Warwickshire Pride increase security ahead of 2026 event

Organisers for Warwickshire Pride, which is set to take place at the end of August, have announced that security measures have been increased ahead of this year’s event. In response to growing anti-LG...

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Queer Paralympic Rower Honored by Birmingham City University

Described by British Rowing as the greatest Paralympic rower, Lauren Rowles OBE, has been honoured by Birmingham City University at a ceremony today (30th July) at Symphony Hall.

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Review: Grindr the Opera at The Old Rep, Birmingham

Grindr the Opera: The Unauthorised Parody is a musical production for the modern world that puts the best-known gay hook-up app at the centre of an opera. Exploring gay dating and hook-up culture, thi...

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New Birmingham exhibition tells remarkable story of gay photographer who fled the Nazis

A new exhibition in Birmingham will spotlight the remarkable story of gay, German-Jewish photographer, Lisel Haas, who fled Nazi Germany in the 1930s, and rebuilt her life and career in the city

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Review: The Karate Kid: The Musical at Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham

The Karate Kid is a new musical based on the hit film of the same name. Bringing the 1984 movie to life on stage is a Tony Award-winning design team known for transforming cinematic moments.

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Book Review: Queens of the Crypt by Dom&Ink

Queens of the Crypt: Volume One is the début graphic novel from illustrator Dom&Ink.

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Northampton Pride thrives despite Council leader ending support

Reform UK leader of West Northamptonshire Council, Mark Arnull has announced that no funding had been given to Northampton Pride in 2026, and no funding will be offered in the future.

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Review: Sweeney Todd at The Rep, Birmingham

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a new production, staged at the Birmingham Rep, marking the first major UK revival of the show since 2012

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Kidderminster Pride to scale back amid impossible costs

Organisers of Kidderminster Pride have made the sad announcement that 2026’s event will not be going ahead as planned due to ‘impossible costs’. They add that this does not mean the complete disappear...

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Gay designer’s visit to Compton Verney inspires new exhibition

Pioneering painter and designer, Enid Marx is set to be honoured with a new exhibition at the Compton Verney.

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Redditch Pride respond to Reform mayor's apology for social media posts

Redditch Pride organisers have responded after Reform UK councillor Sue Eacock, the Mayor of Redditch, issued a public apology for a series of historical social media posts in which she appears to cri...

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Interview: Laura Bird plays Magenta in The Rocky Horror Show

Richard O’Brien’s Rocky Horror Show returns to the Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham this summer, and Wolverhampton-raised Laura Bird joins the cast in the dual roles of Usherette and Magenta.

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Joe Lycett to tour for the first time in five years

Birmingham’s own Joe Lycett is set to return to stages with his first comedy tour in five years. The tour will play at two different Birmingham venues as well as dates across the Midlands

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West Midlands Police apologise to LGBTQ+ communities for historic mistreatment

After lengthy campaigning from the Peter Tatchell Foundation, West Midlands Police’s acting Chief Constable has finally issued an apology to the LGBTQ+ community for historic mistreatment. WMP Acting ...

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Review: Mean Girls at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre

Coming direct from the West End to Wolverhampton’s Grand Theatre, Mean Girls the musical is the hit production that won Best New Musical at the WhatsOnStage Awards. Created by an award-winning team i...

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Book Review: Arcana: The Cursed Fate by Sam Prentice-Jones

The Cursed Fate is the spellbinding sequel to Sam Prentice-Jones’ The Lost Heirs, in his début graphic novel series, Arcana. Picking up immediately from where The Lost Heirs left off, this second work...

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Reform UK councillor for Warwickshire reported to police over transphobia

A Reform UK councillor has been reported to the police over comments made in an email that Warwickshire Pride have described as “transphobic”. The complaint over Warwickshire county councillor, Wayne ...

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One charged and another arrested following hate crime attack in Smethwick

Content Warning: This article includes details of a suspected homophobic hate crime West Midlands Police have a charged a teenager (17) with attempted murder, and arrested a second teenage boy (al...

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Interview: Dominus Von Vexo, producing the UK’s first Drag and Burlesque Festival in Birmingham

Dominus Von Vexo is House of Allure’s multi award-winning drag and burlesque producer, teacher and performer. This year, Dominus is taking on an exciting new challenge; producing the UK’s first Drag a...

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Pride Month celebrations removed from Staffordshire libraries under Reform leadership

Reform UK-led Staffordshire County Council say libraries under its jurisdiction will no longer feature Pride displays or host any pride-related activities reflecting a new 2026-2028 Libraries Strategy...

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Book Review: Spoiled Milk by Avery Curran

Set in the 1920s at Briarley School for Girls, Avery Curran’s Spoiled Milk begins suddenly and dramatically, with the violent demise of everyone’s favourite pupil, Violet, who falls to her death on th...

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Protest photography exhibition to open in Coventry

An exhibition of protest photography by I Am Royal Art is set to open in Coventry during Pride month. The exhibition, Human Focus, will run from 20th June until 29th July at LTB showrooms, Priory Visi...

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Review: Frankie Goes to Bollywood at The Rep Theatre, Birmingham

Following a previous, hit UK tour, Frankie Goes to Bollywood, returns to stages promising to be ‘bigger, bolder, and bursting with Bollywood glamour.’ The production, which takes titular inspiration f...

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BookKind, supporting the LGBT Foundation

BookKind is a new literary shop with a charitable heart, where 10% of every sale is donated to a good cause. Among their charitable partners is the LGBT Foundation; a charity that supports the health ...

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Warwickshire Pride respond to Reform UK councillor’s statement on ‘safeguarding’ and ‘gender ideology’

Organisers of Warwickshire Pride have released their own statement in response to another from the Leader of Warwickshire County Council, Reform UK councillor George Finch. His latest statement relate...

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Coventry Pride increases security in response to online hate

The organisers of Coventry Pride say they’ve received a slew of online hate, including one person who threatened to drive a car into the festival crowd. In response, the organisers have had to allocat...

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Motion tabled to reject the EHRC Code

Nadia Whittome, MP for Nottingham East, has tabled a motion to reject the EHRC code of practice. The code has been redrafted in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling, which stated that the legal defini...

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Review: Annie at The Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham

The hit musical, Annie, returns to Birmingham in a new touring production. Set in 1930s New York, foundling Annie is living the ‘Hard Knock Life’ at Miss Hannigan’s orphanage but her luck could all ch...

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Review: Waitress at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre

Waitress is a joyous musical of love and friendship, centring Jenna; a waitress and expert pie maker, who dreams of a happier more fulfilling life. Starring Carrie Hope Fletcher (Calamity Jane, Heathe...

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