Community News

Faeries Prepare to Gather in Spiritual West

Posted on 26 Apr 2024 in Community

Albion Faeries, part of the Radical Faerie movement, which emerged out of the gay liberation and gay spirituality movements of the seventies, has announced plans for its Summer Solstice retreat in the beautiful county of Somerset not far from our home city of Bristol. The event takes place from 14th to 23rd June. The Faeries say "Come transgender spirits, gender non conforming bodies, intersex inspirers, non-binary beings, a-gender wonders, queer women warriors, questioning cuties.

Exciting Euro Pride Bid for Gloucester

Posted on 25 Apr 2024 in Community

On April 2nd, Pride in Gloucestershire issued some exciting news to the local LGBTQIA+ community. They say "the European Pride Organisers Association have announced the list of cities bidding to host EuroPride 2027.

Bristol Pride Celebrates Lesbian Visibility

Posted on 23 Apr 2024 in Community

We are in the middle of Lesbian Visibility Week! Bristol Pride have some words of support and solidarity with the lesbian community and in recognition of the incredible contribution to politics, culture, the arts and science from gay women over the centuries. From trailblazers

Film Festival will Celebrate Lesbian Week

Posted on 23 Apr 2024 in Community

The Garden Cinema in the heart of London's Covent Garden district is the setting for the inaugural DIVA Film Festival, organised by the celebrated lesbian and bi women's magazine of the same name. Taking place from 24th to 28th April, the festiv

Landmark Study of Black Gay Men Out Now

Posted on 23 Apr 2024 in Community

Bristol independent bookstore, Storysmith on Bedminster's North Street, says that it has signed copies of a new book on the black, gay male experience. In this landmark work called Revolutionary Acts, Jason Okundaye meets an elder generation of Black gay men and

Apr

Immersive Spiritual Retreat for LGBTQIA+ Folk

The Queer Spirit Blog carries an exciting press release from the spiritual retreat centre called the Asha Centre located in the Forest of Dean on the English-Welsh border. They sa

Apr

Celebrating 10 Years of Marriage Equality

BBC Radio 1's magazine programme on Emotional and Financial Wellbeing, Life Hacks, has marked the tenth anniversary of Marriage Equality, which wa

Apr

Legendary Lesbian Magazine DIVA Turns 30

It's a very Happy Birthday from all of us at ShoutOut to the lesbian magazine DIVA, which turns thirty years old this month. Ella Gauci writes that "In a very s

Apr

Drumming for Beltane with Albion Faeries

LGBTQIA+ New Age people, folklore enthusiasts, pagans and spiritual practitioners are looking forward to the festival of Beltane or MayDay. Celebrations will be happening all over

Apr

Unfounded Censorship on Instagram

Australian gay men's magazine DNA reports that Liverpool couple Sam and David have had a sweet photo of themselves embracing their newborn baby censored by Instagram. The photo wa