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Forward Film and Television Festival together with The Mockingbird Cinema are hosting an event that will screen three short films created by Birmingham’s own Joe Lycett, followed by a Q&A with the comedian, presenter and artist himself.

Following pressure from university societies, Warwick University have dropped their “performative” Pride event.

Wolverhampton Pride, due to take place on Saturday 7th June this year, has announced that award-winning trans and non-binary campaigner and speaker, Jude Guaitamacchi will host this year’s event.

Defund Transphobes (Def Trans), a UK-wide grassroots activist community for trans+ justice, are organising trans outreach demos in Birmingham, including a topless demo in Victoria Square.

Stafford Pride have released a statement refuting the claims made by the new Leader of Staffordshire County Council, Councillor Ian Cooper, that the local Pride event is funded by tax payers.

An artwork, ‘A Virtuous Woman’, held at National Trust’s Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire has been targeted in anti-trans vandalism, unpicking deliberate pink, blue and white stitches through J.K. Rowling’s name in the piece’s embroidery.

A quick guide to responding to the EHRC consultation following the Supreme Court ruling defining a women as 'biological'.

A line-up of alternative LGBTQ+ events has been organised in a boycott of Warwick University’s institution-led Pride Month, in response to the university suspending its ‘Trans Inclusion Policy’.

The owners of The White Heart, Wolverhampton – Dale, Shaun and Ricki – have announced that they will be putting the bar on the market but add that the bar will not be closing.

Telford Pride returned to the Shropshire town in 2025 after a break of more than a decade.

An adaptation of Paris Lees’ memoir ‘What It Feels Like For A Girl’ – set in Nottingham during the early noughties – is coming to the BBC during Pride Month this year.

Written by George Brant and starring Wolverhampton's own, Beverley Knight, Marie & Rosetta is an intimate portrayal of the Godmother of rock ‘n’ roll, Rosetta Tharpe, and her singing partner Marie Knight; shining a dazzling spotlight on this often-forgotten yet revolutionary duo from music history.

The Full Fatt Sound, a queer choir in Birmingham from Fatt Projects, have announced their first concert date in July.

A Christian teacher (referred to as A) has lost an unfair dismissal and religious discrimination claim in a hearing that took place at Nottingham Employment Tribunal Centre, after accessing a trans pupil's safeguarding record.

Birmingham Pride 2025, photos from the parade and reflections on the event and the city's community.

‘Beyond Glitter & Feathers: My Artivism is my Pride’ exhibition – showcasing the work and activism of artist Garry Jones – opens at Birmingham’s Back to Backs this May bank holiday for Birmingham Pride weekend.

Thom Seddon, also known as drag artist Nana Arthole, is a writer and entertainer based in Nottingham whose verse novella ‘Men Holding Hands’ was published at the end of 2024. Thom talks inspiration, writing process, and independent publishing.

Holy Trinity Church, behind which the HIV memorial garden can be found, has been called out as a homophobic organisation with several of its clergy having publicly spoken out against what they call the “LGBTQ agenda”.

Professional gardener and horticulturalist, Tom Leonard from Warwickshire, also known as The Drag Queen Gardener, has announced a formal ambassadorship for the V&A Dundee for a new exhibition. Garden Futures: Designing with Nature.

that the Olivier Award®-winning and Tony Award® nominated Best Musical, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical is launching a globe-spanning World Tour, hitting venues in Birmingham and across the Midlands.