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Poole Pride to return for 2025!

Poole Pride to return for 2025!

Poole Pride is set to return for 2025! With its home at Lighthouse – Poole’s centre for the arts – the day-long free festival on Saturday, 7 June plans to include cabaret, comedy and music performances as well as workshops, talks and craft. “It’s a day for all communities to be proud of, a celebrati

Research finds LGBTQ+ people in Great Britain facing “exorcisms” to cure them of their sexuality and/or gender identity

Research finds LGBTQ+ people in Great Britain facing “exorcisms” to cure them of their sexuality and/or gender identity

New research commissioned by Stonewall has uncovered the “shocking scale” of conversion practices in Great Britain; interventions that seek to change, cure, or suppress an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity. This new data comes as the UK Government has committed to publishing a “long

Cynthia Erivo honoured for raising visibility and empowering the LGBTQ+ community

Cynthia Erivo honoured for raising visibility and empowering the LGBTQ+ community

Cynthia Erivo was one of the winners at the 2025 GLAAD Media Awards – honouring the best in LGBTQ+ media – on Thursday, March 27. Wicked star Erivo took home the Stephen F. Kolzak Award, which is presented to an “openly queer member of the entertainment or media community for their work toward elimi

LGBTQ+ venue calls for boycott of Budweiser, Stella Artois and Beck’s after brewing company terminates 30-year relationship with St Louis Pride

LGBTQ+ venue calls for boycott of Budweiser, Stella Artois and Beck’s after brewing company terminates 30-year relationship with St Louis Pride

An LGBTQ+ venue in St Louis, US has called for a boycott of Anheuser-Busch products, including Budweiser, Stella Artois and Beck’s, after the brewing company terminated their 30-year relationship with St Louis Pride. Writing on Instagram, Pride St Louis said: “For 45 years, Pride St Louis has been a

Mayor of Bolton welcomes six drag queens to Mayor’s Parlour to “promote inclusion”

Mayor of Bolton welcomes six drag queens to Mayor’s Parlour to “promote inclusion”

The Mayor of Bolton, Councillor Andy Morgan, has welcomed six drag queens – Kristal Kane, Jackie Love, Viva la Diva, Shazza Fierce, Pixy Lation and Mona Moans – to the Mayor’s Parlour to “promote inclusion”. Also present at the meeting were Rob and Kev Wright, organisers of Bolton Pride, which is a

Queer Britain, the UK’s first and only LGBTQ+ museum, has announced that Elton John and his husband, David Furnish, have become patrons

Queer Britain, the UK’s first and only LGBTQ+ museum, has announced that Elton John and his husband, David Furnish, have become patrons

Queer Britain, the UK’s first and only LGBTQ+ museum, has announced that Elton John and his husband, David Furnish, have become patrons. Queer Britain is a museum of British LGBTQ+ history and culture located in Kings Cross, London. It is the first dedicated LGBTQ museum in the UK. Elton and David s

University of Sussex to legally challenge a decision by the Office for Students after it was fined a record £585,000 for “failing to uphold freedom of speech”

University of Sussex to legally challenge a decision by the Office for Students after it was fined a record £585,000 for “failing to uphold freedom of speech”

The University of Sussex has said it will legally challenge a decision by the Office for Students (OfS) after it was fined a record £585,000 by the higher education regulator, which criticised the university’s policy statement on trans and non-binary equality. The policy has a requirement to “positi

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