Birmingham Pride Birmingham Birmingham Pride seeks permanent home in the city Lawrence Barton, Birmingham Pride’s director, has backed a motion by Conservative councillors Gareth Moore and Adam Higgs, calling for a permanent home for Birmingham Pride within the city. By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
Arts Birmingham Literature Festival to celebrate queer writing Two of the UK’s “most exciting voices in queer writing” will come together during Birmingham Literature Festival to discuss “their novels, their writing and the LGBTQ+ writing scene, which is finally seeing the celebration it deserves.” By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
Birmingham Aston Villa’s Pride range to support LGBTQ+ activity in the community Throughout September and October, Aston Villa will be working with their retail partner Fanatics to re-activate this initiative, in line with their support for Birmingham Pride, and the rainbow laces period throughout October. By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
Birmingham MOBILISE from Fatt Projects to lead Birmingham Pride 2022 with protest performance Pic credit: Emma R Jones MOBILISE, the sober dance party produced by Fatt Projects and presented by the Birmingham 2022 Festival, is to lead the iconic 2022 Birmingham Pride Parade on Saturday, September 24. These events aim to empower people to dance, take up public spaces, feel confident and celeb By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Birmingham Birmingham’s LGBTQ+ community pays tribute to Carlos ‘Robin’ Medina “Hurst Street has lost one of its legends, Carlos Medina was a star in the real sense and now he shines brightly in the heavens. We will never forget him and he will doubtless be remembered at this year’s Pride.” By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
Birmingham Glamorous Birmingham security staff declared heroes after tackling ‘swordsman’ Following an incident that happened on Hurst Street in Birmingham in the early hours of Sunday, September 11, a doorman for Glamorous nightclub has been called a hero after chasing and tackling a suspect who was wielding a large sword. By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
Arts Birmingham’s Black Peppa joins the cast of Drag Race UK season 4 Their drag name comes from a combination of things – celebrating their blackness, a friend obsessed with Peppa Pig and a love of spiced food. By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
Birmingham New parade route for Birmingham Pride’s 25th anniversary The parade will begin in Centenary Square, which will allow space for more people and entries than ever before. The parade will then leave Centenary Square at roughly 12pm, led by Fatt Projects’ MOBILISE By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
Birmingham IN PICTURES: Birmingham Pride – 25 Years of Pride and Protest Taking place over the spring bank holiday in 1997, the first Birmingham Pride – that evolved into what we know today – attracted 15,000 visitors. In 2022, Birmingham Pride celebrates 25 years of Pride and Protest. To celebrate, Scene has curated a collection of photographs and memories which span ac By Catherine Muxworthy • 7 min read
Arts Back to Books fundraising to sustain their radical and representative bookselling Back to Books is a Digbeth-based independent bookshop that first began in May 2019, when its founder Alexia was struggling to find an independent bookshop in her new home city of Birmingham. By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
Birmingham Just Like Us partners with Birmingham Pride to teach students about LGBTQ+ history To celebrate Birmingham Pride’s 25th anniversary, Just Like Us and Birmingham Pride have launched a new partnership that will allow school students to get involved with Pride for the first time. By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
Arts Birmingham shortlisted to host Eurovision 2023 The BBC has now confirmed the outcome of the first stage of the Host City bidding process for the 67th Eurovision Song Contest, which will be held in the UK in 2023. Birmingham, alongside six other cities By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
