Bristol News

LGBTQ Comic Art Festival for Bristol in Sept

Posted on 29 Mar 2021 in Bristol

B247 reports that an internationally focussed LGBTQ Comic Art Festival, founded by Bristol based podcaster (and former ShoutOut contributor) Nathan Adam, will be taking place in real time at the Station Youth Hub on Saturday 4th September. PrideCAF will give independent LGBTQ+ creators a chance to sell their work after a difficult year. The full lineup will be released in summer, but comic writer Joe Glass and illustrator Sarah Millman are already confirmed.

B247 Queer Podcast Chalks Up Third Episode

Posted on 18 Mar 2021 in Bristol

Episode 3 of the ongoing and now weekly series of discussion podcasts on Queer Bristol, hosted by the newspaper B247 is now live, with an interview with Changes Bristol Groups and the work they do in alleviating mental health concerns.

Bristol 247 Queer Podcast No 2 Now Available

Posted on 3 Mar 2021 in Bristol

B247's Queer Catch Up Podcast is available free to listen to now, with a link on the B247 website to its Soundcast Homepage.

"Not Guilty" Plea in Slave Trader Topple Case

Posted on 1 Feb 2021 in Bristol

Local Television Station Bristol TV reports that the Colston Four, being four people accused of illegally toppling the statue of city elder and slave trader Edward Colston during a Black Lives Matter Protest in June, have pleaded

Man Sought in Relation To Bristol Hate Crime

Posted on 15 Nov 2020 in Bristol

Bristol TV, the local television channel, reveals that a man is wanted in connection with a racist incident that took place on a bus in the city heading in the direction of Gloucester Road. The invident took place on 16th October.

Oct

More Positive Coverage for Pride MBE Daryn

The local community newspaper for East Bristol, The Week In, adds its voice to those commending local people who have been honoured in the Queen's delayed birthday

Oct

MBE for Pride Bristol's Daryn Carter

Twenty five years ago, when our own Terry first reported on gay politics for a small pirate radio station in Wales, the idea of members of our community being allowed into the hallowed halls of our

Oct

Pride organiser Daryn Carter made MBE

Bristol Pride has been an annual staple in the city now for over a decade. But when Daryn joined, it was right back at the beginning.

Oct

Rare Glimpse into Trans and Gay Venue in '63

There was a surprise for fans of LGBTQ history on Friday afternoon, when the television station Talking Pictures, a small business channel which specialises in the rich heritage of

Sep

Pride Flag Will Be Replaced After Theft

The Bristol Post reports that an LGBTQ and Black Lives Matter Pride flag has been stolen from outside a house in the Montpelier area of the city.