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East London Muslim LGBT+ Activist Speaks Out

Posted on 8 Nov 2025 in Current Affairs

In an Op Ed article for the weekly South African LGBTQIA news magazine Mamba Online, Sikhander Coopoo who is a London based intersectional queer feminist writer, addresses the violence that is so often swept under the carpet in Islamic circles when it comes to sexuality and gender identity. Mr Coopoo invites readers to interact with a poem he has written addressing the issues he has faced. Unafraid to name some of the oppressors of LGBTQIA+ Muslims, his address is hard hitting but touches on issues of hope.

Controversial "Abort The Gays" Scientist Dies

Posted on 8 Nov 2025 in Current Affairs

The genetic pioneer Dr James Watson has died at the age of 97, reports the New York Times and the BBC News Channel this weekend. Dr Watson shared in a Nobel Prize in the 1960s for his work on unravelling the double helix structure of DNA, the building b

Transphobes are the Real Threat to Women

Posted on 19 Oct 2025 in Current Affairs

Erin in the Morning, a daily essential read for LGBTQIA people, reports "So often, the loudest voices railing against transgender rights turn out to be projecting their own darkness.

Brave Teacher Resists Right Wing "Nutters"

Posted on 18 Oct 2025 in Current Affairs

The Australian gay magazine DNA reports that a US based teacher, already subject to harassment some ten years ago when he came out on the Outsports website, is standing firm and committed to resisting the "Make America Great Again" influencers on social media, despite having his

New Guide to Countering Digital Hate Groups

Posted on 25 Sep 2025 in Current Affairs

The Centre for Countering Digital Hate, which campaigns in the field of the internet and opposes the right wing and other extremist hate organisations that amplify their voices online, has published a new guide which will be of interest to all parents and guardians, including LGB

Sep

Coverage of Festival Shortlisted for Award

Media Website RCS Radio Today reports that the annual awards for excellence in community radio will take place in early October. The ceremony celebrates Britain's community radio

Sep

Gay Hero Will Young On Dog Rescue Centre Tour

We know that LGBTQIA+ people tend to be owners of pets. Many a queer family is completed by the presence of a furry or not furry friend, with cats just ahead of dogs as the preferred companion ani

Jul

Netflix Documentary Exposes the Far Right

Totally TV Guide reports that Netflix will release a hard hitting but acclaimed documentary on Tuesday (15th July). Entitled "Apocalypse in The Tropics", the piec

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

May

Surrey Radio Station Has Special VE Schedule

As the whole of Europe prepares to celebrate the eightieth anniversary of the end of the Second World War, with the capitulation of all fascist forces involved in the Axis Nazi empire, known as the