LGBTQ+ swimming club was founded in London in 1992 by a small band of enterprising swimmers from the LGBTQ+ community. In 2006 the club expanded by […]
A mural in Bournemouth, created to highlight the area’s football club and its LGBTQ+ community, has been vandalised. Just days after the unveiling of the new art, which was created by MBN Arts for AFC Bournemouth (AFCB), offenders have vandalised the LGBTQ+ flag section of the painting, colouring over it with a marker pen. Mike […]
Ivan Browne, 26, who was “hell-bent on violence”, has been convicted of inflicting grievous bodily harm without intent after assaulting a gay man who was leaving Bournemouth Pride with his boyfriend. The incident, which occurred at Meyrick Park in the evening on 9 July 2022, saw Browne yell at the victim “you queer ****”, before […]
Jess Gibbons has been appointed as Brighton & Hove City Council’s new Chief Executive. Councillors agreed to the appointment on Thursday, December 14 at a meeting of the Full Council and she will start her new job on Monday, March 18, 2024. Jess has been Chief Operations Officer at Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council since […]
Dr Reece Bush-Evans represented Bournemouth University at this year’s Bourne Free festival, discussing his research into the impact of gambling on LGBTQ+ communities.
Stafford councillors have voted to replace male pronouns in the town’s constitution with gender-neutral terms.
The Bournemouth city council are due to meet to discuss dropping gendered terms from communications.
Bournemouth Pride: 2021 Dates and Theme Announced
To commemorate the 50-year anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in England, Bournemouth’s Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum is launching a major new exhibition, Refracted: Collection Highlights.
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Texas bill, filed by Republicans, could charge trans people with ‘gender identity fraud’Tuesday March 11, 2025
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Stafford Pride criticises “homophobic” church after it is granted permission to move into former Stafford cinemaMonday March 10, 2025
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Drag queen Orla Nothin’ to run five marathons in five countries for charityMonday March 10, 2025
