Culture 66 main pop ghoul bops that’ll make your Halloween playlist scream It's Halloween, Witch! Well, soon it is.🎃 By Dale Melita • 6 min read
UK #SaferToBeMe: UK’s first global LGBTQ+ human rights summit taking place this week Lead Picture: #SaferToBeMe unveiling event Newcastle Lit & Phil building 20 February 2025. Photo credit: Haydn Brown 2025 The UK’s first ever global LGBTQ+ human rights summit, #SaferToBeMe, is taking place in Newcastle-Gateshead, North East England, bringing together hundreds of delegates from over 40 countries. This gathering will focus By Graham Robson • 3 min read
UK Police watchdog faces bias allegations over Pride support The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), the UK’s police watchdog, is facing a legal challenge from a 'free speech campaigner' who claims its support for Pride events undermines its impartiality. The move has sparked concern among LGBTQ+ advocates, who see the case as part of a By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community Corner INTERVIEW: Tayris Mongardi on paying homage to black female pop culture and upcoming post-Drag Race homecoming show 👀👀👀 By Dale Melita • 6 min read
UK Long-acting injectable PrEP approved for use on NHS in England and Wales The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has approved the first long-acting injectable form of HIV prevention for use on the NHS in England and Wales. The treatment, administered every two months, offers a vital alternative to daily oral PrEP tablets, which some individuals are unable to take By Graham Robson • 2 min read
UK EHRC accused of ‘bullying’ government to push through "harmful and unworkable proposals" The government was urged in the House of Lords last night not to let themselves be “bullied by the EHRC” as a row erupted between the regulator and the government over their intervention - publicly pressuring Equality Minister Bridget Phillipson to stop scrutinising proposals and accept them immediately. The Equality By Graham Robson • 3 min read
UK Manchester Pride organisers issue statement after performers and suppliers claim they haven't been paid Manchester Pride has issued a statement following mounting claims from performers and suppliers that they are still awaiting payment for their work at the 2025 festival, held in August. Several artists, including drag performer Saki Yew of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, have publicly voiced frustration over unpaid fees, citing By Graham Robson • 1 min read
UK Oscar Wilde's library card reissued by British Library 130 years after being revoked over gay conviction The British Library will symbolically reinstate the Reader Pass that belonged to the renowned poet and writer Oscar Wilde. As revealed in a Trustees’ entry in the British Museum’s Standing Committee Papers, Wilde was officially excluded from the Library on 15 June 1895, which at the time was still By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Community Corner Trans support charity Mermaids announces appointment of new CEO Trans support charity Mermaids has appointed Johanna Hardy (she/her) as new Chief Executive Officer. Jo will be taking up the role in November, bringing more than 20 years of leadership experience in the charity sector. Her career includes senior roles at Young Minds, Gingerbread, Contact and Mencap, with a By Graham Robson • 1 min read
UK Good Law Project: "EHRC has withdrawn interim guidance encouraging trans exclusion" Good Law Project has announced the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has taken down its "controversial interim guidance", which was rushed out in April, days after the Supreme Court’s decision on the meaning of “sex” under the Equality Act 2010. The guidance, which faces an ongoing By Graham Robson • 1 min read
UK Trans rights advocate Ella Morgan reveals the toll relentless transphobic abuse has taken on her mental health Ella Morgan has shared an emotional and candid message with her followers, revealing the toll that relentless transphobic abuse has taken on her mental health. The 31-year-old reality TV personality and trans rights advocate posted a tearful photo of herself on Instagram earlier this week, accompanied by a heartfelt caption By Graham Robson • 2 min read
UK Europe's human rights watchdog intervenes over UK's proposed trans bathroom bath Europe's human rights watchdog has staged an intervention over proposals to mandate the blanket exclusion of trans people from services and spaces for their lived gender. Dr Michael O'Flaherty, Commissioner for Human Rights for the Council of Europe, has today published correspondence to the UK' By Graham Robson • 2 min read
