Spain has been ranked the best country in Europe for LGBTQ+ rights, ending Malta’s 10-year run at the top of ILGA-Europe’s annual Rainbow Map - with the UK
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Brexit failed. We know it. Keir Starmer is starting to admit it. But incremental steps won't fix the economy, or reverse the decline of LGBTQ+ rights that followed. There is only one answer: rejoin the European Union.
In 1953 the BBC made a secret programme about homosexuality and locked it away. Historian Professor Marcus Collins found the transcript buried in a Reading archive. He tells Scene what it reveals about who we were, and why it still matters.
One of north London’s only trans‑founded and LGBTQ+ community‑run venues is relaunching this weekend as it seeks formal protection through community ownership powers. Zodiac Bar, Club and
When I walked into the Sea Serpents’ 10th anniversary celebration, at The Old Ship Hotel in Brighton, the atmosphere was instantly electric - the kind of buzz that only happens
Elliot Page recently spoke about the deep sense of shame and loneliness he felt as a queer child, recalling a formative period marked by isolation and the belief that “something
Spain has been ranked the best country in Europe for LGBTQ+ rights, ending Malta’s 10-year run at the top of ILGA-Europe’s annual Rainbow Map - with the UK
Equity, the performing arts and entertainment trade union, has presented Durham Pride with a £7,200 donation after the annual event had its budget cut by Durham County Council, which
Labour has been urged to act to protect Parkrun from what campaigners describe as “American interference”, after a US-based religious organisation issued a legal threat over trans inclusion in the
A new photography exhibition challenging stigma around HIV is set to open in Brighton during Pride Week this summer. HIV The Naked Truth will be presented at Phoenix Art Space
Brighton is set to mark the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOBIT) with a community‑led vigil on Sunday, 17 May, as LGBTQ+ organisations and supporters gather in
A former Coronation Street star has revealed she believed she would have been sacked if her sexuality became public, as she reflects on decades spent hiding her identity and says
A Florida man has been charged with aggravated child abuse after police alleged he attacked a five-year-old boy because he believed the child was gay. Andre Brown Jr., 33, was
Spain has been ranked the best country in Europe for LGBTQ+ rights, ending Malta’s 10-year run at the top of ILGA-Europe’s annual Rainbow Map - with the UK
Crowds chanted "Our Body – Our Rights," with multiple speakers describing the bill as both inhumane and a violation of fundamental rights.
