Prague Pride 2014
The 4th edition of the Prague Pride festival will take place from Monday 11th until Sunday 17th August, with the
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LGBT Blogs UK Top 10
Current Top Ten Blogs by Julie Hermans 1. Pink Wedding Days 2. Fag Burn 3. Disco Damaged 4. That Gay
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Many widowers and same-sex partners are losing out on pensions
The TUC is urging the government to change the rules on the accrual of survivor pensions so that widowers and
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Daniel Radcliffe by Jonathan Dahl.
There’s no doubt about it, Daniel Radcliffe is a phenomenon. From Hogwarts to Hollywood the child star has matured like
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Manchester Pride Big Weekend Artists
With MNEK, Heather Peace, Kimberly Wyatt, Krystal Klear, Misha B, Syron, Jamie Bull, Junior J, Sarah Louise (Hed Kandi), Jesca
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Pride Scotia 2014
Pride Scotia Returns to Edinburgh for its 10th Annual outing. From 1995 to 2008, Pride marches took place in Edinburgh
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Brighton Bear Weekend Approaches
Brighton Bear Weekender began as a small local event in the summer of 2011, bringing bears and admirers from the
Read moreLeeds Rhinos player banned for five matches
Photo: Leeds Rhinos An independent tribunal has imposed a five-match suspension on Leeds Rhinos player Zak Hardaker after finding
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myGwork – The launch of a new revolutionary LGBT social network
We, founders of myGwork, felt during our previous employments gays and lesbians were not fully integrated in their workplaces. We
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Pride in the House – Artwork submissions wanted.
Lauderdale House is now inviting new submissions from UK-wide LGBT professional artists for the 12th annual ‘Pride in the House’
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Peter Tatchell Becomes First Proud2Be Patron
LGBT organisation Proud2Be Project are proud to announce legendary human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell as their new Patron. Peter is
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Manchester Pride seeks Volunteers
Not in a gaydar or Grindr type of way but in an Olympics, ‘Games Makers’ kinda way. Applications are now
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Travel – Ostend Weekend
The Belgian Brighton? Adrian Gillan jumps on Eurostar and falls in love with Ostend – ‘Queen of the Belgian Coast’
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BGT – La Voix and the London Gay Big Band are making some noise!
Photo: Mark Storey “If being on prime time TV gives a sign to our international LGBT brothers and sisters that
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F.A. Centre To Host Cup Final Of LGB&T Football League
This Saturday 31st May, the GFSN’s National Cup Final will be held at the English FA’s state-of-the-art training facility in
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Manchester Pride feels the LOVE
Applications are now open for The Manchester Pride Parade, which will take place at 1pm on Saturday 23 August 2014.
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TUC issues new briefing on LGBT workers
The TUC has published a new briefing for trade union reps about mental health issues and how lesbian, gay, bisexual
Read more‘Coming Out’ to Play by Jonathan Dahl.
When I was at school it was always the sporty types who were treated differently. Teachers fawned over them and
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Brighton turns Blue for Pride
Get ready to scream, faint and behave like a loved-up teenager because Brighton Pride are pleased to announce that the
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Anti-gay ban for Olympic Games
Over 115,543 members of global lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights organisation, All Out, have sent a message to the
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Queer Creative Fiction
Arvon, the creative writing charity, are running a residential Queer Fiction writing week, led by Kerry Hudson and Jonathan Kemp.
Read moreFree speech v Hate speech
Buju Banton Homophobic hate music. Where to draw the line? Together with crude misogyny, homophobic lyrics have long blighted
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Save Civil Partnerships. Extend them to straights
“The government is considering abolishing all civil partnerships and converting them into marriages, regardless of what existing civil partner couples
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RAINBOW FLAG TO FLY ABOVE YORK AS FIRST GAY WEDDINGS TAKE PLACE
As the first-ever same-sex weddings take place across the land, York is to celebrate the historic occasion by flying the rainbow
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QBoy – Music Makes Us Dance
Celebrating 10 years since his debut release ‘Even The Women Like Him’, QBoy is back with a brand new single,
Read moreGay Marriage – It’s up to you by Les Lea
So, the 29th March is rapidly approaching and we gays will be allowed to proclaim our love by getting married…
Read moreEuroGames Stockholm 2015
Photo by Jeppe Wikström, Stockholm Visitors Board. EuroGames Stockholm is a sports, cultural and political event which will take
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It’s the ‘gays’ to blame by G. Alexander
Image: Hanna-Barbera In a world that is rapidly turning on itself, it’s heartening to know that we know who to
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GFSN Featured in C4 Dispatches Program
Tonight the GFSN (Gay Football Supporters Network) will be featured in the Channel 4 Dispatches documentary “Undercover: Hate On The
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Spartacus Gay Travel Index 2014 lists the gay-friendliest travel destinations worldwide!
