UK News

West Transwoman Feels Let Down by Police

Posted on 3 Jun 2024 in UK

BBC Points West reports that a transwoman from the West Country has said that she is "disappointed" and "let down" by the Police after reporting that she had been raped. Lee Madan, reporting for the BBC Locally, said that the woman has anonymity for life as a victim of a sexual offence. The BBC is not saying where in the West of England. The woman said the experience at the front desk did not go well. She claims they initially did not believe what she said and she had to repeat it a couple of times. She said: "They got a female officer to come and see me.

LGBT+ Ally O'Neill is Ulster First Minister

Posted on 4 Mar 2024 in UK

Ireland's RTE Radio 1 reports that Michelle O'Neill representing the nationalist and centre left party Sinn Fein has become the first nationalist, Catholic and left of centre First Minister in Northern Ireland. Devolved power sharing resumed at the Stormont Asse

Taunton Haters Will Not Win - Community Vow

Posted on 3 Feb 2024 in UK

BBC Radio Somerset and Taunton based community radio service Apple FM both report that Police are investigating and appealing for information after it a walkway brightly painted with the cheerful colours of the Pride Rainbow was covered with white paint. The min

Tackling Domestic Violence in Plymouth

Posted on 7 Jan 2024 in UK

Radio Exe Devon, a local commercial station based in Exeter and Plymouth, reports that heterosexual violence is a common problem in the latter city, with three quarters of people saying that they feel unsafe in the straight bars and clubs in the city. Cross party support has bee

Gay Catholic Poet Linden Honoured

Posted on 5 Jan 2024 in UK

Tributes have been paid to the Scottish poet, writer, and political activist Edward Sean Linden, who has passed on to the realm of our LGBTQIA ancestors at the age of 88. From 1969 to 2002, he published and edited the poetry magazine Aquarius, which, according to The Irish Post,

Dec

Radical LGBT Friendly Bookstore Loses Patron

The pacifist journal Peace News says that one of the many people to play a role in the legendary Housman's Bookstore in King's Cross, which was the first home to the London

Dec

Kylie Will Host Radio Special on Boxing Day

Princess of Pop, Kylie Minogue, will be hosting a special programme across the network of BBC Local Radio services across the UK on Boxing Day morning from 9am. The popular singer

Dec

LGBTQIA Friendly Town Hay Ready for Xmas

Hay On Wye, a small village on the English and Welsh border country in amongst beautiful countryside, has long been a popular LGBTQIA travel destination, with its organic cafes, fa

Nov

Dogs Home Tribute to Late Paul O'Grady

The Guardian newspaper reports that a new veterinary hospital opening at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home is being named in honour of the charity's ambassador, the gay

Oct

SNP LGBTQIA Group Celebrate Queer Bingo Joy

Whilst the party lost one of its more mediocre and less memorable MPs to the anti-gay and anti-transgender Conservative and Unionist Party last week, the Scottish National Party co