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Wolverhampton School receives Rainbow Flag Award Colton Hills Community School, Wolverhampton, has been recognised with The Rainbow Flag Award; a national quality assurance framework for schools and colleges, focussing on positive LGBTQ+ inclusion a...

Wolverhampton School receives Rainbow Flag Award

#RainbowFlagAward #Wolverhampton #QueerMedia #Education #Inclusion

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Police issue update on Kent Street incident West Midlands Police have issued a statement regarding an incident on Kent Street, Birmingham...

Police issue update on Kent Street incident
#KentStreet #Birmingham #GayVillageBrum #News

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Derby football fan sets up LGBTQ+ supporters’ group to tackle homophobia in the sport Derby County fan, Connor Ffrench, has set up a new LGBTQ+ supporters’ group for fans of the football team, with the aim of tackling homophobia in the sport.

Derby football fan sets up LGBTQ+ supporters’ group to tackle homophobia in the sport.

#KickItOut #LGBTQSports #LGBTQFootball #RainbowRams #Derby

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Promo image for FLAVA concert with a photo of Sofie. Below it, the headline reads: Sofie Anné announces UK’s first trans rapper to join Wolves concert

Sofie Anné announces UK’s first trans rapper to join Wolves concert

#Wolverhampton #Wolves #Trans #Music #Concert

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Warwickshire Pride issue statement on changes for 2026, following issues last year The organisers of Warwickshire Pride have issued a statement, outlining changes that will be made to the event in 2026, after last year’s event experienced troubles on site that led to police attendan...

Warwickshire Pride issue statement on changes for 2026, following issues last year

#WarwickshirePride #PrideEvent #Pride2026 #QueerMedia #LGBTQNews

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Funding secured for Birmingham Queer Archive SHOUT Festival have announced that funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund has been secured to support the Birmingham Queer Archive project.

Funding secured for Birmingham Queer Archive

#LGBTQHistory #QueerArchive #Birmingham #GayBirminghamRemembered

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Drag Story Time comes to Leicester Comedy Festival Story Time with Mama G is one of many shows coming to Leicester Comedy Festival this year.

Drag Story Time comes to Leicester Comedy Festival

#DragQueen #StoryTime #ComedyFestival #Leicester #PantoDame

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LGBTQ+ mosaic to be unveiled at Spode Museum Project 93, the Spode Museum, and local artist Olivia Azzopardi, have been collaborating with LGBTQ+ people in Stoke-on-Trent to create a new mosaic, which is due to be unveiled at Spode Museum this S...

LGBTQ+ mosaic to be unveiled at Spode Museum

#LGBTQHistoryMonth #StokeOnTrent #Potteries #LGBTQArt #QueerMedia

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HIV Testing Week 2026 National HIV Testing Week is an annual campaign, that runs from 9th – 15th February in 2026, encouraging and promoting regular HIV testing across England.

#HIVTestingWeek National HIV Testing Week is an annual campaign encouraging and promoting regular HIV testing across England. Know your HIV status by ordering a free HIV home-testing kit from freetesting.hiv

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Leicestershire town left without LGBT safe space after closure of bar LGBTQ+ people in the Leicestershire town of Melton Mowbray have been left without a safe space after the closure of Charlie’s Bar.

Leicestershire town left without LGBT safe space after closure of bar

#MeltonMowbray #Leicestershire #LGBTQCentre #LGBTQNews #QueerMedia

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Local actors cast inThe Rep’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream Birmingham and West Midlands actors have been announced among the cast for an upcoming production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at The Rep Theatre.

Local actors cast in The Rep’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream

#Casting #AMidsummerNightsDream #TheRep #Birmingham #Theatre #Shakespeare

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New Virtual Exhibition explores LGBTQ+ stories Culture Leicestershire presents a new virtual exhibition, ‘Villiers Revealed’; designed to explore LGBTQ+ stories within the county’s museum collection.

New Virtual Exhibition explores LGBTQ+ stories

#Leicestershire #LGBTQHistoryMonth #VirtualExhibition #QueerHistory #Art

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During LGBTQ+ History Month, why not take some time to read about local queer history, activists and icons from our past?

#LGBTHistoryMonth #QueerHistory #QueerMedia #WeHaveAlwaysExisted

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Book Review: Arcana: The Lost Heirs by Sam Prentice-Jones A début from illustrator and writer, Sam Prentice-Jones, Arcana: The Lost Heirs is a tarot-inspired fantasy graphic novel.

Book Review: Arcana: The Lost Heirs by Sam Prentice-Jones

#Arcana #Fantasy #GraphicNovel #LGBTQBooks #BookReview

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Review: Send in the Clowns: Unpopular at The Rep, Birmingham Send in the Clowns: Unpopular débuts at The Rep, Birmingham taking on a myriad of musicals in their own unique, camp and chaotic style.

Review: Send in the Clowns: Unpopular at The Rep, Birmingham

#SendInTheClowns #FattProjects #Musicals #Drag #Cabaret

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Stafford Pride commence legal action against Reform UK-led Council Stafford Pride organisers have announced, in a statement on social media, that they have commenced legal action against the Reform UK-led Staffordshire County Council

Stafford Pride commence legal action against Reform UK-led Council

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Rare Warhol artwork on display in Nottingham Rare works by widely-regarded pop artist and filmmaker, Andy Warhol, have gone on display at Nottingham's Lakeside Arts Gallery.

