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Birmingham LGBT has signed up to this statement. For a full list of signatories, visit https://www.consortium.lgbt/2021/02/18/census-consenus-statement/ The England and Wales Census 2021- taking place on 21st March- will ask voluntary questions about your sexual orientation and trans status for the first time. This is a huge step forwards and has come about in part due to […]

Birmingham LGBT | Videographer/Film Maker FEE: £2500 (including materials and research time) BRIEF: We are looking to commission a videographer/film-director/filmmaker to create a series of short films to deliver health promotion messages to the LGBT+ community about safety during the Covid 19 pandemic. 5 x 30-60 second films 1 x 3-4 minute film This will […]

SHOUT Festival has recently been made aware of the decision made by Birmingham Repertory Theatre to host a Nightingale Court which will be in operation at their venue from December 2020 until June 2021. SHOUT Festival has partnered with the REP for many years to tell the stories of our communities, yet we need to […]

Christmas can be a very difficult time for many LGBT+ people, it is traditionally a very heteronormative festival with an emphasis on family. For many LGBT+ people, family has a different meaning: referred to “family of choice”. This is often due to necessity as many still face discrimination, rejection, and estrangement from their biological families […]

On Tuesday, the Government announced its response to the 2018 consultation regarding the Gender Recognition Act (https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2020-09-22/hcws462); and, whilst not surprising, it is extremely disappointing for transgender people, non-binary people, and the wider LGBT community. Birmingham LGBT do not accept the Government’s position “that the balance struck in the legislation is ‘correct’ with ‘proper checks […]