Community News Revealing St James’s Street with drag icons Alfie Ordinary, Alex Fincher and Billie Gold Drag icons Alfie Ordinary, Alex Fincher and Billie Gold have dug deep into the history books and listened to all the juicy gossip, to create a walking tour of the places and spaces that make up the beating heart of queer Brighton & Hove. Revealing St James’s Street is a project about bringing the qu By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Film Jane Fonda defends “woke” and takes a dig at Trump amidst continued attacks on LGBTQ+ communities Jane Fonda defended “woke” while accepting a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, February 23, in a speech largely aimed at President Trump and his continued attack on LGBTQ+ communities. Fonda, 87, praised fellow actors in the crowd for their ability to create emp By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News CEO of the Piece Hall, which proudly houses a sculpture of “the first modern lesbian” Anne Lister, has said the venue will be “displaying our Rainbow Flags with Pride” The CEO of the Piece Hall, which proudly houses a sculpture of “the first modern lesbian” Anne Lister, has said the venue will be “displaying our Rainbow Flags with Pride”. The Piece Hall, a stunning 18th-century cloth hall in Halifax, which now houses history exhibits, shops, bars and restaurants, By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Lauren Mayberry, lead singer of CHVRCHES, throws her support behind LGBT Youth Scotland fundraising day Purple Friday, an annual fundraising day where people all over Scotland show their support for LGBTQ+ young people, is to launch on Friday, February 28 to fundraise for LGBT Youth Scotland. This Purple Friday, join LGBT Youth Scotland in celebrating self-expression, love, and community with a poetic By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Councillor Sue Mullins with Vince and Julie (Photo by Jon Rigby) Pride Crawley Pride to celebrate diversity, inclusivity and community spirit in August This year’s Crawley Pride will place on August 16 in Goffs Park. Now in its fifth year, Crawley Pride, which was created as a way of bringing LGBTQ+ communities together in Crawley and the surrounding areas, will bring together LGBTQ+ acts mixed with local artists, businesses and people to celebrate By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Jonathan Bailey supports LGBT+ Guide for Parents, published by Just Like Us Just Like Us, the LGBTQ+ young people’s charity, has published its LGBT+ Guide for Parents, which aims to help parents become LGBTQ+ allies and bring families together. According to the charity, a third of British parents have never spoken to their child about what LGBTQ+ means, and dads are even le By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News LGBTQ+ rights charity Stonewall could lose up to half of its staff after Trump cuts funding to support LGBTQ+ communities around the world LGBTQ+ rights charity Stonewall could cut up to half of its staff after Donald Trump pulled funding for its foreign aid support, it has been reported by The Times. Stonewall was founded in 1989 by a small group of people who had been active in the struggle against notorious Section 28, which banned By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Legendary journalist and lesbian rights activist Jackie Forster is to be honoured with a rainbow plaque in London Legendary journalist and lesbian rights activist Jackie Forster is to be honoured with a rainbow plaque at her former home on Warwick Avenue in London. Beginning in 2018, the Rainbow Plaques programme commemorates significant people, locations, and historical episodes in LGBTQ+ history with markers By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Pride All about inclusion! Windsor to celebrate first Pride Festival in July Windsor will celebrate its first ever Pride Festival on July 26 with a Pride March to take place through the town centre. The town will host the inaugural Windsor and Eton Pride, which, Chair Steve Harris says, will be a be a “festival of inclusion” where “disabilities, ethnicities and genders” woul By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Southampton Pride to spread colour and Pride through the city this August Southampton Pride, the city’s main Pride event, is to take place on August 23 and August 24. Organisers of the Pride event wanted to clear up confusion after it was announced that Pride in the Park, Southampton has been cancelled for 2025. Southampton Pride said on social media: “We have received a By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Sponsored Content Hunter Schafer, trans star of hit show Euphoria, has shared that her newly issued US passport incorrectly identifies her as male Hunter Schafer, trans star of hit show Euphoria, has shared that her newly issued US passport incorrectly identifies her as male, even though she identified as female during the application process. In a TikTok video, the 26-year-old expressed her disbelief, saying, “I just didn’t think it was actua By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Business News The UK’s queer and trans-owned brewery Queer Brewing announces rebrand London-based LGBTQ+ brewery Queer Brewing has announced a rebrand ahead of the release of the first beers from their new brewery – the first time the company has brewed their beer in their own production unit, and on their own terms. The first three beers will be pouring at over 40 venues across the By Graham Robson • 3 min read
