LGBT

The third annual Queer Media Festival takes place this week at the multi-million pound arts hub HOME.

Will Young, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Fleur East, Heather Small and Tulisa are just some of the huge names which are set to entertain the tens of thousands of people from across Europe expected to flock to Manchester this weekend.

Over 12,000 people made it along to Sparkle 2016 in the second weekend of July, up from ten thousand at last year’s event, but visibility, awareness and education remain key to the trans community making further inroads in society.

A campaign group has claimed that Britain has ‘far greater influence’ over LGBT agendas across Europe while in the EU, as they set their case out against a Brexit in the upcoming referendum.

LGBT hate crime victims will be commemorated at a rousing vigil at the heart of Manchester’s Gay Village on Tuesday evening.

The game-changing HIV preventative Pre Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) should be introduced ‘today and not tomorrow’, according to the leading figure in the LGBT Foundation.

The event, this year titled ‘Women Out Loud,’ will celebrate women making their voices heard with a series of social events surrounding culture, history and activism.

The devolution of health care funding to Greater Manchester needs to ‘truly reflect all’ in the region, according to a leading spokesperson in the LGBT community.

A Manchester transgender woman is on a mission to boost the confidence of the city’s LGBT community and acceptance of others so nobody suffers the same ‘horrific bullying’ she did while at school.

The importance of addressing the issue of eating disorders in our country was portrayed when the week of February 22-28 was made National Eating Disorders Awareness Week.

Musician and activist Tom Robinson will be leading a day of celebration at The National Festival of LGBT History in Manchester on Saturday.