Coventry and West Midlands Worcester opens its first LGBTQ+ café The café, which offers a community board and a small book collection – with donations from several local queer writers – also aims to host various events, and as a queer community hub is bookable for events, meet-ups and more. By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
Birmingham IN PICTURES: Birmingham Pride – 25 Years of Pride and Protest Taking place over the spring bank holiday in 1997, the first Birmingham Pride – that evolved into what we know today – attracted 15,000 visitors. In 2022, Birmingham Pride celebrates 25 years of Pride and Protest. To celebrate, Scene has curated a collection of photographs and memories which span ac By Catherine Muxworthy • 7 min read
Arts Back to Books fundraising to sustain their radical and representative bookselling Back to Books is a Digbeth-based independent bookshop that first began in May 2019, when its founder Alexia was struggling to find an independent bookshop in her new home city of Birmingham. By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
Birmingham Just Like Us partners with Birmingham Pride to teach students about LGBTQ+ history To celebrate Birmingham Pride’s 25th anniversary, Just Like Us and Birmingham Pride have launched a new partnership that will allow school students to get involved with Pride for the first time. By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
Arts Exhibition at Walsall Art Gallery explores untold stories of gay and trans communities HERE&QUEER is a new exhibition at the New Art Gallery Walsall which “aims to show there is no one definitive queer experience, just as there is no one straight experience, we are all complex and multi-faceted human beings and we hope that the displays give the opportunity for people to gain new insi By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
Coventry and West Midlands Walsall Pride announces line-up acts for Pride event on Saturday, August 27 Walsall Pride will be held in 2022 on Saturday, August 27 in the Arboretum extension, with a main stage, dance arena, and cabaret stage. Plus, there will also be stalls, food vendors, licenced bars, and children’s rides and inflatables in the family area. The line-up for the main stage, hosted by dr By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
Arts Birmingham shortlisted to host Eurovision 2023 The BBC has now confirmed the outcome of the first stage of the Host City bidding process for the 67th Eurovision Song Contest, which will be held in the UK in 2023. Birmingham, alongside six other cities 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
Arts Digbeth cinema to screen ‘MAISIE’ documentary Directed by Lee Cooper, MAISIE tells the story of David Raven who, with 50 years in the business, still performs as Maisie Trollette. By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
Birmingham Umbrella Health Birmingham – monkeypox information Umbrella Health is now able to vaccinate people who are at high risk of contracting monkeypox. However, due to very limited stocks of the vaccine, these will be offered “through routine services based on the risk level of the person, in the same way we offer other vaccines such as hepatitis A and HP By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
Birmingham Remember Their Names – the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt visits Birmingham The UK AIDS Memorial Quilt is on display at Pride House Birmingham until August 8 By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
Birmingham Birmingham botanical student becomes first drag queen to appear on Gardeners’ World During Pride Month, Daisy Desire made Gardeners’ World history as she became the first drag queen to appear on the iconic BBC 2 show By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
