Michelle Tiwo is a star. Their talents shine brighter than their smile and with more than a few jobs under their belt, they are currently taking centre stage at the Bush Theatre as the one of two queer black performers having joined Outbox Theatre’s And The Rest of Me Floats last month. Outside of being […]
Absolut is celebrating LGBT+ History Month this February with a new national campaign featuring some familiar faces from within our community. A Drop of Love is all about encouraging consumers to pledge their allegiance to equality and empower others to become an ‘Absolut Ally’. This national campaign sees Absolut partner up with the founder of gal-dem […]
Saturday night saw a host of QTIPoC people come out in full force to support and SHOW LUV to both Kai & Naeem as the fundraising for their top surgery continued. Both Pxssy Palace and BBZ teamed up to celebrate and support two individuals very close to their hearts who aim to live their best […]
The first ever youth festival for LGBTQ+ young people of colour is being 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 in its inaugural edition. So why should LGBT+ young people of colour come along for the day? […]
On May 11, 1982, the New York Times published an article bringing attention to a previously-unknown disease that had taken the lives of a few-hundred gay man across the country. Gay-related Immunodeficiency (as it was then coined) was at first ignored, and later joked about; besides, it was only the gays and drug-abusers who were […]
On the 10th July 2015, I, along with around 50 other activists, received a Facebook message from a member of the NUS Black Students’ campaign. The message told us that Kelechi (the disabled representative on the campaign) had had her appeal for asylum rejected. This was the first time I had heard of Kelechi, and […]
The proposal They say every girl dreams of their perfect wedding day. For me, I dreamed of meeting my soul mate and spending a life of happiness together. I proposed to my girlfriend on a dreamy isolated beach in the Mediterranean. We couldn’t wait to go home and share the exciting news with our friends […]
As National Coming Out Day approaches, I’ve realized that not only was there not just one coming out moment for me, I never really stopped coming out. Much of it is because I present as femme. People that know me only on the surface or not at all have no idea that I am queer. […]
When you look upon Grenfell Tower peering over North Kensington, it’s hard to believe that only a week ago it housed a vibrant, sprawling community of people. Grenfell was once a familiar backdrop to the people of Ladbroke Grove – mundane even – but what is left now is certainly not that. The thing that […]
Right mate, if you’re anything like me you are living somewhere between, not paying attention to current affairs because it’s too painful and making sure everyone you know is registered to vote and religiously checking rants and bants social for new perspectives on the current shit show we will call the general election for giggles. […]
