As with many of the UK’s businesses, LGBT+ clubs and bars are currently closed and are not permitted to open during the COVID-19 lockdown. Since the last week of March 2020, the UK’s LGBT+ bars and clubs were ordered to […]
In 2014 two male penguins at an English Zoo in Kent became fathers after looking after an unhatched egg given to them by zookeepers. They instantly became internationally famous. The two male Humboldt Penguins called Kermit and Jumbs at Wingham […]
Still so far to go…
In 2014, Drag Queen Conchita Wurst won the Eurovision Song Contest with her epic hit, “Rise Like A Phoenix” which prompted a backlash from some in Russia – despite Conchita not representing Russia in the competition or being a Russian […]
One of rock music’s first out, Black performers, Little Richard has died at the age of 87, his manager has confirmed. The star had suffered from a spate of bad health in recent years including a stroke, heart attack and […]
We love it when a company claps back, especially when it’s to someone who thinks there’s too much representation of minority communities. It’s the kind of allyship that our community really needs. Whoever is controlling Netflix’ official Twitter account has […]
This week (4th May – 10th May) it’s Deaf Awareness week in the UK. So here’s how you say some important LGBT+ terms in British Sign Language. A few years ago, Deaf Direct produced a video, just before Pride season, […]
Today in 1933 the Nazis started their war against the gay and lesbian community in Germany by confiscating materials from the Institute of Sexual Science. The institute’s works were destroyed as part of the regime’s censorship programme, by youth brigades. […]
“Saying ‘thank you’ as a community rainbow is the most important thing we can do”
A man is facing over eight years of jail time after pleading guilty to drugging, sexually assaulting and stealing from another man in London. Romanian national, Carol Simon, 46, has been jailed for 8 months and 5 months after being […]
