Arts FEATURE: Hove-based film judge urges support for local independent cinemas Brian Butler talks to the Brighton-based film executive who’s just judged the prestigious Iris Prize By Brian Butler • 3 min read
General News Cycling champion comes out as trans Welsh cyclist Emily Bridges, 19, came out as trans on National Coming Out Day with the hope her message will inspire other trans athletes. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
General News Black trans woman killed in Louisiana Brooklyn DeShuna Smith, 20, is the 32nd known transgender person to have been killed in the US this year after she was found dead last Wednesday in Shreveport, Louisiana. By Rachel Badham • 2 min read
General News Joe Biden shares message of solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community 2020 US presidential candidate Joe Biden shared a message of solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community on National Coming Out Day: Sunday 11 October. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
Arts Authors sign open letter in solidarity with the trans community World famous writers including Margaret Attwood, Stephen King and Neil Gaiman have signed an open letter in support of trans and gender non-conforming people. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Live theatre comes back with a vengeance Brian Butler looks forward to a veritable feast of live theatre By Brian Butler • 3 min read
General News Four arrested after decorating Russian government buildings with rainbow flags Four members of Russian feminist collective and punk rock art group, Pussy Riot, have arrested after decorating government buildings with LGBTQ+ flags on Vladimir Putin’s birthday. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
Arts Women’s prize for fiction nominee speaks out against cisnormativity Non-binary writer Akwaeke Emezi, longlisted for the women’s prize for fiction with her novel Freshwater, said they would no longer be submitting entries due to a lack of gender non-conforming inclusivity. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
General News 2023 European Games to be held in Polish LGBTQ+ free zone European politicians have criticised the Olympics committee over the decision to let Kraków, Poland host the third international European Games after the city has become one of the country’s so called ‘LGBTQ+ free zones’. By Rachel Badham • 2 min read
Community World Rugby rules against trans players World Rugby, the global union for the sport, published a new series of guidelines on Friday 9 October preventing transgender women competing at the highest levels of the game. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
General News First LGBTQ+ nominee for California’s supreme court Martin Jenkins, 66, has been nominated for the position of Justice in California’s supreme court; if successful, he would become first openly gay member of the court. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
Community Light a candle for International Day of Hope & Remembrance on Sunday, October 18 Organisers of National Hate Crime Awareness Week encourage all to light a candle and share a video/picture of it on social media at 6pm. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Annie Lennox to re-release remastered version of A Christmas Cornucopia Annie Lennox announces release of a digitally remastered version of her sixth solo album, A Christmas Cornucopia By Graham Robson • 1 min read
General News Trans woman beaten and stabbed in Puerto Rico Puerto Rican trans woman Nicole López, 33, was hospitalised on Thursday 8 October after being beaten and stabbed in the latest incident of violence against the trans community on the island. By Rachel Badham • 2 min read
Business News Trans man sues Amazon after pregnancy discrimination Shaun Simmons, a transgender man living in New Jersey, is suing his workplace – international corporation Amazon – after claiming he was denied a promotion due to telling his manager he was pregnant in June 2019. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
General News Trans activist Monica Roberts dead at 58 Houston (Texas) based LGBTQ+ activist and trans pioneer Monica Roberts has been pronounced dead at 58; the cause of her death has not yet been confirmed. By Rachel Badham • 2 min read
General News Trans woman stabbed 16 times in hate crime Daniela Hernandez, a 42-year-old trans woman, was attacked and had her throat cut by a group of men at 9.30am as she was sat on a bench in MacArthur Park, Los Angeles. By Rachel Badham • 2 min read
General News Thousands celebrate international lesbian visibility day Thursday 8 October was international lesbian visibility day, which saw thousands of queer women celebrate their sexuality. By Rachel Badham • 2 min read
A Pride parade in New Delhi General News India’s Nationalist Congress Party creates LGBTQ+ cell The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in India has become the first political party in the country to set up a dedicated LGBTQ+ cell. By Rachel Badham • 2 min read
General News Trans Alaska residents suing state over medical care battle Three transgender Alaska residents – Swan Being, Robin Black and Austin Reed – are suing the US state for denying them medical care. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
Kwon Do Woon Arts Gay Korean Celebrities – K-pop singer first to come out as gay in 20 years South Korean singer Kwon Do Woon has come out as gay, making him the first male Korean celebrity to do so in 20 years. By Rachel Badham • 2 min read
General News 31st trans person killed in the US Felycya Harris, a 33-year-old black trans woman, is the 31st member of the trans community to have been killed so far in 2020. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
Arts REVIEW: Right Beside You – films from New Queer Visions Brian Butler finds companionship is the recurrent theme in five new queer films By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Anna Montgomery before and after the attack General News Trans woman attacked on night out in Belfast A trans woman named Anna Montgomery, 20, was left with facial injuries after she was attacked in a bar in Belfast, Northern Ireland. By Rachel Badham • 2 min read