Rare Warhol artwork on display in Nottingham.

#AndyWarhol #Art #Nottingham #QueerMedia

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Interview: Divina De Campo: Back on The Road Drag Performer and RuPaul’s Drag Race UK season one star, Divina De Campo, is ‘Back on the Road’ with her new tour that sees her team up with musician and songwriter, Ric Neale (The Piano Guy)

Interview: Divina De Campo: Back on The Road. Divina’s new tour that sees her team up with musician and songwriter, Ric Neale (The Piano Guy), comes to The Crescent Theatre, Birmingham soon

#DivinaDeCampo #DragRaceUK #DRUK #RPDR #QueerMedia

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Research highlights gender euphoria in video games for trans people A project, conducted by researchers at the University of Nottingham, highlights video gaming and its potential for gender exploration and euphoria for transgender players.

Research highlights gender euphoria in video games for trans people

#Gaming #Trans #Research #Nottingham #VideoGames

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Book Review: Missing in Soho by Holly Stars Drag queen and amateur sleuth, Misty Divine returns for the second novel in Holly Stars’ cosy, queer mystery series, Missing in Soho

Book Review: Missing in Soho by Holly Stars

#BookReview #LGBTQBooks #Mystery #HollyStars

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New project to measure impact of LGBTQ+ cultural backlash A new project, ‘The LGBTQIA+ Cultural Barometer’ aims to measure and understand the current climate surrounding LGBTQ+ culture programming and creatives in the UK, and the backlash it is experiencing.

New project to measure impact of LGBTQ+ cultural backlash

#LGBTQResearch #CultureProgramming #QueerArtists #QueerCreatives

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Production photo. Review quote reads: "Raising the roof both figuratively and literally, Fiddler on the Roof deserves a resounding ‘mazel tov’" - Midlands Rainbow. There are five stars, rating the show.

Production photo of the Fiddler ‘bottles’ dance by Marc Brenner

Production photo - Roman Lytwyniw (The Fiddler), Matthew Woodyatt (Tevye). Credit - Johan Persson

Production photo by Marc Brenner

Tickets to Fiddler on the Roof at The Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham: prf.hn/l/0eQVVG1/ (Affiliate link supports Midlands Rainbow)

Review: Fiddler on the Roof at The Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham Following a completely sold-out run at The Barbican, London, the three-time Olivier Award-winning production, Fiddler on the Roof, plays at Birmingham’s Alexandra Theatre for four weeks, direct from t...

Review: Fiddler on the Roof at The Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham

#FiddlerOnTheRoof #PressReview #Musical #QueerMedia #TheatreShows

Production photos by Johan Persson/Marc Brenner

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Midlands Rainbow recommends: 2026 Shows 2026 is fast approaching, and with it comes a new year of great productions in Birmingham and across the Midlands. We've picked just a few of our favourites in theatre, dance, musicals, drag and cabar...

Midlands Rainbow recommends: 2026 Shows
#TheatreRecs #Musicals #Drag #Cabaret #GiftIdeas

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Review: Sleeping Beauty at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre Following annual tradition, panto season is back in full swing in Wolverhampton with this year’s production at the Grand Theatre, Sleeping Beauty.

Review: Sleeping Beauty at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre

#TheatreReview #Panto #Pantomime #SleepingBeauty #Wolverhampton #WolvesGrandPanto #PressReview #QueerMedia #DannyBeard #Drag

Production photos Alex Styles & Tyler Whiting

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Gay man from Iraq granted refugee status A gay man from Iraq, Samir, has been granted refugee status after being supported by the charity Micro Rainbow at their West Midlands housing.

Gay man from Iraq, now living in the West Midlands, granted refugee status

#GivingTuesday #Refugee #LGBTQCharity #MicroRainbow

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Midlands charity welcomes new national HIV action plan Midlands-based charity, Saving Lives, welcomes a new national HIV Action Plan announced by the government today (1st December) on World AIDS Day.

Midlands charity welcomes new national HIV action plan

#WorldAIDSDay #LivingWithHIV #HIVTesting #HIVActionPlan #SavingLives

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Leicestershire LGBTQ+ Centre secures Lottery Funding and names first patron ahead of 50th Anniversary Leicestershire LGBTQ+ Centre has named its first-ever patron, Katie Neeves, as they secure National Lottery funding ahead of their 50th Anniversary.

Leicestershire LGBTQ+ Centre secures Lottery Funding and names first patron ahead of 50th Anniversary

#LeicestershireLGBTQ #LGBTQCentre #Leicester #QueerMedia

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La Voix to join cast of Annie tour coming to Birmingham Drag star, La Voix, has been announced in exciting new casting for the UK tour of the hit musical, Annie. La Voix (the drag persona of Christopher Dennis) will play Miss Hannigan across several venues...

La Voix to join cast of Annie tour coming to Birmingham

#Annie #Musical #LaVoix #DragQueen #Birmingham

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Queer Gift Guide 2025 - proud-geek.co.uk/blog

Queer Christmas Gift Guide 2025:

Not sure what to get your queer friends as a gift this Christmas? No problem, we've put together a quick little list of queer Christmas present ideas to give you some inspiration from some of our fave queer-owned businesses:

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