LGBTQ+ News People flock to buy Rainbow Wool products produced by world’s first openly gay flock of sheep Michael Stücke and his flock of 21 gay sheep have risen to fame since the launch of fashion brand Rainbow Wool, which produces products, including caps, patches and shoelaces, to raise funds for LGBTQ+ causes. Stücke, who rescued to the sheep form the slaughterhouse, said: “In the last weeks, there By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News Event with authors Mark Ward and Daren Kay to mark 40 years of Sussex AIDS Helpline on Sunday, December 1 Marking 40 years since the formation of the Sussex AIDS Helpline, to commemorate World AIDS Day on Sunday, December 1 the presenters of HIV Hour – David Fray and Josh Sharpe – will interview two writers – Mark Ward and Daren Kay – whose books tell the stories of people grappling with the challenges By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Politics Sarah McBride expected to make history as the first openly trans person elected to US Congress Democrat Sarah McBride is expected to make history as the first openly trans person elected to US Congress. In 2016, McBride became the first openly transgender person to address a major US political convention and in 2020 became the first to serve in a US state Senate. “The fact that the candidacy By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Film Uma Thurman and Phoebe Dynevor set to star as secret lesbian lovers in new film Uma Thurman and Phoebe Dynevor are set to star as secret lesbian lovers in new film for 2025, which also stars Sir Anthony Hopkins. The Housekeeper, which charts the forbidden romance between a Polish housekeeper (Thurman) and famous novelist, Daphne Du Maurier (Dynevor), is set in the mystic, brood By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News Artisan Cakery in Kemptown to raise funds for Sussex Beacon in run up to World AIDS Day Artisan Cakery in Kemptown is raising funds for the Sussex Beacon in the run up to World AIDS Day on Sunday, December 1. During November, Stuart, owner of the cakery, will be donating 100% of funds made from sales of his delicious red velvet cake, priced at £4 a slice, to the local HIV charity. […] By Graham Robson • 1 min read
News Work to “make Brighton & Hove seafront the most exciting in the country” to begin in late November 2024 Work to “make Brighton & Hove seafront the most exciting in the country” by restoring 28 arches of Madeira Terrace and build a new, fully accessible lift will begin in late November 2024. According to Brighton & Hove City Council, the first phase of the restoration of the Victorian Grade II-listed t By Graham Robson • 1 min read
HIV Take Action. Lace Up. This year’s World AIDS Day RED RUN to take place Saturday, November 23 Since 2009, East London HIV charity Positive East has organised the World AIDS Day RED RUN on the last weekend of November – just before World AIDS Day on December 1. What began with a small gathering of 50 people is now one of the UK’s biggest annual HIV community events, raising over £1.1 million By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Transgender News Scottish Greens reaffirm “desperate need” for access to trans healthcare Scottish Greens have said they will “redouble efforts” to improve trans healthcare in Scotland after a motion passed at the party’s conference in Greenock by the LGBTQ+ wing of the party, the Rainbow Greens. The motion calls for a Scottish Government-led review of trans healthcare that “directly inv By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Sport Jake Daniels, the UK’s only male professional footballer to be publicly out, wants to be known as more than just ‘the gay footballer’ Jake Daniels, the UK’s only male professional footballer to be publicly out, and the first since Justin Fashanu in 1990. says he is determined to be known as more than just ‘the gay footballer’. The Blackpool forward made his sexuality public in May 2022, but he has not played a competitive match fo By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Community News Pride Swim raises over £1,000 for Switchboard LGBT+ Helpline Olympic swimmer and LGBTQ+ activist Michael Gunning opened Brighton’s very first Pride Swim at Sea Lanes on Brighton beach on Saturday, October 26, which raised over £1,000 for Switchboard LGBT+ Helpline Pride Swim, sponsored by Speedo, aims to get thousands of people swimming to connect with others By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Fundraising News An impressive £550 raised for MindOut at Centre Stage Brighton LGBTQ+ mental health charity MindOut announced on social media that a fundraiser, with a raffle and acts including Drag With No Name and Sally Vate, at Centre Stage Brighton raised an impressive £550 for the charity. According to MindOut, this vital money will go towards funding services and equates By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboard welcomes new interim CEO Sam Price Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboard has welcomed new interim CEO Sam Price, who has over 20 years’ experience in charity leadership, fundraising, governance and service delivery in a variety of settings including domestic abuse, housing, disability and international development. “It’s an honour to join By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Anti-trans commentator Candace Owens