INTERVIEW: Lady Red Velvet spills the royal tea on upcoming Brighton Fringe debut, exporting panto to Spain and her almost-encounter with Jonathan Bailey
"I had a week off and he chose that night to come in and have a drink!"
Latest
National Student Pride to bow out after 21 years
UK’s first dedicated support programme for LGBTQ+ people affected by gambling harms
Sydney’s LGBTQ+ community to shine in parade featuring 160 floats of Pride and protest
Church of England formally abandons plans for standalone gay blessing ceremonies
Cosi Fan Tutti: ENO
No bathroom ban: High Court rules service providers do not have to exclude trans women from women’s toilets
Culture
INTERVIEW: Lady Red Velvet spills the royal tea on upcoming Brighton Fringe debut, exporting panto to Spain and her almost-encounter with Jonathan Bailey
"I had a week off and he chose that night to come in and have a drink!"
Cosi Fan Tutti: ENO
Michelin Star for Brighton as LGBTQ+ Hospitality Champion Rafael Cagali honoured
REVIEW: FilmPride 2026
Queer Black artist Arlo Parks unveils new single, Heaven, lifted from her forthcoming album, Ambiguous Desire
Bimini takes over London's National Gallery
PREVIEW: FilmPride Festival to return to Brighton
Health & Wellbeing
UK’s first dedicated support programme for LGBTQ+ people affected by gambling harms
The University of Brighton has been announced as the official evaluation partner for Recover with Pride, the UK’s first dedicated support programme for LGBTQ+ people affected by gambling harms.
The groundbreaking initiative brings together three leading organisations: Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboard, which provides trusted, identity-affirming support to LGBTQ+
Lancaster University launches national consultation to shape future of adult gender healthcare
It's Time to Test! Famous faces endorse National HIV Testing Week, which begins today
INTERVIEW: Queer Brighton-based Breathe® founder and proud KatyKat, Matt Sparkes on HBOT, wellness, red light therapy and his dream Brighton Pride headliner
Life expectancy slightly lower for LGB+ people, ONS figures reveal
Chemsex can’t be ignored
‘Stark but unsurprising’: MindOut responds to ONS mortality data on LGB+ people
LIVE
Balls Deep… With Laughter: Brighton’s new queer comedy night finds its voice
There’s something quietly electric about arriving at a comedy venue just before doors open. The room hums with anticipation, chairs still warm from being stacked, microphones tested one last time, and somewhere backstage a performer is reminding themselves to breathe. That was the atmosphere at The Brunswick in Hove
Inside Brighton Birdcage: Where Glitter, Drag Art, and Community Meet
Coffee, Sea Swims and Connection: Meet Tonic! Gay Sober Socials
Inside The Pod: How Crawley LGBT+ Is Building Community, One Conversation at a Time
Dyke Mart: Where Brighton’s creativity takes centre stage
A Decade of Pride, Power and Rugby: Celebrating 10 Years of the Brighton & Hove Sea Serpents RFC
Heart, Humour and Honesty: Meet Brighton’s rising comedian David Ingram
News
UK’s first dedicated support programme for LGBTQ+ people affected by gambling harms
The University of Brighton has been announced as the official evaluation partner for Recover with Pride, the UK’s first dedicated support programme for LGBTQ+ people affected by gambling harms.
The groundbreaking initiative brings together three leading organisations: Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboard, which provides trusted, identity-affirming support to LGBTQ+
Peter Tatchell: “I hope I’m still shaking a protest placard in my nineties”
LGBT Foundation launches LGBTQ+ ‘Village Angels’ scheme in Liverpool
Brandi Carlile’s Looking Out Foundation expands global LGBTQ+ support through new Procter & Gamble partnership
Bangor University students take stand against Reform UK over party's "racist, transphobic and homophobic” views
Openly gay German football referee, Pascal Kaiser, attacked after viral on-field proposal to boyfriend
Peter Tatchell urges Met Police Commissioner to "remedy flawed investigation" into death of Ed Cornes
Politics
"I just remember curling up into a ball." Green Party leader, Zack Polanski, recalls homophobic assault
Green Party leader Zack Polanski has spoken about a devastating homophobic attack that once left him fearing for his life.
Now six months into his leadership, the Salford‑born politician has reflected on the extreme prejudice he faced as a teenager simply for holding hands with another boy.
Recalling the
Reform UK-led Kent County Council criticised after refusing to fly Pride flag during LGBTQ+ History Month
Eastbourne gains first Green County Councillor after Brett Wright defects from Lib Dems
Anas Sarwar vows to ban trans prisoners from women’s jails ‘within days’ if he becomes First Minister
Sussex Police & Crime Panel passes vote of no confidence in PCC Katy Bourne, who attended anti-migrant rally
Netherlands on the cusp of welcoming first openly gay Prime Minister, Rob Jetten
Greens speak out against formation of Reform UK student group at University of Sussex
Pride
National Student Pride to bow out after 21 years
National Student Pride, the UK’s longest‑running LGBTQ+ student festival, will bow out after 21 years, organisers have confirmed - marking the end of a landmark event that has shaped queer student life since 2005. The announcement follows a dramatic and sustained fall in corporate sponsorship, with income dropping
Sydney’s LGBTQ+ community to shine in parade featuring 160 floats of Pride and protest
Bold new mural celebrating LGBTQ+ visibility unveiled in Langa, Cape Town
Pécs Pride organiser faces prison in Hungary's latest move against LGBTQ+ rights
Very first Trans Pride Kent to take place in Canterbury
RuPaul to make debut appearance at Brighton & Hove Pride 2026
INTERVIEW: Queer Brighton-based Breathe® founder and proud KatyKat, Matt Sparkes on HBOT, wellness, red light therapy and his dream Brighton Pride headliner
Trans Rights
No bathroom ban: High Court rules service providers do not have to exclude trans women from women’s toilets
In a challenge by Good Law Project to the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s (EHRC) 'interim guidance', the High Court has ruled that service providers may lawfully allow trans people to use facilities in line with their lived gender – with significant implications for the draft Code of
LGBT Foundation and Gendered Intelligence working together to create National Trans Waiting List Support Service
NBC criticised after repeatedly misgendering trans Winter Olympic skier Elis Lundholm
Trans Rage Prom to bring joyful defiance to Chats Palace on Trans Day of Visibility
Nearly 150 LGBTQ+ and feminist groups urge MPs to act against anti‑trans “lawfare”
Very first Trans Pride Kent to take place in Canterbury
"Does the Scottish Government wish to champion progress for trans rights, or not?"
Features & Longread
Helmut Metzner on memory, visibility and the fragility of progress
“We are not here to preserve ashes. We are here to keep the fire alive.”
Helmut Metzner reflects on memory, visibility and why progress on LGBTQ+ rights is never guaranteed, but must be defended again and again.
Opinion: Even Trump couldn't resist watching Bad Bunny's powerful halftime show
Craig Jones on service, silence and the fight for justice
My coming out story is boring, but defined me as a person
It's LGBTQ+ History Month
Darlington tribunal case highlights need for stronger protections and dignity for trans NHS staff
