The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
After the massive relaunch last year, rebranding from GT back to Gay Times and the announcement of a new CEO, one of the world’s leading LGBTQ+ magazines dropped into Birmingham to engage the city’s queer community. With the publication going from strength to strength in recent months in its mission to embrace a more inclusive level…
In the UK, February of each year has been set aside to mark and celebrate the lives and achievements of Lesbian, Gay Bisexual, Trans and Queer+ people and this year’s LGBT History Month theme is Peace, Activism and Reconciliation. In the United States and Canada, it’s celebrated in October to coincide with National Coming Out…
A number of LGBTQ+ groups across the city have called on Birmingham Pride to ban cultural appropriation, following an I Am Birmingham article highlighting the issue was published last month. In light of several Native American headdresses being worn as ‘costumes’ at Birmingham Pride celebrations, representatives from queer groups of colour have condemned the practice.
Why is it that in 2018, with constant talk in the media about racism and interracial relations, do we STILL have people that don’t understand that cultural appropriation is wrong? In this case, revellers swaggering along Hurst Street during Birmingham Pride in the cultural attire. I mean, come on, seriously?
Is she here? And why is she hiding? Early on the Saturday morning, during the walk up towards Victoria Square for the start of the Birmingham Pride 2018 Pride Parade, I was approached by an incredibly reputable and thoroughly “trustworthy source” who informed me that Hunger Games star and A-list celebrity, Jennifer Lawrence, was attending the…
Tens of thousands of party revellers set upon central Birmingham this Bank Holiday Weekend for the city’s annual Pride event, as organisers announced record-breaking attendance for the UK’s biggest two-day LGBTQ+ festival. Starting with a parade and continuing with a massive street festival along Hurst Street in Southside, Birmingham Pride has been awash with colour as rainbow themed…
Tens of thousands of party revellers have set upon central Birmingham city centre for this year’s annual Pride event this Spring Bank Holiday weekend, as organisers announced record-breaking tickets sales for the UK’s biggest two-day LGBTQ+ festival. Birmingham Pride 2018 has begun! And fuck, are people excited! Today (Saturday 26 May) started off the weekend-long shenanigans with a…
West Midlands Police has launched a new initiative aimed at tackling sex offences in the gay community – and is urging licensed venues to back the scheme by ensuring staff are trained to help protect vulnerable customers. Officers from the force’s Public Protection Units are launching the campaign in the face of increasing sex attacks…
The Valley looks at the uncomfortable social topic of suicide and the continued ripples that spread out in the aftermath. Saira Kariat’s directorial debut provides not only an introspective look into the grief of the Kumar family at the loss of their youngest daughter Maya (Agneeta Thacker) but also shines a much-needed light on how different sections of society approach suicide, and how aspects like race, religion and modern…
On Sunday 25th June 2017, I had the exquisite pleasure of attending the Elite Fashion Show at the MacDonald Burlington Hotel. Now in its third year, and brainchild of the wonderfully talented Mr. Birmingham 2015-2017 and close personal friend, Joshua Williams, the show has come a long way from whence it began.