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Totnes Pride's 'Capture the Castle' drew around 400 people to watch a 150-metre Pride flag unfurled across Totnes Castle on September 26. Organisers said it shows 'queer people have always been here'. A few online critics disagreed, loudly.
The world's richest short film prize for LGBTQ+ stories celebrates its 20th edition in Cardiff with 35 shorts from 22 countries, a record 16 features, Desert Hearts with Donna Deitch in person, and an online festival for UK viewers.
At the UN LGBTI Core Group's General Assembly event, Volker Türk said persecution is escalating 'at an alarming rate.' The Netherlands and UK pledged new money to fill the hole left by US aid cuts. Washington sent no official representative.
The draft ban is trans-inclusive, carries up to five years in prison, and reaches practices arranged abroad. It's a genuine milestone — and it still has to survive consultation and a Commons vote.
After being banned from women's eight-ball competitions and losing her initial discrimination claim, Harriet Haynes has been granted a High Court appeal that could reshape how the UK's landmark sex definition ruling applies to sport.
