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Elton's Great AIDS Fundraiser and "Closet"

Posted on 22 Apr 2019 in Entertainment

Album rock radio network Radio Caroline reports that it was on this weekend in 2006 that a sale of clothes belonging to Sir Elton John raised more than seven hundred thousand dollars for the gay singer’s much loved AIDS alleviation charity. A specially convened shop at the Rockerfeller Centre in New York hosts a pop up shop called “Elton’s Closet”.

DIVA Magazine marks a Quarter Century

Posted on 22 Apr 2019 in Community

It's a month of anniversaries for our friends in the gay and lesbian press.

Taking on Misogyny in Italian Courts

Posted on 7 Apr 2019 in Law

Two hundred feminists and allies have rallied outside the courtrooms at the Italian city of Ancona after two male suspects were cleared of raping a woman.

Hunting and Gathering on The Stage

Posted on 6 Apr 2019 in Lifestyle

Stepping Out Theatre, a local mental health service user led drama group, are both award winning and critically acclaimed.

Channel Five Airs Final Part of "Sex" Doc.

Posted on 31 Mar 2019 in Entertainment

Episode three of the “Sex Business” programme airs on Channel Five Television at ten o'clock on Monday evening, 1st April.

Mar

Russian Crackdowns Affect More than LGBTs

More concerning news regarding the situation of human rights in Russia. Radio Free Europe, the famous pro-liberty radio station that broadcasts to Russia on shortwave and is financed by a gran

Mar

Scandi Sandi Steps in for Narstie - Bake Off

Media website Digital Spy says that out gay presenter Sandi Toksvig, whose humanitarian work also includes being an activist for the Women’s Equality Party, stepped up to become a celebrity baker i

Mar

Egyptian Pharoah Reveals Her Secrets - CH4

Hatshepsut ruled Ancient Egypt between 1507 and 1458 BCE (Before Common Era, equivalent to BC). With her name meaning "Foremost of Noble Ladies", she was alongside the much later Cleopatra, someth

Mar

Ovarian Cancer Month Reaches Climax

Radio Jackie in south London says that we are in Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. Eleven women die from the disease every day, while more than 25,000 women are living with it.

Mar

"No Difference" Between Brains - New Book

Gina Rippon, whose book, The Gendered Brain, is out now from Bodley Head Publishers, looks at several titles on gender and the brain for The Guardian newspaper.