Teen sentenced to five years for kicking trans woman in the head in Swansea
Features & Longread
Prison officer from HMP Aylesbury encourages others from the LGBTQ+ community to join the prison service ahead of National Inclusion Week
Brighton
Brighton & Hove City Council seeks views on revised draft Trans Inclusion Schools Toolkit
LGBT
Plans for London’s first LGBTQ+ cinema approved by Southwark Council
Jonathan Bailey
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
LGBT
Hundreds of plaster casts of trans and non-binary people unveiled as latest installation on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square
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
Brighton Bear Weekend
INTERVIEW: Scene sits down with this year’s Mr Brighton Bear, Francisco Guillen
Georgia
LGBTQ+ people in Georgia under threat after lawmakers pass law curbing LGBTQ+ rights
Mental Health
Voda launches Trans Library, the “world’s largest, free trans-led mental health resource”
Charles Street Tap
One of the leading UK cabaret performers, Jennie Castell, to host Drag Bus’ Remembrance Sunday 2024 event to raise funds for Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal
Books
The Coast Is Queer, Brighton’s well-established festival of LGBTQ+ writing, returns this year from 10-13 October