The international travel guide for the gay community, which has been published on an annual basis for the last 40
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Bent America – Breaking Rave
Out Rocker Breaks Dawn on New Rave Sound By Randy Stene This month, the world is being introduced to
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GFSN LAUNCHES LGB&T FOOTBALL FANGROUP COALITION
The Gay Football Supporters’ Network has formed the GFSN Fangroup Coalition (GFSN FC) to act as an umbrella organisation for
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LIVE AND LET LOVE
Thousands of Swedes sing Russian national anthem in the Stockholm Olympic Stadium, in support of Russian LGBT people. A film
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SOCHI OLYMPICS ANTI-GAY LAWS : GLOBAL OUTCRY
All Out – the global movement for love and equality – has announced a series of online and offline actions
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European liberals pledge to fight for LGBT equality
Liberal Democrat MEPs and candidates have joined forces with other European liberals by pledging to fight for LGBT rights at
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The ethics of LGBT tourism
“The question of tourist boycotts is an ethical consideration for everyone, not just LBGT people. Boycott decisions should be based
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MANCHESTER PRIDE FLIES HIGH WITH CONCORDE
Photos: Dawn Kilner/ Manchester Pride Flying high from the success of the inaugural Supersonic in April last year, Manchester Pride
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Turing receives royal pardon
“Not before time,” some say, as the man who changed the course of WWII, is at last given the respect
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‘Respect ‘Loved by You’ Awards’
‘Respect’, the inclusive lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) network for the UK’s most gay friendly retailer ‘The Co-operative’ is
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India bans LGBT acts
The Indian Supreme Court has joined the ranks of Jamaica and Nigeria in becoming one of the many countries worldwide
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“When Santa Went to Soho”
Gay London band, The Vinyl Closet, have released a camp-as-Christmas single celebrating Soho, the city’s famous LGBT district. The track,
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The Commonwealth and the Kaleidoscope Trust
Commonwealth heads of government, who meet in Colombo later this week, have been accused of turning a blind eye to
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Manchester’s BarPop
Bar Pop is the latest venue to open on Manchester’s famous Canal Street. Helmed by the very able team behind
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The 57th BFI London Film
The Festival will screen a total of 234 fiction and documentary features, including 22 World Premieres, 16 International Premieres, 29
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Humourous, thoughtful and sometimes silly inspiration?
Social networks are under scrutiny these days. There have been a few high-profile incidents that hit the headlines and
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Tatchell’s humanitarian ride
Do you enjoy cycling? Want to know more about famous humanitarians and LGBTs? Want to support the work of the
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Reading Pride is this Saturday
Reading Pride, the Thames Valley’s annual Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) celebration takes place this Saturday, 31st August
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GAY MARRIAGE PRIDE
Drew Wilby Photographics Adam Lowe writes about the intersections of marriage and pride, and how we should always do
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WWE wrestler comes out
One of the most homoerotic sports in the world now has its first openly gay combatant. World Wrestling Entertainment (or
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Leeds Pride – 4th August
Leeds Pride is a time for everyone who supports LGB&T equality to come together to celebrate the achievements and the
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“GAYS OF MANCHESTER” EXHIBITION AND CALENDAR
George House Trust has teamed up with photographer Lee Baxter to create an exhibition and calendar that shows the diversity
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‘GREAT VILLAGE BAKE OFF’
The Village bakers are an LGBT social group with the aim to Bake it! Bring it! Share it! Within Manchester’s
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Reykjavik Pride 2013
One of Iceland’s biggest celebrations, Reykjavik Pride has grown increasingly popular since its inauguration fifteen years ago. Originally welcoming 1,500
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Celebrate equal marriage, but remember thousands still face persecution
It certainly is a time to celebrate here in Britain. The equal marriage bill for England and Wales has been
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GAY TWINS LAUNCH PROUD2BE
Just over a week ago, gay twin brothers, Jon & Mat Price, launched the Proud2Be Project to the national press.
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Gay Straight Alliance
Laughing Horse Free Festival – Gay Straight Alliance After playing to standing room only crowds at her 2012 Edinburgh
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Footballer Anton Hysen – Role Model.
