Community News

Looking Back at Queer Theatre Activism

Posted on 8 Nov 2025 in Community

Scene magazine QX reports that Dr Susan Croft is curating a new exhibition looking back at the fifty years that have passed since the formation of the very first Gay Theatre Festival, in 1975. Radical Rediscovery: Homosexual Acts and Beyond is the name of the exhibition, taking place at London Performance Studios from 6th November to 14th December, open 11 till 5 Fri-Sun. Dr Croft writes "1975 saw Britain’s first Gay Theatre Festival. Hosted by Inter-Action at the Almost-Free Theatre in Soho, it started with productions of 5 plays, all by white men, most

Looking Back on a Year of Gay Slang and Argot

Posted on 7 Nov 2025 in Community

Out Magazine ends the year with a feature that was also touched upon by the BBC News Channel and Sky News Channel this month. The extent to which marginal slang speak has affected mainstream discourse and the internet. In particular, Out Magazine is interested

Indie Radio Station Launches New Studio

Posted on 15 Oct 2025 in Community

We are always delighted to report on queer and non-binary friendly media projects, and the exciting world of community broadcasting, which we feel is where the real heart of British radio resides. Our colleagues at Noods Radio, an online station which promotes many queer artists

Village Bookstore to Host Indian Gay Writer

Posted on 5 Oct 2025 in Community

East Bristol Books, located in the heart of Bristol's Old Market gay village, will welcome on Tuesday the writer Mahesh Rao, whose latest title, Half Light, considers the decriminalisation of homosexuality in India. Mahesh will be in conversation with Bristol-based arti

Welcome Addition to Radical Bookstore Scene

Posted on 4 Oct 2025 in Community

Independent, progressive, radical, Feminist and LGBTQIA+ bookstores have long been a haven for people from all sectors of the rainbow LGBTQIA+ family. Now, reports LGBTQ Nation, a top US based queer newswire, black lesbians in New York have their very own independent bookstore t

Sep

DJ Sara Takes on Children in Need Challenge

News now from the largest annual fundraiser for children and young people's charities, BBC Children in Need, which runs across the BBC's national and local TV and radio services, a

Sep

Heartstopper Now Up for Pre Order - Gay Shops

LGBTQIA Bookstores, including Queer Lit in Manchester, The Queer Emporium in Caerdydd / Cardiff, and Gay's The Word in Bloomsbury, London, have sa

Jul

New LGBT+ Weekender Comes to Butlins

LGBTQIA dance music radio network Gaydio reports that Don't Tell Mama is a major new weekend festival, taking place at Butlin's holiday park in Bognor Regis on 23r

Jun

Celebration of Gay Journalist's Life

In the US capital city, Washington DC several local television networks are to celebrate the life of Lou Chibbaro, who has been covering LGBTQIA+ stories and community interest features for half a

Jun

Pride Shop Nottingham Welcomes Pride Month

Nottingham's Pride Shop, situated at 65 Maid Marian Way, Nottingham, NG1 6AJ, is marking the Pride Season, with this lovely message to all their supporters: