Manchester student forced to crowdfund after three year wait for ‘top surgery’
A Manchester transgender student has been forced to crowdfund thousands of pounds after waiting three years for a gender clinic
Revellers enjoy a sun-kissed Manchester Pride
Manchester’s annual LGTBQ+ festival returned over the bank holiday weekend for the first time in two years. The festivities began
Protest held to reclaim Manchester Pride
A ‘Reclaim Pride’ protest was held in Manchester’s Sackville Gardens today to highlight key issues facing the city’s LGBT community.
Researchers Explore Memories of Manchester’s Gay Village
LGBT History Month celebrated each February is a time when many within the community reflect on their shared experiences of
Spotlight on Zach Sullivan: Inside the life of Manchester Storm’s shy defenceman
On January 26, Zach Sullivan was catapulted into the national spotlight when he became the first ice hockey player in the UK to publicly identify as bisexual.
The Manchester Storm defenceman tells MM about life on and off the ice, his love of Newcastle United and why it was time to tell the world his secret.
Ageism has fallen by the wayside: Greater Manchester Older People’s Network tackles prejudice with new Age Proud competition
The Greater Manchester Older People’s Network (GMOPN) have made wider efforts to ensure Greater Manchester is a place which sees, hears and listens to its older people, and which provides them with the services that they need to live happy, active lives in the community.
‘Courage, determination and integrity’: Gay ‘pioneer’ Justin Fashanu inducted into National Football Museum’s Hall of Fame
Today members of the wider football community came together at Manchester’s National Football Museum to celebrate Justin Fashanu’s inauguration into the Football Hall of Fame on what would have been his 59th birthday.
‘Justice without education just fails people’: Trans actor attacked with stones for kissing partner speaks to MM
The critically acclaimed play Rotterdam returned to Manchester Opera House last month after two of the main cast were targeted in a homophobic hate crime in Southampton – which caused two previous showings to be cancelled.
Watch: Manchester brewery celebrates Salford Pride with limited-edition beer
A Salford brewery has created a limited-edition beer in collaboration with Salford Pride to help raise money for the LGBT+ community.
Celebrating 20 years of football in the Village: inside the ‘best gay team in Europe’
Village Manchester FC are the Gay Village’s resident football club. They’re 20 years old, and in that time have maintained success on the field whilst being all-inclusive off it. Mancunian Matters looks inside the club that represents so much for Manchester’s gay footballers.
Absolutely ‘no fear’: MM discover the changing face of Manchester through Martin Parr’s lens
MM takes a look around a special exhibition focusing solely on the local work of revered photo-documenter Martin Parr, along with Manchester Art Gallery’s very own senior curator Natasha Howes.