International News Czech court strikes down legal requirement for trans people to undergo surgery before they are able to officially complete transition The Czech Constitutional Court has struck down a legal requirement for trans people to undergo surgery before they are able to officially complete their transition. Under current law, Czech trans people have to undergo sex organ surgery and sterilisation, leaving them unable to reproduce, before off By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News “Come along and help make some noise with us!” Brighton’s Rainbow Chorus to perform at IDAHOBIT Community Vigil on 17 May The Rainbow Chorus will be performing at Brighton’s International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT) Community Vigil on Friday, 17 May from 6.30pm at the Ledward Centre, 14a Jubilee Street, Brighton. IDAHOBIT provides an opportunity for the LGBTQ+ community to come together By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Brighton Fringe Queer Brighton Fringe Preview: Paul Diello cruises through the decades of one hit wonders, Crudi Dench needs your help, and Club Revenge opens their ‘Cabaret of Queeriosities’ In my second article on LGBTQ+ shows at this year’s Brighton Fringe, I look at a gay prince, the best short queer films around, and a gay choir’s Eurovision tribute. Laugh Till It Hurts is billed as a BDSM comedy show. It’s one man’s voyage into fetish and kink. Get tied up in its net […] By Brian Butler • 3 min read
Brighton Bear Weekend Brighton Bear Weekend launches hunt for Mr Brighton Bear 2024 Organisers of this year’s Brighton Bear Weekend (BBW), one of the city’s much-anticipated annual events supporting local charities the Sussex Beacon and Brighton Rainbow Fund, are now accepting entries for this year’s Mr Brighton Bear competition, which sees handsome and charismatic participants jos By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Daniel Radcliffe comments on JK Rowling’s anti-trans views, saying she doesn’t own “the things he truly believes” Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe has again commented on JK Rowling’s anti-trans views, insisting he doesn’t owe her “the things he truly believes” just because she made him a star – and says he finds the situation “really sad”. His spat with Rowling, who has relentlessly attacked the trans commun By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Music MNEK to headline one of London’s hottest Pride events at the Clapham Grand Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and record producer MNEK – who has four billion streams on songs he has written, featured on or produced for acts including Beyoncé, Little Mix, and Madonna – is to deliver a DJ set packed full of the biggest Pride, pop and R&B anthems at one of London’s biggest By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ Choirs Diversity Choir unveils ‘Glorious’ set list for summer concert London’s LGBTQ+ chamber music ensemble, Diversity Choir, has unveiled a ‘Glorious’ set list for its summer concert, which takes place at St Mary-at-Hill Church in London on Saturday, June 1. Taking its theme from varied music styles from the sacred to the inspirational to the downright joyously camp By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Television “They are open and honest in their search for love.” Dannii Minogue to play Cupid on new dating series ‘I Kissed A Girl’ Pop icon Dannii Minogue is to return as host of the UK’s first lesbian dating show, I Kissed A Girl, on May 5, which follows the same format of I Kissed a Boy. Dannii will play Cupid for ten lucky lesbians on the show, which serves up plenty of drama in a stunning Italian Masseria. […] By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Great British Bake Off’s Janusz Domagała, a social care worker, comments on new survey which finds almost half of people living with HIV have experienced discrimination while accessing social care Janusz Domagała, Great British Bake Off contestant and social care worker, has commented on a new survey, which shows 44% of people living with HIV who are accessing social care have faced HIV-related stigma and discrimination – with over three quarters (76%) reporting they are anxious about having By Graham Robson • 3 min read
International News Trans woman Robbi Mecus dies after falling 1,000 feet from Alaskan mountain Robbi Mecus, a 52-year-old trans woman from New York, has died after falling 1,000 feet while ice climbing on an Alaskan mountain. The forest ranger died after she and her climbing partner fell while they ascended Mount Johnson, an 8,400ft peak. The other climber, Melissa Orzechowski, 30, from Calif By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Birmingham Birmingham’s Flatpack Film Festival to explore ‘Chinese Queers’ An event entitled Chinese Queers; Diasporic Dykes: Saving Face + Reality Fragment 160921 will be held as part of 2024’s Flatpack Film Festival – a mobile arts organisation which takes over Birmingham venues every May. Programmed by writer, curator and artist Yifan He, the event will feature a screen By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
International News Celebrate the diversity of LGBTQ+ families with the 13th annual International Family Equality Day on May 5 Celebrate and honour the diversity of LGBTQ+ families across the globe with the 13th annual International Family Equality Day (IFED). On May 5, LGBTQ+ people and their families and friends will get together across the globe to celebrate the 13th annual IFED – an awareness day that highlights family By Graham Robson • 2 min read
