She was a popular teacher at a primary school. But on Tuesday, police and an ambulance were called to her home. She was found dead. Her death is not being treated as suspicious. Already various people have said she took her own life. Helen Belcher reports that friends said...
About 7 or 8 years ago a small group of us discovered that nothing was happening in Weymouth for gay and bi guys. So we made it happen! Just meeting informally once a week in a corner of a pub... and we still do today, but now TWICE a...
In a letter to a constituent in Bournemouth East, Tobias Elwood spells out how he intends to plot and vote against his community. Dear Sir, Could I begin by thanking you for contacting me about the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill. As you may appreciate, there has been a...
Three councils have raised rainbow flags to show support to LGBTQ+ communities and mark the start of LGBT History Month.
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Ceremonies were held outside two of the councils’ offices on Monday 4 February attended by councillors, council staff, members of UNISON (who helped organised the events) and local LGBT groups.
The...
Space Youth Project are continuing to deliver vital support services to young people across Dorset, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole who identify or are questioning within the LBGT+ community.
Our team leaders and volunteers have worked hard to find ways of connecting with both individuals and groups in order to...
A police car, specially decorated for Bourne Free, Bournemouth’s Gay Pride Event, will take to the streets of the town on Saturday. Arranged by the Office of the Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner, it is hoped the fully branded Pride vehicle will encourage communities to report hate crime, as...
The month of February does not come only with the cold touch of winter, but it also brings us a wonderful time of joy and of appreciation and respect of our diversity and our strength—it's LGBT+ History Month . The annual celebration of this pride is not just a...
Gay teacher Richard Queripel explains in an open letter to the head of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales how wrong he is to use the teaching of marriage in schools as an argument against allowing same-sex couples to get married. Dear The Most Reverend Vincent Gerard...
The self proclaimed 'Britain's Biggest Boy Band' performing at the annual Chesil Rocks on Saturday evening (24th June). Held at Langton Herring nr Weymouth the one day arts and music festival raises money for the Samaritans of Dorset. Thanks to Catherine Steel for video clip.
This year, to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of non-heterosexuality, the National Trust launched its ‘Prejudice & Pride’ educational initiative. The ‘Exile’ exhibition, with its sombre but striking ‘In Memoriam’ installation at historic Kingston Lacy, highlighted not only the enforced exile of its owner in the...
