Manchester’s famous gay village is not in decline despite being noticeably quieter, according to former BBC Apprentice star Sanjay Sood-Smith.

As part of this week’s LGBT Adopting and Fostering Week, MM caught up with the first gay couple to approach Stockport council and gain approval to foster three children following a period of struggle and alienation.

MM takes a look at the various ways to celebrate International Women’s Day around Manchester.

MM complete our series of Q&As to celebrate LGBT History Month with a powerful and evocative interview from Dawn Pomfret on life as a ‘freak’ and a ‘pervert’.

This week, MM’s very own agony aunt hears from a lesbian who thinks her partner may have cheated with a man because of a trip to the doctors.

To celebrate LGBT History Month, MM talk to Jackie Crozier, an events specialist based in Manchester, about coming out, segregation and the future of equality as part of our ongoing Q&A series.

To celebrate LGBT History Month, MM talk to actor and ‘shock in a frock’ drag artist Dan Wallace aka Anna Phylactic about his experience of coming out and what progress Manchester still has to make towards equality.

To celebrate LGBT History Month, MM talk to Paul Burgess, an activist, actor and entertainer, who was born and bred in Oldham, as part of our LGBT Q&A series.

As LGBT History Month enters its final week Outings the world’s first show about real-life ‘coming out’ stories arrives in Manchester for a one-off performance tonight.

MM talk to Jen Yockney, editor of bisexual magazine Bi Community News, about her experiences of coming out and what progress Manchester still has to make towards equality as part of our LGBT History Month Q&A series.

Tatchell was speaking to the audience about the sick homophobic experiments of a shamed Nazi doctor back in the 40s and the lessons society needs to learn about preventing similar incidents from happening again.