LGBTQ+ News 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 By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News 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 By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News 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 By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News 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 By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News 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 By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Thousands protest in Budapest against law banning Pride march and the use of facial recognition software to identify attendees An estimated 2,000 people protested in Budapest on Tuesday, March 25 against a new law that aims to ban the annual LGBTQ+ Pride march and allows the use of facial recognition software to identify attendees. Hungary’s parliament passed a law proposed by ruling party lawmakers on Tuesday, March 18 to By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Trump administration cancels at least 68 grants focused on the health of LGBTQ+ people The Trump administration has cancelled at least 68 grants focused on the health of LGBTQ+ people, as it continues to target what it describes as “ideologically driven science”. The US government terminated at least 68 grants to 46 institutions totalling nearly $40 million when awarded. While some of By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News “There are some non-negotiables in my world.” Louise stands up for trans rights after former bandmates’ transphobic comments Pop star Louise has stood firm after she, along with fellow bandmate Kelle Bryan, was accused of throwing former Eternal bandmates Easther and Vernie Bennett under a bus after they made transphobic comments and refused to play certain Pride events. In 2023, Eternal was set to regroup as a four-piece By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Award-winning drag competition Draggieland to go ahead as planned after judge blocks university drag show ban A federal judge has temporarily blocked Texas A&M University System, a state university system in Texas, from enforcing a ban on drag shows being held across its 11 campuses, which means the 2025 edition of award-winning drag competition Draggieland will go ahead as planned. Draggieland is an annual By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Italian TikToker takes their own life after internet bullies allegedly targeted them for changing their gender identity An Italian TikToker who came out as trans and then non-binary has taken their own life after internet bullies allegedly targeted them for changing their gender identity. Davide Garufi, 21, came out as a trans woman and asked their followers to call them Alexandra. After a few months, the content cre By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Californian LGBTQ+ venue bans MAGA gear from its premises Badlands, a popular LGBTQ+ club in Sacramento, California, has banned all “MAGA-related attire” after a patron wore a ‘Make America Great Again’ hat to the venue. The phrase and its acronym have been popular among Donald Trump’s supporters since the president’s first term. Badlands owner TJ Bruce an By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Terry Higgins Memorial Quilt to go on display in the UK’s first LGBTQ+ museum Marking what would have been Terry Higgins’ 80th birthday, Queer Britain will host the Terry Higgins Memorial Quilt. The quilt was produced by Terrence Higgins Trust and the Quilters’ Guild and will be on display in London at the UK’s first and only LGBTQ+ museum from June 11 -15. Since opening its By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News “Christian” teacher loses High Court challenge after being dismissed for telling pupils that being LGBTQ+ was “a sin” and trans people were “just confused” A “Christian” teacher has lost her High Court challenge after being dismissed for telling pupils, aged around 11 years old, that being LGBTQ+ was “a sin” and trans people were “just confused”. Glawdys Leger, 44, made the controversial comments in 2022 during a religious studies lesson at Bishop Just By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Hundreds gathered on Sunday, March 23 in Dallas, Texas to join the March for Queer & Trans Liberation Hundreds gathered on Sunday, March 23 in Dallas, Texas to join the March for Queer & Trans Liberation, which was organised by a coalition of more than 20 local organisations and was held in response to the ongoing wave of anti-LGBTQ legislation and policies in the United States. Jacob Reyes, the Gay By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Nadine Coyle to headline Portsmouth Pride 2025 Girls Aloud star Nadine Coyle will be headlining this year’s Portsmouth Pride – a celebration of diversity and inclusion – on Saturday, June 7, on Southsea Common. Portsmouth Pride, which won the right to host UK Pride 2025, announced the news on social media: “Get ready to jump! Nadine is calling t By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News United Nations blasts Hungarian parliament after it passes new law banning LGBTQ+ Pride events in Hungary The United Nations has expressed concern about a new law banning LGBTQ+ Pride events in Hungary, which would affectively outlaw Budapest Pride. On Tuesday, March 18 the Hungarian parliament – led by Prime Minister Viktor Orban – passed a law prohibiting Pride events and authorising the authorities t By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News TV and stage star Shobna Gulati reveals they now identify as non-binary TV and stage star Shobna Gulati has revealed that they now identify as non-binary. Speaking to Kaye Adams on her How to be 60 podcast Shobna, 58, explained: “I’ve become more happy describing myself as a person. What do people call it now? Non binary. So, I suppose that’s who I am.” The star, who [… By Graham Robson • 2 min read
International News Stonewall National Museum Launches New ACT UP Movement Against US Government Overreach “We need to be as bold as our adversaries who do not believe we have it in us to challenge their lawlessness, we know how to activate, knows how to fight for survival and protect hard-earned equality.” By Contributor • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Crystal, star of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, appears in new tongue-in-cheek climate campaign Crystal, star of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, has joined Dylan Bachelet (Great British Bake Off finalist) and Chris Packham (wildlife TV presenter and campaigner) for a new quirky and playful multi-media advertising promotion supporting Friends of the Earth’s latest climate campaign. Launching on Wednesda By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Business News This Is It!, the oldest gay bar in Wisconsin, which was co-owned by RuPaul’s Drag Race star Trixie Mattel, closed its doors for good on March 9 This Is It!, the oldest gay bar in Wisconsin, which was co-owned by RuPaul’s Drag Race star Trixie Mattel closed its doors for good on March 9. Founded by June Brehm, who died in 2010, and her son, Joseph Brehm, This Is It! opened in 1968 before being taken over by drag superstar and Wisconsin […] By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News “Hey, hey. Ho, ho! Commonwealth homophobia has got to go!” Commonwealth leaders jeered for anti-LGBTQ+ persecution Leaders from 29 Commonwealth countries that criminalise LGBTQ+ people were met with boos and jeers as they arrived at the Commonwealth’s annual service at Westminster Abbey on Monday, March 10. Despite violating the human rights provisions of the Commonwealth Charter, they were welcomed by the Churc By Graham Robson • 2 min read
International News A trans woman’s prison sentence for ‘insulting’ Jesus must be quashed, Amnesty International has said A trans woman’s prison sentence for ‘insulting’ Jesus must be quashed, Amnesty International has said. On 10 March, a district court in Indonesia found Ratu Thalisa, known online as Ratu Entok, guilty of spreading hate speech against Christianity. The court also ordered her to pay a fine of 100,00 By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News ITV News investigation reveals the “devastating impact” of chemsex-related drugs on parts of the LGBTQ+ community An ITV News investigation has revealed the “devastating impact” of chemsex-related drugs on parts of the LGBTQ+ community, and an “alarming lack” of action in addressing what experts have described as a “silent” crisis. In a new ITVX documentary by ITV News, After the high: Chemsex, beyond the myths By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Stafford Pride criticises “homophobic” church after it is granted permission to move into former Stafford cinema A church has been criticised for its “disturbingly homophobic” beliefs by organisers of Stafford Pride after it was given permission to move into a former cinema in the town. Led by pastor Enoch Adeboye, who has previously called homosexuality evil and said gay marriage could bring about the end of By Graham Robson • 1 min read