banned from Australia Candace Owens, who has claimed trans people are “clinically insane” and responsible for a rise in mass shootings, has had her visa rejected by the Australian government ahead of a national tour. Immigration Minister Tony Burke said that Owens, who posts far-right, racist, anti-trans content to her m By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Royal British Legion defends release of poppy paired with Progress Flag To mark this year’s Remembrance Day, the Royal British Legion has released a special poppy paired with the Progress Flag, which “symbolises support for our LGBTIQ+ community who are a vital part of our armed forces past and present”. The flag, which includes elements representing binary, intersex, t By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Music “You must have felt so alone.” Sade expresses regret for not understanding her trans son in ‘Young Lion’, her first song in six years British soul-pop legend Sade has expressed her regret for not understanding her trans son in Young Lion, her first song in six years. The tender apology to her trans son, Izaak Adu, features the lyrics: “You must have felt so alone. The anguish and pain, I should’ve known… With such a heavy burden, By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Luke Evans reveals he was “bullied for being gay before I even understood what it meant” Luke Evans has revealed he was “bullied for being gay before I even understood what it meant” in his new memoirs, Boy From the Valleys, an extract of which has been published in The Guardian. The star of films The Hobbit, Beauty and the Beast and Fast and Furious writes: “The first sense I had […] By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Pansexual comedian Joe Lycett has become a father! Pansexual comedian Joe Lycett has revealed he’s become a father for the first time after posting a sweet snap of himself cradling his newborn son on Instagram. It’s thought the comedian, 36, welcomed his son with his secret girlfriend, who he calls Denise. Alongside the image, Joe penned on Instagra By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Community News Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboard team member launches new initiative for low-income LGBTQ+ people in Brighton & Hove One of Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboard‘s team members Reuben has launched a new initiative outside of his role at Switchboard. The Village Foodbank is a new initiative for low-income LGBTQ+ people in Brighton & Hove to access food, toiletries and other essentials in an affirming community space. A By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Television Oliver Stark opens up about playing bisexual firefighter British actor Oliver Stark has opened up about wanting to be “representative in a positive way” when playing bisexual firefighter in American procedural drama 9-1-1. The 9-1-1 actor’s on-screen character came out as bisexual last year and Oliver recently explained how he approaches the role. Oliver, By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Sport Brighton & Hove ready to welcome Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 with Australia, Ireland, New Zealand and England’s Red Roses bidding to become champions Rugby players and fans from Australia, Ireland, New Zealand and England will descend on the city next September as they bid to become the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 champions Matches at the Brighton & Hove Community Stadium will include the current world cup title holders New Zealand as well as En By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Transgender News Conservative councillor criticises council for not consulting trans and non-binary communities on new public toilets Ed Pitt Ford, a Conservative councillor, has criticised Westminster City Council for not consulting trans and non-binary communities on new public toilets. The new toilets – part of the council’s modernisation scheme to freshen up the existing facilities – are set to be split into men’s and women’s By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Music Kate Bush tells BBC she’s “keen to start working on a new album” Kate Bush, who returned to number one with her classic song Running Up That Hill in 2022, has told the BBC she is “very keen” to start working on new music. Bush, whose last album 50 Words for Snow was released in 2011, said there are “lots of ideas” she wants to pursue, telling Emma […] By Graham Robson • 2 min read
News LGBT HERO, the national LGBTQ+ health and wellbeing charity, adopts South Western Railway’s Vauxhall station South Western Railway (SWR) today (Thursday, October 24) celebrated the ‘adoption’ of Vauxhall station by its Pride Network of LGBTQ+ colleagues and allies and the charity LGBT HERO, the national health and wellbeing charity for LGBTQ+ people, based in South West London. By Graham Robson • 4 min read
Television Trans activist Laverne Cox dedicates Masked Singer US appearance to “all of us. Every woman out there.” Actress and LGBTQ+ activist Laverne Cox, who was the first trans person to appear on the cover of a Cosmopolitan magazine, was revealed as ‘Chess Piece’ after the lighting up the stage during the Barbie Week episode of The Masked Singer US. The trans activist, who pulled the wool over the panellists By Graham Robson • 1 min read
