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🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ Midlands Rainbow is an LGBTQ+ publication for news, interviews, features and more across Birmingham and the wider West Midlands region MidlandsRainbow.wixsite.com/lgbtq
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Commemorating Trans Day of Remembrance across the Midlands

#TDoR #TransAwarenessWeek #TransDayOfRemembrance #Midlands #QueerMedia #Events #Vigil #TransLivesMatter #TransRightsMatter #LGBWithTheT

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Commemorating Trans Day of Remembrance across the Midlands
Trans Day of Remembrance is held annually in November at the end of Trans Awareness Week, and across the Midlands community groups are uniting and events are being held to commemorate trans lives.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Warwickshire Pride receives large donation to support LGBTQ+ people seeking asylum

#WarwickshirePride #Warwickshire #Pride #LGBTQ #Charity #Charities #QueerMedia #LGBTQCharity #Asylum #Refugee #LGBTQServices

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Warwickshire Pride receives large donation to support LGBTQ+ people seeking asylum
Warwickshire Pride have received a £12,500 donation from CharityJob to support their work with LGBTQ+ people seeking asylum in the area.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Birmingham-based artists join forces to centre real stories of HIV

#HIV #WorldAIDSDay #WAD2025 #LivingWithHIV #UEqualsU #EndTheStigma #LGBTQBirmingham #HIVMemorial #TheRibbons #Birmingham #QueerMedia #BirminghamCreatives #BirminghamArtists

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Birmingham-based artists join forces to centre real stories of HIV
Birmingham creatives are joining forces to give voice to people living with HIV, centring stories of hope for the future as they mark this year’s World AIDS Day held on 1st December.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Review: Elf The Musical at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre

#Elf #ElfTheMusical #MusicalReview #TheatreReview #WolverhamptonGrand #PressReview #Christmas #Festive #Xmas #Winter #BuddyTheElf

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Review: Elf The Musical at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre
Based on the classic beloved holiday movie, Elf: The Musical brings magic and whimsy in musical form to the stage, spreading Christmas cheer for all to hear in Wolverhampton this winter.
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November 12, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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New queer trail in Staffordshire Moorlands celebrates LGBTQ+ stories

#LGBTQProjects #QueerMedia #Stafforshire #StaffordshireMoorlands #QueerArts #QueerHistory #QueerHeritage #Geocaching #TheQueerQuest #Legends #Myths #Folklore #QueeringHistory

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New queer trail on Staffordshire Moorlands celebrates LGBTQ+ stories
A new LGBTQ+ arts and heritage trail has been launched on the Staffordshire Moorlands, celebrating stories, creativity, history and connection from the community
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November 10, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Leicestershire memorial walk to commemorate Trans Day of Remembrance

#TDoR #TransDayOfRemembrance #CarryTheirLight #TransLives #LGBWithTheT #Leicestershire #QueerMedia #TransAwarenessWeek #TransLivesMatter

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Leicestershire memorial walk to commemorate Trans Day of Remembrance
Leicestershire will commemorate Trans Day of Remembrance in 2025 with a memorial walk, honouring trans lives.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Fatt Projects to hold fundraiser event in the wake of Manchester Pride insolvency

@fattbutcher.bsky.social #Fundraising #Cabaret #Drag #CommunityEvent #Birmingham #LGBTBirmingham #BirminghamLGBTQ #ManchesterPride #Freelancers #LGBTQArtists #QueerMedia

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Fatt Projects to hold fundraiser event in the wake of Manchester Pride insolvency
Birmingham-based queer non-profit, Fatt Projects, is hosting ‘The Big Bastard Bonanza’ fundraiser to recoup money in the wake Manchester Pride’s insolvency.
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October 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Review: Margaret Thatcher – Queen of Soho at The Rep, Birmingham.

#Theatre #TheatreReview #BirminghamRep #PressReview #Section28 #LGBTQRights #Cabaret #Eighties #Disco #MagaretThatcher #QueerMedia

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Review: Margaret Thatcher – Queen of Soho at The Rep, Birmingham
Created by Olivier Award winner Jon Brittain and Matt Tedford, Margaret Thatcher – Queen of Soho imagines a world in which, on the eve of the vote on Section 28, Prime Minister Maggie Thatcher gets lo...
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October 25, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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Review: Starter For Ten at The Rep, Birmingham.

