Sport Football Pride to return at Manchester Pride, celebrating LGBTQ+ people and culture in the game Football Pride – an event from Football v Homophobia that lifts up LGBTQ+ voices across the game – is returning at Manchester Pride in August to bring together LGBTQ+ communities within the world’s most popular sport to party, participate and protest. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Community News Repeat attacks on Gay Village store in Manchester triggers £2,000 reward and appeal by charity Crimestoppers Clonezone, on Sackville Street, has been targeted four times over recent months. In the latest attack on Monday, May 22, masked men on a motorbike smashed the glass door before speeding off in the direction of Bloom Street. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts SPOTLIGHT ON: Cam sex, drag queens and Grindr In the first of two articles, Brian Butler finds a treasure trove of queer shows By Brian Butler • 3 min read
News Kick It Out teams up with retail partner Fanatics to launch two-week work placement The selected candidate will spend the placement working with Fanatics’ PR and Communications team at their offices in Manchester. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
News New LGBTQ+ centre, The Proud Place, opens its doors in Manchester Manchester-based brand-new multi-million-pound centre, The Proud Place, has opened its doors to the nation thanks to donations, grants, and funders By Graham Robson • 5 min read
LGBTQ+ News Gender-fluid clothing brand Kontroversial launches new campaign to coincide with International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia Kontroversial will donate 20% of profits from clothing sales throughout May and June to mental health charity Rainbow Mind By Graham Robson • 2 min read
News Manchester Pride to return to its activist roots Manchester Pride Charity announces details on charity’s future direction and Manchester Pride celebrations following community consultation By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Arts Back to the the ’90s: capturing the north’s long-lost gay scene Alex Klineberg gets up, close and personal with Stuart Linden Rhodes, accidental chronicler of northern England’s gay nightlife in the 1990s By Alex Klineberg • 4 min read
Photo: Manchester Evening News General News Manchester holds Reclaim Pride march LGBTQ+ activists held a Reclaim Pride march to coincide with the official Manchester Pride event as a protest. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
International News LGBT International Powerlifting Championships to be held in Manchester in 2022 The LGBT International Powerlifting Championships (LGBT IPC) will next be held in Manchester in July 2022. By Contributor • 2 min read
General News GP facing tribunal for running unlicensed trans clinic Dr Helen Webberley is set to go before a tribunal after it was found that she was running an unlicensed gender clinic. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
Community News Manchester Pride launches free Skill Share Workshops The workshops are to support LGBTQ+ people across Greater Manchester By Graham Robson • 2 min read
