Employment News

TV Series Will Share Joy of LGBT+ Muslim Life

Posted on 9 Jan 2023 in Employment

Young actor Adam Ali speaks to the LGBTQIA newswire Pink News this week about the return of the hit BBC television school drama series “Waterloo Road”, which is to return to our screens in 2023. Mr Ali will be playing Kai Sharif, a young gay Muslim man who is thriving with a happy, nuanced life embracing both his sexuality and culture. He says that above all else, the character of Kai will resonate with LGBTQIA Muslims.

Authors Union Backs Trans Friendly Leader

Posted on 7 Dec 2022 in Employment

In its round up of news from the trade unions, the left wing weekly Socialist Worker says that a thinly veiled attempt orchestrated by transphobes to undermine the Chairperson of the Society of Writers, that is the main authors union, has fallen flat.

Lady Boys Present Spectacular Show

Posted on 16 Jun 2022 in Employment

The Lady Boys of Bangkok are back on their UK tour, supported by the generous patronage of the Arts Council of England. In our home city of Bristol, they are performing from Friday 10th June until Saturday 18th June. There will be two performances a night on the Fridays and Saturdays of their r

Contest Spell Broken as UK Comes in Second

Posted on 16 May 2022 in Employment

Pink News reports that fans are as elated as they are surprised that the UK’s run of bad luck at the Eurovision Song Contest, with year on year coming last in the festival, was finally broken on Saturday night with Sam Ryder’s stunning anthem “spaceman” chalking up “douze points” from country aft

First Female TUC Chief To Quit at Year End

Posted on 27 Apr 2022 in Employment

The Metro Newspaper reports that the first woman to lead the Trades Union Congress in the UK is to step down at the end of 2022. Frances O’Grady was elected General Secretary of the TUC in 2013 and remarked that it was the greatest honour to help steer the UK’s Trade Union and workers movements

Mar

Gay Fetish Portal Recon Seeks New Staff

T101, which is the company that owns gay and bi men’s fetish network RECON, is advertising for several positions at its London offices close to Shoreditch and Hoxton.

Mar

Adult Industry Realities Explored on TV Doc

Channel FiveStar, a free to view and cable television station in the UK, spent time last Monday evening with a tiny fraction of the estimated one hundred thousand people who work in the adult indus

Sep

OFCOM quits Stonewall Equality Scheme

The BBC News Channel reports that OFCOM, the broadcast and telecommunications regulatory body, is to quit the Stonewall Equalities Scheme, Called Diversity Champio

Sep

TV Industry Still has to go far on Disability

Birmingham's LGBTQIA radio station, Gorgeous FM, reports that disabled people working in the television industry report large barriers to their careers.

Aug

Community Paper Looks for Reporters

There is a activist phrase, “Don't Hate the Media – Become the Media”.