Lesbian Rugby Star and Hero to Co-Host Prestigious Podcast

2026-09-07 02:43

RCS Radio Today, the media news feed, reports that the team at Fix Radio, the digital DAB radio station available nationwide and aimed at builders, carpenters, electricians and others tradespeople, will be welcoming lesbian rugby ace Marlie Packer to their team. Packer is already an OBE for her ser...

Freddie Mercury at 80

The weekend saw the eightieth anniversary of the birth of Farrokh Bulsara, known internationally as Freddie Mercury. He was born on 5th September 1946. Numerous LGBTQIA+ and general media observed the date and paid tribute to Mr Mercury, the driving force behind legendary rock band Queen, and who passed on to the realm of LGBTQIA ancestors on 25th November 1991, from an AIDS related condition. LGBTQIA presenter DJ Violet on Mixcloud gave a potted history of Mercury's life, whilst BBC 2 Television gave a whole evening over to Queen and Mercury. As well as footage of performances, a documentary was aired looking at Freddie's life through the lens of the emerging AIDS crisis of the 1980s and early 1990s. Interviews with health campaigners, and those who survived the pandemic were featured, and we learned how the band and the world of pop music came together to use Freddie's passing to hold an extraordinary tribute concert which helped change the narrative on AIDS from one of blame…

2026-09-06 22:55

Entertainment and Pop Culture

Hard Hitting Play to Hit the Barbican, London

Gay London Life newspaper reports that an acclaimed, hard hitting and adults only play is to come to the renowned Barbican arts centre during mid October. A hard-hitting stage production, which earned five-star acclaim during last summer’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, is to make its London debut. The play comes from actor and producer Armando Babaioff and features a powerful ensemble cast. It has been praised as a raw, unflinching examination of the links between masculinity, homophobia and systems of male power.At the centre of the story is Tom, a man who makes the journey to a secluded farm in order to attend the funeral of his partner. Yet, upon his arrival, he discovers that the grieving relatives have no awareness of who he is or of the closeness he shared with their son. What follows is a tense and unsettling episode in a stifling rural environment, where openness and honesty prove highly risky. Beneath a fragile surface, unspoken fear, suspicion and longing begin to build, while…

2026-09-06 11:52

Opinion and Commentary

Ninety Per Cent of Public Want to Keep Abortion Rights in the UK - But the Far Right is a Clear and Present Threat

The left wing weekly Socialist Worker reports that hundreds of people opposed the religious extremist and right wing groups that organised last week's "March for Life" against abortion rights. The…

2026-09-06 07:45

Politics and Legal Rights

Japanese Pop Artist Yayoi Kusama Passes Away, Leaving LGBTQIA Solidarity in her wake

You may have seen on the television news channels recently that celebrated queen of the polka dot, the Japanese eccentric and artist Yayoi Kusama had passed on to the realm of the Japanese ancestors.…

2026-09-06 04:24

Identity and Personal Stories

Manx Parties Vie for Power as Island Holds Elections

Manx Radio, the public service broadcaster of the Isle of Man, reports that a General Election to the popularly elected assembly of Island's Parliament, the House of Keys, will…

2026-09-05 17:13

International News

Countdown Starts for Relaunch of Classic Gay and Bi "Bear" Community Journal

We are always delighted to learn about new gay bi, trans and queer media projects and this September, really capturing the imagination is the return of an old favourite. BEAR,…

2026-08-31 22:18

Society and Community Life

Petition for Ex Forces Personnel to Receive Aussie Apology for Past Phobia

International LGBTQIA Human Rights petition site ALLOUT is appealing for signatories to a new petition aimed at encouraging the government of Australia to apologise for the…

2026-08-31 15:00

Activism and Advocacy

Disabled Activists Join with LGBTQIA People in Slamming Right Wing Newspapers

The Disability News Service, the UK's only blog dedicated to disability campaigns and organisations, has reported how disability campaigners are joining the broad coalition of…

2026-08-31 13:57

Activism and Advocacy

New Play Explores early AIDS Crisis in the Republic of Ireland

Queerguru, the LGBTQIA arts magazine, meets up with the writers of a new play called Mammy's House, which opens in London soon but explores the AIDS experiences of the Irish…

2026-08-30 23:34

Society and Community Life

Washington Blade To Hold Fundraiser for LGBTQIA Journalism

The Washington Blade is the only LGBTQIA+ newspaper with a correspondent assigned to the White House, who can report to the rest of the gay media and wider sources on the ways in…

2026-08-30 19:39

Activism and Advocacy

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