Arts In The Middle: new film features first trans football referee, Lucy Clark Produced and directed by Greg Cruttwell, In The Middle follows a diverse group of match officials as they attempt to cope with the rigours of running matches in grassroots football. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Tiffany ‘New York’ Pollard to return as host of queer sex-positive reality series ‘Hot Haus’ Froot.TV, the LGBTQ+ streaming platform from OUTtv, has revealed the second season of hit reality series Hot Haus will premiere on Thursday, March 23 in the UK. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts RuPaul’s Drag Race: Werq The World to sashay into Brighton Centre in October Billed as the “biggest drag show in the world”, RuPaul’s Drag Race: Werq The World, will visit the UK and Ireland with an all-new production in October. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Brighton & Hove Pride contributes to Brighton Fringe’s “largest bursary offering to date” Brighton Fringe has announced their “largest bursary offering to date”, with a total of 43 bursary winners across 16 bursary schemes. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News LGBTQ+ Adoption & Fostering Week: LGBTQ+ people in the UK asked to consider the number of vulnerable children they could adopt or foster Led by New Family Social, LGBTQ+ Adoption & Fostering Week starts today, Monday, March 6. The awareness week asks potential applicants to think about the number of vulnerable children they could parent or care for. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Kath Duncan’s ‘Liberty’ to show at Hatcham House during Pride Month Liberty, Kath Duncan’s untold story of the struggle for civil rights, which tells for the first time how LGBTQ+, working class Black History activists from Lewisham in South East London fearlessly took on the power of the State, the King, and the UK legal system, is to show at Hatcham House, London By Graham Robson • 1 min read
FILE PHOTO: Test tube labelled “Monkeypox virus positive” is seen in this illustration taken May 22, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Health UK Health Security Agency publishes latest figures on monkeypox outbreak in the UK UK Health Security Agency has published its latest mpox (monkeypox) outbreak epidemiological overview, which provides an update to the number of confirmed and highly probable mpox cases in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Health Podcast series launches to spotlight LGBTQ+ staff experiences in leading NHS Hospital Trust The four episodes highlight Be, a nurse and mother who identifies as a lesbian; Bean, a non-binary clinical support worker; Dr Ellie Kane, a palliative care consultant who is a transgender woman; and Nas, a gay Muslim nurse who is HIV positive. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts “Powerful and timely” LGBTQ+ film ‘The Perpetrators’ to show at BFI Flare this month The Perpetrators collages moody analogue film, original animation and archival materials in a dreamy autofiction of queer darkness that ponders the correlations between 1980s Stranger Danger, the construction of homosexual identity and the institution of the family. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Fundraising News Rose Garden’s Swap Shop raises £500 for Sussex Beacon at Centre Stage Brighton Local drag queen Rose Garden launched her Swap Shop at gay venue Centre Stage Brighton on Saturday, February 25, raising £500 for local HIV charity the Sussex Beacon. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Ian Green Features & Longread Ian Green OBE looks back on his past seven years leading Terrence Higgins Trust It has been the privilege of my lifetime to serve as Chief Executive of Terrence Higgins Trust. Going from servicer user to CEO isn’t a well-trodden path and one I never expected when I was diagnosed with HIV 27 years ago. By Graham Robson • 3 min read
News Trans women to be banned from mainstream women’s prisons The Ministry of Justice, HM Prison and Probation Service, and Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab MP have announced that transgender women with male genitalia will no longer be able to be held in mainstream women’s prisons, under new measures coming into force today (Tuesday, February 28). By Graham Robson • 2 min read
