Lgbt

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.

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.

Glasgow pub hosts RuPaul's quiz to fundraise to combat classroom homophobia

09-Jul-2018 By Emily Hawkins

A Glasgow pub is hosting a special RuPaul’s Drag Race themed quiz in order to fundraise for a campaign tackling homophobia in schools.

London

Iconic Chelsea gay pub set to close after lease dispute

22-Aug-2016 By Oli Gross

One of London’s longest-serving gay pubs is to close its doors after its owners failed to come to a new agreement with the venue’s landlord.

BrewDog: drinkers deserve to know where their beer is coming from

05-Nov-2015 By Emily Sutherland

BrewDog co-founder Jamer Watt has argued that beer drinkers deserve to know where their beer comes from in the wake of several scandals where prominent craft beers were outed as not being brewed in the places suggested by their branding.

Petition to save Camden pub gains 4,000 signatures

22-Apr-2015 By Emily Sutherland

A petition to save Camden based pub The Black Cap has attracted over 4,000 signatures in two days.

Grinning Rat tenant calls Punch 'ridiculous' after losing eviction legal battle

17-Jul-2013 By Ellie Bothwell

A tenant who has been forced to leave his Ipswich pub after unsuccessful legal action has called Punch Taverns “ridiculous” and said he was making profits.

Essex landlord campaigns to get rainbow flags flying outside his pub again

23-Aug-2012 By Adam Pescod

A Essex licensee who was forced to remove three rainbow flags from the front of his pub has said that the “grief and anguish” it has caused is worth more than an apology from the local council.

Best Bar None to award gay venues

18-May-2006 By John Harrington

Brighton has broken new ground by having a Best Bar None award for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender venues. The new category has been added to...

Trade faces up to Equality Act

16-Mar-2006

The trade is split over government plans to protect the gay community from discrimination in pubs.The policy, due to come into force in October under...

Another host bans trannies'

28-Aug-2003

A Hampshire host is risking a showdown with the local transvestite, transsexual and gay communities after barring men who dress as women from his...