The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
A prominent candidate for West Midlands metro mayor has criticised the lack of black and ethnic minority candidates standing for the position, as well as the lack of women, describing the potentially embarrassing situation as a “problem”. Labour hopeful Pete Lowe has expressed concerns at what he described as “cultural problems” within the Labour movement.
A brand-new supporters group has been launched with the help of the Aston Villa Foundation, with a strong focus on representing women of migrant heritage. ‘Saathi Villans’ has been created to break down barriers and encourage local women from ethnic minorities to attend Aston Villa matches, and many of their members will be attending for the…
A music superstar has waded into the ‘No Outsiders‘ row over protests being held outside schools across Birmingham. Olly Alexander, frontman for British synth-pop band Years and Years, delivered an impassioned speech in favour of LGBT+ education in schools across the UK during the band’s performance at Birmingham Pride on Saturday night.
Birmingham Pride this year is all about diversity – especially for representing people of colour and other ethnic minorities in Birmingham. The event has made history with Muslim groups leading the Birmingham Pride parade for the first time in the event’s 23 years history. Alongside ‘No Outsiders’ founder and school teacher Andrew Moffat stood Khakan Qureshi…
It’s a celebration of love, tolerance, and diversity at Birmingham Pride 2019. Now in its 23rd year, it is the UK’s biggest two-day LGBT event, with the most iconic moments coming from the parade event. With almost 18,000 people turning up, it’s hard to believe that Birmingham Pride first started in 1997 on a single stage…
A Sandwell MP, who last month was one of only 21 Members of Parliament to vote against LGBT inclusive education, has now come out in support of diversity lessons after meeting with protesters. The u-turn from John Spellar, MP for Warley, came following anger after he voted against plans to update the school curriculum to include…
As anticipation continues to build for this year’s Birmingham Pride festival, organisers have officially announced Human League as headliners for the two-day LGBTQ+ festival.
Beatfreeks, a creative organisation which focuses on giving young people in Birmingham a voice, has launched a new project called Don’t Settle, which aims to make all stories in museums visible by changing who tells these stories Free Radical, part of the Beatfreeks Collective, is working on the three-year project, aimed at improving representation and involving more…
International Women’s Day is coming up and this year’s campaign theme is ‘Balance for Better‘. The 2019 #BalanceforBetter campaign runs all year long. It doesn’t end on International Women’s Day.
UNMUTED, as part of the COLOURS Youth Network, have announced exciting plans for the first ever youth festival for LGBTQ+ young people of colour to be held this February in Birmingham. A free to attend event, the COLOURS Youth Festival aims to bring together, centre and celebrate LGBTQ+ young people of colour from across the UK in…