Arts Birmingham’s Fierce festival to celebrate 25 years of outlandish, alternative and outsider performance Featuring 50 events and artists from 16 countries and six continents, the festival, taking place between October 11-16, is an eclectic mix of thought-provoking, fun and entertaining works including theatre, music, dance, parties and performance art By Contributor • 6 min read
Arts Student jury to choose winning film from 12 new features chosen for Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival 2022 Twelve new feature films will be shown during the 16th annual Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival in October, including three films directed by previous Iris Prize alumni. By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Arts Birmingham Literature Festival to celebrate queer writing Two of the UK’s “most exciting voices in queer writing” will come together during Birmingham Literature Festival to discuss “their novels, their writing and the LGBTQ+ writing scene, which is finally seeing the celebration it deserves.” By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Queer in Brighton to present ‘No Longer Private’ at Queer Bloomsbury at Charleston This coming Sunday, September 18, Queer in Brighton is holding a special Queer History Club, presenting cutting edge research from Samson Dittrich in conversation with the inimitable Kuchenga, to mark the launch of the first major public exhibition of Duncan Grant’s erotic drawing Very Private? By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News The Ledward Centre to launch LGBTQ+ neurodiversity meet-up on Thursday, September 15 The Ledward Centre, Brighton’s new LGBTQ+ community and cultural centre, is launching a new monthly meet-up on Thursday, September 15, organised by a team of volunteers with lived experience of various conditions under the neurodivergent umbrella. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Shortlist of 15 short films competing for LGBTQ+ Iris Prize Best British award revealed Organisers of the Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival have announce the shortlist of 15 films competing for the Iris Prize Best British Supported by Film4 award. Also revealed are the two juries for the main prizes… By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Health QueerAF launches What The Pox? podcast with Martin Joseph QueerAF, a community interest company launched to support queer creatives to kickstart, build and grow their media careers, has launched a podcast, What The Pox?, with award-winning podcaster Martin Joseph. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Björk unveils “heavy bottom-ended” new single, atopos Queer icon Björk has unveiled her new single atopos, which is taken from the Icelandic iconic’s forthcoming album, fossora, set for release September 30. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Jobs Queer Britain, the UK’s first national LGBTQ+ museum, seeks Curator This is a rare opportunity to shape the UK’s first LGBTQ+ museum from a curatorial perspective, both practically and strategically, helping build up the museum in its early days. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
News Devon celebrates ten years of Pride! The historic market town of Totnes in rural Devon, saw its tenth Pride event at the weekend, which brought the LGBTQ+ community together with their allies, to celebrate difference and demand queer liberation! By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Community News ‘A History of Drag’ course at Bishopsgate Institute Investigate the concept of drag through the lens of queer performance, national identity, gender and sexuality, and other relevant topics. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts DIRTY QUEERS: LGBTQ+ artists showcased in new exhibition Following increased attacks on the queer community by sections of the media, a group of artists, both established and new, will be showcasing their work exploring a range of subjects including religion, identity, queer culture, and sex. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
