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The Saturday Scene: Happy Pride Month

Time flies. It is hard to believe it is already June. Didn't we just celebrate New Year's a few weeks ago? I am looking forward to

Trans Rights

Hampstead Heath’s Bathing Ponds to remain trans inclusive spaces as City Corporation agrees future access policy

Health & Wellbeing

Russell T Davies’ Tip Toe hailed as ‘natural legacy’ of It’s A Sin

Features & Longread

Paul Mescal issues first public statement on trans rights ahead of London Trans+ Pride

Features & Longread

Millwall Romans and Zander Murray urge clubs to adopt and fund dedicated LGBTQ+ football teams

North America

“We won’t disappear”: LGBTQ+ travel brand fights back against Boy Scouts of America lawsuit

Trans Rights

Backlash as minister's comments on gender guidance criticised at start of Pride Month

What's New

INTERVIEW: Independent artist SAFIRE is that girl

The Saturday Scene

The Saturday Scene: Happy Pride Month

News

Stonewall and Dame Kelly Holmes host Rainbow Laces roundtable to tackle LGBTQ+ barriers in sport

Culture

Motha descends on NYC: Grindr and Madonna team up for legendary Times Square performance

News

Martin Kemp praised for speaking secret gay language Polari

Features & Longread

INTERVIEW: Adam Imber and Ali Najjar on two faiths, one love story and a happy ending

Spotlight Features & Longread

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INTERVIEW: Adam Imber and Ali Najjar on two faiths, one love story and a happy ending

"Creating a ceremony that honoured both of our cultures meant everything to us. It was important that the day reflected who we are rather than following a traditional template."

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Russell T Davies’ Tip Toe hailed as ‘natural legacy’ of It’s A Sin

Russell T Davies has described his new Channel 4 drama Tip Toe as a “natural legacy” of his critically acclaimed series It’s A Sin, as leading HIV charities welcomed

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Features & Longread

Millwall Romans and Zander Murray urge clubs to adopt and fund dedicated LGBTQ+ football teams

Former professional footballer Zander Murray has joined calls for urgent change across English football, as Millwall Romans launched a new campaign urging Premier League and EFL clubs to adopt and

News

Stonewall and Dame Kelly Holmes host Rainbow Laces roundtable to tackle LGBTQ+ barriers in sport

News

Martin Kemp praised for speaking secret gay language Polari

News

Rail operator Lumo named Best Small Employer at national Proud Scotland Awards

News

“Last chance for love”: Privy Council to rule on landmark Caribbean anti‑gay laws appeal

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Health & Wellbeing

Russell T Davies’ Tip Toe hailed as ‘natural legacy’ of It’s A Sin

Russell T Davies has described his new Channel 4 drama Tip Toe as a “natural legacy” of his critically acclaimed series It’s A Sin, as leading HIV charities welcomed

Culture

Motha descends on NYC: Grindr and Madonna team up for legendary Times Square performance

Culture

LGBTQ+ documentary ‘Legendary Children’ fetches new audience with dog‑friendly Pride 2026 screening

Culture

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold Theatre Royal Brighton

Culture

BBC documentary explores claims King James I was Britain’s ‘first gay monarch’

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Trans Rights

Brighton & Hove council leader, Bella Sankey, raises concerns over EHRC guidance on single-sex spaces

The leader of Brighton & Hove City Council has raised concerns about new guidance issued by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) on single-sex spaces, warning it could create

Politics

Essex libraries banned from promoting LGBTQ+ and Pride events under new Reform UK leadership

Trans Rights

New Health Secretary James Murray says he would no longer use the phrase “trans women are women”

Summer 2026 Issue

Not all of us vote the same way. And the people trying to weaponise that fact know exactly what they’re doing.

