Business News New equality ruling protects gender non-conforming people A new addition to the UK Equality Act will provide greater protection to the gender non-conforming community by recognising non-binary identities. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
Arts More to Me than HIV – online exhibition for World Aids Day 2020 More to Me than HIV, an online exhibition for World Aids Day 2020 on December 1, is inviting people living with HIV to share pics and some words to publicly combat stigma, and show and celebrate how they are winning at life. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Community Brighton & Hove City Council launches Covid-19 alert level and guidance Brighton & Hove City Council introduces an ‘escalation framework’, using a traffic light system – from green to yellow, amber and red – to keep everyone in the city informed and up to date about the current rate of confirmed cases of Covid-19. By Contributor • 1 min read
Community RiotBananas raises £2,118 for LGBTQ+ mental health charity MindOut RiotBananas, which streams all sorts of games over Twitch, raises an incredible £2,118 for LGBTQ+ mental health charity MindOut with a 12-Hour/12 Month Anniversary gaming stream. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Community Companies urge UK Government to ‘make progress for the trans community’ A consortium of trans and LGBTQ+ charities and organisations – Mermaids, Cool2BeTrans, MindOut, Gendered Intelligence and Stonewall – announces that close to 200 major UK employers have come together in a show of support for trans communities. By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Community News UKAT figures reveal more alcoholics than ever check into South East rehabs Figures from the UK Addiction Treatment Group reveal that more alcoholics than ever before have admitted themselves into rehabs across the South East during the four month peak of the Coronavirus crisis By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Health Superdrug receives backlash for inclusive sanitary range UK health and beauty company Superdrug has faced backlash for releasing its first line of sanitary products that are gender neutral. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
Arts FILM: ‘I Made This For You’ free to watch for World Suicide Prevention Day I Made This For You, a searingly honest British feature film that tackles mental health, depression and suicide head on, is now available to watch for free on Youtube globally. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
General News Poland: Bishops Demand Clinics to “cure” LGBTQ+ Marek Jędraszewski, Archbishop of Kraków in Poland told a conference he deemed it “necessary to create clinics (including with the assistance of the church) to help people who want to regain their sexual health and natural sexual orientation.” By Paul Wright • 2 min read
General News Germany: Out Health Minister Abused by Anti-Lockdown Protesters Cries of “shame” and “gay pig” were hurled at the Minister By Paul Wright • 2 min read
Community BLAGSS’ Tennis Virgins to return on Wednesday, September 9 Tennis Virgins to return to Preston Park Tennis Club on Wednesday, September 9 from 8-9.30pm with a four-week coached programme of skills and games. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community SURVEY – Integrating Care for Trans Adults Integrating Care for Trans Adults (ICTA), in partnership with the Open University and the LGBT Foundation, reaches out to groups within the transgender, including non-binary, and wider LGBTQ+ community By Graham Robson • 2 min read
