Stonewall Riots 40th Anniversary – London Event
>The ‘Stonewall Riots’ on 28 June 1969, in New York, are remembered as the start of the global LGBTQ rights movement. This year is the… Read More »Stonewall Riots 40th Anniversary – London Event
2009
Gay Icons at the National Portrait Gallery
>Will Young and Nelson Mandela will stand side by side in a new exhibition of ‘gay icons’. The singer and the former South African president… Read More »Gay Icons at the National Portrait Gallery
Gilbert and George: The Odd Couple
>Gilbert and George have no friends, no kitchen, and dress only in tweed. On the eve of their strangest show yet, the ‘living sculptures’ talk… Read More »Gilbert and George: The Odd Couple
Queering Asia
>Asia is set to become the new dominant economic and cultural pole in the next few decades. There remains many questions about human rights in… Read More »Queering Asia
Schools Out Call for Pride Paraders
>Schools Out today called on LGBT education workers and supporters of equality in education to march together at London Pride, on Saturday 4 July. Organiser… Read More »Schools Out Call for Pride Paraders
‘Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are’
>Sir Ian McKellen explains why everyone has the right to live openly, as we approach the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots. I remember when… Read More »‘Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are’
Peter Tatchell Is London Citizen of Sanctuary 2009
>To mark Refugee Week 2009, Peter Tatchell was one of three public figures honoured with the London Citizen of Sanctuary Award 2009, in recognition of… Read More »Peter Tatchell Is London Citizen of Sanctuary 2009
LGBT Related Radio and TV Programmes, 20th – 26th June
>We seek them out so you don’t have to. This is our weekly non-exhaustive round up of upcoming LGBT programmes on the radio and television.… Read More »LGBT Related Radio and TV Programmes, 20th – 26th June
Before Wilde: Sex Between Men in Britain’s Age of Reform
>Gay rights activist and author, Larry Kramer, reviews a new book by Charles Upchurch, an assistant professor of history at Florida State University. This book… Read More »Before Wilde: Sex Between Men in Britain’s Age of Reform
Video: 100 Years of Gay Pride
>In the US, June has been named as Gay Pride Month by both President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton and this year will mark… Read More »Video: 100 Years of Gay Pride