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Queerguru’s David Allen reports from BRIGHTON PRIDE 2026 the largest event of its kind in the UK
My first Brighton Pride was in 2003. Then, the parade was largely comprised of local groups and LGBTQ+ organisations. Afterwards, you could just walk in (and out of) the park at will; maybe with a picnic, and your dogs and kids (if you had any), browse the community stalls, and simply exist in the majority…
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Homphobia in Football is up 43%
After the World Cup there is a warm glow for the success of the event and global acclaim for football generally. It is, however, not as welcoming and all-encompassing as some would have us believe, and the LGBTQ+ football charity Kick It Out has shared that it received 203 reports of homophobia in the sport during 2025/26,…
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Deb Perry : Whispers of the Wharf At the edge of land and sea : new work @ The Commons, Provincetown
When you live on the tiny strip of (really quite gay) land at the very tip of Cape Cod, there are certain traditions that we all love to live by. A very important weekly one is the Friday Night Gallery Walk. Provincetown is, after all, the oldest Art Colony in the US, and is still…
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LGBTQIA+ Book-Banning Has Always Been a British Problem
Reprinted from www.medium.com by Emily Chudy As an LGBTQIA+ journalist, book-banning is nothing new to me; I’ve covered the topic extensively, interviewing authors and organisations like PEN America about how book-banning affects the LGBTQIA+ community and the campaigns to protect books against censorship. Throughout my writing, however, there’s always been one thing in common. The…
