Birmingham IN PICTURES: Birmingham Pride 2022 Catherine Muxworthy captures this year’s Birmingham Pride, celebrating 25 years of Protest, Power and Pride. By Catherine Muxworthy • 5 min read
Birmingham Birmingham Unicorns cricket team working to make the game accessible for all Birmingham Unicorns is only the world’s second openly LGBTQ+ cricket club, which was formed during lockdown by cricket-lover Lachlan Smith, who wanted to create a space for the LGBTQ+ community to connect again after the pandemic. Now, the competitive team has over 30 registered players. By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
Birmingham Pride Birmingham Birmingham Pride seeks permanent home in the city Lawrence Barton, Birmingham Pride’s director, has backed a motion by Conservative councillors Gareth Moore and Adam Higgs, calling for a permanent home for Birmingham Pride within the city. By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
Arts Birmingham Literature Festival to celebrate queer writing Two of the UK’s “most exciting voices in queer writing” will come together during Birmingham Literature Festival to discuss “their novels, their writing and the LGBTQ+ writing scene, which is finally seeing the celebration it deserves.” By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
Birmingham Aston Villa’s Pride range to support LGBTQ+ activity in the community Throughout September and October, Aston Villa will be working with their retail partner Fanatics to re-activate this initiative, in line with their support for Birmingham Pride, and the rainbow laces period throughout October. By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
Birmingham Birmingham’s LGBTQ+ community pays tribute to Carlos ‘Robin’ Medina “Hurst Street has lost one of its legends, Carlos Medina was a star in the real sense and now he shines brightly in the heavens. We will never forget him and he will doubtless be remembered at this year’s Pride.” By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
Birmingham Glamorous Birmingham security staff declared heroes after tackling ‘swordsman’ Following an incident that happened on Hurst Street in Birmingham in the early hours of Sunday, September 11, a doorman for Glamorous nightclub has been called a hero after chasing and tackling a suspect who was wielding a large sword. By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
Arts Birmingham’s Black Peppa joins the cast of Drag Race UK season 4 Their drag name comes from a combination of things – celebrating their blackness, a friend obsessed with Peppa Pig and a love of spiced food. By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
Birmingham New parade route for Birmingham Pride’s 25th anniversary The parade will begin in Centenary Square, which will allow space for more people and entries than ever before. The parade will then leave Centenary Square at roughly 12pm, led by Fatt Projects’ MOBILISE By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
Arts West Midlands star announced as Strictly Come Dancing’s next same-sex pairing Richie Anderson, a radio and TV personality, has been announced as the third celebrity dancer added to the hit BBC show, Strictly Come Dancing. By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
Coventry and West Midlands IN PICTURES: Walsall Pride 2022 On Saturday, August 27, Walsall Pride celebrated their tenth anniversary pride event, after it was delayed as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. For the first time, the event was held in the arboretum rather than the town centre, allowing the community to celebrate Pride in a public space. By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
Coventry and West Midlands New ‘treatment room’ designed for LGBTQ+ people opens in Wolverhampton Located at 27 School Street in Wolverhampton, a new treatment room – set up by the registered charity Wolverhampton LGBT+ – will offer holistic therapies and services for the LGBTQ+ community. By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
