Scene Magazine (West Midlands) - September 2022 by Scene Magazine

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'Barbie Girl’ and Aqua’s iconic album ‘Aquarium’ turns 25 this year

The year marks the 25th anniversary of Aqua's debut album Aquarium and iconic global hit Barbie Girl. This will be celebrated and marked by an exclusive re-release of the album on September 9.

Out to Swim take part in the 85th annual Pier to Pier race

Organised by volunteers of the Brighton Swimming Club, the race is one of the main swimming events in the Brighton calendar.

New name for online support platform for parents and carers of children affected by early childhood trauma

After a period of consultation with users and partners, The Adopter Hub is to be renamed CATCH –Children And Trauma Community Hub.

New exhibition at Walsall Art Gallery to explore untold stories of gay and trans communities

Here&Queer is a new exhibition at New Art Gallery Walsall which “aims to show there is no one definitive queer experience,..."

Back to Books fundraising to sustain radical and representative bookselling

Back to Books focuses on “queer, feminist, Black, Brown, liberatory and disabled writing, as intersectionally as possible.”

Queer theatre and cabaret venue

Above The Stag to close its doors

A sad queer theatre closure but hope of a new start

Worcester opens first LGBTQ+ café

The café also aims to host various events, and as a queer community hub is bookable for your events, meet-ups and more.

Tom Daley picks up the baton for LGBTQ+ rights across the Commonwealth

As thousands of athletes prepared to compete on the global stage at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, Olympic gold medallist and double world champion diver Tom Daley shone a light on an issue he cares passionately about

Just Like Us partners with Birmingham Pride

Just Like Us is an LGBT+ young people’s charity –founded in 2016 – which aims to “help improve the lives of LGBT+ young people” by working with schools and young people across the UK.

Elska Magazine commemorates seven years of celebrating beautiful, ordinary men from across the globe

Over these years the project has been dedicated to showcasing a diverse range of beautiful, ordinary men from LGBTQ+ communities around the world.

Terrence Higgins Trust: "Monkeypox vaccine supplies running low in the UK"

"It’s high time we got a proper grip on the monkeypox response and for that we need to see this taken seriously at the highest level of Government."

Irish Rugby Football Union bans transgender women

The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) is amending its gender participation policy for the forthcoming season, preventing transgender women from playing contact female rugby.

West Midlands star announced at BBC Strictly's next same-sex pairing

Richie Anderson announced as third celebrity dancer added to the hit BBC show.

New survey explores experiences of trans, intersex and gender diverse people during all stages of dying, death and bereavement

New 'treatment room' for LGBTQ+ people opens in Wolverhampton

Located at 27 School St, Wolverhampton, a new treatment room – set up by the registered charity Wolverhampton LGBT+ – will offer holistic therapies and services for LGBTQ+ community.

On Saturday, August 27, Walsall Pride celebrated its 10th anniversary...

Birmingham Pride: 25 Years of Pride and Protest

A collection of photographs and memories

The Vito Project announces 'Imitations of Life: Deconstructing ‘camp’ in classic Hollywood'

THE VITO PROJECT LGBTQ+ FILM CLUB returns to the Cinema Museum London with a new series of regular Sunday screenings.

New parade route for Birmingham Pride’s 25th anniversary

The parade will follow a slightly altered route on Saturday, September 24. It will begin in Centenary Square, which will allow space for more people and entries than ever before. The parade will then leave Centenary Square at roughly 12pm, led by Fatt Projects' MOBILISE, “a large-scale accessible protest and party performance”, that aims to have trans, fat, disabled, and global majority folk to be visible and front and centre this Birmingham Pride.

Planet Nation returns to support and amplify the sapphic community

A grant of £7,500 has been awarded to Planet Nation to help the new non-profit organisation relaunch and support organisations in reaching their community right from the outset

'This could be our future': TEDx talk by Allsorts CEO now available online

The theme of TEDx Brighton’s 2022 event was 'This could be our future'. Katie was one of the many speakers to take to the stage, and tackled the theme with a view to seeing a world in which LGBTQ+ children and young people are free to be themselves, and why the fight for young LGBTQ+ people is far from over.

Revenge announces total raised for Brighton Rainbow Fund over Pride, and a new year-round initiative

During Brighton & Hove Pride 2022, Club Revenge and R-Bar raised a massive £3,500 for the Brighton Rainbow Fund, which will be distributed to LGBTQ+ charities & organisations in Brighton & Hove

Sussex Beacon to launch new courseMindful Living - from September

This mindfulness course is open to anyone living with HIV in Sussex.