Just A Ball Game? Whose aim is to raise awareness around LGBT issues, promote LGBT history, achievements change mind-sets, help
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America will never be gay and lesbian friendly
The relationship between church, state and the international crisis facing welfare finance is the root cause of why some
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PRAGUE PRIDE 2013
In just 2 years Prague Pride has grown into the biggest LGBT festival of the former communist countries of central
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RUSSIA’S CRACK DOWN ON GAYS AND LESBIANS, FREE SPEECH
They may have lost the hammer and sickle emblem from their flag but the country’s government still insist on repressing
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Opinion – No Pride by Graham Somersby
Well, now that the pride season is in full swing it is always of great interest to see which celebrity
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Travel – Malmö – after Eurovision
Justin Brown/imagebank.sweden.se Malmö, a city revelling in the limelight of arguably the gayest music event in the world – the
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“Grindr’s 10 Commandments for Gay Pride.”
With Pride season upon us and celebrations occurring worldwide, Grindr – the largest, farthest-reaching and widest-ranging of any gay mobile
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The Pink Humanist
High levels of intolerance towards LGBT people in Europe and Africa are shown in two separate surveys released
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70% of LGBT people fear coming out at work
70% of people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, fear coming out in the workplace; according to
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HOMOSEXUAL ALIEN CHAOS
Radical set design duo Block9 are returning to Glastonbury Festival in 2013 to host another apocalyptic spectacle catering to a
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International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia
Each year, since 2004, 17th May marks the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia (“IDAHO”) around the world. In over
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THE IMPORTANCE OF GAY TRAVELLERS TO UK TOURISM
Research commissioned by luxury gay travel companion, les Deux Messieurs, has revealed just how important gay travellers are to UK
Read moreBrighton Pride Line-up of Artists
This year Brighton Pride are thrilled to bring back the main stage as a focus of the Preston Park site
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Birmingham LGBT opens sports and fitness studio
Birmingham LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans) has added a new sports and fitness studio to its thriving Health and
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NBA star comes out
“I’m a 34-year-old NBA center. I’m black. And I’m gay.” With that seemingly simple statement Jason Collins became the
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Travel – New Zealand – The perfect honeymoon destination
Now it is legal in New Zealand for same-sex marriage, Bent predicts that couples will be flocking there to take
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QUEER PALM
The Queer Palm awards a feature and short film among all of the Cannes Film Festival selections with a dedicated
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Halt HIV within a generation
Gay men in England can halt HIV within a generation, says largest-scale prevention campaign targeting community to date Gay and
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BENT AMERICA – GIANT STAR
Karl Giant Steps In Front of the Lens By Skip Sheffield. Karl Giant has aimed his camera’s lens on celebrities
Read morePride Games – Manchester
Pride Games is an annual international LGBT sport festival for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and their friends. With
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Key West Pride 2013
Visitors can celebrate equality, meet the creator of the rainbow flag that symbolises LGBT pride and mark the 10th “birthday”
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Former Commonwealth human rights head to Chair the Kaleidoscope Trust
Dr Purna Sen, Head of Human Rights at the Commonwealth Secretariat from 2008 until 2011, has been elected as chair
Read moreHomophobic abuse in football
The Gay Football Supporters’ Network (GFSN) and the Brighton & Hove Albion Supporters’ Club (BHASC) welcomes the Early Day Motion
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“Gay Photographers Network announce their first photographic competition”
Beyond Words is a photographic competition and exhibition presented by the Beyond Words and Foyles Bookshop as part of London Pride
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‘Preaching to the Perverted’
Fans invited to play a part in restoring cult British film ‘Preaching to the Perverted‘ The first mainstream film
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Book – What’s Wrong with Homosexuality?
Is homosexuality unnatural? Does the Bible condemn it? Are people born gay? Should it matter either way? John Corvino approaches
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AMSTERDAM GAY PRIDE 2013
photo: Mariska-van-der-Meulen. Described last year by news organisation CNN as one of ‘the best picks around the world for celebrating
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Travel – New England, USA
With its liberal attitudes, rich arts and culture and many fine dining opportunities, New England is among the most welcoming
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Travel – Breathless in Venice
Gaping gondolas! Adrian Gillan visits one of the most genuinely unique, beautiful – and frankly unlikely – cities on Earth!
