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Doncaster Pride appeals for help

Doncaster Pride May 18th, 2011

The festival, set for 20 August at Doncaster Racecourse, has asked for funding assistance.

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Cervical screening: have your say, win prizes!

Are You Ready For Your Screen Test? May 12th, 2011

Are you a lesbian or bisexual woman living in the North West? If so, you stand to win a £500 holiday voucher or one of several other great prizes by participating in a survey about cervical screening. (more…)

Rachel Maddow: gay news presenters ‘have a responsibility to come out’

Rachel Maddow. Photo: Paul Schultz April 26th, 2011

US television presenter Rachel Maddow has called upon other gay news anchors to come out. (more…)

Taiwan to get first lesbian magazine

Taiwan flag April 11th, 2011

Taiwan’s first lesbian magazine has hit the shelves, signaling what its editor described as “the ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ tradition in our society”. (more…)

Christina Aguilera tops ‘empowering’ gay song poll

Christina Aguilera. Photo: Raffaele Fiorillo April 8th, 2011

“Beautiful”, the 2003 hit from Christina Aguilera, has been voted “the most empowering pop song of the last decade” in a poll for lesbian, gay and bisexual people commissioned by Stonewall. (more…)

LGB audiences slam stereotyping in films

The Kids Are All Right March 30th, 2011

Lesbian, gay and bisexual people feel that they are negatively and inaccurately represented within films, according to a major study backed by the UK Film Council. (more…)

Suffolk Pride cancelled

Suffolk Pride March 28th, 2011

The festival due to be held in Ipswich in June has been cancelled due to funding issues.

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‘Gay only’ fertility clinic opens in Birmingham

March 24th, 2011

A lesbian couple have opened the UK’s first fertility clinic for same-sex couples in Digbeth, Birmingham. (more…)

Put your cervix in the spotlight

Put your cervix in the spotlight! March 23rd, 2011

The Lesbian and Gay Foundation (LGF) have launched a new awareness trailer for their cervical screening campaign. “Put Your Cervix in the Spotlight” challenges you to find as many ladies as possible in 60 seconds, and also provides some interesting facts about cervical screening for lesbian and bisexual women. (more…)

Plymouth Out:Fest postponed

Plymouth logo March 23rd, 2011

Plymouth Out:Fest, which had been due to take place on Saturday 26 March, has been postponed until later in the year. (more…)

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