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Time for Police Apology - Tatchell

Posted on 30 Jun 2025 in Law

The Peter Tatchell Foundation for Human Rights says that whereas some police forces, such as Avon and Somerset Constabulary, have apologised for past homophobic harassment of LGBTQIA+ people, so several of the forces which were the most bullying in the past, have refused to commit to such an apology. In an article for the Independent, Mr Tatchell says "At the height of the Aids crisis in the 1980s, when hundreds of gay men were suffering slow, agonising deaths, the then-Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police (GMP),

Budapest Pride Defies Hungarian Government

Posted on 28 Jun 2025 in Europe

AllOut, the international lobbying human rights organisation, reveals that on June 28th, the fifty sixth anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising, Pride brought downtown Budapest to a halt, safely and securely, and allowed the LGBTQIA+ communities of Hungary to demonstrate for their right to exist

I feel For You - Chaka Khan headlines London

Posted on 28 Jun 2025 in Other

Pink News has published a quick, user reference guide to London Pride which takes place on Saturday 5th July. In keeping with other Prides, the politics and protest has gone back into the event, with many people noting that the UK has slipped down indexes for to

Cat Happy not Catty!

Posted on 28 Jun 2025 in Lifestyle

A promotion currently running on the legendary community station Radio Caroline for the Cat Chat website says "Nothing beats the company of a cat to turn your house into a real home". And we know that pets make many LGBTQIA+ households complete. Cats just pip dogs to the post a

Bristol Community Centre Holds Pride Workshop

Posted on 28 Jun 2025 in Bristol

Southmead Development Trust, which manages the Greenway Centre in the heart of Southmead, says " our Pride Banner Making Workshop is on Tuesday 1st July not Monday as previously advertised. we love an opportunity here at the Trust to celebrate the diversity in our community. Our banner making

Jun

Sky Channels Go Rainbow for Pride

They may be owned to a large degree by Rupert Murdoch, a machiavellian publishing figure, but the Sky Channel range in the UK are regulated by OFCOM and also know

Jun

Interested in Making an Impact on Services?

The Diversity Trust is leading a workshop for the NHS to find out how services can better accommodate the needs of minority groups, including LGBTQIA+ people. Here is the information:

Jun

Wise Words Ahead of Pride Season

Queer Spirit website this week carries a web essay by Shokti, entitled Pride in a Time of Crisis. Shokti reflects on their time in the Pride movement, and touches

Jun

Gay Hero Fry Slams "Radicalised" Rowling

His intervention into the debate on transgender people might be considered somewhat long in appearing, but gay raconteur Stephen Fry, who had previously remarked that author Joanne Rowling "remaine

Jun

Black Gay Playwright Hero Gives Thoughts

American singer and actor Billy Porter, who has previously headlined at Pride London and is an important critic of the US system of government, appeared on BBC2's Newsnight