LGBTQ+ News Commonwealth summit ‘again refuses to discuss LGBTQ+ equality’, says Peter Tatchell Thirty-five out of 54 member states still criminalise homosexuality By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Peter Tatchell LGBTQ+ News Human rights activist Peter Tatchell wins long-term achievement award for 55 years of campaigning Human rights activist Peter Tatchell has won the annual Sheila McKechnie Long-Term Achievement Award (SMK) for 55 years of campaigning By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Queen’s Platinum Jubilee invite declined by Peter Tatchell – “The Queen has snubbed the LGBTQ+ community for 70 years.” Peter Tatchell has turned down an official invitation to be one of a handful of ‘National Treasures’ to take pride of place in the finale of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Pageant on June 5 outside Buckingham Palace. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Royal British Legion apologises for past LGBTQ+ discrimination The Royal British Legion has apologised for past ‘discrimination’ against the LGBTQ+ community and LGBTQ+ war veterans, winning ‘praise and thanks’ for its decision and its new commitment to LGBTQ+ inclusion. By Graham Robson • 3 min read
News People’s Pride event to launch in Southampton during Pride Month Organisers of the first ever LGBTQ+ People’s Pride Southampton Party In The Park event have arranged a full two-day festival with diversity at its heart from Saturday, June 11 to Sunday, June 12, 2022. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Peter Tatchell: “A ban that excludes trans people is not a ban at all” The UK government has insisted it will ban so-called conversion therapy for gay or bisexual people in England and Wales – but not for transgender people. This announcement comes hours after it said it would drop the ban entirely. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Conversion therapy ban to be scrapped by UK government The UK government has abandoned its pledge to ban so-called conversion therapy, which attempts to change or suppress someone’s sexuality or gender identity and is already outlawed in several other countries including Canada and New Zealand, according to a leaked document shared with ITV News By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Peter Tatchell stages protest at Commonwealth Day service Peter Tatchell was on Monday, March 14 threatened with arrest when he tried to stage a one-person silent peaceful protest for LGBTQ+ rights outside Westminster Abbey as Commonwealth leaders arrived for the annual Commonwealth Day service. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts FEATURE: Sondheim, Strictly, and Showtunes in store Brian Butler looks forward to Musical Theatre and dancing Heaven By Brian Butler • 3 min read
Community News Peter Tatchell is 70 and celebrates 55 years of human rights campaigning Over the last five decades, Peter has participated in 3,000 peaceful protests, been arrested 100 times and suffered 300 violent assaults by homophobes and far right extremists, including 50 attacks on his flat. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Community News 10 Questions to Peter Thatchell A lifelong LGBTQ+ activist and human rights campaigner, whose methods of achieving tangible life-changing results have divided opinion over the years, Jason Reid put 10 questions to Peter Thatchell. By Jason Reid • 4 min read
Arts FilmPride Returns in August with a FREE online and TV festival FilmPride is Brighton & Hove Pride’s official queer film festival. It will return in August for its third year. By Alex Klineberg • 3 min read
