Birmingham LGBT
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Birmingham LGBT is the city's leading charity advocating for and supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans communities in the city and beyond. Our Vision is a vibrant, diverse lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans community in Birmingham in which individuals can realize their full potential and have equal access to all the city has to offer.
Birmingham LGBT
1y ago
SHOUT Festival is proud to present fabulous FREE entertainment for Birmingham Pride 2023!
Saturday 27th May 2023
Face painting and Glitter workshop
10.00am – 11.30am FREE
Get Pride ready at our face painting workshop! Hot drinks and breakfast pastries available to purchase to set you up for the day.
Cabaret and Drag Bingo!
2.00pm – 6.00pm FREE
Join us for fabulous cabaret and hilarious drag bingo with The Divine Miss M, compered by performance poet Sophia Blackwell. Treat yourself to a hot drink and slice of cake while we entertain you!
The Divine Miss M
Award winning and with 30 years experi ..read more
Birmingham LGBT
1y ago
“Maybe this time, I’ll be lucky. Maybe this time, he’ll stay…”
Join us for an evening of film, burlesque and high camp! Enjoy the classic film CABARET and Sing–a–Long to the tunes with us. Don’t know the words? We’ve got you covered!
Hosted by the stunning artist Dominus Von Vexo who will also be performing, on the bottom floor of The Nightingale Club on 17th February.
Ticket includes free entry into The Nightingale Club post show.
Buy tickets- https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/519677939707
The post Cabaret Film Sing-A-Long at The Nightingale Club appeared first on Birmingham LGBT ..read more
Birmingham LGBT
1y ago
Blogpost by Max Maycroft, Sexual Health Outreach Worker
Marc Thompson is an activist, and health promotion specialist, who has been involved in HIV activism since the 1980s, working to address the lack of services available with a focus on Black gay men. He is a co-founder of PrEPster, BLKOUT and co-director of The Love Tank CIC, and through his work with PrEPster, pushed for PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis – a drug that reduces the risk of getting HIV in HIV-negative people) to be made available on the NHS.
Marc has been living with HIV since his diagnosis in 1986 – one year after he came out ..read more
Birmingham LGBT
1y ago
All appointments for the current tranche of monkeypox vaccine have now been booked. You can call the booking number – 0121 371 8445 – and, following triage to see if you meet the criteria for vaccination, will have your details taken ahead of the next tranche of vaccine supply in September. If you are worried about monkeypox and would like to speak to someone, please call our sexual health team on 0121 643 0821, or NHS 111.
The post Monkeypox: August 2022 latest appeared first on Birmingham LGBT ..read more
Birmingham LGBT
1y ago
We are pleased to inform you that this week the NHS in Birmingham and Solihull will be receiving a supply of preventative monkey pox vaccine.
As the initial supply is limited, it will be offered only to individuals who self-identify as gay, bisexual, transgender, or otherwise having sex with men AND report one or more of the following:
– are on PrEP (pre-exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention)
– have been diagnosed with Chlamydia/Gonorrhoea/Syphilis or primary genital herpes in the past 12 months
– have had sex in a sex-on-premises venue (sauna, dark room, sex club, etc.) within the pa ..read more
Birmingham LGBT
1y ago
Key facts
– There have been a number of confirmed cases of monkeypox in the UK. Although monkeypox can affect anyone, the majority of those cases are among gay and bisexual men.
– Monkeypox is transmitted through close contact, so is likely being passed on during sex rather than sexual transmission.
– Everyone is being asked to be aware of the monkeypox symptoms, but it’s important gay and bisexual men are alert as it’s believed to be transmitting through sexual networks.
– If you have new unexpected or unexplained spots, ulcers or blisters anywhere on your body (including the face and/o ..read more
Birmingham LGBT
1y ago
Here are some recommendations for finding positive non-binary representation on screen and on paper from Teddy, our Trans Wel
lbeing Support Worker.
Happy International Non-Binary People’s Day to all the gender non-conforming folks! To celebrate this day of recognition, we’ve put together some great Non-Binary representation in fiction and media.
Cal Bowman in Sex Education (tv show)
(they/them)
What’s it about? Insecure Otis has all the answers when it comes to sex advice, thanks to his therapist mother. So, rebel Maeve proposes a school sex-therapy clinic.
Cal Bowman is one of ..read more
Birmingham LGBT
2y ago
Exciting opportunity to create 3 new artworks inspired by queer spaces!
We are looking for participants to work with artist Lucy Hayhoe & Birmingham LGBT over two weekends in July to explore ideas around queer space and reimagine queer spaces of the future. Through a series of workshops and guided creation sessions participants will create telephone booth sized miniature queer spaces, designed for one person at a time. The finished artworks will be exhibited at Birmingham LGBT as part of Birmingham 2022 Festival.
No previous experience necessary, just a willingness to get stuck in, work co ..read more
Birmingham LGBT
2y ago
Hi I’m Rachel, one of Birmingham LGBT’s newest volunteers.
I joined the Birmingham LGBT volunteering team in February 2022 as part of my Civic Engagement placement for my nursing studies. I’m currently in my second year of my nursing degree, at University of Birmingham. Our Civic Engagement placement is where we source our own placement location, either in the UK or abroad, to fulfil our own set of learning criteria as training nurses.
“Civic engagement should provide you with the opportunity to further your understanding of the contemporary concept of globalisation, multicultural heal ..read more
Birmingham LGBT
2y ago
Sian Finn, Volunteering & Peer Mentoring Co-ordinator
To celebrate Volunteers’ Week this month, and the incredible impact our volunteers have made within and across our services and communities, we are currently in the process of creating a visual legacy which has been made possible with Birmingham Pride Community Trust funding.
We have artist Sophie Handy leading on this project, and are in the midst of creating something that represents our fantastic volunteers and our vibrant community members by creating a colourful mosaic rainbow tree with branches that represent our volunteering rol ..read more