“A celebration of inclusivity with a powerful statement of visibility.” Thurrock gears up for its first Pride, kicking off this weekend!
Mental Health
Queer mental health companion Voda raises £270,000 to address the UK’s LGBTQ+ “mental health crisis”
Music
Will Young unveils poignant new single, ‘Midnight’
Actually Gay Men's Chorus
Brighton & Hove’s World AIDS Day Concert raises £4,000 for local HIV charity Lunch Positive
Catholic church
Pope Francis apologises for using “extremely homophobic language”
News
Brighton & Hove City Council announces refurbished MacLaren Pavilion to have gender-neutral toilets and kiosk café
ILGA
“Relentless opposition” marring progress made towards equal rights for LGBTQ+ people, new publication reveals
Politics
Lloyd Russell-Moyle to step down as Labour MP of Kemptown after “vexatious and politically motivated complaint” sees him receive “administrative suspension letter” from the party
Harry Potter
JK Rowling reveals friends and family “begged her” to keep her anti-trans views to herself
Homelessness
New study finds lesbian, gay and bisexual people in the UK experience inequalities in accessing housing
Brighton
Celebrate 15 years of Lunch Positive at its Community Sunday Lunch on June 2
Exhibitions
Pride and Prejudice: A Celebration of Queer History to bring to light hidden histories and share stories of love and connection, prejudice & hardship in the Docks, London and beyond