This September, Marlborough Productions celebrates 15 years of creating and supporting boundary-pushing, cutting-edge queer performance, parties, heritage and radical gatherings. A catalyst for queer culture and community, Marlborough Productions has worked alongside writers, performers, activists, changemakers and more, including Juno Dawson, Travis Alabanza, Harry Clayton-Wright, David Hoyle and Thick & Tight.
The Coast Is Queer, Brighton’s well-established festival of LGBTQ+ writing, returns this year from 10-13 October with conversations, panels, workshops, performance and films, celebrating queer writing. It was the first festival of its kind in the UK, and it’s once again at the Attenborough Centre for The Creative Arts, creating a space for queer readers, […]
New survey data from the Index of Censorship has found more than two dozen school librarians in the UK have been asked to remove books – including This Book Is Gay by Juno Dawson, Julián is a Mermaid by Jessica Love and ABC Pride by Louie Stowell, Elly Barnes and Amy Phelps – from school […]
Brian Butler looks forward to the only UK queer literature festival – and it’s here in Brighton
The festival brings together an exciting lineup of nationally and internationally acclaimed queer writers, poets, performers and activists in a three-day festival of accessible, lively in-conversation events, workshops, films and discussions celebrating LGBTQ+ lives and writing.
National Student Pride has launched The Outtakes, their brand-new podcast series for 2023. The first episode stars Juno Dawson, presented by National Student Pride committee member and podcast host, Ben Court. Episode 1: Behind the Scenes with Juno Dawson, out now, features an upbeat and relevant discussion on trans rights and representation. Listen to the […]
At their Saturday daytime festival, National Student Pride hosted a panel of individuals, each who discussed their journey in their gender identity as well as societal barriers they have faced, with aims to help others overcome theirs.
WOW – Women of the World has revealed the full line-up for its 2023 London Festival, which returns to the Southbank Centre from March 10-12 to mark International Women’s Day
Books by Juno Dawson, Shon Faye, Lemn Sissay, Louie Stowell and Erik J. Brown chosen as readers’ favourites of the year
LGBTQ+ books shortlisted include: The Transgender Issue by LGBTQ+ rights commentator Shon Faye, Her Majesty’s Royal Coven by Stonewall role model Juno Dawson, poetry anthology 100 Queer Poems, edited by Mary Jean Chan and Andrew McMillan, and Alice Oseman’s LGBTQ+ YA romance webcomic Heartstopper.
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