Arts Winners of the Books Are My Bag Readers’ Awards announced Books by Juno Dawson, Shon Faye, Lemn Sissay, Louie Stowell and Erik J. Brown chosen as readers’ favourites of the year By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Arts Juno Dawson among authors shortlisted for this year’s Books Are My Bag Readers’ Awards LGBTQ+ books shortlisted include: The Transgender Issue by LGBTQ+ rights commentator Shon Faye, Her Majesty’s Royal Coven by Stonewall role model Juno Dawson, poetry anthology 100 Queer Poems, edited by Mary Jean Chan and Andrew McMillan, and Alice Oseman’s LGBTQ+ YA romance webcomic Heartstopper. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts The Coast Is Queer, Brighton & Hove’s festival of LGBTQ+ writing, to return in October Three days of accessible, lively literary conversations, panels, workshops and films celebrating some of the best and brightest LGBTQ+ writers By Graham Robson • 5 min read
Juno Dawson will be speaking at the event Arts 11th September: Queer Bloomsbury Day Tomorrow, Queer Bloomsbury Day will see a host of exciting queer events including a talk by bestselling author Juno Dawson. By Rachel Badham • 2 min read
Arts FEATURE: The Coast Is Queer 3 – Jamie Windust Brian Butler listens intently to non-binary writer/model Jamie Windust By Brian Butler • 3 min read
Community Manchester Pride holds first Human Rights Forum with prominent UK activists Many of the UK’s most prominent activists have come together to form the Human Rights Forum to discuss cancel culture, transphobia, the importance of joint activism, feminism and white supremacy in pride in a new video released online by LGBTQ+ charity Manchester Pride. By Graham Robson • 4 min read
Health Celebrities support Mind’s LGBT+ mental health event On Thursday, February 23, mental health charity Mind held an event to profile its work in LGBT+ mental health. Attendees were joined by author, journalist and LGBT+ advocate, Juno Dawson and viewed an exclusive video featuring Mind’s President, Stephen Fry. By Besi • 4 min read
