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Eleven ways to support Terrence Higgins Trust this Pride season

Eleven ways to support Terrence Higgins Trust this Pride season

Pride season is an opportunity to celebrate the LGBTQ+ communities, reflect on the distance travelled and take meaningful action to advance equality. It’s also a time when brands, venues and people across the country step up to raise vital funds. LGBTQ+ people have been some of the loudest voices in

Queer East Festival to shine light on queer East and South East Asian film

Queer East Festival to shine light on queer East and South East Asian film

Lead Pic: Lovebound Founded in response to the systemic lack of East and South East Asian representation on stage, screen and behind the scenes, the Queer East Festival was formed in 2020 and has earned its place as a premier LGBTQ+ film festival. Its events this year are across London from 17 – 28

“Trans cinema that follows no rules.” Theo Montoya’s ‘Anhell69’ to show at Chronic Youth Film Festival at Barbican Cinemas in April

“Trans cinema that follows no rules.” Theo Montoya’s ‘Anhell69’ to show at Chronic Youth Film Festival at Barbican Cinemas in April

Self-defined trans film, Anhell69, is to show at this year’s Chronic Youth Film Festival, which returns to Barbican Cinemas in London in April. A genre-busting, transgressive and kaleidoscopic musing on the lives and deaths of a group of queer Colombian twentysomethings, Anhell69 seamlessly blends f

Classical Pride to raise funds for LGBTQ+ and sexual health charities on July 7

Classical Pride to raise funds for LGBTQ+ and sexual health charities on July 7

Featuring the world-renowned City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, an LGTBQ+ community chorus and top international soloists, this concert – presented by the broadcaster and DJ Nick Grimshaw – will celebrate the profound contribution that the LGBTQ+ community makes to classical music.

Over 300 portraits from Chris Jepson’s ‘The Identity Project’ now on show at Barbican Centre

Over 300 portraits from Chris Jepson’s ‘The Identity Project’ now on show at Barbican Centre

Over 300 portraits from The Identity Project now on show in London’s prestigious Barbican Centre

Barbican Cinema to celebrate 50th anniversary of Pride in the UK in July

Barbican Cinema to celebrate 50th anniversary of Pride in the UK in July

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Pride in the UK, the Barbican is screening two queer films over the weekend, and then a further two later in the month as part of the SAFAR Film Festival.

LGBTQ+ voices amplified in a luminous poetry anthology by Barbican and flipped eye

LGBTQ+ voices amplified in a luminous poetry anthology by Barbican and flipped eye

Articulations for Keeping the Light In features the freshest voices in the contemporary poetry panorama, including the most exciting up-and-coming LGBTQ+ poets

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