LGBTQ+ News Survey finds 40% of bisexuals don’t feel accepted by the LGBTQ+ community A new survey by HER, a dating app for lesbian, bi, and queer individuals, has revealed that 40% of bisexual people feel invisible in LGBTQ+ spaces. Collating the responses of 2,000 users, the survey, which is published to coincide with Bi Awareness Week, highlights challenges in the bi community, in By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Teen sentenced to five years for kicking trans woman in the head in Swansea Alex Edwards, a 19-year-old far-right extremist, has been jailed for more than five years for kicking a trans woman in the head. The teen from Swansea was sentenced at Winchester Crown Court for causing actual bodily harm, disseminating terrorist material and having a bladed article in a public plac By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Transgender News Brighton & Hove City Council seeks views on revised draft Trans Inclusion Schools Toolkit Brighton & Hove City Council is seeking views on the revised draft Trans Inclusion Schools Toolkit, which is designed to empower staff and governors in the city’s schools and colleges to develop inclusive policies and practices that specifically support trans children and young people. The council s By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Community News “Brighton & Hove is exactly the wrong type of place to try and pull stunts like that.” Transphobic group kicked out of the Southern Belle pub in Brighton A group of transphobes, calling themselves Free Speech Union, were ejected from the Southern Belle pub in Brighton on September 17. The group, which met to discuss “safeguarding children against pervasive gender ideology”, were told to leave by management after a complaint was made about their impro By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Transgender News Actress and influencer Kesaria Abramidzem, the first person in Georgia to publicly come out as trans, is “stabbed to death” in “premeditated attack” A man has been arrested after Kesaria Abramidze, 37, a Georgian trans model and prominent public figure, was stabbed to death in her apartment in a “premeditated” attack, amid criticism of a government crackdown on LGBTQ+ rights. The actress and influencer was killed in a knife attack on Wednesday, By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Film Plans for London’s first LGBTQ+ cinema approved by Southwark Council Plans for what is believed to be London’s first LGBTQ+ cinema have been approved. Simon Burke and Piers Greenlees, who opened the area’s first LGBTQ+ pub, The Rising SE1, in April last year, plan to open The Arzner, comprising a cinema and cocktail bar, which is named after Dorothy Arzner, a pioneer By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Screenshot News CCTV footage released of men wanted in connection with rape and sexual assault on Brighton beach on September 8 Police have released CCTV images of three men after reports that a teenage girl was raped and a woman was sexually assaulted on Brighton beach at around 6am on September 8. The alleged incidents took place in an area between the two piers at the beach and the two victims know each other, according t By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Television Meet Kiki Snatch – one of the fierce new queens of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK season 6 International drag icon, RuPaul, is back in Blighty with his cult competitive reality show. Rooted in camp, British pop culture, and famed for its unpredictability, Drag Race UK fans will be delighted with a rambunctious new cast, and a competition with even more twists, more laughs and more sass. S By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Arts Marlborough Productions celebrates 15 years of pioneering intersectional queer culture and performance This September, Marlborough Productions celebrates 15 years of creating and supporting boundary-pushing, cutting-edge queer performance, parties, heritage and radical gatherings. A catalyst for queer culture and community, Marlborough Productions has worked alongside writers, performers, activists, By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Fundraising News Bridgerton actor Jonathan Bailey announced as JustGiving’s Celebrity Fundraiser of the Year after raising an incredible £33,452 for LGBTQ+ youth charity, Just Like Us Bridgerton actor Jonathan Bailey has been announced as JustGiving‘s Celebrity Fundraiser of the Year after raising an incredible £33,452 for LGBTQ+ youth charity Just Like Us, of which is patron! “If Just Like Us were around when I was at school, it would have been a lot easier and I would’ve had a By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Transgender News Hundreds of plaster casts of trans and non-binary people unveiled as latest installation on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square Hundreds of plaster casts of trans and non-binary people have been unveiled as the latest installation, Mil Veces un Instante (A Thousand Times in an Instant), on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square, London The sculpture, created by Mexican artist Teresa Margolles, features the faces of 726 trans, By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Lady Gaga Transgender News Lady Gaga refused to deny trans rumours as she had a responsibility to trans kids who “might be accused of that” Bad Romance singer and actor Lady Gaga has broken her silence on trans rumours in a new episode of What Next? In The Future With Bill Gates, a show which “delves into pressing global issues”. The multi award-winning singer and actor, sat down for a candid interview on the show, saying she didn’t fee By Graham Robson • 1 min read
