MOBILISEPrideParade2022creditEmmaJones Birmingham Fatt Projects fundraising to continue their work for Birmingham’s LGBTQ+ community and beyond Founded in 2021, some of their recent projects have included “creating accessible and sober LGBTQ+ dance spaces and a large-scale community performance at Birmingham Pride with MOBILISE, building the world’s first development model to support the creation of queer-positive performance work for child By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
Jobs Allsorts Youth Project seeks Youth Support Worker The successful candidate will act as a positive LGBTQ+ role-model for the charity’s service users and join a growing, professional and passionate team who support LGBTQ+ children, young people and their families and challenge exclusion, prejudice and discrimination in all areas of their lives. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Television Froot.TV announces UK premiere date for second season of racy reality competition series ‘GoGo For The Gold’ GoGo For The Gold sees 12 sexy, diverse and talented Gogo boys from around the USA descend on Hollywood to compete to win $10,000 dollars from SCRUFF and the title of America’s #1 Champion Gogo Superstar Star. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Pride Guided Tours at Shakespeare’s Globe to bring to life queer stories and characters from Shakespeare’s life and times Pride Guided Tours bring to life the queer stories and characters from Shakespeare’s life and times. Guides will explain what life would have been like for the queer community during Shakespeare’s lifetime, an important era in LGBTQ+ history. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News New book explores gay life in Kazakhstan with intimate photography and personal storytelling Elska, a project dedicated to sharing the bodies and voices of LGBTQ+ communities around the world, has put the spotlight on Almaty, Kazakhstan for its latest edition. By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Credit Shanni Collins Community News Brighton & Hove’s LGBTQ+ communities and allies make a lot of noise to mark IDAHOBIT 2023 Organised by the city’s LGBTQ+ choir, the Rainbow Chorus, there was a good turn out of community members from across LGBTQ+ communities. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
In The South PACT’s adoption services rated outstanding for third time Adoption and support services for adoptive families run by charity Parents And Children Together (PACT) have been rated outstanding by Ofsted for the third successive inspection. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Community News Racial Harassment Forum, the Rainbow Hub and Possability People to host Hate Incident Awareness Workshop at Friends Meeting House, Brighton on June 15 At this event, find out what the difference is between a hate incident and a hate crime, and why reporting is so important. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Coventry and West Midlands West Midlands Police silent on apology for LGBTQ+ “witch-hunts” West Midlands Police have declined to say whether they will apologise for what human rights organisation the Peter Tatchell Foundation calls their “past witch-hunting of the LGBTQ+ community”. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Theatre Myra DuBois to bring ‘Be Well’ – a new manifesto for mental health – to Brighton’s Komedia on Thursday, November 16 Myra DuBois calls out to you, the disadvantaged, downtrodden and tyrannised of the world, with her manifesto for mental health: AdMyrism! But are you ready to receive the call? By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News UK falls to 17th place in Rainbow Europe Map, which monitors LGBTQ+ rights in European countries The results show a marked decline in the UK, which was top nation in 2015 and 14th place in 2022. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Mental Health MindOut wins award for their work to improve mental health of LGBTQ+ communities MindOut, the LGBTQ+ mental health charity, were visited by the High Sheriff of East Sussex, Jane King, who presented the charity with an award for their continued work within the LGBTQ community. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
