Pride Radio to launch on FM next week The North East’s only dedicated LGBT+ radio station officially hits the FM airwaves next week. PRIDE Radio 89.2FM will be broadcasting from noon on Monday, July 9 and will broadcast 24-hours a day across Newcastle, Gateshead, South East Northumberland, Sunderland North, South Tyneside and North Tyne By Besi • 2 min read
Actually chorus raise £1,445.80 for Rainbow Fund Alan Baser, Chair of Actually CIC, and members of Actually Gay Men’s Chorus (Actually GMC) receive a certificate of appreciation from Chris Gull, Chair of The Rainbow Fund. By Besi • 2 min read
FEATURE: Sophie Cook choses life and finds redemption, awareness and self-love Broadcaster and political candidate Sophie Cook is crowdfunding for the publication of her new autobiography, ‘Not Today: How I Chose Life’. By Besi • 4 min read
FEATURE: Still Life With Gin Gin is a shortened form of the older English word genever, which came to us via Dutch – hence the phrase ‘Dutch courage’. Hove dipsomaniac, Eric Page, catches up with dishy distiller and broadcaster, Kathy Caton, from Brighton Gin to talk about her still life. By Besi • 4 min read
Government to ban gay conversion therapies Gay conversion therapies which try to cure people’s sexuality are to be banned under the governments new LGBT+ Action Plan. This follows the biggest survey of its kind accessing the difficulties facing LGBT+ people living in the UK. It found among other things, that more than two-thirds of same-sex By Besi • 3 min read
Ivor Caplin, to speak at The Village MCC Ivor Caplin will be the guest speaker at The Village Metropolitan Community Church on July 29. Ivor was MP for Hove between 1997-2005, during which time he served in the Labour Government as a PPS, FCO whip, and Minister for veterans at the Ministry of Defence. He was also the first Chair of the All By Besi • 2 min read
Former police commander talks about his use of PrEP Lord Paddick has today spoken of his use of the HIV prevention drug PrEP in a personal story shared on the Prepster website. Paddick was the Liberal Democrat candidate for the London mayoral elections of 2008 and 2012. He was, until his retirement in May 2007, Deputy Assistant Commissioner in London By Besi • 2 min read
Pride celebrated across the Transport for London Network Stations across London are being adorned with striking new roundels to show celebrate the LGBT+ communities ahead of Pride in London on Saturday, July 7. RAINBOW roundels, which were very popular with rail customers last year, have been updated with the new hashtag #EveryLoveMatters, which encourage By Besi • 2 min read
Sadiq Khan pens a letter to LGBT+ people of London… Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan pens a letter to the LGBT+ people of the capitol in the lead up to London Pride. In the letter published exclusively in the July issue of Gay Times the Mayor concedes that even in London, the fight for LGBT+ equality is far from over. By Besi • 3 min read
Women’s Centre branch closure – Greens demand answers GREEN Councillors have slammed public health leaders and the Labour Council for failing to protect women’s services in the city, after news that a branch of the Women’s Centre is due to close following cuts. Earlier this year, The Women’s Centre was forced to absorb an £80,000 budget cut after local By Besi • 4 min read
Londoners urged to prevent HIV this summer A new city-wide campaign by London boroughs, urges Londoners to look after their sexual health and prevent HIV transmission this summer. By Besi • 3 min read
Newcastle Pride confirms full line-up Newcastle Pride unveils a packed musical line-up for one of the UK’s largest LGBT festival later this month. Newcastle Pride, organised by LGBT charity, Northern Pride, is this year taking place at a new location of Nuns Moor Park on, July 20-22. By Besi • 2 min read
