General News
33rd trans person killed in the US
Tierramarie Lewis, a black trans woman, is the 33rd known trans or gender non-conforming person to have been killed in the US this year.
Arts
Elliot Page receives Annual Achievement LGBTQ+ award
Actor and trans rights advocate, Elliot Page, has won the Annual Achievement Award at the Outfest LGBTQ+ film festival in Los Angeles.
Books
Hungary imposes further restrictions on LGBTQ+ children’s books
New regulations in Hungary will require the sellers of any LGBTQ+ children’s book to package the books in “closed wrapping”.
Community
Scene wishes everyone of our readers a Safe & Happy Brighton & Hove Pride Weekend 2021
Scene wishes everyone of our readers a Safe & Happy Pride Weekend
General News
New Zealand set to ban conversion therapy
New Zealand has introduced a national bill that would prohibit LGBTQ+ conversion therapy in nearly all contexts.
General News
Laurel Hubbard makes history as the first trans Olympian
Despite not winning a medal, Laurel Hubbard has made Olympic history by becoming the first-ever out trans athlete to compete in the event.
General News
Polish activists sued by ‘LGBTQ+ free’ zones
A group of activists who created the Atlas of Hate have been sued by a handful of so-called ‘LGBTQ+ free’ zones in Poland.
General News
Study: More Americans than ever know someone who is trans or gender non-conforming
A new report from the Pew Research Center found 42% of Americans know somebody who is trans compared to 37% in 2017.
International News
LGBT International Powerlifting Championships to be held in Manchester in 2022
The LGBT International Powerlifting Championships (LGBT IPC) will next be held in Manchester in July 2022.
General News
Irish MEP warns of LGBTQ+ rights rollback in Hungary
Maria Walsh has warned European leaders that Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán, has only “just started” his crackdown on LGBTQ+ rights.
General News
Chile set to legalise marriage equality
Chile is closer to marriage equality than ever before after the national Senate passed a bill to legalise same-sex unions last week.
Arts
News From Nowhere exhibition
Walking through Brighton’s North Laine, if you look into one of the windows of the new LGBT+ Ledward Centre on Jubilee Street you’ll be confronted with Boris Johnson’s face staring out from the bum of a Leonardo de Vinci’s drawing