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Plans have been confirmed for the future of LGBTQ+ youth support in Nottinghamshire. Under a new model, emotional health and wellbeing support delivered to LGBTQ+ children and young people across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire will no longer be provided through a single specialist.

A new project, ‘The LGBTQIA+ Cultural Barometer’ aims to measure and understand the current climate surrounding LGBTQ+ culture programming and creatives in the UK, and the impact of backlash. Led by Curious Arts, in partnership with Birmingham's Fatt Projects (Adam Carver), and Marlborough Productions, the research project has shared its first insights, providing “a snapshot into an ongoing and intensifying situation”.

Olivier Award-winning Best New Musical, Operation Mincemeat, air-drops in to Wolverhampton Grand Theatre for one week only. Based on an unbelievably true WWII story, the year is 1943 and Britain might be losing the war but Intelligence have a wild plan that might just save the day.

The award-winning musical Kinky Boots, tells the story of Charlie Price, who tries to save his family's shoe factory by partnering with drag queen, Lola, to create high-heeled boots with more endurance than those currently on the market. The musical was based on the 2005 film of the same name but the story was mostly inspired by true events that took place in Northamptonshire.

Wolverhampton Grand Theatre’s 2025 pantomime, Sleeping Beauty, has received a brilliant three nominations at the UK Pantomime Awards.

Here & Now: The Steps Musical is an original new British musical, created using the pop classics from platinum album, multi-million record-selling dance-pop group, Steps (Claire Richards, Faye Tozer, Ian ‘H’ Watkins, Lee Latchford-Evans, and Lisa Scott-Lee). Following its world premiere in Birmingham (2024), the musical is embarking on its UK tour, currently running at Wolverhampton’s Grand Theatre.

Set in the mid-1980s, Natalie Adler’s Waiting on a Friend centres Renata, a lesbian living in New York’s East Village.

A major exhibition of work from pop art icon, Andy Warhol, is coming Wolverhampton Art Gallery from May 2026.

A We Are Queer AF investigation has found that 58 libraries across the UK currently house harmful material targeting trans children and their families. In response, Warwickshire-based Trans+ activist, Demitri Rodriguez, has launched action to remove the book Leamington Spa.

Colton Hills Community School, Wolverhampton, has been recognised with The Rainbow Flag Award; a national quality assurance framework for schools and colleges, focussing on positive LGBTQ+ inclusion and visibility.

West Midlands Police have issued a statement regarding an incident on Kent Street, Birmingham...

Derby County fan, Connor Ffrench, has set up a new LGBTQ+ supporters’ group for fans of the football team, with the aim of tackling homophobia in the sport.

Wolverhampton-born emerging music artist, Sofie Anné is set to headline her début solo concert this March at The Grand Theatre, and joining her are two fellow Wolves artists: Wolverhampton-based grime artist and rapper, Reepa; and the UK’s first transgender rapper, Nate Ethan, who was also born and bred in the city.

The organisers of Warwickshire Pride have issued a statement, outlining changes that will be made to the event in 2026, after last year’s event experienced troubles on site that led to police attendance and subsequent arrests.  

SHOUT Festival have announced that funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund has been secured to support the Birmingham Queer Archive project.

Story Time with Mama G is one of many shows coming to Leicester Comedy Festival this year.

Project 93, the Spode Museum, and local artist Olivia Azzopardi, have been collaborating with LGBTQ+ people in Stoke-on-Trent to create a new mosaic, which is due to be unveiled at Spode Museum this Sunday (15th February 2026).

National HIV Testing Week is an annual campaign, that runs from 9th – 15th February in 2026, encouraging and promoting regular HIV testing across England.

Birmingham and West Midlands actors have been announced among the cast for an upcoming production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at The Rep Theatre.

LGBTQ+ people in the Leicestershire town of Melton Mowbray have been left without a safe space after the closure of Charlie’s Bar.