Community News

Bristol Pride Picks Up Award for Top Event

Bristol Pride are celebrating this week after the organisation was named the Pride Event of the Year at an awards ceremony sponsored by the full time dance music LGBTQIA plus radio network Gaydio.  A spokesperson for the Gaydio Pride Awards said: “Bristol Pride continues to be a unique and important event that celebrates the LGBT+ community and offers the chance to connect people in the community and beyond.”  Local alternative newspaper B247 reported that the 2023 Pride event had lasted two weeks and culminated in a twenty

Read more

Legendary Gay Venue Owner Passes at 91

Tributes have been paid to liberated sexual rights activist and businessperson Steve Ostrow who has passed on to the realm of our LGBTQIA+ ancestors at the age of ninety one.  Mr Ostrow was married to a woman, but told reporters as recently as 2018, "I am not gay, I am not straig

Read more

Vigil for Brianna Involves Hundreds with Love

The Daily Mirror reports that a vigil to mark the first anniversary of the murder of transgender teenager Brianna Ghey was held in her home town of Warrington at the weekend of 11th February.  Hundreds of people, including members of Brianna's family, were presen

Read more

Volunteers Needed for Taunton Pride

Taunton Pride are asking for volunteers to step up to take on roles in the organisation ready for the 2024 Pride season.  They explain that last year's event was organised by just two people, but that this is in the long run, unsustainable.  Taunton Pride's press release says "Pr

Read more

Disunity in the Community at Aus Festival

The Sydney Star Observer, an LGBT+ newspaper in Australia, reports that a row has broken out within the community after scuffles at the Midsumma Festival in Melbourne, an LGBT+ community event.  Every year, gay, trans and allied police officers march in

Read more
06
Mar

We have always had a philosophy at "ShoutOut" of supporting all LGBTQIA+ media.  At our level of voluntary broadcasting, there is always room for more to serve the rainbow community.  So it is that

26
Feb

On Saturday March 2nd, a Queer Power Party is taking place in Birmingham to share the joy of our rainbow community and build community resilience.

24
Feb

QX Magazine reports that London's LGBTQIA+ community space, the Outside Projectis working with a wide variety of organisations that are building

24
Feb

Tributes have been paid to campaigner and activist ABilly S.

22
Feb

Sydney's Gay Newspaper the Star-Observer reports that activists are reminded that, whatever the differing opinions within the LGBTQIA communities over the Israel-Gaza war, these sh

Our Supporting Stations

BCfm - Our home station. Broadcasting across Bristol on 93.2fm
Gastonbury FM - Broadcasting across Glastonbury on 107.1fm
Bradley Stoke Radio - covering the Bradley Stoke area of Bristol on 103.4fm
Bath Radio - Making a noise about music, events and culture in Bath
Frome FM - covering Frome on 96.6fm
Thornbury FM - Streaming online from Thornbury near Bristol
Wave Radio - Streaming online from Weston Super Mare
Radio Tircoed - covering the Swansea area on 106.5fm
Trans Radio UK - Online trans focused radio
The Global Voice - Radio For All!
Medway Pride Radio - for the Rainbow Community & Beyond
KTCR - Connecting Communities