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GAY HUMANISTS UNSURPRISED AT THE HOMOPHOBIA OF THE NEW POPE
The UK gay humanist charity the Pink Triangle Trust (PTT) is not at all surprised that the new Pope is
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Men in same-sex marriages are living longer, according to new study
The mortality rate for men in same-sex marriages has dropped markedly since the 1990s, according to a Danish study published
Read moreBlackpool Pride re-launch
Blackpool’s annual Pride festival is being re-launched in an effort to attract more families to the event. The festival celebrating
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Little Gay Boy ChrisT Is Dead
Watch out for a new short concept film that is doing the Queer Film circuit and one that is already
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New LGBT radio station from Brighton
Sauce FM launched on Friday 8th February to approx 80,000 listeners and has continued to attract LGBT listeners from the
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Sporting stars show their support for UK’s first LGBT Rugby League club
Manchester Canalsiders have received support from some of the most high-profile sports stars in the UK, including Gareth Thomas and
Read moreNew Gay Sports Bar For London
On Thursday 28th February 2013 Champion, London will have it’s first ever gay monthly sporting social night. Champion is for
Read moreBrighton Pride announces theme for this year
OK, there is no excuse for not coming up with a stunning outfit for this year’s fantabulous Brighton Pride. They
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AS ONE IN THE PARK 2013
London’s gay gathering now becomes a festival RITA ORA + Holly Johnson, Katy B and Union J further acts to
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Bent America – Inside the Vortex
Inside the Vortex – A Confessional Memoir, Reveals The Naked Truth of a Young Male Stripper Inside The Vortex by
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I AM DIVINE – EUROPEAN PREMIERE
The 27th BFI London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (LLGFF) is back at BFI Southbank, London with a festival of
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Football v Homophobia
For the second year running, Liverpool FC supported the Football v Homophobia campaign by hosting a Gay Football Supporters Network
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BEN BRADSHAW MP IS PROUD2BE GAY
British Labour Politician Ben Bradshaw has lent his support to an ever-growing LGBT video campaign by making a video letting
Read morePride Photo Competition
Pride Photo Award, the international photo contest on sexual and gender diversity, kicks off its 2013 edition. The creative theme
Read moreShanghaiPRIDE
If you are looking to spend your next pride event somewhere different and where such an event isn’t just a
Read moreThe Hidden Gem Transforming the Sunderland Scene
By Ryan Houston Once upon a time, The City Taverns was the place to be in Sunderland for lesbian, gay,
Read more“A victory for love & equality”
Joy for tens of thousands of same-sex couples The culmination of a five-decade struggle for LGBT equality Ban on opposite-sex
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The Score: 400 to 175
Yes, MPs vote in favour of same-sex marriage, which means that Parliament backs David Cameron’s plans by an impressive majority
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World Outgames 2013
I suppose if you are still basking in the afterglow of the London Olympics and feel the need to revisit
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Stonewall Awards
TV favourite Sue Perkins was among 11 winners at last night’s Stonewall Awards. The annual ceremony honours those who’ve made
Read moreCardiff Mardi Gras
Cardiff Mardi Gras There was a slight shift of emphasis at this year’s Cardiff Mardi Gras as, for the first
Read moreBrighton Pride 2012
Words and photos: ChrisGeary.com It really is strange, I have attended many pride events over the years but the colour,
Read moreSavidge Opinion – Don’t Rain on the Parade
On the 1st September, Cardiff will be celebrating the first Mardi Gras Parade the city has ever seen. In many
Read moreTackle This – by Lee Hudson
Rugby is a hard sport. Injuries happen in almost every game as huge men clash in one of the most
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Leeds Pride – Sun, Hail, Rain
Sometimes trying to gear a Pride event coincide with good weather during a British summer is just impossible. The first
Read moreBEYONCE – A WORLD OF SHAME
Photos: ChrisGeary.com Forty years on from the first ever Gay Pride in London, it looks like we’ve not come
Read moreWorld Pride Power List
Recently the Guardian published a list of the Top 100 most influential LGBT people in the world. Surprisingly, topping the
Read moreSEXY TEXAS
How ya’all doin’ ya’all? Adrian Gillan rates raunchy ranchers in Fort Worth and pumps barrels of creamy man-oil in Dallas
Read moreBRIGHTON PRIDE & HOVE WEEKEND
photo: Chris Jepson.com FRIDAY 31ST AUGUST – SUNDAY 2ND SEPTEMBER 2012 With a new steering committee, leading the way
Read moreProud2Be Campaign
Newly formed social enterprise, the Proud2Be Project wants you to join their video campaign to help encourage all lesbian,
Read moreRyan Jagger
The lad from Cleethorpes has changed his image and style of music a couple of times now but he’s
Read moreThe Community Campaign launches a new era in advertising
56 Dean Street is offering members of the gay community the chance to design an innovative HIV or
Read moreBent Bites – International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia
IDAHO DAY The 17th May is IDAHO Day, so what does that mean? It is the International Day Against Homophobia
Read moreUnited Colours of Brighton Pride
For the first time in its history the theme for Pride in Brighton and Hove, to be held on
Read moreOXFORD PRIDE
Oxford Pride’s 10-day festival starts on 8th June with events including art exhibitions, panel talks, karaoke, a dog show, quizzes
Read moreYORK’S THRIVING GAY NIGHTLIFE
Gay nightlife in York is thriving after a historic York pub reopened as a new LGBT and OUTrageous, York’s
Read morePride Events 2012
The Rio Carnival is always a glittering occasion and perhaps unwittingly announces the start of the Pride Festival season.
