Lavender Boy: Drag portrait exhibition from Greg Bailey at Helm Gallery, Brighton explores Pride, colour and inclusivity in the LGBTQ+ community
Bimini
“Only Madonna Can Judge Me”: RuPaul’s Drag Race star Bimini designs new T-shirt with profits going to support work of National AIDS Trust
Brighton
WellBN, the Brighton-based NHS surgery, officially launches its Trans Health Hub Outreach pathway
LGBT
Council of Europe “deeply concerned” after Bulgaria’s parliament passes ban on the “promotion” of “non-traditional” sexual orientation and/or gender identity
LGBT
Russia “absolutely sure” its people won’t be affected by Mpox outbreak due to country’s “traditional values”
All Saints Church
High Wycombe church under fire after erecting rainbow flag as part of town’s Pride celebrations
Television
Ria Zmitrowicz (The Power) to join cast of BBC drama Sherwood as a queer Sheriff of Nottingham
Theatre
Nathaniel Curtis (It’s a Sin) stars in new play charting the friendship between a queer man and his straight female best friend
Dance
Mariposa, choreographer Carlos Pons Guerra’s queer take on Puccini’s Madame Butterfly, to tour the UK from October 2024
News
“It’s beautiful to see the city come together for this event.” Hundreds of LGBTQ+ people and allies march through streets of Bath for city’s first Pride event
LGBT
Blake Lively, star of It Ends With Us, under fire after series of interviews in the 2000s come to light where the actress repeatedly used transphobic slur
Houston
Vanity Williams, a 34-year-old Black trans woman, shot and killed in Houston, Texas