Leading pub company and brewer Greene King’s LGBTQ+ employee led inclusion group, The Village Greene has been awarded the coveted New Employee Network of the Year Award at The Bank of London Rainbow Honours, held on 1 June. As one of the UK’s biggest LGBTQ+ awards events, The Rainbow Honours celebrates the best of British […]
GREENE KING WINS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD AT RAINBOW HONOURS
Pride in Education
5th Pride in Education conference set to combat prejudice and champion LGBTIQA+ inclusion. The international Pride in Education conference is back, with the 5th edition seeing its first in-person event accompanying the online stream. For this event, the conference has over 25 contributors spread over 15 sessions, and offers practical tools to combat prejudice and […]
Protect LGBTQ+ Rights – Pride Month
June is Pride Month in the UK. This will be celebrated in a number of ways moving forwards into summer. Many Pride events were cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, so there is a sense of anticipation. While LGBTQ+ people and allies are excited, many LGBTQ+ campaigners argue that our rights are being eroded in […]
Lottie London Is Launching Its Official Proud to Be Collection
Lottie London is fuelled by passion and artistry of its fans. Founded on the key pillars of creativity, diversity and inclusion, the brand is excited to announce the launch of its Proud To Be collection ahead of Pride Month in June 2022. Launching a brand new five-piece collection that is inspired by the creativity and […]
Joel Harper Jackson Stepping Up to the Play
Northern actor Joel Harper-Jackson has recently taken over the role of M (originally played by Taron Egerton) in COCK the play in London’s West End, alongside Bridgerton’s Jonathan Bailey. Originally the understudy, Joel had to step in mid-show to take over from Taron in the first preview. Here, we discuss this immense pressure and how […]
The Pride Guide
We’ve gathered our favourite 2022 Pride Events – with many returning for the first time since before the pandemic – spanning across the whole of the country. Take your pick this Pride Season; there’s certainly plenty to choose from… Oxford Pride 4 June 2022 Oxford Pride is an important event that celebrates the LGBTIQ+ […]
Fynest Reads: Mostly Books
An Award-Winning Independent Bookshop, Mostly Books, based in Abingdon, Oxfordshire got in touch for this edition’s Fynest Reads. They shared with us their favourite LGBTQIA+ literature, from Fiction to non, and old to new. Nonfiction Bad Gays: A Homosexual History by Huw Lemmey, Ben Miller ISBN: 9781839763274 Price: £20.00 Following on from their […]
Queer Tattoo
In recent years, having received a considerable boost by social media, a young and dynamic scene has emerged that is dedicated to what has become known as queer tattooing. This special community, which is growing steadily, has been born out of a desire to break with the hierarchies and patriarchal structures of traditional tattoo art. […]
TART Pride
A “gorgeously queer” new festival is coming to Oxford! Local not-for-profit events company T(ART) Productions are putting on a brand new festival called T(ART) Pride from 1 – 24 July. The festival promises to be a fabulous month of workshops, performances, and social events for LGBTQIA+ people and their allies in Oxford. T(ART) Pride asks […]