Film Queering Blackpool, which charts the rise of the northern resort’s drag and LGBTQ+ scene, to come to the big screen next month A new film Queering Blackpool, which charts the rise of the northern resort’s drag and LGBTQ+ scene, is to come to the big screen next month. The film, which has taken university lecturer Helen Eadon-Sinkinson years to research and more than a year to film, features candid interviews with the bold p By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Film Queers in Blackpool: new film casts light on Blackpool’s queer scene with its people at its heart Blackpool’s newest multi-artform festival, Queer Amusements, lit up the North-West from April to September 2024. A new short film from Tiktok Award nominee James Barnett (best known for his channel @makemeaoffer with parents Teresa and Michael), Queers in Blackpool, shines a light on the people who By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Sport Jake Daniels, the UK’s only male professional footballer to be publicly out, wants to be known as more than just ‘the gay footballer’ Jake Daniels, the UK’s only male professional footballer to be publicly out, and the first since Justin Fashanu in 1990. says he is determined to be known as more than just ‘the gay footballer’. The Blackpool forward made his sexuality public in May 2022, but he has not played a competitive match fo By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Theatre INTERVIEW: Thick & Tight theatre company speak ahead of bringing riotous show ‘Tits & Teeth’ to Blackpool Grand Theatre Acclaimed dance theatre company Thick & Tight bring their best-of show, Tits & Teeth – a riotous night of dance, mime, drag, lip sync and satire, sending up and stripping down famous and notorious figures – to Blackpool Grand Theatre on 28 June as part of the brand-new Queer Amusements festival. Con By Graham Robson • 4 min read
LGBTQ+ News Blackpool’s rainbow zebra crossing vandalised after just one day A rainbow zebra crossing, which was unveiled in Blackpool to recognise LGBTQ+ communities, has been vandalised after just one day. Jane Hugo, a member of Blackpool Council, reflected on the incident, highlighting the sad reality of such negative sentiments but remained optimistic about the overall p By Graham Robson • 1 min read
In The South Olé Blackpool The Marine Tavern took their annual pre-Easter trip to Blackpool from April 7-9 last month. On the hottest weekend of the year, nineteen customers and friends enjoyed the trip to Blackpool by mini bus, staying at Chaps Hotel on Cocker Street. By Besi • 1 min read
