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A chess board with pieces in a circle and a fallen King in the middle. Photo by Felix Mittermeier on Unsplash

London chess clubs create new communities as more people get on board the ancient game

London Chess clubs are riding a wave of new members and interest with women and LGBTQ+ players leading the way.

London’s LGBTQ+ night-time venues in rapid decline

London’s nightlife is under threat as iconic venues continue to close amid gentrification and rising rents, with a specific hit

Transgender Awareness Week. Credit: Ted Eytan under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Transgender Awareness Week highlights healthcare needs

Transgender Awareness week takes place each year between 13-19 November, celebrates progress while highlighting ongoing challenges, particularly in healthcare, where

A landscape group photo capturing the performers of Songbook in their various costumes. They are smiling at the camera.

First time performers tell their own LGBTQ+ stories at Deptford theatre

A Deptford theatre brought LGBTQ+ true stories to life last Saturday.  Songbook was developed through LGBTQ+ workshops where an inexperienced

Director Rob Falconer introducing the film Gay Men's Guide to Safer Sex '97

Review: Gay Men’s Guide to Safer Sex ’97

Gay Men’s Guide to Safer Sex ‘97 is erotic art, informational video, and a key part of queer history all

Co-founders Eliza Hatch (left) and Bee Illustrates (right) pose smiling in front of an artwork at the 2024 Hysterical: Radical Creativity exhibition in Bermondasey, London

Women’s History Month exhibition raises funds for LGBTQ+ charity

A charity art exhibition celebrating women’s and LGBTQ+ radical creativity opened in Bermondsey on Wednesday 20 March. The project, organised

Mural outside Corner New Cross

Lewisham coffee shop celebrate LGBTQ+ community in new mural

A Lewisham coffee shop has unveiled a new mural that celebrates the borough’s LGBTQ+ community.

LGBTQ+ hate crimes rise again in England and Wales

The number of hate crimes against the LGBTQ+ community recorded in England and Wales has risen again in the past

National Coming Out Day

National Coming Out Day celebrated by Deliveroo panel

Activist Katie Neeves spoke about her business providing support, education and a sense of empowerment for the transgender community at

Exterior of the coffee shop

Lewisham coffee shop aiming to create LGBTQ+ community mural

A coffee shop in Lewisham is aiming to create a mural that celebrates London’s LGBTQ+ community. Corner New Cross, an

Who Killed My Father

Who Killed My Father review: an intense breakdown of masculinity

Whenever Édouard Louis’s father opens the door in Who Killed My Father, light from a kinder world breaks into the

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