LGBTQ+ News “I’m done.” Ellen DeGeneres to quit show business after upcoming Netflix special Ellen DeGeneres is saying goodbye to show business and public eye after her upcoming Netflix special, which is set to premiere later this year. During the former talk show host’s Ellen’s Last Stand…Up stop in Santa Rosa, California, in July, DeGeneres announced that she’s leaving Hollywood after a f By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Film “A cinematic marvel.” Trans activist Paul B Preciado’s ‘Orlando – A Political Biography’ is a bold and joyous celebration of trans and non-binary identity, told through the lens of Virginia Woolf’s iconic novel Trans activist Paul B Preciado has taken Virginia Woolf’s 1928 gender-fluid classic novel Orlando and made a powerful film essay that combines the life stories of over 20 trans and divergent people with many elements and direct quotes from the novel. The effect is a stunning cinematic marvel, as the By Brian Butler • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News A Queer Night at Hove Museum on Thursday, August 1 Join Queer Heritage South for a pre-Pride celebration at Hove Museum of Creativity on Thursday, August 1. Queer Heritage South joins Days of Wonder for a night of music, talks, performances, video projections, and art, to explore the queer legacy of Hove Museum’s film & media collection. The event w By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Sport “I like to kiss guys”: American athletics star Trey Cunningham comes out as gay American athletics star Trey Cunningham, a World Athletics Championships silver medallist, has come out publicly as gay. In an interview with The New York Times, Cunningham said that coming out to his family said that coming out to his family in private five years ago was the “scariest thing I’ve ev By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Suella Braverman faces backlash after describing Progress Pride flag as “monstrous” Suella Braverman MP, former Home Secretary, has faced backlash after she described flying the Progress Pride flag as “monstrous” and blamed “liberal Conservatives” for the party suffering a record defeat in General Election. Braverman, who is touted as new Tory leader, was speaking at the the Nation By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Waterstones employee sacked after threatening to “tear up and bin” a book by gender-critical author, Christina Dalcher Tilly Fitzgerald, who runs social media account Tilly Loves Books, which boasts 90,000 followers, has been sacked by Waterstones after she criticised gender-critical author Christina Dalcher, who supports Seen Network, which “works to protect women’s right and raise concerns around the impact of gen By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Pink Singers perform at Cadogan Hall, London, 15th July 2017 LGBTQ Choirs ‘Everything’s Coming Up Pinkies: A Musical Theatre Spectacular’ from Europe’s longest running LGBTQ+ choir Join the Pink Singers, Europe’s longest-running LGBTQ+ choir, at Cadogan Hall, London for a celebration of all things musical theatre on Saturday, July 20. Everything’s Coming Up Pinkies will feature songs from a range of musicals, including A Chorus Line, Company, Les Misérables, and Cabaret as wel By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Transgender News Transcend Borders: Trans Pride Edition: Brighton event to raise funds for a TNBI refugee/asylum seeker during Trans Pride Brighton To coincide with Trans Pride Brighton, Transcend Borders: Trans Pride Edition, a variety show with poetry, dancing, drag and music to help raise funds for a TNBI refugee/asylum seeker to afford gender-affirming care, is to take place at Daltons in Brighton on Sunday, July 21. Enjoy some poetry, have By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Fundraising News Terrence Higgins Trust’s Big Shave Off returns this Thursday – bigger, better and hairier! On Thursday, 11 July, eight supporters brave a shave at the iconic Royal Vauxhall Tavern to raise money for HIV charity Terrence Higgins Trust. Overseen by host Son of a Tutu, professional barber Darren Evans and friends will be shaving the head, chest or faces of the charity’s inspiring supporters! By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Transgender News Trans Pride Hastings to bring trans joy to the town on 27 and 28 July Trans Pride Hastings came into being in February 2023. Victoria and Zed are the company co-directors and co-organisers and in July 2023 they worked with a team of volunteers to deliver 15 events across eight days focusing on community building, support and celebration. This year’s Trans Pride Hastin By Graham Robson • 1 min read
HIV Words for Wellbeing Workshops – Living with HIV with Lunch Positive and Simon Maddrell Local HIV charity Lunch Positive is launching a pilot programme of six wellbeing workshops for people living with HIV in Sussex. Facilitated by writer, editor and educator, Simon Maddrell, a member of Lunch Positive who also lives with HIV in Brighton & Hove, the series of six workshops will run fro By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Cabaret Queens, Kings and in betweens assemble! The Next Drag Superstar to kick off in Brighton this week After nine successful seasons in London, the Next Drag Superstar competition starts this week in Brighton for the first time. Brighton-based Felix Le Freak, co-producer and head judge, told me: “The London event has grown into a community of LGBTQ+ performers, working together in cabaret, panto and By Brian Butler • 2 min read
