Community News

QX Magazine Explores "Dating App Fatigue"

Posted on 17 May 2025 in Community

QX Magazine, the continuing voice in print of London's queer scene, this week publishes an article on why gay men are turning away from dating apps, and reconnecting with traditional ways of meeting dates, lovers and friends. Gary Albert says that " I’ve witnessed a noticeable shift in the needs and desires among gay men. That initial excitement has given way to what I, many of my friends and colleagues are calling ‘dating app burnout’. The endless scroll-holes, the ghosting, the constant rejection, the sugar-rush hookups and immediate connections that don’t go anywhere.

Chicago LGBT+ Bookstore Has Web Makeover

Posted on 9 May 2025 in Community

Women and Children First, Chicago's independent and feminist, queer and radical bookstore, is having a makeover - online at least. The shop says "

Gay London Life Bar Mag Celebrates Bank Hols

Posted on 3 May 2025 in Community

Gay London Life, one of the few surviving bar rags from the days of multiple LGBTQIA+ magazines that were available from pubs, clubs, alternative bookstores and community meeting places, marks the month of May in its new edition, out now. The magazine notes that

Hello, Lesbian Line? Remembering Great Days

Posted on 17 Jan 2025 in Community

Gloucester Road Books is to present on 13th February, a Valentines Eve extravaganza. Thank You for Calling the Lesbian Line by Elizabeth Lovatt. Elizabeth reimagines the women who both called and volunteered for the Lesbian Line in the 1990s, whilst a

Manchester Pride still Has Magic Touch

Posted on 13 Jan 2025 in Community

Manchester's network of community radio services joined forces at the Bank Holiday Weekend to celebrate Manchester Pride, which closes off the August period of Pride celebrations. It is broadly speaking, the end of the LGBTQIA+ marching season, although a few sm

Jan

Real Life Legend from "It's A Sin" Passes On

BBC News Channel reports that one of the characters that inspired the Russell T Davies AIDS period drama It's a Sin has passed on. 'Much loved' Drag Queen Phil Le

Jan

Llanelli Pride is a Joy to Be At

Llanelli's grass roots hospital radio station, Radio BGM, which marks fifty years of serving local hospitals this year, say that they had a great time at their stall at Lla

Jan

Tributes Pour in for Music Writer Darryl

Tributes have been paid to the former Bristol based author, Darryl Bullock, who used his considerable skills with the pen to publish books on LGBTQIA issues and produced a rich vei

Dec

Getting Involved in Pride in Wales

Dec

T Shirts Show Support for Trans Community

Gay Pride Shop based in Manchester, close to the heart of the North of England's biggest gay village, says Designed by an amazing transgender artist, based in Manchester UK, we've