Pride Travel With Pride: Brighton & Hove Buses, a “Proud Partner” of Brighton & Hove Pride for 2024, announces Pride timetables and shuttle bus info Brighton & Hove Pride, one of the biggest calendar events of the year, takes place from Friday 2–Sunday, 4 August. With celebrations taking place all over the city, Brighton & Hove Buses has launched special Pride timetables for the weekend, with shuttle buses operating between Preston Park, Old Ste By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Transgender News Gender Identity Research and Education Society commissioned to create online resource to support trans and gender diverse people with autism The Gender Identity Research and Education Society (GIRES) has been commissioned by NHS England to create an online resource directory to provide information to support trans and gender diverse people with autism and professionals who support them. The online survey asks for responses from trans and By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Dance Ground-breaking queer Kathak dance production, ‘Waltzing the Blue Gods’, coming to Brighton during Pride on Sunday, August 4 Jaivant Patel Company is performing Waltzing the Blue Gods at South East Dance during Brighton & Hove Pride on Sunday, August 4 from 6pm. Part auto-biographical, part fantasy, the evening celebrates new possibilities for a rich and traditional North Indian art form, Kathak, in the context of modern By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News The Traitors UK star Diane Carson among TV celebs supporting new LGBTQ+ modern slavery campaign Famous faces from Coronation Street, The Traitors UK and Married at First Sight UK have come together for a new LGBTQ+ modern slavery campaign. These seven LGBTQ+ celebrities and allies are partnering with the charity Causeway, to raise awareness of the LGBTQ+ community’s increased risk of modern sl By Graham Robson • 4 min read
LGBTQ+ News Funnyboyz from Liverpool among LGBTQ+ organisations shortlisted for Community Organisation: LGBT Award in this year’s National Diversity Awards Funnyboyz from Liverpool, Cornwall Pride, Transmanian Devils RFC and G(end)er Swap CIC – an LGBTQ+ clothing outreach organisation – are among LGBTQ+ organisations shortlisted for the Community Organisation: LGBT Award in this year’s National Diversity Awards. Winners will be announced on October 4, By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Pride ‘We LOVE Because They Can’t’: Brighton & Hove Pride to celebrate diversity and raise awareness about oppressive anti-LGBTQ+ laws With under a month to go, Brighton & Hove City Council has announced it is excited to welcome back Brighton & Hove Pride and celebrate the “diversity, joy and unity of the city’s LGBTQ+ communities”. Taking place over the weekend of Saturday, 3 and Sunday, 4 August, Brighton & Hove Pride – the main By Graham Robson • 4 min read
Photography by Chris Cooper/ ShotAway/ www.ShotAway.com/ #shotawaydotcom Pride The sun shines on Bristol for 15th Anniversary of Bristol Pride The sun shone down on Bristol as the city celebrated the 15th Anniversary of Bristol Pride on The Downs on Saturday, 13 July, which was the culmination of over 40 events in the city. The events started with the Parade March in the city centre which saw over 20,000 people march for equality and stand By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Film This Friday – a DOUBLE BILL of awesome trans film at the Duke of York Cinema as part of the 11th Annual Brighton International Trans Film Festival This Friday it’s a double bill of trans film at the Duke of York Cinema in Brighton as part of the 11th Annual Brighton International Trans Film Festival, which received a record number of submissions this year. The first screening is of incredible short films from all over the globe with doors at 6 By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Screenshot News Formula 1 driver Ralf Schumacher comes out as gay Ralf Schumacher, Formula One driver and brother of Michael Schumacher, has come out as gay on Instagram. The brother of the seven-time F1 champion took to Instagram on Sunday, June 14 to post a picture of himself and another man standing arm-in-arm on a boat. The caption on the image read: ‘The most By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News “I’m done.” Ellen DeGeneres to quit show business after upcoming Netflix special Ellen DeGeneres is saying goodbye to show business and public eye after her upcoming Netflix special, which is set to premiere later this year. During the former talk show host’s Ellen’s Last Stand…Up stop in Santa Rosa, California, in July, DeGeneres announced that she’s leaving Hollywood after a f By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Brenda Biya, daughter of Cameroon’s President Paul Biya, declares she is a lesbian Brenda Biya, the 26-year-old daughter of Cameroon‘s President Paul Biya, has declared she is a lesbian on Instagram. The president’s daughter set off a firestorm of reaction in Cameroon when she shared pictures on social media of herself kissing her girlfriend and expressing her wish for them to liv By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Pride My Pride Song 2024: Join Pride Classical’s celebration of Pride and allyship, as part of Pride in Liverpool Pride Classical, the organisation dedicated to celebrating LGBTQ+ history and culture through the power of music, is returning with My Pride Song, a celebration of Pride and allyship in partnership with St Johns Shopping Centre, as part of Pride in Liverpool, which takes place 26 and 27 July. My Pri By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Fundraising News A sssssssizzling Summer Beach Party, Quiz and Fundraiser for the Sussex Beacon at Regency Tavern, Brighton Quizmaster Extraordinaire Ross Cameron is to host a ssssizzling Summer Beach Party, Quiz and Fundraiser for local HIV charity the Sussex Beacon at the Regency Tavern, Brighton on Wednesday, July 24. The Sussex Beacon say: “The big question is, what does one wear? Whatever one wears to the beach – no By Graham Robson • 1 min read
News Brighton & Hove councillors to decide the future of the King Alfred Leisure Centre next week Brighton & Hove councillors are being asked to agree to progress the development of a new leisure facility on part of the existing King Alfred seafront site. The recommendation, which goes before Cabinet next week, follows what the city council calls a “comprehensive search”, where two proposed site By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News New report finds legal protections for LGBTQ+ people have increased around the world A new report from the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law in the United States indicates significant progress in the number of countries with LGBTQ+ inclusive laws and policies over time. In 1990, 57% of countries around the world had few or no legal protections based on sexual orientation (SO) By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News A Queer Night at Hove Museum on Thursday, August 1 Join Queer Heritage South for a pre-Pride celebration at Hove Museum of Creativity on Thursday, August 1. Queer Heritage South joins Days of Wonder for a night of music, talks, performances, video projections, and art, to explore the queer legacy of Hove Museum’s film & media collection. The event w By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Sport “I like to kiss guys”: American athletics star Trey Cunningham comes out as gay American athletics star Trey Cunningham, a World Athletics Championships silver medallist, has come out publicly as gay. In an interview with The New York Times, Cunningham said that coming out to his family said that coming out to his family in private five years ago was the “scariest thing I’ve ev By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Suella Braverman faces backlash after describing Progress Pride flag as “monstrous” Suella Braverman MP, former Home Secretary, has faced backlash after she described flying the Progress Pride flag as “monstrous” and blamed “liberal Conservatives” for the party suffering a record defeat in General Election. Braverman, who is touted as new Tory leader, was speaking at the the Nation By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Waterstones employee sacked after threatening to “tear up and bin” a book by gender-critical author, Christina Dalcher Tilly Fitzgerald, who runs social media account Tilly Loves Books, which boasts 90,000 followers, has been sacked by Waterstones after she criticised gender-critical author Christina Dalcher, who supports Seen Network, which “works to protect women’s right and raise concerns around the impact of gen By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Transgender News Trailer of new reality show, showcasing a group of trans women, stirs up intense reactions among viewers The trailer of a new reality show, showcasing a group of trans women, has stirred up intense reactions among viewers, particularly within the LGBTQ+ community, sparking calls for better representation. The trailer of The Gworls Club, which takes place in a lavish Los Angeles mansion, depicts shockin By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Pink Singers perform at Cadogan Hall, London, 15th July 2017 LGBTQ Choirs ‘Everything’s Coming Up Pinkies: A Musical Theatre Spectacular’ from Europe’s longest running LGBTQ+ choir Join the Pink Singers, Europe’s longest-running LGBTQ+ choir, at Cadogan Hall, London for a celebration of all things musical theatre on Saturday, July 20. Everything’s Coming Up Pinkies will feature songs from a range of musicals, including A Chorus Line, Company, Les Misérables, and Cabaret as wel By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Transgender News Transcend Borders: Trans Pride Edition: Brighton event to raise funds for a TNBI refugee/asylum seeker during Trans Pride Brighton To coincide with Trans Pride Brighton, Transcend Borders: Trans Pride Edition, a variety show with poetry, dancing, drag and music to help raise funds for a TNBI refugee/asylum seeker to afford gender-affirming care, is to take place at Daltons in Brighton on Sunday, July 21. Enjoy some poetry, have By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Fundraising News Terrence Higgins Trust’s Big Shave Off returns this Thursday – bigger, better and hairier! On Thursday, 11 July, eight supporters brave a shave at the iconic Royal Vauxhall Tavern to raise money for HIV charity Terrence Higgins Trust. Overseen by host Son of a Tutu, professional barber Darren Evans and friends will be shaving the head, chest or faces of the charity’s inspiring supporters! By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Transgender News Trans Pride Hastings to bring trans joy to the town on 27 and 28 July Trans Pride Hastings came into being in February 2023. Victoria and Zed are the company co-directors and co-organisers and in July 2023 they worked with a team of volunteers to deliver 15 events across eight days focusing on community building, support and celebration. This year’s Trans Pride Hastin By Graham Robson • 1 min read
