West Midlands star announced as Strictly Come Dancing’s next same-sex pairing
Richie Anderson, a radio and TV personality, has been announced as the third celebrity dancer added to the hit BBC show, Strictly Come Dancing.
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IN PICTURES: Walsall Pride 2022
On Saturday, August 27, Walsall Pride celebrated their tenth anniversary pride event, after it was delayed as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. For the first time, the event was held in the arboretum rather than the town centre, allowing the community to celebrate Pride in a public space.
BOOK REVIEW: Filthy Animals by Brandon Taylor
Filthy Animals Brandon Taylor This collection of eleven LGBTQ+ stories, interwoven and interconnected by character, theme and narrative tension is superb. Taylor takes the familiar Queer tropes and upends them, shakes them out, twists them round, some get a spit and rub, others placed back in strang
Centre Stage Brighton announces fundraiser for Sussex Beacon
Centre Stage Brighton, the LGBTQ+ hotspot on Brighton seafront, will be raising funds for their charity partner the Sussex Beacon on Thursday, September 1 from 7pm.
MindOut to launch its community research report on LGBTQ+ migration to Brighton, mental health and social isolation
Join LGBTQ+ mental health charity MindOut for the launch of the charity’s community research report, Pathways between LGBTQ migration, social isolation & distress: liberation, care and loneliness, at Friends’ Meeting House in Brighton on Wednesday, September 28 from 11.45am -2.15pm.
New ‘treatment room’ designed for LGBTQ+ people opens in Wolverhampton
Located at 27 School Street in Wolverhampton, a new treatment room – set up by the registered charity Wolverhampton LGBT+ – will offer holistic therapies and services for the LGBTQ+ community.
Worcester opens its first LGBTQ+ café
The café, which offers a community board and a small book collection – with donations from several local queer writers – also aims to host various events, and as a queer community hub is bookable for events, meet-ups and more.