Film This Friday – a DOUBLE BILL of awesome trans film at the Duke of York Cinema as part of the 11th Annual Brighton International Trans Film Festival This Friday it’s a double bill of trans film at the Duke of York Cinema in Brighton as part of the 11th Annual Brighton International Trans Film Festival, which received a record number of submissions this year. The first screening is of incredible short films from all over the globe with doors at 6 By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Screenshot News Formula 1 driver Ralf Schumacher comes out as gay Ralf Schumacher, Formula One driver and brother of Michael Schumacher, has come out as gay on Instagram. The brother of the seven-time F1 champion took to Instagram on Sunday, June 14 to post a picture of himself and another man standing arm-in-arm on a boat. The caption on the image read: ‘The most By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News “I’m done.” Ellen DeGeneres to quit show business after upcoming Netflix special Ellen DeGeneres is saying goodbye to show business and public eye after her upcoming Netflix special, which is set to premiere later this year. During the former talk show host’s Ellen’s Last Stand…Up stop in Santa Rosa, California, in July, DeGeneres announced that she’s leaving Hollywood after a f By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Brenda Biya, daughter of Cameroon’s President Paul Biya, declares she is a lesbian Brenda Biya, the 26-year-old daughter of Cameroon‘s President Paul Biya, has declared she is a lesbian on Instagram. The president’s daughter set off a firestorm of reaction in Cameroon when she shared pictures on social media of herself kissing her girlfriend and expressing her wish for them to liv By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Pride My Pride Song 2024: Join Pride Classical’s celebration of Pride and allyship, as part of Pride in Liverpool Pride Classical, the organisation dedicated to celebrating LGBTQ+ history and culture through the power of music, is returning with My Pride Song, a celebration of Pride and allyship in partnership with St Johns Shopping Centre, as part of Pride in Liverpool, which takes place 26 and 27 July. My Pri By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Fundraising News A sssssssizzling Summer Beach Party, Quiz and Fundraiser for the Sussex Beacon at Regency Tavern, Brighton Quizmaster Extraordinaire Ross Cameron is to host a ssssizzling Summer Beach Party, Quiz and Fundraiser for local HIV charity the Sussex Beacon at the Regency Tavern, Brighton on Wednesday, July 24. The Sussex Beacon say: “The big question is, what does one wear? Whatever one wears to the beach – no By Graham Robson • 1 min read
News Brighton & Hove councillors to decide the future of the King Alfred Leisure Centre next week Brighton & Hove councillors are being asked to agree to progress the development of a new leisure facility on part of the existing King Alfred seafront site. The recommendation, which goes before Cabinet next week, follows what the city council calls a “comprehensive search”, where two proposed site By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News New report finds legal protections for LGBTQ+ people have increased around the world A new report from the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law in the United States indicates significant progress in the number of countries with LGBTQ+ inclusive laws and policies over time. In 1990, 57% of countries around the world had few or no legal protections based on sexual orientation (SO) By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News A Queer Night at Hove Museum on Thursday, August 1 Join Queer Heritage South for a pre-Pride celebration at Hove Museum of Creativity on Thursday, August 1. Queer Heritage South joins Days of Wonder for a night of music, talks, performances, video projections, and art, to explore the queer legacy of Hove Museum’s film & media collection. The event w By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Sport “I like to kiss guys”: American athletics star Trey Cunningham comes out as gay American athletics star Trey Cunningham, a World Athletics Championships silver medallist, has come out publicly as gay. In an interview with The New York Times, Cunningham said that coming out to his family said that coming out to his family in private five years ago was the “scariest thing I’ve ev By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Suella Braverman faces backlash after describing Progress Pride flag as “monstrous” Suella Braverman MP, former Home Secretary, has faced backlash after she described flying the Progress Pride flag as “monstrous” and blamed “liberal Conservatives” for the party suffering a record defeat in General Election. Braverman, who is touted as new Tory leader, was speaking at the the Nation By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Waterstones employee sacked after threatening to “tear up and bin” a book by gender-critical author, Christina Dalcher Tilly Fitzgerald, who runs social media account Tilly Loves Books, which boasts 90,000 followers, has been sacked by Waterstones after she criticised gender-critical author Christina Dalcher, who supports Seen Network, which “works to protect women’s right and raise concerns around the impact of gen By Graham Robson • 1 min read
