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Are you over 50 and LGBT? Do you fancy being the face of a great new campaign? Are you passionate about visibility for the community? Then Birmingham LGBT wants to hear from you! We are about to launch our exciting new campaign, Ageing with Pride, which aims to increase visibility for members of the LGBT […]

Michael* ponders how his life might have been if he’d felt able to come out as gay earlier in life, and how community group support can make a difference now . . .   OK, in retrospect I’ve probably been gay for more than 50 years, but it was around 1967, when I was at […]

A woman who spent years battling her gender identity has spoken of “surviving 71-years of a living hell” ahead of International Transgender Day of Visibility (March 31).   From a young age, Vic, not his real name, knew he was not like the other boys. He had no interest in football or running about, but […]

8th March every year is International Women’s Day, but what does that mean? When did it start? What does it achieve? Every year on 8th March, groups all over the world celebrate International Women’s Day, with activities ranging from coffee mornings, arts festivals and fun runs to business seminars, conferences and marches for equality. Notably, […]

Holocaust memorial day offers an important opportunity to remember those lost during the Holocaust, but also to further examine who those people were, the communities they represented and the reasons why Nazi Germany targeted them in their quest to establish the “final solution”. Indeed, it is far from an easy topic to discuss, but this […]