Arts REVIEW: Dirty Dancing @ Theatre Royal Brighton He is a superb dancer. His body writing with a gymnastic energetic which is astonishing, jumping, twisting, lifting, spinning, thrusting, gyrating and doing all the things you can possibly do with a huge thickly muscled body to music. He understands the affect this has on his audience and plays up t By Eric Page • 4 min read
Crispin Blunt Health MP urges government to act on trans healthcare “crisis” Conservative MP Crispin Blunt has criticised the government for its “continued failure” to provide gender-affirming healthcare. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
General News EU sends warning to Polish ‘LGBTQ+ free’ zones The EU has sent letters to five regional councils in Poland, urging them to discard their ‘LGBTQ+ free’ status or risk losing funding. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
General News Church in Wales to bless same-sex unions The Church in Wales, which is the largest Christian denomination in the country, has voted to begin blessing same-sex unions. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
Birmingham Pride General News Birmingham’s Gay Village sees another homophobic attack Two gay men were violently attacked in Birmingham’s Gay Village on June 18, with the incident only just being made public knowledge. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Free Rainbow Lottery tickets at this year’s Century Club Pride Party The Rainbow Lottery is to host its first ever Pride stand at the Century Club Pride Party in London this weekend By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Health THT announces Understanding Stigma and Building Confidence and Resilience workshops These workshops are open to anyone living with HIV and resident anywhere within the UK and Northern Ireland By Graham Robson • 1 min read
General News Trans employees win healthcare discrimination lawsuit in North Carolina Six employees in North Carolina have won a lawsuit accusing the State Health Plan of discriminating against either them or their children. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
General News Police appeal to LGBTQ+ community after gay man killed in London Police have called for LGBTQ+ people to help provide information about Ranjith “Roy” Kankanamalage, who was found dead in a London cemetery. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
Arts REVIEW: BI THE WAY by Lois Shearing Shearing examines difficult subjects with a deft clarity of purpose, affirming and platforming real people’s experience throughout. It’s an engaging read, and if your head it turned by all sorts of folk, and your pulse quickened then the book supports an honest self-exploration of what that can mean By Eric Page • 2 min read
General News Lil Nas X named suicide prevention advocate of the year by The Trevor Project LGBTQ+ advocacy group, The Trevor Project, has named out gay musician Lil Nas X as its suicide prevention advocate of the year. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
General News Anti-LGBTQ+ preacher convicted of a hate crime Omar Mohamad, a 65-year-old Muslim preacher, has been convicted of hate crime after calling a gay man a “creature” in 2019. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
