Bournemouth University is pleased to announce that the research-based, award-winning short film, RUFUS STONE, goes live and can be viewed for FREE on the Internet from today. The University has championed the film as ‘an outstanding example of public engagement at BU’ and as ‘inspirational’ in the University’s Annual...
Starting off at the top end of South Street and ending in Maumbury Rings both sides of the battle for the future of the empire united as they marched through Dorchester town centre. This annual love parade of people of different sexualities and genders again proved very popular as...
Ban imposed only 33 years ago. Now repealed. Marriage Act 1949 doesn’t prohibit same-sex marriage. First same-sex marriages take place at midnight on Friday. “I rejoice that the ban on same-sex marriage in England and Wales is finally being lifted after a campaign for its repeal that...
A student from the Netherlands, Coco Sips, has spent time recently in Bournemouth and Dorset learning about LGBT teens and particularly those isolated in rural settings. Her study had resonance with the film, Rufus Stone, and so Coco sought the advice Executive Producer and Lead of the Gay and...
Stars Peer Project are launching a brand new monthly social hangout for LGBTU people under 25 in Bournemouth. It launches on Wednesday 31st July 7pm-9pm at Flirt Cafe Bar, The Triangle, Bournemouth. It will then run on the last Wednesday of each month at the same time and place....
Responding to a PinkNews interview with Labour’s Shadow Immigration Minister Chris Bryant, Green MP Caroline Lucas says the government must do more to ensure that the UK Border Agency does not deport LGBT asylum seekers back to countries where they are at risk of homophobic persecution. Speaking to PinkNews.co.uk...
“While the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill is a welcome advance towards equal marriage, it is not full equality. The legislation has a number of shortcomings that sustain discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) couples,” said Peter Tatchell, coordinator of the Equal Love campaign, which has spearheaded...
The following are four life stories of being gay and lesbian in the south of England and Wales. They tell the stories of: Sid, Sally, Brian and June. They can be found within the following research study entitled 'Collecting Older Lesbians' and Gay Men's Stories of Rural Life in South West...
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...
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...
