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Interviews with LGBTQ+ activists, role models, creatives, and community members.


Jan 285 min read
Remembering Matt Hawkins, The Divine Miss M
Remembering Matthew Hawkins also known to many as the drag performer, The Divine Miss M; an icon in Birmingham's LGBTQ+ community.
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Oct 28, 20245 min read
Interview: After The Act: A Section 28 Musical
After The Act: A Section 28 Musical is a production based on commentary from people who experienced living under the infamous Section 28
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Oct 16, 20243 min read
Interview: Farah Ashraf on Santi & Naz, identity and queerness
“Santi and Naz is a coming-of-age story, set against the backdrop of the India/Pakistan partition," Farah Ashraf tells Midlands Rainbow
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Jul 16, 20245 min read
Interview: Jonathan Blake (Pt. 3)
As well as being known as one of the oldest surviving people living with HIV in the UK, Jonathan Blake is often talked about due to his role
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Jul 15, 20244 min read
Interview: Jonathan Blake (Pt. 2)
Activist Jonathan Blake, born in Birmingham, was diagnosed with HIV in 1982. He's one of the UK’s oldest surviving people living with HIV
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Jul 14, 20245 min read
Interview: activist, Jonathan Blake (Pt. 1)
Jonathan Blake is a British gay rights activist from Birmingham, perhaps best known for his role in Lesbians and Gays support the Miners.
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Jul 8, 20243 min read
Interview: Peter Tatchell speaks to Midlands Rainbow
Human rights campaigner, Peter Tatchell talks about police forces apologising for historic homophobia.
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Jun 25, 20242 min read
Interview: Photographer Lia Papouis on Queer Femininity
Lia Papouis is a queer photographic artist based in Birmingham. Lia speaks to Midlands Rainbow about her latest project.
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May 22, 20242 min read
Interview: Trying comedy with Bally Singh
Interview with Bally Singh, Gaydio DJ & one of the internet's favourite 'meme-queens' about his foray into stand-up comedy for charity.
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May 20, 20244 min read
Interview: author P.J. Ellis talks 'We Could Be Heroes'
P.J. Ellis speaks to Midlands Rainbow about his latest novel We Could Be Heroes; a "love letter to the LGBTQ+ community, and to the city of
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