#Musical #PressReview #TheatreReview #StarterForTen #MusicalReview #BirminghamRep #TheRepBirmingham #BirminghamTheatre #Entertainment #NewMusicals

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Review: Starter For Ten at The Rep, Birmingham
Based on the novel by David Nicholls and the film of the same name, Starter for Ten is a new coming-of-age comedy musical set in the colourfully bright 80s.
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October 24, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Beverley Knight and Sharon Rose to reprise their roles in tour of Sylvia, the Olivier-nominated musical

#Sylvia #Musical #MusicalTour #BerverleyKnight #LeicesterCurve #BirminghamHippodrome #Theate #Suffragette

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Beverley Knight and Sharon Rose to reprise their roles in tour of Sylvia, the Olivier-nominated musical
Wolverhampton-born singer, songwriter and performer, Beverley Knight MBE will reprise her Olivier Award-winning role as Emmeline Pankhurst, alongside alongside Sharon Rose as the title character, Sylv...
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October 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Our crowdfunder for Up//Roar poems of Queer Resistance is live! This anthology of #LGBTQ+ #poems will be edited by Cherry Potts and Jeremy Dixon (Hazard Press). Help get our tiger roaring! submissions (UK/RoI only) still open til 1st nov www.crowdfunder.co.uk/uproar-poems-of-queer-resistance
cartoony tiger face head-on, in shades of pink and yellow looks a bit sad. words read Up//Roar Poems of Queer Resistance
October 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Rugby-based LGBTQ+ group condemns legal challenge accusing police of bias for attending Prides

#LGBTQNews #QueerMedia #OutOut #Warwickshire #Rugby #IOPC #WestMidlands #PrideEvents

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Rugby-based LGBTQ+ group condemns legal challenge accusing police of bias for attending Prides
Out-Out Group, an LGBTQ+ organisation based in Rugby, Warwickshire, has spoken up after a legal challenge was raised accusing the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) of bias for participating...
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October 23, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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Coventry-based trans artist, ANDI selected for the Clive Beardsmore Artist Award

#Artist #QueerArtist #TransArtist #Coventry #WalsallArtGallery #ArtistAward #CliveBeardsmore #Artwork #Residency #ArtResidency #LGBTQArt #QueerArt #TransArt #QueerMedia

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Coventry-based trans artist, ANDI selected for the Clive Beardsmore Artist Award
The New Art Gallery Walsall has announced that Coventry-based, trans artist, ANDI has been selected as the recipient of the Clive Beardsmore Artist Award, and will be joining the gallery in residence ...
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October 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Book Review: Tart by Becki Jayne Crossley

#LGBTQBooks #QueerBooks #ComingOfAge #BookReview #QueerMedia #YANovel #YABook #YAQueerBooks #YALiterature #QueerLit #DebutNovel #Nottingham #Notts #Bisexual #Gay #Lesbian

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Book Review: Tart by Becki Jayne Crossley
Becki Jayne Crossley’s début novel, Tart, is a queer coming-of-age, friends-to-lovers story set in small British village where everyone knows everyone, and gossip is hard to avoid.
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October 20, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Nottingham-born Director’s LGBTQ+ Film shortlisted for Iris Prize

#ShortFilm #TheSecondTimeAround #Nottingham #Director #QueerMedia #MindOut #QueerMentalHealth #LGBTQFilm #QueerFilm #FilmAwards #IrisPrize #Oscars #BAFTA #FilmFestival

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Nottingham-born Director’s LGBTQ+ Film Shortlisted for Iris Prize
Oscar-qualifying short film, The Second Time Around, directed by Nottingham-born Jack Howard is one of fifteen productions shortlisted for this year's Iris Prize Awards in the 'Best British Short' cat...
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October 15, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Review: FRIENDS! The Musical Parody at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre

#FRIENDS #Musical #Parody #Wolverhampton #WolvesGrand #Theatre #TheatreReview #PressReview #MusicalReview #FRIENDSTheMusicalParody

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Review: FRIENDS! The Musical Parody at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre
From the producer of hit musical, Hairspray, and the director of The Full Monty, FRIENDS!: The Musical parody is ‘The One Where They All Sing’, offering a new take on the 1990s sitcom with an entirely...
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October 14, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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Coventry LGBTQ+ Bar named in top 10 percent of businesses worldwide

