Manchester and the West of Ireland compete to host EuroPride 2028
LGBT
Lucky Roy Singh, a non-binary activist and drag queen from Manchester, calls for more stories of “pivotal” queer icons to be taught more widely in UK schools
Theatre
Nathaniel J Hall is taking his critically acclaimed play Toxic on tour from March 2025
ageing
Sir Ian McKellen praises UK’s ‘first of a kind’ housing scheme designed to improve the lives of older LGBTQ+ people
Manchester
Modern version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, which was to be shown at the Royal Exchange in Manchester, cancelled over references to Palestine and trans rights
Pride
Coronation Street drops out of Manchester Pride parade due to ‘cost cuts at ITV’
ageing
Plans submitted for ‘first of a kind’ purpose-built majority LGBTQ+ Extra Care housing scheme in Manchester
Divina de Campo
Mural of RuPaul’s Drag Race star Divina De Campo vandalised with homophobic graffiti for the second time
Theatre
I Wish: Le Gateau Chocolat to bring “a new fable for our times” to London, Manchester and New York
Brianna Ghey
Manchester’s LGBTQ+ community and its allies raise over £1,700 at benefit show to mark one-year anniversary of Brianna Ghey’s death
Danny Beard
Sing it, say it, show it – this is your moment! Pride Classical’s new initiative, My Pride Song, features contributions from Dame Joanna Lumley, Julie Hesmondhalgh and Danny Beard