Birmingham IN PICTURES: Birmingham Pride 2022 Catherine Muxworthy captures this year’s Birmingham Pride, celebrating 25 years of Protest, Power and Pride. By Catherine Muxworthy • 5 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
Birmingham Glamorous Birmingham security staff declared heroes after tackling ‘swordsman’ Following an incident that happened on Hurst Street in Birmingham in the early hours of Sunday, September 11, a doorman for Glamorous nightclub has been called a hero after chasing and tackling a suspect who was wielding a large sword. By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
Arts West Midlands star announced as Strictly Come Dancing’s next same-sex pairing Richie Anderson, a radio and TV personality, has been announced as the third celebrity dancer added to the hit BBC show, Strictly Come Dancing. By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
Coventry and West Midlands IN PICTURES: Walsall Pride 2022 On Saturday, August 27, Walsall Pride celebrated their tenth anniversary pride event, after it was delayed as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. For the first time, the event was held in the arboretum rather than the town centre, allowing the community to celebrate Pride in a public space. By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
Coventry and West Midlands New ‘treatment room’ designed for LGBTQ+ people opens in Wolverhampton Located at 27 School Street in Wolverhampton, a new treatment room – set up by the registered charity Wolverhampton LGBT+ – will offer holistic therapies and services for the LGBTQ+ community. By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
Birmingham IN PICTURES: Birmingham Pride – 25 Years of Pride and Protest Taking place over the spring bank holiday in 1997, the first Birmingham Pride – that evolved into what we know today – attracted 15,000 visitors. In 2022, Birmingham Pride celebrates 25 years of Pride and Protest. To celebrate, Scene has curated a collection of photographs and memories which span ac By Catherine Muxworthy • 7 min read
Birmingham Just Like Us partners with Birmingham Pride to teach students about LGBTQ+ history To celebrate Birmingham Pride’s 25th anniversary, Just Like Us and Birmingham Pride have launched a new partnership that will allow school students to get involved with Pride for the first time. By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
Arts Exhibition at Walsall Art Gallery explores untold stories of gay and trans communities HERE&QUEER is a new exhibition at the New Art Gallery Walsall which “aims to show there is no one definitive queer experience, just as there is no one straight experience, we are all complex and multi-faceted human beings and we hope that the displays give the opportunity for people to gain new insi By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
Dominus Von Vexo Arts Stay Sexy with Dominus Von Vexo Catherine Muxworthy gets up, close and personal with Dominus Von Vexo, the Birmingham-based, award-winning burlesque and drag performer whose House of Allure is stomping all over the West Midlands By Catherine Muxworthy • 4 min read
Arts The Nightingale Club fundraiser for Birmingham AIDS Memorial The Nightingale Club has revealed it, alongside other community groups, businesses and individuals in Birmingham, is working to raise money for a permanent AIDS Memorial in Southside, within the LGBTQ+ village By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
