Arts Fierce Festival’s artistic director Aaron Wright to step down After seven successful years, Aaron Wright, artistic director of Fierce Festival – a festival of international theatre, performance and experiences which takes place in and around Birmingham – is stepping down. By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
Birmingham Birmingham’s Boltz Nightclub could soon be demolished Boltz nightclub – a fetish club on Kent Street in Birmingham’s gay village – could be demolished to accommodate a new 15-storey apartment block By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
Birmingham Tales of the Second City: The Etiquette of Naked Dining Observing my fellow ramblers trapsing naked through the countryside (a line of grey heads, paunches, and drooping bottoms), I turned to the chap next to me and commented, “I feel like I’m in a very strange episode of Dad’s Army.” By Contributor • 3 min read
Birmingham Birmingham LGBT+ Centre targeted with queerphobic graffiti During LGBT+ History Month, Birmingham’s inclusive hub, the LGBT centre, was vandalised with homophobic graffiti. Staff working at Birmingham LGBT Centre – a leading charity advocating for and support the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer community in Birmingham and neighbouring authorities – By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
Birmingham Birmingham vigil for Brianna Ghey attacked by LGBTQ+ hate Trans rights activist and Birmingham Pride’s Director of Innovation, Eva Echo, was being interviewed by I Am Birmingham when a group of teenage boys arrived at Hippodrome Square and began shouting slurs, homophobic, and transphobic abuse. By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
Arts Joe Lycett to host new series of live shows from Birmingham Following the success of Channel 4’s Joe Lycett’s Big Pride Party, a new live show series with the working title of The Joe Lycett Live Show has been commissioned by the broadcaster. By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
Birmingham Birmingham’s Southside unveils strategy to support its future as a diverse cultural centre Southside Business Improvement District (Southside BID) – home to Birmingham’s gay village – has unveiled an ambitious new strategic vision which aims to “drive economic growth and support its future development as a diverse cultural centre”. By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
Birmingham Fatt Butcher’s ‘Anywhere is a Dancefloor’ to release online Anywhere is a Dancefloor is a queer music video featuring many local talents, reclaiming public spaces across Birmingham’s city centre By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
Birmingham Birmingham LGBT announces FREE Gender-Affirming Style Workshops with G(end)er Swap “Fashion and presentation can be an amazing way to relieve dysphoria, and these workshops will be beneficial to both beginners and experienced DIY-fashionistas.” By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Birmingham Tales of the Second City: Please, Don’t Let Me Trip “The Jester was a basement gay bar, lurking beneath Scala Building, a shabby curve of concrete and glass on Holloway Circus. This typical 1960s development, of the style old-school Birmingham is notorious, had seen better days, even back in the ’80s.” By Contributor • 4 min read
Birmingham Birmingham’s HIV and AIDS ‘Cover Up Quilts’ exhibition opened by activist Jonathan Blake Inspired by the original NAMES memorial quilt which began in San Francisco in 1985, this project saw the creation of over 50 quilt panels designed to educate, destigmatise, and commemorate those lost to AIDS. By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
Birmingham COLUMN: Tales of the Second City Within the shadows… you can find gems in the darkroom. By Contributor • 3 min read
