Queer engineer and founder and president of Space Pride, Franco Labia is on a mission to diversify the space industry, which as it stands is an ‘elite old boys club’ with a serious lack of any visible LGBTQIA+ community. We got in touch with Franco to discuss Space Pride – an international charity dedicated to celebrating […]
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LGBTQ+ Comedy Festival Opens to a Sellout Crowd
Last night (May 18th 2023) saw London’s first LGBTQ+ stand-up comedy festival open to a sellout crowd. The launch event featured some of the best-loved names on the queer comedy circuit and raised much-needed funds for Rainbow Migration, a charity which supports LGBTQI+ people through the asylum and immigration system. Sarah Keyworth opened the show […]
Dance Me to the End of Time by Melanie Chait
An ode to the extraordinary Nancy Diuguid, whose life was one of grace, both in the living and leaving of it. Dance Me to The End of Time is a deeply personal film about love in the face of death. Award-winning filmmaker Melanie Chait documented the last four years of her life partner, London theatre […]
London’s First LGBTQ+ Stand-up Comedy Festival
May sees the launch of London’s first ever LGBTQ+ Stand-up Comedy Festival, conceived by Comedy Bloomers, home of the LGBTQ+ New Comedian of the Year competition. The festival, which runs from May 17th to June 11th, features both established and up-and-coming talent at a selection of venues throughout the city, and promises to deliver a […]
Let’s Celebrate Lesbian Diversity
Philip Baldwin Lesbian Day of Visibility is marked on 26 April, with Lesbian Visibility Week taking place from 24-30 April. Ahead of this occasion, it was great chatting to Baroness Liz Barker, who campaigns for all LGBTQ+ people. I began by asking why Lesbian Visibility Week is important to her… When I was young, there […]
The Arts Council of Wales
The Arts Council of Wales: making the arts central to the life and wellbeing of the nation. The Arts Council of Wales is an independent charity, established by Royal Charter in 1994. We’re the official body that funds and develops the arts in Wales. The money we distribute comes from both the Welsh Government and […]