#Coventry #LGBTQBar #LGBTQVenue #LGBTQNightclub #GayBar #QueerBar #QueerVenue #TripAdvisor #TravellersChoiceAwards #Awards #QueerMedia #TheYard #WestMidlands

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Coventry LGBTQ+ Bar named in top 10 percent of businesses worldwide
The Yard, a much-loved LGBTQ+ bar and nightclub in Coventry, has been named among the top 10% of businesses internationally in TripAdvisor's 2025 Travellers' Choice Awards.
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October 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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World AIDS Day Flash Mob to be held in Birmingham

#HIV #WorldAIDSDay #Dance #Dancer #Dancing #FlashMob #EventsBirmingham #QueerMedia #UEqualsU #LGBTQBirmingham #HIVMemorial #TheRibbons

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World AIDS Day Flash Mob to be held in Birmingham
Art Thou Ok Bab's Project +1 Positively Me in partnership with Saving Lives Charity are presenting a World AIDS Day Flash Mob in 2025, as part of activities marking the designated day that aims to rai...
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October 13, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Review: The Party Girls at The Rep, Birmingham

#ThePartyGirls #MitfordSisters #Mitfords #PressReview #TheatreReview #RepBirmingham #Play #Theatre #QueerMedia

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Review: The Party Girls at The Rep, Birmingham
Amy Rosenthal’s The Party Girls is a timely new play that explores the true story of the Mitford sisters; an infamous high society family divided by political extremism.
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October 7, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Interview: Ell Potter, the gender-fluid actor taking on the role of Unity Mitford in The Party Girls

#ThePartyGirls #MitfordSisters #Mitfords #PressReview #TheatreReview #RepBirmingham #Play #Theatre #QueerMedia

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Interview: Ell Potter, the gender-fluid actor taking on the role of Unity Mitford in The Party Girls
Gender-fluid actor, Ell Potter is currently taking on the role of the infamous, fascist Mitford sister, Unity, in Amy Rosenthal’s play The Party Girls, running at Birmingham’s Rep Theatre until 11th O...
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October 6, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Review: Cirque Éloize: iD Reloaded at Wolverhampton Grand

#PressReview #WolverhamptonGrand #Cirque #CirqueÉloize #CirqueEloize #Circus #Dance #Dancing #Theatre #Show #QueerMedia

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Production photos: Caroline Thibault
Cirque Eloize iD Reloaded, photo 202 Caroline Thibault. The review quote reads:  A spectacle of movement and soaring stunts. Four stars show the review rating.  Chinese Pole Trial bike Cyr
October 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Coventry celebrates inaugural ‘Autumn is Queer’

#Coventry #AutumnIsQueer #HallowQueen #Halloween #Autumnal #AutumnEvents #LGBTQEvents #LGBTQMidlands #UniversityOfBirmingham #QueerMedia

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Coventry celebrates inaugural ‘Autumn is Queer’
‘Autumn is Queer’ in Coventry is a campaign of joyful programmed events and activities celebrating the resilience and creativity of the LGBTQ+ community. Taking part in Coventry and across the wider W...
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September 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Review: Surinderella at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre.

#Surinderella #TheatreReview #WolvesGrand #Review #PressReview #QueerMedia

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Review: Surinderella at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre
The well-trodden fairy tale of Cinderella meets Bollywood blockbusters in the modern, vibrant, and exciting re-telling of Surinderella, directed by Ameet Channa with music and songs from PBN.
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September 26, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Review: The Bodyguard at The Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham

#Review #PressReview #TheBodyguard #Musical #QueerMedia #AlexandraThatre #Birmingham #TheatreBirmingham #WhineyHouston

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Review: The Bodyguard at The Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham
Based on the hit film of the same name, The Bodyguard Musical is a romantic thriller featuring the irresistible music of the great Whitney Houston. Starring international leading lady Sidonie Smith as...
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September 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Wolverhampton LGBTQ+ organisation and East Midlands-based Trans Role Model win National Diversity Awards

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Wolverhampton LGBTQ+ organisation and East Midlands-based Trans Role Model win National Diversity Awards
LGBT Sparkle – a Wolverhampton-based social group that supports LGBTQ+ individuals and allies locally – won a National Diversity Award for ‘Community Organisation’ in the LGBTQ+ sub-category. While Ka...
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September 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM