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Village Bookstore to Host Indian Gay Writer

Posted on 5 Oct 2025 in Community

East Bristol Books, located in the heart of Bristol's Old Market gay village, will welcome on Tuesday the writer Mahesh Rao, whose latest title, Half Light, considers the decriminalisation of homosexuality in India. Mahesh will be in conversation with Bristol-based artist Tom Marshman, author of Section 28 and Me. Set on the brink of India's ruling to decriminalise homosexuality, *Half Light* is a tender, richly atmospheric and elegantly wry story of outlawed desire and the hope of a life beyond concealment.

Welcome Addition to Radical Bookstore Scene

Posted on 4 Oct 2025 in Community

Independent, progressive, radical, Feminist and LGBTQIA+ bookstores have long been a haven for people from all sectors of the rainbow LGBTQIA+ family. Now, reports LGBTQ Nation, a top US based queer newswire, black lesbians in New York have their very own independent bookstore t

Ahead of Hallowe'en, Big List of Queer Horror

Posted on 4 Oct 2025 in Entertainment

Ahead of Hallowe'en, the gay culture website, Pride.Com has published a wide ranging list of queer friendly and LGBTQIA relevant horror and thriller movies that you might want to view in the run up to the spooky season. Pride.Com says "Who says horror movies are only for October

Call to Take Action Against Transphobic Gyms

Posted on 4 Oct 2025 in Trans

The Good Law Project, a progressive legal organisation which pursues cases allied to forward thinking politics, has issued a call for supporters and ordinary members of the LGBTQIA+ communities to come together to hold Virgin Gyms to account. They explain "Virgi

Intersection of Immigrant Rights Looks Grim

Posted on 4 Oct 2025 in Law

The essential daily briefing from Erin Reed, published on substack every day, is a must read for LGBTQIA people and others who care about the survival of minority groups in an age of hate and Trumpism. On Friday, Erin reported "Sometimes the political crises of our era collide, and few intersect

Oct

LGBTQIA Jews join Community in Mourning

Keshet UK, the UK's largest organisation representing LGBTQIA people from a Jewish background, published a message on Thursday of this week, expressing solidarity with the wider Jewish community ov

Oct

Tributes Pour in for West-Welsh Scene Legend

Bristol Bear Bar, the legendary venue on the junction of Midland Road and West Street, has been among the many scene sources to pay tribute to Hairy Mary, a much l

Oct

Cruising Site Arrests Bring Back Trauma

Out Magazine reports that since June 1st, over two hundred gay and bisexual men, have been arrested for cruising offences at Penn Street Station in Central New York. Such arrests

Sep

DJ Sara Takes on Children in Need Challenge

News now from the largest annual fundraiser for children and young people's charities, BBC Children in Need, which runs across the BBC's national and local TV and radio services, a

Sep

Butlins Bognor Prepares for January Party

LGBTQIA community radio station Gaydio reports that it is helping provide musical entertainment for Don't Tell Mama, a new LGBTQAI + party weekend to be held at Bo