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A tribunal against the Met police, filed by a ‘gender critical’ person has received a judgment, handed down by Employment Judge Morton, marking a win for trans activists and voices after it was found that the claimant’s claims are “not well founded”.

The UK’s queer and trans-owned brewery, Queer Brewing, have launched a new collaboration with Brummy comedian and presenter, Joe Lycett and Queen’s Heath venue The Juke, in support of Queen’s Heath Pride.

Ellie Chowns, the Green Party member for North Herefordshire, has labelled a row that has broken out in Warwickshire over Pride flags as ‘pathetic’.

Queer Labour MP, Nadia Whittome, has said that the UK’s asylum system needs a “complete overhaul” during a meeting with an LGBTQ+ refugee in parliament.

A deli in Market Harborough, Leicestershire, is one of several businesses to receive an anonymous letter complaining about the flying of Pride flags.

The National Diversity Awards, which celebrates the achievements of grassroots communities tackling issues in society, have announced the shortlisted nominees for 2025’s awards, and among them are activists from/based in the Midlands.

Walsall Pride have announced the line-up for their Pride Picnic in the Park; a celebration that will feature music and entertainment.

Nottinghamshire cricket teams, Notts Outlaws and The Blaze, are taking part in 2025’s Pride fixtures at Trent Bridge cricket ground

A bench decorated with a rainbow, in the Derbyshire town of Heanor, has been painted black in a strange act of vandalism

Northampton Pride – due to take place on Saturday 12th July 2025 – has announced the line-up for the festival which includes a talented collection of singers, performers and entertainers

2025’s Pride Power List from The Guardian has been announced, and among the activist, celebrities, icons and individuals from the LGBTQ+ community in the top 100 are many names from across the Midlands region.

A mass trans rights lobby in Westminster, took place on Wednesday 25th June, with Labour MP for Nottingham East, Nadia Whittome, urging other MPs to listen to concerns.

LGBTQ+ veterans have been given a first look at a new memorial that is due to be installed at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire this August.

latpack Film Festival – a mobile arts organisation – are hosting a line-up of events this summer in Birmingham, including an outdoor cinema screening of the much-loved classic, The Wizard of Oz (1939).

Notts Pride, returns next month with an exciting line-up that includes: Drag Race UK's Rilesa Slaves, Girlband!, Jason Kwan, Su I Think, ROB.GREEN, and Tom Aspaul.

Chicago, the international multi-award-winning musical, is back in Wolverhampton for one week only; starring Strictly Come Dancing Professional Dancer, Janette Manrara as Roxie Hart.

Matlock Town Council, in Derbyshire, has relocated a Pride flag after a Christian bookshop made an objection.

Nottingham Trans Pride was held on Saturday 21st June 2025, beginning with a march from Hockley's Broadway Cinema at 11am, and speeches in the Old Market Square from noon. The event was well attended with over 1000 people

West Midlands Police have charged a man with a series of thefts after people enjoying nights out in Birmingham city centre, including at venues in the Gay Village, were targeted.

Jacob Collier MP for Burton and Uttoxeter spoke in favour of an amendment to the Government’s Crime and Policing Bill, put forward by Rachel Taylor, the MP for North Warwickshire and Bedworth, explaining that LGBTQ+ people “don’t feel safe in reporting hate”.