Birmingham Birmingham to commemorate 35th World AIDS Day Birmingham will mark the 35th World AIDS Day with a vigil at the ‘Ribbons’ HIV and AIDS Memorial, Hippodrome Square on Friday, December 1. The event, designed to “remember, educate and celebrate”, will feature music, speeches, candles and lanterns, and a minute’s silence. Those who wish to join the By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
Fundraising News Fundraiser launched to help Birmingham trans youth group empower young trans and non-binary people A GoFundMe has been launched for the Birmingham-based trans-lead youth group, Emerge. Run by Birmingham LGBT since 2015, Emerge, a group for trans, non-binary, gender fluid and gender questioning people age 13-19 in the West Midlands, seeks to fundraise £3,000 which will allow them to keep their ser By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
Mental Health Birmingham to host mental health wellbeing sessions for the LGBTQ+ community Birmingham Mind’s Community Development Workers Team are hosting two Spill the Tea wellbeing events in November for the LGBTQ+ community. On Monday, November 6 and Monday, November 20 from 4 – 6pm the mental health charity will be providing workshops on wellbeing and improved mental health. The Spil By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
Theatre REVIEW: ‘Cowbois’ @ RSC’s Swan Theatre – a rollicking queer Western Described as “A rollicking queer Western like nothing you’ve seen before”, Cowbois is a new play written by Charlie Josephine and co-directed by Charlie and Sean Holmes for the Royal Shakespeare Company. Set in a sleepy Wild West town, the women who live there are almost entirely cut off from outsid By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
Birmingham New celebrity and character competition launched by Birmingham’s House of Allure Lead Photo cred Irina Mackie Drag performer Dominus Von Vexo – of the House of Allure (a Birmingham based burlesque and cabaret group) – has announced a new competition The Audition, which will focus on acts based on celebrities and characters, both fictional and real-life. Dominus themselves is kno By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
Birmingham Get Voting! Birmingham Awards shortlist includes figures and groups from the LGBTQ+ community The Birmingham Awards, which highlight and recognise the ongoing contributions of local citizens, have released their shortlist which includes several figures and groups from the LGBTQ+ community. By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
Comedy Queer Staffordshire comedian, Josh Reynolds, nominated for comedy award Josh Reynolds, a regular guest at Queer as Joke events in Birmingham, has been nominated for the Breaking Talent Award 2023 at this year’s Birmingham Comedy Festival. Raised “all over Staffordshire”, Reynolds currently lives in Newcastle-Under-Lyme, and their stand-up début was a five-minute spot al By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
HIV Birmingham HIV activist joins National AIDS Trust’s World AIDS Day 2023 campaign Birmingham-based artist and HIV activist Garry Jones is one of three faces leading National AIDS Trust’s (NAT) Rock the Ribbon campaign for World AIDS Day 2023. Jones was pivotal in conceptualising, campaigning for and fundraising for Birmingham’s HIV & AIDS Memorial alongside several other campaign By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
Glitch Please Pride IN PICTURES: Chase Pride 2023 Chase Pride returned to Hednesford Park for its second year on Saturday, September 2 with Danny Beard once again headlining. By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
Pride IN PICTURES: Walsall Pride 2023 Walsall Pride 2023 returned for its second year in the Arboretum Extension over the bank holiday weekend, on Saturday, August 26. By Catherine Muxworthy • 3 min read
Television Second series of Joe Lycett’s ‘Late Night Lycett’ commissioned by Channel 4 Comedian Joe Lycett’s mischievous live entertainment show, Late Night Lycett, which broadcast from Birmingham, has been recommissioned for a second series. In series one, Joe combined some of the biggest names in show-business – including Dame Joan Collins, Dame Joanna Lumley, Richard E. Grant, Munr By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
Birmingham Birmingham Pride and West Midlands Police announce new hate crime reporting partnership The Loft bar will become a hub where those who have experienced or witnesses a hate crime can report the incident. By Catherine Muxworthy • 3 min read
