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9 LGBTQ+ trailblazers who defined and redefined modern Britain 
LGBTQ+ rights

9 LGBTQ+ trailblazers who defined and redefined modern Britain 

The Lost Boys director explains why his prison romance is a 'metaphor' for life as a queer person
The Lost Boys
Film

The Lost Boys director explains why his prison romance is a 'metaphor' for life as a queer person

Trans Secret Santa: How a little bit of happiness over Christmas could save a trans person's life
Anthony Lexa
Christmas

Trans Secret Santa: How a little bit of happiness over Christmas could save a trans person's life

Urgent campaign to save London music venue Matchstick Piehouse after landlord sends in bailiffs
A crowd applauds a band on stage at Matchstick Piehouse
venue watch

Urgent campaign to save London music venue Matchstick Piehouse after landlord sends in bailiffs

'Activism and organising is kinda sexy!': Colman Domingo on Rustin, Oscar buzz and the Obamas
Colman Domingo as Bayard Rustin in Netflix film Rustin
Film

'Activism and organising is kinda sexy!': Colman Domingo on Rustin, Oscar buzz and the Obamas

'I was spat on in a gay bar': How the South Asian diaspora is fighting racism in queer spaces
Manchester's Gay Village. Image: Shikhar Talwar
Racism

'I was spat on in a gay bar': How the South Asian diaspora is fighting racism in queer spaces

Cowbois: This 'big queer Western' is subverting macho tropes and celebrating gender outlaws
Theatre

Cowbois: This 'big queer Western' is subverting macho tropes and celebrating gender outlaws

Rock Hudson: How an Aids diagnosis saw the closeted Hollywood icon finally accepted
Rock Hudson and Lee Garlington
LGBTQ+ history

Rock Hudson: How an Aids diagnosis saw the closeted Hollywood icon finally accepted

Are you gay enough for Suella Braverman? How Home Office expects LGBTQ+ migrants to 'prove' themselves
LGBTQ+ Rights

Are you gay enough for Suella Braverman? How Home Office expects LGBTQ+ migrants to 'prove' themselves

From Queer as Folk to Doctor Who: How Russell T Davies gave voice to a generation of queer people
Illustration of tardis on a television
TV

From Queer as Folk to Doctor Who: How Russell T Davies gave voice to a generation of queer people

Interview with the Vampire star Jacob Anderson on Game of Thrones, racism and living forever
Jacob Anderson as Louis de Pont Du Lac in Interview With The Vampire. Image: BBC / AMC
Interview with the Vampire

Interview with the Vampire star Jacob Anderson on Game of Thrones, racism and living forever

It's a Sin star Nathaniel Hall on abuse, finding humour in dark places and powerful new show Toxic
Nathaniel J Hall close up
Theatre

It's a Sin star Nathaniel Hall on abuse, finding humour in dark places and powerful new show Toxic

Suella Braverman sinks to new low saying asylum seekers pretend to be gay for 'special treatment'
Asylum seekers

Suella Braverman sinks to new low saying asylum seekers pretend to be gay for 'special treatment'

Little Rabbit review: The politics of kink
The cover of Little Rabbit by Alyssa Songsiridej
Fiction

Little Rabbit review: The politics of kink

London Pride: Should 'pinkwashing' organisations such as BP, Shell and the Met Police be involved?
Pride celebrations

London Pride: Should 'pinkwashing' organisations such as BP, Shell and the Met Police be involved?

Marriage: A feminist history
Illustration of married couples
LGBT+

Marriage: A feminist history

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Here’s why British LGBT Awards has dropped ties with fossil fuel giants Shell and BP 
pride flags being waved at a Pride celebration
Environment

Here’s why British LGBT Awards has dropped ties with fossil fuel giants Shell and BP 

Patterflash by Adam Lowe review: Acrobatic and winking poems of queer life
Patterflash by Adam Lowe
poetry

Patterflash by Adam Lowe review: Acrobatic and winking poems of queer life

Gina Yashere: 'I was terrified some unscrupulous people would try to out me'
Letter to my Younger Self

Gina Yashere: 'I was terrified some unscrupulous people would try to out me'

Rocky Horror at 50: 'A place for the marginalised'
Nell Campbell, Patricia Quinn, Tim Curry and Richard O’Brien in the 1975 movie adaptation. Image: Everett Collection Inc / Alamy Stock Photo
another dimension

Rocky Horror at 50: 'A place for the marginalised'