LGBTQ+ News Project celebrating LGBTQ+ working-class history on the Isle of Wight receives £21,700 cash injection from Historic England Out On An Island, which explores 100 years of LGBTQ+ history with an Isle of Wight, has received a £21,700 cash injection from Historic England for its LGBTQ+ working-class history celebration project. The project from StoneCrabs Theatre will shed light on the LGBTQ+ heritage of Union Street in Ryde By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Pride Drag Race UK star La Voix to headline Isle of Wight Pride 2025 La Voix, star of season 6 of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, has been announced as one of the headliners of Isle of Wight Pride, which takes place on Saturday, July 19. The global superstar, who is also a Britain’s Got Talent semi-finalist, will bring her dazzling talent to the IW Pride stage. Expect razor s By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Pride Isle of Wight 2024: Beaming With Pride Isle of Wight Pride celebrated a return to the beach in style in July with a weekend of entertainment, community involvement and a parade. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Pride Isle of Wight Pride’s new logo ‘rocks’ A new logo has been designed to reflect a greater diversity within Isle of Wight’s LGBTQ+ communities, whilst representing its unique connections to the Island. The new logo, which will help to establish and develop the charity’s identity, will be used on all future communications and merchandise. C By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Pride Isle of Wight Pride returns this month to champion the importance of equality and diversity Events start on Friday, August 18 with the Pride Launch Party from 5 – 9pm featuring Cherry Liquor and Dawn the Drag Queen, DJ host Boom Party Live, and a variety of food and drink including the newly launched IW Pride Cocktail. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Pride Isle of Wight Pride postponed till 18, 19 and 20 August Isle of Wight Pride returns in August with a weekend event at Eastern Gardens, Ryde Esplanade By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News StoneCrabs Theatre awarded National Lottery Heritage Fund for ‘Out On An Island: Pride in Self, Pride in Place’ The grant will help it continue its Out On An Island activities, which includes researching the heritage and history of the Isle of Wight’s LGBTQ+ community with its new project OUT ON AN ISLAND: PRIDE IN SELF, PRIDE IN PLACE. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Boogaloo Stu and Ladypat to bring their eye-popping artworks to Brighton’s Jubilee Library in January 2023 Boogaloo Stu and Ladypat are to bring Queer Hearts, a year-long cultural exchange between Isle of Wight and Brighton, to Brighton’s Jubilee Library in January 2023. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Ladypat and Boogaloo Stu present ‘QUEER HEARTS’ The year-long project which will encompass a joint exhibition of new artworks, plus workshop events, and concluding in May 2023 with a cultural exchange between the artists’ home locations of the Isle of Wight and Brighton. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
News Isle of Wight Pride 2022 seeks new volunteers To rekindle interest and welcome new volunteers, IW Pride is holding a drop-in session on Friday, February 25 at the Riverside Centre in Newport from 12.30 – 6.30pm By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts StoneCrabs Theatre celebrates LGBT History Month with a new book and exhibition about the Isle of Wight’s hidden LGBTQ+ history The book features excerpts from 18 interviews with LGBTQ+ people, carried out over two years, who share honest, intimate accounts of what it’s like to be ‘out’ on the Isle of Wight, an isolated island with a long and abiding conservative history By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts Launch of Isle of Wight’s first LGBTQ+ history & heritage exhibition StoneCrabs Theatre Company is to launch Out On An Island, the first LGBTQ+ history and heritage exhibition for the Isle of Wight, at Clayden Gallery on Saturday, June 19 By Graham Robson • 1 min read
