Lgbtq+

Operators offer tips for running LGBTQ+ venue

13-Jan-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Community, entertainment, and inclusivity must come first when running a successful LGBTQ+ venue reveal operators, with the rise in homophobic hate crimes over the pandemic stressing the need for safe spaces.

Opinion - Pride 2021

'Without income from restricted or closed LGBTQ+ venues to fund initiatives, progress slows'

16-Jun-2021 By Jack Mizel, CEO of Pride 365

Many nightlife venues, and hospitality businesses have been hit incredibly hard over Covid.

Opinion – Pride 2021

‘Nights out should be about fun and freedom, not fear’

14-Jun-2021 By Aliyah Rawat, associate trainer, Good Night Out Campaign

As a London-based trainer for Good Night Out Campaign (GNO), an event producer and DJ, I have seen first-hand the precarious position Covid-19 restrictions has placed the industry in.

Opinion – Pride 2021

‘The role of LGBTQ venues within the community is more important than ever’

11-Jun-2021 By Scott Frankham, head of media at Greene King

I first paid a visit to an LGBTQ pub when I was 18 – I’d just moved to Birmingham to start university and I was introduced to the Village Inn, a central hub of Birmingham’s gay quarter.

Stonegate committed to LGBT venues as it rebases business

30-Oct-2020 By Finn Scott-Delany

Stonegate has said it remains committed to LGBT venues, after speculation over the future of the Admiral Duncan, Retro Bar and the Kings Arms.

Pride gin will help keep parade free

10-Jun-2019 By Emily Hawkins

The organisers of London’s Pride parade have launched a limited-edition gin to help it keep the event free.

Businesses denied licences for Brighton Pride

03-Aug-2018 By Emily Hawkins

Licences were denied for a range of Brighton-based businesses in the run-up to this year’s Pride festivities.

Manchester’s G-A-Y bar becomes hate crime reporting centre

23-Jul-2018 By Emily Hawkins

One of Manchester’s most famous LGBTQ+ club and bars has become a third-party hate crime reporting centre.

Last chance to enter the John Smith's Great British Pub Awards

24-May-2018 By Claire Churchard

There are less than 24 hours to go to get your entries in for the John Smith’s Great British Pub Awards 2018. And this year it promises to be bigger and better than ever before.