Fringe! -queer film and arts fest celebrates 15
Fringe! -queer film and arts fest celebrates 15 years - offering a loud story of joy, solidarity and radical imagination. Here are just a few items that caught my eye.
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London Trans+ Pride to return to the capital on Saturday, 26 July with the theme, ‘Existence & Resistance’
London Trans+ Pride is to return to the capital on Saturday, 26 July with the theme, Existence & Resistance, for its seventh year of unapologetic protest, visibility, and solidarity. Sharing the news on social media, London Trans+ Pride shared a series of powerful pro-trans messages of solidarity an
London to come together for Act of Remembrance to remember those who lost their lives and were affected by the Admiral Duncan bombing
Today, Soho’s iconic LGBTQ+ venue the Admiral Duncan is to hold an Act of Remembrance to remember those who lost their lives and were affected by a bombing which tore through the heart of London’s LGBTQ+ community on 30 April 1999. It was a warm April evening and revellers had gathered at the Soho h
Trans is Human photography exhibition for Trans Day of Visibility
Europe’s biggest shopping centre, Westfield London in Stratford, invites you to experience Trans Is Human, an inspiring and thought-provoking photography exhibition honouring Transgender Day of Visibility on March 31. Running till April 2, this event showcases the richness and diversity of trans liv
India Willoughby says “transphobic” gym owner will have to do “undie inspections” after banning trans women
Natalee Barnett, founder of a new “terf gym” in South London, has come under fire after banning trans women despite taking donations to open the premises on the basis they would be welcome. When Barnett, 25, first started raising funds for the space in 2021, she indicated her gym, Girls Spot in Wand
Dog walkers, calling for an end to cruising on Hampstead Heath, clash with gay activists who claim the site is part of their cultural heritage
Campaigners lobbying for an end to cruising on Hampstead Heath have clashed with gay activists who claim the site is part of their cultural heritage. The West Heath area of the park has been a well-known cruising spot, where gay men meet for anonymous sex, since the 19th century when homosexuality w
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