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Birmingham Pride 2024 loses £15,000 council sponsorship

Birmingham Pride 2024 loses £15,000 council sponsorship

Birmingham City Council, which declared bankruptcy in late 2023, has removed £15,000 sponsorship for this year’s Birmingham Pride festival. Lawrence Barton, the festival’s director, expressed disappointment in this decision, telling BBC Midlands Today that the authority was “not supporting our event

Birmingham Metropolitan College to celebrate LGBT+ History Month with panel discussion

Birmingham Metropolitan College to celebrate LGBT+ History Month with panel discussion

Birmingham Metropolitan (BMet) College’s Inclusive Support Department have organised an LGBTQ+ panel discussion for students, staff and invited guests to mark this year’s LGBT+ History Month. The event, which will be held on February 27, will feature five speakers including: two of the department’s

Two of the UK’s top Pride events – Birmingham Pride and Brighton & Hove Pride – have launched Low Income Ticket Schemes

Two of the UK’s top Pride events – Birmingham Pride and Brighton & Hove Pride – have launched Low Income Ticket Schemes

Two of the UK’s top Pride events – Birmingham Pride and Brighton & Hove Pride – have launched Low Income Ticket Schemes to ensure that events are as inclusive and accessible as possible. Birmingham Pride Supported by HSBC UK, Birmingham Pride festival 2024 will be held Saturday, May 25 and Sunday, M

Birmingham Pride 2024 line-up to include Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Tia Kofi, Louis III and Heather Small

Birmingham Pride 2024 line-up to include Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Tia Kofi, Louis III and Heather Small

Birmingham Pride has announced the first handful of names in their 2024 festival line-up, which includes Heather Small, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Tia Kofi, and Louis III, all of whom will be performing over the Pride weekend held on the May bank holiday. Sophie Ellis-Bextor, who recently shot back up the

MOBILISE to celebrate final Queer Power Party in Birmingham

MOBILISE to celebrate final Queer Power Party in Birmingham

Fatt Projects‘ MOBILISE will celebrate their final Queer Power Party (for a while) in Birmingham on Saturday, March 2. This is the last MOBILISE that Fatt Projects currently have funding to host so they are inviting local LGBTQ+ people to join them for one final dance before they take a break to fig

New exhibition at Birmingham’s Back to Backs to honour drag performer, Twiggy

New exhibition at Birmingham’s Back to Backs to honour drag performer, Twiggy

Twiggy – The Drag Market, a new exhibition at Birmingham’s National Trust Back to Backs, will explore the career and creative process behind one of the best-known personas of Birmingham’s queer scene. The new exhibition, opening January 26, will feature costumes and photography from the past 40 year

Midlands-based gay couple fighting for their relationship following Home Office rejection

Midlands-based gay couple fighting for their relationship following Home Office rejection

A married gay couple – Jack and George Scott-Lee who are both professional dancers, running a dance academy in Tipton – have been left ‘heartbroken’ after the Home Office rejected George’s partner visa, giving him just 14 days to leave the country. George, who is originally from Venezuela, arrived i

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