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scenemag.co.uk | Graham Robson
LGBTQ+ News — 2 min read The contribution of Belfast’s LGBTQ+ community has been marked by Belfast City Council with the unveiling of a new stained glass window at City Hall.
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scenemag.co.uk | Graham Robson
Durham County Council, which is now controlled by Reform UK after victory in the local elections, has removed the LGBTQ+ Pride flag – and the flag of Ukraine – from its headquarters. Liberal Democrat councillor Ellie Hopgood said the decision is a “disrespectful, mean-spirited act” ahead of the city’s Pride in Armed Forces event on Saturday. Darren Grimes, the council’s deputy leader, who is gay, defended the decision and said the party was not anti-gay but was “anti-tokenism”.
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scenemag.co.uk | Graham Robson
Goal Diggers FC (GDFC), a non-ability womxn and non-binary football club in London, is inviting other trans and gender non-conforming, inclusive clubs to play in a friendly tournament on the first day of Pride Month, 1 June.
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scenemag.co.uk | Graham Robson
The Queens Arms Brighton is to raise funds for local HIV charity Sussex Beacon at The Queens Arms Does DRAGSY MALONE – a drag improv musical starring six drag superstars Sally Vate, Kara Van Park, Portia, Glenda Swing, Rita Herringbone and Tanya Hyde on Friday, 20 June.
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scenemag.co.uk | Graham Robson
Brighton-based community HIV charity Lunch Positive visited Parliament on Tuesday, 20 May with Councillor Jacob Allen for Woodingdean for the launch of a new report from HIV Outcomes UK, a coalition of HIV experts, which has warned that the target to end new HIV transmissions by 2030 is at risk with funding reductions leaving people living with and affected by HIV without vital voluntary sector support and services.
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scenemag.co.uk | Graham Robson
Community News — 2 min read The Kite Trust, an LGBTQ+ youth charity serving communities in Cambridgeshire, has been awarded two grants amounting to £1.7million by the National Lottery Community Fund to “turn the tide” for LGBTQ+ young people. Last year, 4,780 transphobic hate crimes were recorded across England and Wales – more than double the amount recorded five years ago.
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scenemag.co.uk | Graham Robson
LGBTQ+ ally Naomi Watts proudly supported her daughter Kai Schreiber as the pair hosted an LGBTQ+ fundraiser in New York, following the teen coming out as trans. In snaps shared to Instagram, Naomi revealed the packed crowd at venue One for One, which was created as a collaborative space for artists and culture makers. “We are so pleased to introduce Naomi Watts as a host of Holy Spirit, a party by to fundraise for the Trans Justice Funding Project,” an announcement read.
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Pride — 1 min read Taunton Pride in Somerset, an annual event bringing LGBTQ+ communities together, has announced this year’s event has been cancelled. Announcing the news on social media, organisers said: “Greetings all. To confirm, Taunton Pride will not be going ahead this year. Please keep an eye on Facebook for updates on our situation.”Taunton’s first Pride parade and festival took place in 2022.
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1 week ago | 
scenemag.co.uk | Graham Robson
LGBTQ+ News — 1 min read Peter Tatchell has reported he was “forcibly ejected” from Birmingham Pride and “threatened with arrest” after calling for West Midlands Police to apologise for past homophobia. The LGBTQ+ rights campaigner said: “My crime? carrying a placard and using a loudhailer to criticise past West Midlands police homophobia and demand a police apology.”His placard read: “West Midlands Police refuse to apologise for anti-LGBT witch-hunts.
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scenemag.co.uk | Graham Robson
Councillor Amanda Grimshaw BEM, who has been appointed as new Mayor of Brighton & Hove, will be supporting LGBTQ+ youth charity, Allsorts Youth Project, during her mayoral year. Elected as a Labour councillor in 2019, Amanda was appointed deputy chair of the Tourism, Equalities, Communities and Culture Committee. Now in her second term, Amanda represents Hangleton & Knoll and served as chief whip from 2023 to 2025.
