Transgender News “I don’t like what he be saying about his trans child, that made me mad.” Marlon Wayans, who has a trans daughter, says it’s hard for him to hear Elon Musk’s comments disproving his trans daughter American actor and comedian Marlon Wayans, who has a trans daughter, has said it is hard for him to hear Elon Musk’s comments disproving his trans daughter. Wayans, who was speaking about his child, Kai, coming out as trans on a recent episode of the podcast Club Shay Shay, joked “I have a Tesla tha By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Television Meet Kyran Thrax – one of the fierce new queens of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK season 6 International drag icon, RuPaul, is back in Blighty with his cult competitive reality show. Rooted in camp, British pop culture, and famed for its unpredictability, Drag Race UK fans will be delighted with a rambunctious new cast, and a competition with even more twists, more laughs and more sass. S By Graham Robson • 3 min read
LGBTQ+ News “My sexuality was a secret horror swelling inside me.” Stephen Fry opens up about being gay as a teenager Stephen Fry, who publicly came out as gay in the 1980s, has opened up on being gay as a teenager, saying there was “a horror swelling inside me”. In an interview with The Times, the actor said: “In the 1980s, I was known as Celibate Stephen. I was so excited by my work that I […] By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Hold My Hand: LGBTQ+ rights charity Stonewall launches campaign to make anti-LGBTQ+ hate crime an Aggravated Offence LGBTQ+ rights charity Stonewall has launched a new campaign to make anti-LGBTQ+ hate crime an Aggravated Offence so LGBTQ+ people have the same protections as people who face hate crime due to racism or religious discrimination – in line with the Law Commission’s recommendations. Stonewall, which ha By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Survey finds 40% of bisexuals don’t feel accepted by the LGBTQ+ community A new survey by HER, a dating app for lesbian, bi, and queer individuals, has revealed that 40% of bisexual people feel invisible in LGBTQ+ spaces. Collating the responses of 2,000 users, the survey, which is published to coincide with Bi Awareness Week, highlights challenges in the bi community, in By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Teen sentenced to five years for kicking trans woman in the head in Swansea Alex Edwards, a 19-year-old far-right extremist, has been jailed for more than five years for kicking a trans woman in the head. The teen from Swansea was sentenced at Winchester Crown Court for causing actual bodily harm, disseminating terrorist material and having a bladed article in a public plac By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Features & Longread Prison officer from HMP Aylesbury encourages others from the LGBTQ+ community to join the prison service ahead of National Inclusion Week A prison officer from HMP Aylesbury is encouraging others from the LGBTQ+ community to join the prison service and help keep the public safe. Tiffany Dudden, alongside other prison staff, is playing a role in supporting the prison system through challenging times, with prisons until recently close t By Contributor • 2 min read
Transgender News Brighton & Hove City Council seeks views on revised draft Trans Inclusion Schools Toolkit Brighton & Hove City Council is seeking views on the revised draft Trans Inclusion Schools Toolkit, which is designed to empower staff and governors in the city’s schools and colleges to develop inclusive policies and practices that specifically support trans children and young people. The council s By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Film Plans for London’s first LGBTQ+ cinema approved by Southwark Council Plans for what is believed to be London’s first LGBTQ+ cinema have been approved. Simon Burke and Piers Greenlees, who opened the area’s first LGBTQ+ pub, The Rising SE1, in April last year, plan to open The Arzner, comprising a cinema and cocktail bar, which is named after Dorothy Arzner, a pioneer By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Fundraising News Bridgerton actor Jonathan Bailey announced as JustGiving’s Celebrity Fundraiser of the Year after raising an incredible £33,452 for LGBTQ+ youth charity, Just Like Us Bridgerton actor Jonathan Bailey has been announced as JustGiving‘s Celebrity Fundraiser of the Year after raising an incredible £33,452 for LGBTQ+ youth charity Just Like Us, of which is patron! “If Just Like Us were around when I was at school, it would have been a lot easier and I would’ve had a By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Transgender News Hundreds of plaster casts of trans and non-binary people unveiled as latest installation on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square Hundreds of plaster casts of trans and non-binary people have been unveiled as the latest installation, Mil Veces un Instante (A Thousand Times in an Instant), on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square, London The sculpture, created by Mexican artist Teresa Margolles, features the faces of 726 trans, By Graham Robson • 1 min read
(c) Alex Brenner Musical Theatre ‘Fizzing, fiery…’ Breach Theatre’s AFTER THE ACT at Brighton Dome is the story of Thatcher’s Section 28 and how a moral panic gripped a nation Thatcher’s Section 28, which banned the ‘promotion’ of homosexuality in schools, was the landmark legislation that silenced a generation, offered a global blueprint for LGBTQ+ oppression and galvanised a movement. Showing at Brighton Dome in November, After the Act: A Section 28 Musical is funny, ca By Graham Robson • 1 min read
