Community News Host of ‘Show Up, Show Out!’ Tayris Mongardi said: “A labour of love and necessity to our trans+ community.” An event to support our trans communities at Revenge in Brighton raised a massive £2,427.77 for Trans Pride Brighton on Sunday, 4 May. Produced and hosted by Brighton drag artists Tayris Mongardi and Ex-Girlfriend, Show Up, Show Out! consisted of three incredible drag shows, and music from Revenge’s By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News Nathaniel J Hall visits the Sussex Beacon! Local HIV charity the Sussex Beacon has said it is “enormously grateful” to the “delightful” Nathaniel J Hall, who took time out of a busy schedule to visit the centre to find out more about their work. Many will know Nathaniel as Donald Bassett in the hit series It’s A Sin, but he is also […] By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Brighton Fringe Ironworks Studios announces its “most ambitious programme yet” for 2025 Brighton Fringe Festival Ironworks Studios, Brighton’s hub for live entertainment, immersive experiences, and cutting-edge performance, has announced its “most ambitious programme yet” for the 2025 Brighton Fringe Festival. Bringing together bold new voices, boundary-pushing artistry, and an inclusive spirit, Ironworks Stud By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Pride DUP councillor opposes Lurgan Pride Parade in Northern Ireland from finishing in local park due to presence of “drag queens” and “scantily-clad women and men” A DUP councillor has said he is opposed to the Lurgan Pride Parade in Northern Ireland from finishing in a local park due to the presence of “drag queens” and “scantily-clad women and men”. The councillor, Stephen Moutray, said he is “strongly opposed” to the event taking place in the council-owned By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Film Kickstarter to launch bold new documentary on what it’s really like to be trans in the UK today In an era where trans voices are often sidelined or misrepresented, A Dance of Identity offers something rare: a deeply personal, unfiltered window into the lived experience of a trans woman in the UK. This bold and insightful feature documentary, filmed over six years, follows Sophie, a trans woman By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Brighton Fringe BRIGHTON FRINGE REVIEW: ‘The Pink List’ by Michael Trauffer It’s well documented that gay people were singled out alongside Jews to be persecuted and sent by the Nazis to concentration camps in the 1930s and ’40s. Less well known – certainly to me – was the fact that the so-called Pink Lists of such people compiled by the Nazis continued to be used as […] By Brian Butler • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Lord Etherton, who led a review into the impact of a historical ban on LGBTQ+ serving personnel, has died aged 73 Craig Jones MBE, founder of LGBTQ+ veterans charity Fighting With Pride has led tributes after Lord Etherton, Britain’s first openly gay senior judge who led a review into the impact of a historical ban on LGBTQ+ serving personnel, passed away at the age of 73. “Lord Etherton won the trust, respect By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Television Kita Mean and Anita Wigl’it to host outrageous new game show, ‘Winner Winner Chicken Dinner’ Winner Winner Chicken Dinner, an outrageous new game show hosted by leading New Zealand drag queens, Kita Mean and Anita Wigl’it, crashes onto screens with feathers flying and rules out the window on 6 June. This hilariously unpredictable game show invites everyday contestants to compete in wild chi By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News National Secular Society calls for crackdown on ‘charities’ which promote homophobia and support ‘conversion therapy’ The National Secular Society (NSS), which believes “religion is no excuse for homophobia”, has called for a crackdown on ‘charities’ which promote homophobia, after a ‘Christian organisation’, which supports ‘conversion therapy’, was refused charitable status. The International Foundation for Therap By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Community News Brighton & Hove to come together for International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia on 17 May Brighton & Hove’s LGBTQ+ communities and allies will come together on Saturday, 17 May for the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia & Biphobia (IDAHOBIT). This year’s event will take place at the stairs of the Brighton Unitarian Church from 12-1pm and feature music from Brighton Gay Men By Graham Robson • 1 min read
14/07/18 .QUEEN STREET – GLASGOW.First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at the 2018 Pride Parade. (Photo by Ross MacDonald/SNS Group via Getty Images) Transgender News Nicola Sturgeon says lives of trans people are at risk of being made “almost unliveable” following Supreme Court’s anti-trans judgement Former First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon has said the lives of trans people are at risk of being made “almost unliveable” following the Supreme Court‘s anti-trans judgement on the definition of a woman. The ex-SNP leader also raised concerns about interim guidance issued by the Equality and By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News Notts LGBT+ Network to celebrate turning 50 with event hosted by Priscilla Shona Krakow Notts LGBT+ Network is to celebrate turning 50 with a Rainbow Relay event (afternoon tea and quiz) hosted by Priscilla Shona Krakow at the Hockley Emporium on Sunday, 25 May. Since its inception in 1975 (as the Lesbian and Gay Helpline), the network has provided support to more than 80,000 people an By Graham Robson • 1 min read
