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Birmingham’s Flatpack Film Festival to explore ‘Chinese Queers’

Catherine Muxworthy April 26, 2024

An event entitled Chinese Queers; Diasporic Dykes: Saving Face + Reality Fragment 160921 will be held as part of 2024’s Flatpack Film Festival – a mobile arts organisation which takes over Birmingham venues every May. Programmed by writer, curator and artist Yifan He, the event will feature a screening of Alice Wu’s Saving Face, which […]

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International News

Celebrate the diversity of LGBTQ+ families with the 13th annual International Family Equality Day on May 5

Graham Robson April 26, 2024

Celebrate and honour the diversity of LGBTQ+ families across the globe with the 13th annual International Family Equality Day (IFED). On May 5, LGBTQ+ people and their families and friends will get together across the globe to celebrate the 13th annual IFED – an awareness day that highlights family diversity and advocates for equality for […]

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Pride

Get in on the ‘Love Action’! The Human League to headline this year’s Bristol Pride

Graham Robson April 26, 2024

Bristol Pride has announced that pop icons The Human League will be headlining the Main Stage at this year’s festival, which returns to The Downs this summer on Saturday, 13 July. With an incredible 44 years in the business, synthpop legends and hit makers The Human League will close the Main Stage ‘in style’ as […]

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LGBTQ+ News

Queefing Championships to Queer Rights: Gay Thoughts Pod, which dives deep into lesbian life, launches during Lesbian Visibility Week

Graham Robson April 26, 2024

Launched during Lesbian Visibility Week, Gay Thoughts Pod champions the visibility and rights of lesbians and the wider LGBTQ+ community through engaging discussions led by the Paris Munro and Helen Scott. Whether it’s the raucous hilarity of the ‘Queefing Championships’, or the impactful stories of Paris Munro’s personal transition journey, this podcast covers the full […]

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Community News

Making Brighton ‘POP!’: local artist Dave Pop! and city centre businesses team up to dress city centre for the summer

Graham Robson April 25, 2024

The city centre’s streets of Brighton are brightened up this summer by colourful and fun banners, created by Brighton artist Dave Pop! with the support of local businesses, to signal the start of a celebratory season of creativity. Dave Pop!’s playful illustrations, which take inspiration from traditional, decorative fairground imagery (and a sprinkle of seaside […]

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Community News

Legends and Two Brewers launch fundraisers ahead of events in Brighton and London to celebrate the life of Miss Jason

Graham Robson April 25, 2024

LGBTQ+ venues Legends in Brighton and Two Brewers in London have launched fundraisers ahead of events in Brighton and London to celebrate the life of cabaret and LGBTQ+ community star Jason Sutton aka Miss Jason, who we sadly lost on Monday, April 22. Both venues are hoping to raise £10,000 to “ensure that Jason gets […]

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Pride

UK Black Pride to return on Sunday, August 11

Graham Robson April 25, 2024

On Sunday, August 11, UK Black Pride once again brings the community together for a party and protest at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, London. Now officially the world’s largest celebration for LGBTQ+ people of African, Asian, Caribbean, Latin American and Middle Eastern descent, the event will see a range of performances, talks, community […]

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LGBTQ+ News

LGBTQ+ veterans charity awarded grant to create UK’s first memorial to “lost legion” of LGBTQ+ veterans

Graham Robson April 25, 2024

Fighting With Pride (FWP), the LGBTQ+ veterans’ charity, has been awarded a £350,000 grant to create the UK’s first memorial dedicated to the “lost legion” of LGBTQ+ people who have served in the armed forces. The memorial, which will be built  at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire, has been created following a review, led […]

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Television

The very colourful life of Miriam Rivera to be explored in new Channel 4 documentary

Graham Robson April 24, 2024

The nation is to learn the incredible story of Miriam Rivera, a trans reality TV sensation who died aged 38 in 2019, when Channel 4 broadcasts its new three-part series from 29 April. According to Channel 4, the documentary will explore Miriam Rivera’s “life, death, and extraordinary legacy”. Its synopsis reads: “Using Miriam’s own voice […]

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LGBTQ+ News

Grindr accused of sharing personal data, including people’s HIV status, with third parties

Graham Robson April 24, 2024

Grindr, the world’s biggest dating app for gay men, which is used by 13 million people every month, including 924,000 people in the UK, is to “respond vigorously” to a claim it shared personal information such as people’s HIV status with third parties. According to the claim, lodged at the High Court in London, “covert […]

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