LGBTQ+ News ReportOUT, a global human rights organisation for sexual and gender minorities, is inviting LGBTQ+ people to apply for its annual UK Campaigns Training You can choose from either two online opportunities or two face-to-face. If successful, you will gain invaluable knowledge of the principles, theories, models, and tactics essential for becoming a skilled activist and effective campaigner. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Music “I’m more me every fucking year.” LP drops new single ‘One Like You’ from forthcoming album, ‘Love Lines’ With powerhouse vocals, genre-bucking attitude, and a sharp pen that distills potent feelings into soaring pop hooks, LP (they/them) has become one of the most internationally beloved singer-songwriters of their generation. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Piers and Queers: An LGBTQ+ History of the Seaside at Ditchling Museum of Art & Craft on Saturday, June 17 Join Ric Morris, a professional Blue Badge tourist guide who runs LGBTQ+ history tours in Brighton and London, for Piers and Queers: An LGBTQ+ History of the Seaside at Ditchling Museum of Art & Craft on Saturday, June 17. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Fundraising News Can you help Queer Refugees Unite get to London Pride? The group has been allocated 40 wristbands to march in the London Pride Parade on July 1. Members are spread across the country, and so the group needs to buy coach tickets to get them to London. They also need to have T-shirts printed, make banners and placards, and pay for refreshments on the day. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Brighton Fringe Fringe REVIEW: SÉAYONCÉ RES-ERECTION: THE SECOND CUMMIN These are superbly crafted jokes….to say Wye is genius would be to feed his ego, so let’s just say they’re really rather good and when they’re bad they’re better. By Eric Page • 3 min read
LGBTQ+ News New Iris Podcast, hosted by Damian Kerlin, celebrates LGBTQ+ film and champions creatives both on and off-screen Over the series, Damian catches up and speaks with filmmakers covering hot topics such as authentic casting and representation on screen, the portrayal of queer youth and the dramatising of our true stories. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Exhibitions ‘Ajamu: The Patron Saint of Darkrooms’, which unapologetically celebrates black queer bodies and pleasure as activism, currently showing at Autograph, London Ajamu is a photographic artist, scholar, archive curator and radical sex activist best known for his imagery that challenges dominant ideas around black masculinity, gender, sexuality, and representation of black LGBTQ+ people in the UK. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Exhibitions Jake Elwes’ new exhibition, ‘Data • Glitch • Utopia’ at Gazelli Art House, to explore AI and alternative queer futures From phone screen to cabaret stage and beyond, Data • Glitch • Utopia offers glimpses of messy manifestations of queer technological futures. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Birmingham Arts and activism organisation, Queer-side, becomes a CIC and launches Just Giving to support its work Queer-side is now fundraising and looking for new sources of funding which will allow them to continue their development for the LGBTQ+ community locally. In order to raise funds, Queer-side has set up a JustGiving page to raise £6,000 to support their work. By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
Exhibitions All You Need Is Love: Romain Berger’s provocative photography to be exhibited at the Ledward Centre The All You Need Is Love exhibition will be at the Ledward Centre from 5pm on Monday, May 15 until Wednesday, June 21 By Contributor • 2 min read
Theatre National Youth Theatre releases rehearsal images of new production ‘Bakkhai’ – a queer reimagining of the Ancient Greek classic. Ancient Greece and gig theatre collide in a boldly reimagined Bakkhai like you’ve never seen it before. Underscored with original electronic music, filled with celebratory raucous dance and devised with some of Britain’s most exciting new talent from the NYT REP. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Books BOOK REVIEW: First Time for Everything by Henry Fry Author Fry centres Danny’s increasingly erratic choices in the narrative allowing us to explore with him, enjoy the fall out, laugh at the raw painful awfulness of it and wallow in the reflective dialogue of his endless therapy and patient loving friendships. It’s a cool narrative engine and whilst By Eric Page • 4 min read