Summer 2026 Issue

Not all of us vote the same way, and that’s the point

Explore Pride

Features & Longread

Paul Mescal issues first public statement on trans rights ahead of London Trans+ Pride

Actor Paul Mescal has issued his first public statement on trans rights as London Trans+ Pride prepares to return to the capital this summer, with organisers warning that this year’

Community Corner

INTERVIEW: Independent artist SAFIRE is that girl

Features & Longread

INTERVIEW: Adam Imber and Ali Najjar on two faiths, one love story and a happy ending

Pride

Pride in Luton to continue under new community-led model after charity wind-down

Politics

Essex libraries banned from promoting LGBTQ+ and Pride events under new Reform UK leadership

Explore Trans Rights

Trans Rights

Hampstead Heath’s Bathing Ponds to remain trans inclusive spaces as City Corporation agrees future access policy

Hampstead Heath’s Bathing Ponds will continue to operate as trans inclusive spaces under a future access policy agreed by elected Members of the City of London Corporation today. It

Trans Rights

Growth of the 'gender critical' movement has been supported by the UK media, Amnesty report concludes

Trans Rights

“Our Future, Our Fight”: Trans+ Pride London to return to the capital in July

Trans Rights

New Health Secretary James Murray says he would no longer use the phrase “trans women are women”

Trans Rights

Clinicians warn NHS over ‘flawed’ evidence behind trans youth hormone policy

Explore Health & Wellbeing

Health & Wellbeing

Russell T Davies’ Tip Toe hailed as ‘natural legacy’ of It’s A Sin

Russell T Davies has described his new Channel 4 drama Tip Toe as a “natural legacy” of his critically acclaimed series It’s A Sin, as leading HIV charities welcomed

Health & Wellbeing

More gay and bisexual men donating blood after rule changes, new analysis shows

Health & Wellbeing

Rule change allows thousands more LGBTQ+ Australians to donate blood

Health & Wellbeing

The hidden cost of executive dysfunction when you're queer and trying to stay afloat

Health & Wellbeing

Scotland ‘could be first country in world to end HIV transmission’ by 2030, say charities

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Summer 2026 Issue

The Future of Jewish Pride: Dave Lynn on drag, identity and a life on stage

There’s a particular kind of energy backstage just before a drag show begins. It’s not loud. Not yet. It hums quietly in the background - in the rustle

LIVE

Big Laughs, Bigger Heart: Ali Jay brings inclusive comedy to Brighton Fringe

LIVE

The Most "Heterosexual" Couple in Showbiz: Pearl & Dean at Brighton Fringe

LIVE

Brighton star Lizzie Bea joins the West End cast of Les Misérables

LIVE

Sugar, grief and a lot of laughs: Sam Morrison brings Sugar Daddy to Soho

LIVE

EXCLUSIVE: BAFTA-winner Jordan Gray on turning fear into laughter in her new tour

Perspectives Community Corner

Community Corner

INTERVIEW: Independent artist SAFIRE is that girl

Serving EXXXTASY realness

Community Corner

Peter Tatchell Foundation supporter wins £25,000 Rainbow Lottery jackpot

Community Corner

‘It’s about celebrating people’: Inside Fetish UK, the inclusive new title reshaping the scene

Community Corner

Brighton surf club launches LGBTQ+ inclusion sessions

Community Corner

Brighton & Hove Rainbow Run returns to Hove Park for fifth year as part of Pride weekend

Community Corner

La Monocle: raising funds to open South London's first Lesbian and FLINTA bar

Perspectives UK

Community Corner

INTERVIEW: Independent artist SAFIRE is that girl

Serving EXXXTASY realness

News

Stonewall and Dame Kelly Holmes host Rainbow Laces roundtable to tackle LGBTQ+ barriers in sport

News

Rail operator Lumo named Best Small Employer at national Proud Scotland Awards

Culture

A definitive ranking of every MARINA x Marina and the Diamonds Album

Anti‑LGBTQ+ bullying remains widespread in UK schools, data shows

News

Memorial to Mark Ashton, co-founder of Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners, delayed by council

Perspectives North America

North America

US support for same‑sex marriage dips after decades of growth

Support for same‑sex marriage in the United States has stalled after more than two decades of steady growth, with a slight decline recorded in a new Gallup poll. The

North America

Gay porn star Drake Von arrested on domestic violence charges in Las Vegas

North America

“We won’t disappear”: LGBTQ+ travel brand fights back against Boy Scouts of America lawsuit

North America

Man who led conversion therapy ministry arrested in child sex investigation

North America

First openly gay NBA player, Jason Collins, dies aged 47

North America

Florida man charged after allegedly targeting five-year-old child “for being gay”

Perspectives Europe

Summer 2026 Issue

Hope and caution in Hungary: what Magyar’s victory really means

When Viktor Orbán conceded defeat on 12 April, the relief across LGBTQ+ Europe was palpable. After sixteen years of authoritarian rule, the man who had made Hungary a laboratory for