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Celebs lead the way for Team Beacon at this weekend’s Brighton Half Marathon

A former Special Forces Operator, a well-known actor, a musician and a maths whiz might seem an unlikely combination, but that is in fact the celebrity lineup within Team Beacon, at this year’s Altra Brighton Half Marathon on Sunday, March 2. Chris Oliver, Matt Robson-Scott, Craig Parkinson and Bobb

By Graham Robson • 2 min read

LGBTQ+ News

“A horrifying act of discrimination.” Amnesty condemns authorities after two students were publicly flogged in Indonesia for having consensual same-sex relations

Amnesty International has condemned government authorities after two university students were publicly flogged in the city of Banda Aceh, Indonesia for having consensual same-sex relations. One of the men was flogged 77 times while his partner received a slightly higher punishment of 82 lashes for p

By Graham Robson • 2 min read

LGBTQ+ News

Organisers of Leeds Pride share exciting plans for 2025 festival

Organisers of Leeds Pride – one of the city’s largest festival weekends of the year – have announced the first wave of acts performing at the 2025 event, which takes place on Sunday, July 20. Headlining the main stage will be chart-topping band Liberty X who will be performing their biggest hits alo

By Graham Robson • 2 min read

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Murder of trans teenager Brianna Ghey, who lost her life in February 2023, is to be explored in new ITV documentary

The transphobic murder of trans teenager Brianna Ghey, who tragically lost her life in February 2023, is to be explored in a new ITV documentary. The 75-minute programme will look into the events of February 11, 2023 when Brianna was stabbed with a knife 28 times after being lured to Linear Park, Cu

By Graham Robson • 1 min read

Arts

Cooper Koch, star of ‘Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story’, says the Menendez brothers “deserve to come home”

Cooper Koch, who had the gays salivating with his portrayal of Erik Menendez in Netflix’s biographical crime drama Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, has said he thinks the Menendez brothers, who were jailed in 1996 for the murder of their parents in 1989, “deserve to come home”. In an inte

By Graham Robson • 2 min read

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Out to Swim launches new clubs in Bournemouth and Newcastle

Out To Swim, which runs LGBTQ+ swimming clubs across the UK including Bristol, Brighton and London, has announced it has expanded into two new cities, Bournemouth and Newcastle. The LGBTQ+ swimming club was founded in London in 1992 by a small band of enterprising swimmers from the LGBTQ+ community.

By Graham Robson • 2 min read

Community News

Celebrating the vibrant LGBTQ+ history of Brighton & Hove and beyond

The Coast is Queer LGBTQ+ Literature Festival and Queer Heritage South are joining forces on Saturday, May 24 to present an interactive archiving workshop that celebrates the vibrant LGBTQ+ history of our city and beyond. Inspired by a fascinating display of gay newspapers and lesbian pulp fiction,

By Graham Robson • 1 min read

Community News

Fundraiser launches to “save” Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club, an icon among London’s queer-friendly venues

A fundraiser to “save” Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club (BGWMC), an icon among London’s queer-friendly venues, has launched, aiming to raise £12,000 by April 8. A key player in London’s LGBTQ+ and alternative scene, the venue first opened as a traditional working men’s club in 1953, and two decades

By Graham Robson • 1 min read

LGBTQ+ News

For the 9th consecutive year, Malta is named the most LGBTQ+ inclusive country in Europe

For the 9th consecutive year, Malta has been named the most LGBTQ+ inclusive country in Europe, according to the 2024 ILGA-Europe Rainbow Map & Index. Conversely, the UK has slipped from a score of 53.40% in 2023 to a score of 51.88% in 2024. This is grim reading for LGBTQ+ residents of the UK as […

By Graham Robson • 1 min read

Transgender News

Trans activist Bella Bautista makes history as first-ever trans contestant of Miss Georgia USA

Trans activist Bella Bautista is to make history as the first-ever trans contestant of Miss Georgia USA after winning the coveted Miss Buckhead USA title. The 22-year-old, who is preparing to compete in the upcoming Miss Georgia USA pageant from June 12, recently shared her uncertainty about how she

By Graham Robson • 1 min read

LGBTQ+ News

New “deepling unsettling” report reveals challenges faced by a “hidden population” of LGBTQ+ over-50s in London

Tonic Housing, a non-profit organisation which runs a retirement community for LGBTQ+ people in the capital, has published a “deepling unsettling” report, Precarious Lives, which reveals the challenges faced by a “hidden population” of LGBTQ+ over-50s in London. Tonic Housing surveyed 134 people acr

By Graham Robson • 2 min read

Transgender News

US judge blocks prison officials from transferring a dozen trans women inmates to men’s facilities

A US federal judge has blocked prison officials from transferring a dozen trans women inmates to men’s facilities, going against an executive order issued by President Donald Trump. Trump had decreed the end of diversity programmes and LGBTQ+ protections following his inauguration in January, notabl

By Graham Robson • 1 min read