Birmingham West Midlands Chief Constable confronted at Birmingham Pride over historic “LGBTQ+ witch-hunts” West Midlands’ Chief Constable, Craig Guildford, was challenged at Birmingham Pride on Saturday, May 27 over his force’s refusal to apologise for its past “witch-hunting of the LGBTQ+ community”. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
MOBILISEPrideParade2022creditEmmaJones Birmingham Fatt Projects fundraising to continue their work for Birmingham’s LGBTQ+ community and beyond Founded in 2021, some of their recent projects have included “creating accessible and sober LGBTQ+ dance spaces and a large-scale community performance at Birmingham Pride with MOBILISE, building the world’s first development model to support the creation of queer-positive performance work for child By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
Birmingham Bullring late-night Pride event to raise money for Birmingham LGBTQ+ charity In partnership with Gaydio, Birmingham’s Bullring presents Late Night Out, a Pride event that will donate 20% of ticket sales directly to Birmingham LGBTQ+ charity. By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
Birmingham Welcome to the Trans Tearoom Birmingham! The fully accessible space includes a ‘pay as you feel’ café area, where activities such as socialising, board games, and crafts can be held, a queer books library, changing rooms for those who can’t safely present the way they wish to at home or in public, a quiet sensory space for neurodiverse vis By Catherine Muxworthy • 3 min read
Birmingham Birmingham drag performers end relationship with venue over transphobic event The decision to end this ongoing event is due to the venue deciding to continue with the booking of a transphobic individual. By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
Musical Theatre Birmingham Hippodrome announce UK’s first in-house musicals department Birmingham Hippodrome will become the first venue in the UK with an in-house department dedicated to new musical theatre. The theatre plans to develop new musicals with a dedicated new department, studio space and career development opportunities. Jon Gilchrist, Artistic Director and CEO of Birmingh By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News West Midlands Police urged to apologise for past homophobia The call comes in a letter to the Chief Constable, Craig Guildford, from the veteran human rights campaigner, Peter Tatchell By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Birmingham Arts and activism organisation, Queer-side, becomes a CIC and launches Just Giving to support its work Queer-side is now fundraising and looking for new sources of funding which will allow them to continue their development for the LGBTQ+ community locally. In order to raise funds, Queer-side has set up a JustGiving page to raise £6,000 to support their work. By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
Birmingham Tales of the Second City: Duty of Care That I was able to offer a helping hand to one so vulnerable and prevent their Pride weekend ending in strife… is something of which I am very proud. By Contributor • 3 min read
Birmingham Birmingham’s Flatpack Festival to showcase Dorothy Towers Playlist The Flatpack Festival, Birmingham – which runs from Tuesday, May 16 to Sunday, May 21 – will include a series of events entitled the Dorothy Towers Playlist which celebrates film and TV from the ’80s and ’90s that profiled mavericks, artists, musicians, and writers who dared to live outside pervadin By Catherine Muxworthy • 3 min read
Cabaret Birmingham’s Eden Bar to host screening of ‘MAISIE’ documentary on Sunday, May 13 Birmingham’s Eden Bar will be hosting a screening of MAISIE: Britain’s Oldest Performing Drag Queen on Sunday, May 13 at 3.30pm. MAISIE the documentary follows David Raven who has worked for 50 years as a drag queen, Maisie Trollette. By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
Birmingham Birmingham’s Trans Tearoom to open Wednesday, May 10 The Trans Tearoom has revealed on National Tea Day that their official opening date is set for Wednesday, May 10 with their first opening hours that will run from 1 – 4pm. The tearoom will then be open for trans people in Birmingham every Wednesday thereafter; additional days and evening sessions to By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
