LGBTQ Choirs Snowing Me, Snowing You! Brighton’s LGBTQ+ Rainbow Chorus share details of winter concert Join Brighton and Hove’s LGBTQ+ Rainbow Chorus on Saturday, December 9 at St Georges Church in Kemptown as they entertain you with a blizzard of classics and festive treats plus a light dusting of ABBA! Tickets are now on sale for the Winter Concert, Snowing Me, Snowing You and you can expect a fun By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Jobs Are you passionate about LGBTQ+ equality? Scottish LGBTQ+ organisation seeks new director The ideal candidate will be passionate about LGBTQ+ equality and will be a great communicator, with excellent political judgement and acumen, and the vision to galvanise the LGBTQ+ equality movement to achieve real change. You will have an excellent understanding of the Scottish political context an By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Music Queer Brighton artist Oli Spleen returns to music with The Mirror, his first collaboration with Wolfgang Dubieniec A more reflective and introverted song than others in Oli’s back catalogue, The Mirror depicts the vulnerability of opening you heart to someone new. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Film Hammer Films announces trailer and poster artwork for B Good Picture Company’s Doctor Jekyll, starring Eddie Izzard Directed by Joe Stephenson (Chicken, McKellen: Playing The Partand) featuring an impressive cast including Izzard, Scott Chambers, Lindsay Duncan and Simon Callow, Doctor Jekyll’s UK-wide release marks the first release for the recently resurrected Hammer, following its acquisition by theatre and en By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Gay man hospitalised in London after being attacked by gang wielding ‘wooden panel with nails in’ A gay man was hospitalised on Sunday, October 1 after a gang attacked him in broad daylight as he walked along Chadwell Heath High Road in London. Callum Griggs, 23, was kicked and punched by the gang while he was walking with his partner, Brad Balueta, who spoke to Yahoo News. “I had spotted them [ By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Transgender News Trans rights charity Mermaids announces it is to disengage from X, formerly Twitter Trans rights charity Mermaid has announced it is to stop engaging with its X account, formerly Twitter, as of today – Thursday, October 6. According to the charity, the account will continue to exist as an archive for the communities it serves. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
International News Mauritius Supreme Court legalises homosexuality Lead Pic: Pliny Soocoormanee, Executive Officer of Peter Tatchell Foundation, at Mauritius Pride In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court of Mauritius has declared the country’s ban on same-sex intimacy ‘discriminatory’ and ‘unconstitutional’. The case was brought by Abdool Ridwan Firaas Ah Seek, the By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News LGBTQ+ children’s education company Pop’n’Olly to donate 300 LGBTQ+ children’s books to primary schools in the constituencies of Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman In response to “anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric” coming from the Tory Party Conference, LGBTQ+ children’s education company Pop’n’Olly has announced they are donating 300 of its LGBTQ+ children’s books to primary schools in the constituencies of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Home Secretary Suella Braverman. O By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Community News A new major fundraising event celebrating the progress of LGBTQ+ communities and a charity’s own remarkable development has been launched Pride Action North (PAN) is hosting the inaugural Progression Ball and Awards Ceremony on February 2, 2024 to mark the beginning of LGBTQ+ History Month in recognition of the work being carried out by organisations and individuals to make the North East a more inclusive, diverse and accepting place By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Comedy INTERVIEW: Trans comedian Jordan Gray to land at Brighton Dome in November with smash hit show, ‘IS IT A BIRD?’ IS IT A BIRD? brings together Jordan’s love of superheroes, her strong Essex roots, and her life as a transgender woman in an hour of raucous comedy that resonates within and far beyond the LGBTQ+ community. By Graham Robson • 4 min read
News Latest HIV data shows unequal progress towards ending new cases by 2030, says Terrence Higgins Trust Sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust reacts to new HIV data for England, released by the UK Health Security Agency. By Graham Robson • 4 min read
Film UK Jewish Film Festival to return with LGBTQ+ strand From retrospective screenings, to fun and insightful documentaries, this year’s LGBTQ+ Film Programme will play host to three feature films and a programme of short films examining a broad range of Jewish LGBTQ+ identities By Graham Robson • 1 min read
