LGBTQ+ News Stephen Fry awarded knighthood despite calling Stonewall’s approach to trans issues ‘nonsensical’ Stephen Fry, who recently said Stonewall’s approach to trans issues is ‘nonsensical’, will now be known as Sir Stephen after being recognised in the New Year’s Honours list. The comedy actor and writer, who will be recognised for services to mental health awareness, the environment and charity, said By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Stephen Fry criticised after calling Stonewall’s approach to trans issues ‘nonsensical’ Stephen Fry has been criticised after he called Stonewall’s approach to trans issues ‘nonsensical’. The 67-year-old author and broadcaster had been a vocal supporter of the LGBTQ+ rights charity’s Some People Are Gay, Get Over It campaign, which was launched to secure equal rights for gay people. Wh By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News “My sexuality was a secret horror swelling inside me.” Stephen Fry opens up about being gay as a teenager Stephen Fry, who publicly came out as gay in the 1980s, has opened up on being gay as a teenager, saying there was “a horror swelling inside me”. In an interview with The Times, the actor said: “In the 1980s, I was known as Celibate Stephen. I was so excited by my work that I […] By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Multi-award-winning theatre director Andrew Keates to launch Queer Theatre to tell LGBTQ+ stories and nurture queer talent A year ago, multi-award-winning theatre director Andrew Keates woke up in a shed at the bottom of a garden pumped full of drugs and on the brink of a heart attack after being sexually assaulted by two men. By Brian Butler • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Stephen Fry, Dr Ranj Singh, Charlie Condou and Matt Jameson join forces for male modern slavery campaign Four LGBTQ+ celebrities – actor and broadcaster Stephen Fry, TV presenter Dr Ranj Singh, actor Charlie Condou and Married at First Sight UK’s Matt Jameson – have teamed up for a new male modern slavery campaign, which features a film launched by the charity Causeway. Modern slavery charity Causeway By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Humanists UK celebrates ten year anniversary of Same-Sex Marriage Act Humanists UK, a leading voice in the campaign for same-sex marriage, is today celebrating the ten year anniversary of the Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Act, which received Royal Assent on 17 July 2013. The Act’s primary aim was to allow for marriages of same-sex couples, which came into force the foll By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Community News Kylie Minogue and Stephen Fry donate to charity shop to mark £1million raised for HIV HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust is celebrating having raised £1million from their charity shop. Celebrities including Kylie Minogue and Stephen Fry have helped the charity mark the milestone by donating items to the shop. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Stephen Fry and Sandi Toksvig join LGBTQ+, sexual health and human rights groups to call for the immediate legal recognition of humanist marriages in England and Wales Sandi Toksvig and Stephen Fry have led LGBTQ+ groups and activists in calling on the UK Government to grant legal recognition to humanist marriages in England and Wales immediately, in an open letter published today (Tuesday, April 18). By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Arts SPOTLIGHT ON: 37th BFI Flare Film Festival Brian Butler looks at what’s on offer at the latest LGBTQ+ film festival By Brian Butler • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: Going The Distance – a digital comedy Brian Butler laughs out loud at the antics at Matchborough Community Theatre By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: The Picture of Dorian Gray – Barn Theatre online Brian Butler is drawn into the word of online influencers -one of whom would sell his soul By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Features & Longread Stephen Fry Meets Travel Gay Stephen Fry Meets Travel Gay By Alex Klineberg • 2 min read
