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A new exhibition, ‘Queer Without Fear: Pride in Who We Are’, which has opened at The Yard, Coventry, celebrates the city’s LGBTQ+ community and history.

Drag Race UK winner and Celebrity Big Brother star, Danny Beard, has been announced as part of a sparkling cast for this year’s pantomime at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre. Danny will star as the most glamourous villain of Sleeping Beauty, Carabosse.

Ahead of its move to its new centre home in September, Birmingham LGBT have received a donation of £9,609 from the Morrisons Foundation. The cash boost from the supermarket’s charity foundation has covered the costs of creating and furnishing a training room at Birmingham LGBT’s new facility.

For the third year in a row, Warwickshire Pride festival was the target of hate-fuelled vandalism in 2025. Luckily, the community came together quickly to help rectify the damage before the festival commenced. Now though, organisers are calling for a focus on tackling the hate at its roots to create real change.

The cast for series 7 of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK has been announced and among them is Coventry’s own Viola.

The Fostering Network, a charity in the West Midlands, is encouraging more people, including those in the LGBTQ+ community to consider fostering.

For the third year in a row, Warwickshire Pride has been the target of vandalism but the community turned “the negativity and the hate into something positive - pure community power,” explained Dan Browne, one of the festival’s organisers.

Nottinghamshire Police have launched an appeal to identify two individuals that they would like to speak to in connection with an incident of homophobic harassment.

This Saturday (16th August), Nottingham Against Transphobia with Notts Pastel Project and Trans Pride Notts are holding a die-in to protest the leaked EHRC policy which will impact trans lives.

Dudley Pride will return to the town centre this September for a free event with a full line-up of performances plus a market of street stalls.

The Greatest Gathering festival in Derby hosted the world's first train-bourne Pride parade in an event co-ordinated by Journey; a not-for-profit organisation for LGBTQ+ professionals working in the transport sector.

Several Labour MPs, including representatives from the Midlands, have supported trans rights in letters responding to concerns from their constituents.

Drag Race UK star, vocal sensation and all-round powerhouse drag performer, Divina De Campo has joined Lincoln Pride’s 2025 line-up. Bringing her theatrical talents and fabulous vocals to the main stage, Divina De Campo will perform at Lincoln Pride on Saturday 16th August.

During Notts Pride weekend celebrations, it was announced that the city’s vibrant ‘Rainbow Quarter’ centred around Hockley would become an officially recognised LGBTQ+ District by the city.

As part of an LGBTQ+ community comedy project, The Rep Theatre, Birmingham are hosting a free comedy masterclass with renowned comedian Angie Belcher. The event will be held on Saturday 16th August 12pm-4.30pm

Just weeks after reuniting with Black Sabbath, for a one-off final performance at Birmingham’s Villa Park, the world had to say goodbye to the band’s frontman and LGBT+ rights supporter, Ozzy Osbourne.

With 2025 marking the final year for Birmingham Pride’s use of the Smithfield site before development begins, it was clear that Birmingham Pride’s future would look different. Looking ahead to 2026, Birmingham Pride has announced a new chapter which will see a return to the Gay Village with a more community-focussed model.

Hosted by the Red Lion’s own, Cleo Andrews, Walsall Pride’s cabaret stage, each year, features a line-up of drag performers and in 2025, not one but two Drag Race UK stars have been announced.

Noughties pop group, Liberty X, have been announced as a headliner for this year’s Walsall Pride event.

This summer, Birmingham LGBT – which is currently located on Holloway Circus – will be re-locating into the heart of Birmingham’s Gay Village to a brand-new centre on Hurst Street.