Victims of contaminated blood scandal to be given £100,000 compensation

The UK Government has announced that victims of the contaminated blood scandal will finally receive compensation after a 40-year battle.

Geoffrey Bowden appointed Chair of Healthwatch Brighton & Hove

Healthwatch Brighton & Hove has announced that Geoffrey Bowden has been appointed Chair of the "independent champion for people who use health and social care services in the city".

FEATURE: Queer Love - Keep The Fire Burning

By Jane Sandwood

Ladypat and Boogaloo Stu present 'QUEER HEARTS''

The year-long project will encompass a joint exhibition of new artworks, plus workshop events, and concluding in May 2023 with a cultural exchange between the artists’ home locations of the Isle of Wight and Brighton.

Mermaids launches MANGO - an activist programme

MANGO is a pilot, trans-led, 12-week Activism and Advocacy online programme for gender diverse young people, which will follow principles of building collective power and liberation.

Switchboard publishes 'LISTEN UP!' impact report

A new impact report from Switchboard, the national LGBTQ+ help and support line, has been published to provide insight into what the charity achieved in 2021, and also reflect on how the unexpected events of 2020 affected the communities Switchboard supports, and the ways the charity runs its service.

Ledward Centre announces first Book Club event on September 8

Cherry Fakewell to raise funds for the Sussex Beacon at STAUNCH: A Fright at the Movies at The Curzon on October 1

“Gather round my darlings, for we have a tale of the FORBIDDEN, a story of the FIERCE and a telling of HORRIFIC, GLAMOROUS, TERROR!"

Allsorts Youth Project launches GIDS Pilot Project in Sussex

This new service is available in Sussex for young people & parents/carers of young people who are trans, aged 11-17 (year 7+) and on the waiting list or being seen by the Gender Identity Development Service.

MindOut to hold 'Mindfulness Art Workshop' on Thursday, September 8

Join MindOut for a brand-new in-person workshop.

This first meeting is a Meet the Author event with Adam Macqueen reading extracts from his second Tommy Wildeblood novel, 'The Enemy Within'.

NHS Confederation to draw up trans guide for hospitals

NHS leaders are drawing up a trans guide for hospitals that will include how to fight anti-trans groups and use inclusive language.

SPOTLIGHT ON: Queer plays, an opera and a ballet

In the first of two articles, Brian Butler surveys a feast of queer theatre coming soon.

New film, KINDRED, based on true story of UK’s first openly non-binary parent to adopt a child to feature at Venice International Film Festival

Selected in competition for the 79th Venice International Film Festival (August 31 – September 10), KINDRED is an animated virtual reality story of family and belonging.

MindOut to launch community research report on LGBTQ+ migration to Brighton, mental health and social isolation

Join the LGBTQ+ mental health charity for the launch of its community research report, Pathways between LGBTQ migration, social isolation & distress: liberation, care and loneliness, at Friends' Meeting House in Brighton on Wednesday, September 28 from 11.45am.

CLASSICAL NOTES: Nick Boston tunes into the best classical music

Reviews and previews from classical music columnist, Nick Boston

Brighton Rainbow Fund is open for applications

Help support research into LGBTQ+ experiences of care

Leaving Care with Pride is new research, which aims to address the "dearth in knowledge exploring the experiences of LGBTQ+ people leaving care in the UK".

Jill Nalder interviewed by Andrew Flewitt for 'Queer I Am' podcast

The wonderful Jill Nalder has been interviewed by Andrew Flewitt for his Queer I Am podcast, about her new book Love From The Pink Palace; Memories of Love, Loss and Cabaret Through the AIDS Crisis.

SURVEY: Help shape Brighton & Hove

LGBT Switchboard’s future

Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboard is currently developing its next three-year strategy to ensure that the charity is heading in a direction that the community wants.

Have your say on Brighton & Hove City Council's £1 million ‘Family Hubs’ development

Brighton & Hove City Council has launched a consultation on the development of Family Hubs which it says are set to help improve the lives of children and families throughout the city.

Roundabout UK aims to eliminate loneliness in the LGBTQ+ community

Roundabout is the new, free, location-based app which supports all members of the LGBTQ+ community and allies by connecting them to local LGBTQ+ venues, community groups, charities, Prides, and services.

BOOK REVIEW: The Enemy Within by Adam Macqueen

Scene Magazine (West Midlands) - September 2022

Buckle up for #DaleyPop!

Above The Stag to close its doors

IN PICTURES: Walsall Pride