LGBTQ+ News
Google Calendar has received backlash after it scrapped Pride Month and other awareness events from its platform. Pride Month, which is marked on June 1, was removed alongside Black History Month (February 1) and Women’s History Month (March 1). A Google spokesperson said the changes have been in th
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Ely Pride, which supports LGBTQ+ people in Cambridgeshire, believes more work on tackling “ignorance, fear and stigma” around marginalised communities is needed. “There is still a lot of ignorance, fear and stigma; we need to work on improving that and allowing people to see us in a much more fairer
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Organisers of Brighton & Hove Pride have announced the theme of this year’s LGBTQ+ Community Parade which takes place on Saturday, August 2. RAVISHING RAGE will be a parade of celebration, passion and unity. Brighton & Hove Pride said: “Through every struggle, we shine. Ravishing Rage is more than a
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Pride in the Port, Newport’s community-led Pride organisation, has been chosen to host UK Pride 2026, which will take place September 2026. Founded in 2022, Pride in the Port will be celebrating its fifth year championing the city’s LGBTQ+ community when it hosts this historic event. The honour of h
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Thame, a small town in Oxfordshire, has announced its first ever Pride will be “inclusive” and “welcoming”. Thame Pride, which will celebrate the market town’s LGBTQ+ community, is due to take place on June 21 with a Pride Village, complete with stalls and a main stage hosted by drag queens. The Lon
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To mark LGBTQ+ History Month, a new community exhibition celebrating the lives and stories of local LGBTQ+ people is opening at the Novium Museum in Chichester, developed in collaboration with Chichester Pride. Opening on Saturday, February 1, Out & Proud in Chichester will highlight both local, nat
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La Voix, star of season 6 of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, has been announced as one of the headliners of Isle of Wight Pride, which takes place on Saturday, July 19. The global superstar, who is also a Britain’s Got Talent semi-finalist, will bring her dazzling talent to the IW Pride stage. Expect razor s
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The LGBTQ+ community of Forest Gate in London have reacted after the local council was forced to remove Pride flags after they were repeatedly vandalised. Flags, including the Progress Pride flag and Trans Pride flag, painted on the ground outside Forest Gate station, were vandalised four separate t
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The Pride Bands Alliance, an American group of LGBTQ+ marching bands, has opted not to participate in the inaugural parade for President-elect Donald Trump on January 20. While, the alliance and its members usually take part in Democratic inauguration festivities, this time the alliance decided to w
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After a record breaking Trans Pride in 2024, Trans+Pride London will return to the capital this year on Saturday, July 26. Since 2018, LTP has organised the annual London Trans+ Pride March, which sees tens of thousands from trans communities and allies gather in the capital. At its core, the London
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Bristol Pride has revealed Cascada as the first act in its star-studded line-up for Pride Day 2025. Known for their unforgettable hits like Everytime We Touch and Evacuate the Dancefloor, the celebrated German act will have hearts beating fast on Saturday, July 12, as the festival takes over The Dow
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An anti-LGBTQ+ group has called for Prattville Pride, an organisation dedicated to celebrating diversity and inclusivity in the Alabaman city, to be banned from the City of Prattville’s annual Christmas parade. Clean Up Alabama, the Prattville-based group that originally formed to challenge LGBTQ+ t