Brighton Bear Weekend INTERVIEW: Scene sits down with this year’s Mr Brighton Bear, Francisco Guillen Beloved community event Brighton Bear Weekend, which this year took place from July 11 – 14, was a weekend brimming with excitement, camaraderie, and, of course, the crowning of the new Brighton Bear 2024, which was this year won by Francisco Guillen. Raising funds for Brighton Rainbow Fund and the By Graham Robson • 3 min read
LGBTQ+ News LGBTQ+ people in Georgia under threat after lawmakers pass law curbing LGBTQ+ rights LGBTQ+ communities in Georgia, where the conservative Orthodox Church is highly influential, are under threat after Georgian lawmakers approved the final reading of a law on “family values and the protection of minors” that would provide a legal basis for authorities to outlaw Pride events and publi By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Mental Health Voda launches Trans Library, the “world’s largest, free trans-led mental health resource” Voda, the LGBTQ+ mental health app designed by LGBTQ+ therapists, has launched Trans Library, the “world’s largest free mental health resource” to support trans mental health amid mental health crisis. The Trans Library, which features 52 self-led digital programmes, is designed to meet the unique m By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Community News 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 Drag Bus, which has taken the UK by storm over the last two years, is hosting a very special event on Remembrance Sunday 2024 on November 10. While this will be the first ever event where the bus is not hosted by a drag queen, the vintage Routemaster will be decked out for the day! […] By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Books The Coast Is Queer, Brighton’s well-established festival of LGBTQ+ writing, returns this year from 10-13 October The Coast Is Queer, Brighton’s well-established festival of LGBTQ+ writing, returns this year from 10-13 October with conversations, panels, workshops, performance and films, celebrating queer writing. It was the first festival of its kind in the UK, and it’s once again at the Attenborough Centre fo By Brian Butler • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News ‘Neo-Nazi’ with armoury of weapons, including 14 knives and a crossbow, found guilty of planning a terrorist attack on gay and trans people A man found with an ‘armoury’ including a crossbow and 14 knives has been found guilty of planning a terrorist attack on gay and transgender people. Described in court as having ‘a neo-Nazi outlook’, Alan Edward, 54, amassed a collection of weaponry, including a crossbow with telescopic sights, 14 k By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Film Walt Disney Company reportedly makes conscious effort to make Pixar’s ‘Inside Out 2’ “less gay” The Walt Disney Company has reportedly made a conscious effort to make Pixar’s Inside Out 2 “less gay” following the box-office failure of Lightyear, with studio executives blaming the latter movie’s much-discussed same-sex kiss for turning away audiences. Multiple sources said that Disney leadershi By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Travel GAY GRAN CANARIA: Dunas Map is the most comprehensive reference for gay tourism and travel in Gran Canaria and Maspalomas Planning a trip to Gran Canaria and looking for more information about the local gay scene? As the official gay guide of Maspalomas, Dunas Map is the solution and has all the answers for you. Dunas Map is the most comprehensive reference for gay tourism and travel in Gran Canaria and Maspalomas. The By Contributor • 3 min read
LGBTQ+ News UK LGBTQ+ schools programme to become free to all secondaries Popular LGBTQ+ schools programme, Pride Groups, run by LGBTQ+ youth charity Just Like Us, is being made free to all UK secondary schools, thanks to National Lottery funding. The Pride Groups programme has so far helped 410 secondary schools to set up/run a LGBTQ+ and allies club, making school envir By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Straight Muslim man takes a stand against controversial anti-LGBTQ+ bill in Ghana A heterosexual Muslim man has taken a stand against a controversial anti-LGBTQ+ bill in Ghana by undertaking a one-man demonstration against the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2021. Texas Kadiri Moro, a teacher and father of six, undertook a one-man demonstration against the bill, which By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Transgender News Beyond Reflections, a charity supporting trans+ people and their families, launches annual Trans+ Allies Celebration event In honour of late trustee and ally, Paul Draycott, Beyond Reflections, the Southampton-based charity supporting trans+ people and their families, has launched its annual Trans+ Allies Celebration event, which will be an evening dedicated to celebrating queerness and allyship, and recognising the out By Graham Robson • 1 min read
HIV Terrence Higgins Trust responds to GP’s “false claims” on Tik Tok that HIV is transmissible through toilet roll Dr Sermed Mezher, a London GP, has posted a video on Tik Tok with misinformation that you can contract HIV and hepatitis from blood stained toilet roll, which has had over one million views. According to HIV charity Terrence Higgins Trust, this is “extremely worrying as no-one has ever contracted HI By Graham Robson • 1 min read
