Birmingham Juno Birch to perform at Birmingham’s Nightingale Club in December Fresh off her tour, Attack of the Stunning, the alien superstar drag performer will be joined by Jenna Davinci, Dahliah Rivers, Sissy, Kenya Knott and Zodi. By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
Birmingham Planning begins for new Trans Pride parade in Birmingham After holding a successful Trans Pride community picnic event in Cathedral Square, which was attended by over 150 people from across the West Midlands, Trans Pride Birmingham is now designing a new Trans Pride event specifically for the trans community in Birmingham. By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
News After a successful first year, Chase Pride is returning to Hednesford Park, Staffordshire next year from Friday, September 1 The inaugural event in 2022 saw more than 5,500 people flock to the park for the festival, completely smashing the organisers’ expectations. By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
Birmingham Pride Birmingham Birmingham Pride wins Birmingham Music Award Ahead of Birmingham Pride 2022, it was revealed the event had won a Birmingham Music Award (BMA) for Best Festival By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
Birmingham Birmingham Pride to return to May bank holiday slot in 2023 Birmingham Pride is to return next year from Saturday, May 27 to Sunday, May 28, with no news yet on whether the free Community Event will return on the Friday. By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
Birmingham Fatt Butcher’s ‘Anywhere is a Dancefloor’ wins Best Short Film Award at G.L.A.D Film Festival The film sees queer joy brought to Birmingham’s public spaces By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
Arts Cadbury recreates Black Peppa’s Drag Race UK headdress Following Black Peppa’s win, Cadbury put their Bournville chocolatiers to work as they re-created the iconic chocolate headdress, this time using real chocolate as their materials. By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
Birmingham Plans scrapped for apartments that threatened Birmingham’s gay village Plans for a 12-story block of multi-million-pound apartments in Birmingham’s gay village have been withdrawn after concerns regarding noise and the nightlife economy. The complex – which was the latest in a line of housing developments in the area – would have housed 133 apartments. By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
Birmingham New funding launched for LGBTQ+ community groups in Birmingham In partnership with Birmingham City Council and Heart of England Foundation Trust, Birmingham LGBT has launched a new pilot project to fund LGBTQ+ community groups in Birmingham. By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
Birmingham Student targeted in homophobic hate crime at Birmingham Pride Raphael Kohn (20) was the target of a homophobic hate crime at Birmingham Pride following the parade on Saturday. Raphael, a third-year medical student at the University of Birmingham, was verbally abused by a man as he was heading home from Pride. By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
Birmingham Legendary Nightingale Club DJ, Tony De Vit, honoured with blue plaque Tony De Vit has been honoured with a blue plaque in Birmingham, making him the first UK DJ to receive such an honour. By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
Birmingham Birmingham’s Nightingale Club to feature in new map, which explores 50 years of British LGBTQ+ nightlife Exploring 50 years of British LGBTQ+ nightlife and parties, Here, There, Everywhere is a map that has been lovingly created by Crack magazine, Queer Britain – the UK’s first LGBTQ+ museum – and Levi’s By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
