Community News

Midsummer Festival to Bring Joy in Sth London

Posted on 11 May 2024 in Community

Popular South London LGBTQIA+ bar Arch in Clapham and fetish shop Fetch are preparing for a street festival to celebrate Midsummer, over Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd June. Dubbed "Festivall" the event is designed to be a celebration of all sections of the LGBTQIA community, with no exceptions. This welcome and inclusive space will feature "DJs, Drag Queens, Fetish Cabaret Artists, Live Singers + Dancers.

Aussie Muslim LGBTQIA+ Folks Mark Iftar

Posted on 10 May 2024 in Community

Sydney Star Observer, the respected Australian LGBT+ newspaper, reports that in Melbourne, LGBT+ Muslims joined forces to celebrate the Iftar meal together, to mark the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. The event was organised by Queer Muslim Nar

Iconic Designer McQueen Celebrated on BBC2

Posted on 8 May 2024 in Community

BBC 2 Television on 11th April paid tribute to the life and work of gay hero and fashion icon Lee Alexander McQueen, fourteen years on from his sad death. McQueen was so celebrated that when the Victoria and Albert Museum in London held a posthu

Giving Thanks for the Life of Publisher

Posted on 6 May 2024 in Community

Dana Piccoli, writing for the News is Out Web Portal reports that an inspirational figure in the world of lesbian publishing has passed on to the realm of our LGBTQIA ancestors at the age of eighty one. Ella Matthes was the editor of Lesbian News

Big Queer Picnic Shows What Community Is

Posted on 5 May 2024 in Community

LGBTQIA newswire Pink News reports that a new initiative called The Big Queer Picnic is engaging hundreds of LGBTQIA+ people. Abi Smith appealed on social media for more LGBT+ friends and said that she would love to have a picnic with anyone who wanted to join h

May

Celebrating Coming Out in Later Life

Gay men's clothing and underwear store Andrew Christian often posts interesting blogs on LGBTQIA+ life and culture. New from Eris Chase is a fun article on coming out later in lif

Apr

Faeries Prepare to Gather in Spiritual West

Albion Faeries, part of the Radical Faerie movement, which emerged out of the gay liberation and gay spirituality movements of the seventies, has announced plans for its Summer Sol

Apr

Exciting Euro Pride Bid for Gloucester

On April 2nd, Pride in Gloucestershire issued some exciting news to the local LGBTQIA+ community. They say "the European Pride Organisers Association have announced the list of ci

Apr

Bristol Pride Celebrates Lesbian Visibility

We are in the middle of Lesbian Visibility Week! Bristol Pride have some words of support and solidarity with the lesbian community and in recognition of the incredible contributi

Apr

Film Festival will Celebrate Lesbian Week

The Garden Cinema in the heart of London's Covent Garden district is the setting for the inaugural DIVA Film Festival, organised by the celebrated