Pride Seahaven Pride Family Festival to return to Seaford on Saturday, August 26 Seahaven Pride is a not for profit, family-friendly festival in Seaford, which celebrates LGBTQ+ diversity and promotes equality and inclusion. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Pride IN PICTURES: Trans Pride Brighton & Hove 2023 celebrates 10 years of trans joy Despite strong winds and a terrible weather forecast, an estimated 30,000 people marched for trans rights at Trans Pride Brighton & Hove, which celebrated 10 years of trans joy, on Saturday, July 15. By Graham Robson • 4 min read
Pride Trans Pride Brighton & Hove beach meet up cancelled due to Royal Albion fire Today’s beach meet up for Trans Pride Brighton & Hove has been cancelled due to a fire at Brighton’s historic Royal Albion Hotel. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Sport Football Pride to return at Manchester Pride, celebrating LGBTQ+ people and culture in the game Football Pride – an event from Football v Homophobia that lifts up LGBTQ+ voices across the game – is returning at Manchester Pride in August to bring together LGBTQ+ communities within the world’s most popular sport to party, participate and protest. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News “Don’t send LGBTQ+ people into danger.” Email your MP to protect LGBTQ+ asylum seekers Rainbow Migration, a charity providing practical and emotional support for LGBTQ+ people seeking asylum, said: “LGBTQ+ people come to the UK in need of protection. But this government wants to punish them by sending them to countries where they will face yet more persecution.” By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Transgender News Russia’s ‘abominable’ new legislation against transgender people will inflict ‘unbearable suffering’ The State Duma (the lower chamber of the Russian parliament) has adopted a package of amendments to the Family Code and several federal laws aimed at imposing a ban on legal gender recognition and gender-affirmative interventions. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ Choirs Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus gear up for summer shows which celebrate the joys of coming out and raise funds for LGBTQ+ youth homelessness charity AKT Follow BGMC down the yellow brick road as they perform a host of camp classics just before Brighton & Hove Pride from the likes of Spice Girls, Steps and ABBA; alongside iconic tracks from Kate Bush, David Bowie and, of course, Judy Garland. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News LGBTQ+ gambling research discussed at Bournemouth Pride event Dr Reece Bush-Evans represented Bournemouth University at this year’s Bourne Free festival, discussing his research into the impact of gambling on LGBTQ+ communities. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Major retailers, including Debenhams and Boden, add gender-neutral title Mx to include non-binary customers A series of household names have responded to pressure from the LGBTQ+ campaign Include Mx by adding the gender-neutral title Mx to their forms, ending their exclusion of non-binary customers. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Pride 10 Years of Trans Pride: new exhibition from Sharon Kilgannon celebrates 10th anniversary of Trans Pride Brighton & Hove Sharon Kilgannon has documented Trans Pride Brighton & Hove since its first event back in 2013, which had 750 visitors, through to 2022 when it returned as an in-person event after two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Music Carly Rae Jepsen announces new album ‘The Loveliest Time’ to be released July 28 GRAMMY-nominated pop icon Carly Rae Jepsen announces the companion piece to her 2022 release, The Loneliest Time. A continuation of that critically acclaimed album, and the third in a series of fan-favorite B side albums, The Loveliest Time will be released July 28 via 604/Schoolboy/Interscope Recor By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News Repeat attacks on Gay Village store in Manchester triggers £2,000 reward and appeal by charity Crimestoppers Clonezone, on Sackville Street, has been targeted four times over recent months. In the latest attack on Monday, May 22, masked men on a motorbike smashed the glass door before speeding off in the direction of Bloom Street. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
