Ageing with Pride: Robert’s Story
I don’t feel my age or my sexuality (gay man) define me, there are aspects of me. However I did recognise that as I retired at 65 yrs, 18 months ago, that life would change. The great thing is I have not missed work and I was aware I needed to take a positive approach […]
Gay Birmingham Remembered Revival
Saturday 9th February 2019 Birmingham LGBT Centre 38-40 Holloway Circus, Birmingham B1 1EQ 6:00pm – 8:30pm In association with Ageing with Pride and Ageing Better LGBT Hub Join us for the revival of ‘Gay Birmingham Remembered’, an exhibition which was originally displayed at the Symphony Hall 10 years ago. The piece is a visual representation […]
Women Power Protest – Bespoke Tour and Mindful Art Workshop
Saturday 9th February Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Chamberlain Square, Birmingham B3 3DH 11am-1pm As part of LGBT History Month 2019 and presented as part of Ageing with Pride and Ageing Better LGBT Hub in Birmingham, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery presents a bespoke tour of Women Power Protest specifically catered towards LGBTQ+ people. […]
Shared Lives
Read how couple Amy and Claire developed from fostering children to welcoming adults with learning disabilities into their home, as part of Shared Lives. After giving a presentation to the Ageing Better LGBT Housing Group at Birmingham LGBT Centre, CVT Shared Lives (part of the national charity, Camphill Village Trust) are keen to explore the […]
Ageing with Pride catches up with Rainbow Bridge
Ageing with Pride caught up with one of the groups at the centre doing a lot of good for the older LGBT community, Rainbow Bridge. Rainbow Bridge meets in the cafe at the centre on Tuesdays from 11am until 1pm and on Thursdays 12:30pm to 2.30pm. Providing a safe space for LGBT people to come […]
Ageing with Pride Community Launch
Join us on the 1st November for the Ageing with Pride community launch. Ageing with Pride, a 12 month campaign from Birmingham LGBT has launched. Ageing with Pride seeks to bring visibility to older LGBT people and tackle some of the issues that we face as we grow older. An important part of the campaign […]
Welcome to Ageing with Pride
Birmingham LGBT have just launched their newest campaign ‘Ageing with Pride’ Taking place over the next 12 months ‘Ageing with Pride’ will seek to bring much needed visibility to members of the LGBT community who are aged 50 and over. Using outdoor media such as billboards, bus stop shelters and bus posters, as well as […]
My 50 years of Gay (But most of it was spent deep in the closet)
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 […]
Birmingham Transgender woman speaks of “living hell” ahead of International Transgender Day of Visibility (March 31)
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 […]
International Women’s Day
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, […]