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Four people arrested after drunk gang viciously attacked trans woman and her friends during Manchester Pride weekend

Josh Milton and Lily Wakefield - September 3, 2020

Drunk teens viciously attack trans woman and her friends during Manchester Pride weekend because she wouldn’t give them a hug

Lily Wakefield - September 2, 2020

Health

Drag queen battling chronic kidney disease becomes first to receive life-saving transplant since lockdown

Lily Wakefield - August 27, 2020

Latest Posts

A cocktail by a luxury hotel in England named after Marsha P Johnson became a lightning rod for criticism. (Instagram/Netflix)

Luxury hotel backtracks after launching Marsha P Johnson cocktail to mark Pride week – for capitalism and capitalism only

Josh Milton - August 27, 2020

Avanti West Coast launches the UK’s first fully wrapped Pride train staffed by all LGBTQ+ crew.

UK’s first-ever Pride train staffed by all-LGBT+ crew makes its kaleidoscopic maiden journey

Nick Duffy - August 25, 2020

Hashem Abedi is a 'coward', say parents of bombing victim Martyn Hett

Hashem Abedi jailed for at least 55 years for the murder of 22 innocent people in the Ariana Grande Manchester bombing

Josh Milton - August 20, 2020

20 Stories: Restaurant apologises after staff harassed trans customer

Trans woman repeatedly misgendered and harassed. All she wanted to do was go on a romantic date with her boyfriend

Lily Wakefield - August 14, 2020

Queer as Folk creator Russell T Davies dons a hard hat to break ground on ‘vital’ LGBT+ centre in Manchester

Emma Powys Maurice - August 7, 2020

EasyJet passenger jailed for squeezing air steward’s bum and calling him ‘gay boy’ had 105 prior offences

Lily Wakefield - May 29, 2020

Glenn Stevens Manchester gay village coronavirus COVID-19

Health

The founder of Manchester’s iconic gay village dies from coronavirus, just days after showing symptoms

Patrick Kelleher - April 3, 2020

Joe Wiecha, scouting for pals in the new city he calls home, encountered judgement from a Grindr user. (Twitter/Joe Wiecha)

Community

Gay man shamed by Grindr troll because he was only looking for friends and we can’t roll our eyes back any further

Josh Milton - March 26, 2020

Lisa Stansfield presented with flowers by Jeremy Joseph on stage at G-A-Y Heaven on May 3, 2014 in London, England. (Jo Hale/Redferns via Getty Images)

Business

G-A-Y owner Jeremy Joseph asks Boris Johnson ‘how the f**k he’s expected to reopen’ after coronavirus

Josh Milton - March 26, 2020

Inclusive sex education overwhelmingly benefits children, says expert

Religion

This Orthodox Jewish school has two weeks to agree to LGBT-inclusive education or face closure

Emma Powys Maurice - March 22, 2020

Crime

Brother of Manchester bomber found guilty of murdering 22 innocent people in Ariana Grande terror attack

Josh Milton - March 17, 2020

Teen thugs jailed for violent attack on gay men who were holding hands