Read moreEthan Bourne
A couple of years ago UK porn company Eurocreme had the idea of forming their own boyband, clever named ‘Boy
Read moreWorldPride
While East London is gearing up for the Olympics and Buckingham Palace prepares for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, Soho is
Read moreGender – what the f@ck!
By Adam Lowe Recording artists don’t come more alternative than DragChrist – the names rhetorical. John Waters kitsch starlet Divine
Read moreThe Great Campaigner
Peter Tatchell The New Year brings with it a rather important anniversary for gay rights. Peter Tatchell, a man who
Read moreGetting sexy in Salt Lake City
Ushered onto the global stage by the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, Salt Lake City might still be best known as
Read moreQUEER HIP HOP NATION
By Edward Jonas Coleman and Jackson Vrana make up the controversial band, Elephant – the only white, twin
Read moreIris Awards
And the winner is A short film about a blind 15 year old Brazilian teenager who falls in love with
Read morePride events and Fun in the sun
Barnsley Pride It looked like it might just end up as a bit of a wash-out as the weather decided
Read moreTony Swinhoe on Pride Radio
In recent years the number of radio stations in the UK has risen, specifically those aimed at a LGBT audience
Read moreBooks: August 2011
Players Two By Rick Day Like in the first volume the predominating stylistic device is the cool aesthetic appeal, reduced
Read moreGreat Sports at Greater Sport!
Greater Sport, Greater Manchester’s County Sports Partnership (CSP), yesterday became the first of 49 CSPs in England to sign up
Read moreIn Between Man
By Max Jiminez A relatively new online show has been creating quite a stir Stateside – In Between Men follows
Read moreGay, Glitz and Glam?
Things are certainly hotting up for Leeds LGB&T Pride on 7th August. Local venues are busy raising cash to make
Read moreTRUE BEAUTY
By Max Jiminez As we take a peek at the scene over in the USA we come across a whole
Read moreRugby League charter for action
Following the lead of the Sheffield Eagles – all 14 Engage Super League clubs recently showed their support for the
Read moreGIVE IT A TRY
Outdoor Lads (a registered charity offering outdoor activities for Gay and Bi-sexual men in the UK) challenges new adventurers to
Read moreLGBT BEACH SPORTS DAY
Now in its second year Manchester’s City Beach “Castlesands” will play host to a sports day for the North West’s
Read moreSoBe Gay Hotel
Lords South Beach, the first gay boutique hotel brand in the United States, has just recently opened in Miami Beach,
Read moreRecord attendance at 5-a-side
Yorkshire Terriers FC’s annual football tournament was held last month in Leeds with a record attendance of 33 teams and
Read moreGMFA tackles racism on the gay scene
The ‘Switched On’ campaign from GMFA, the gay men’s health charity, aims to raise awareness of racial discrimination in LGB&T
Read moreVolunteer for Pride?
Manchester Pride, the city’s annual lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) festival is looking for volunteers for this year’s event,
Read moreRugby League’s Gay support
On 13th March at 3.00 pm, Sheffield Eagles’ first home game of the season, the team will be walking onto
Read moreTake Your Seats
The West End is a wonderfully liberating place. The bright lights, big musicals, and stages with the power to transform
Read morePride Maspalomas in the Sun
2011 is the 10th Anniversary of GAY PRIDE Maspalomas. To celebrate this unique Pride, on the beautiful island of Gran
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