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Graham Norton invites the nation to Party for Parkinson’s for The Queen’s Jubilee

Popular BBC TV Presenter and arguably the nation’s favourite party host, Graham Norton, has issued a rallying cry – urging everyone to Party for Parkinson’s this summer. Familiar with glitzy nightlife and besquinned party gear, Graham is channelling his love of social occasions into backing a new campaign aimed at helping people with Parkinson’s by [...]

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Pink Sofa present charity ball for Breast Cancer Care

Three of the top UK lesbian brands have joined forces to raise money for Breast Cancer Care with a luxury 5 star May Ball at the Radisson Hotel, Bloomsbury Street, London on Saturday May 26th. pinksofa.com, currently g3s ‘Dating Site of the Year 2012’  and Elaine McKenzie’s Glass Bar and popular lesbian night Flaunt, decided [...]

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Mind the Map: inspiring art, design and cartography

Dates announced for new exhibition at London Transport Museum Friday 18 May to Sunday 28 October 2012 A new exhibition about the inspiration, history and creativity behind London transport maps opens on Friday 18 May 2012. Mind the Map: inspiring art, design and cartography will draw on the Museum’s outstanding map collection to explore the [...]

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Shakespeare’s Globe launches £1.5 million matched-giving scheme

Shakespeare’s Globe has announced the gift of £1.5 million from an anonymous private donor for a matched-giving scheme to help the Globe reach its fund-raising target of £7 million towards the new Indoor Jacobean Theatre. For every pound raised by the Globe, it will be matched from the £1.5 million pool, bringing the fund-raising total [...]

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Café Royal Hotel reopens summer 2012

The reopening of the Café Royal in June 2012 as a member of The Set, Alfred and Georgi Akirov’s visionary new contemporary hotel collection, marks the return of a London institution that, throughout its 150-year history, has continually reinvented itself to define the moods, social mores and style of the capital. Over the last three [...]

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Theatre-in-Education Company Set To Tackle Homophobia Across the UK

A Theatre in Education company from the north-west, Pink Triangle Theatre (PTT), has been invited by Sue Sanders, the respected author, ex-teacher and rights-activist, to perform at the pre-launch event for Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans (LGBT) History Month on Monday, 21 November 2011. Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans History Month takes place every year in February [...]

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Graham Norton invites the nation to Party for Parkinson’s for The Queen’s Jubilee

Popular BBC TV Presenter and arguably the nation’s favourite party host, Graham Norton, has issued a rallying cry – urging [...]

Proud Rhinos to celebrate sporting equality

World Club champions Leeds Rhinos are dedicating their Stobart Super League Round 24 fixture against Widnes Vikings on Friday August [...]

Threats and attacks on activists with just 24 hours left to IDAHO

With just 24 hours until the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO), threats of reprisals in Malaysia and attacks [...]

Gloucester City Homes – working to beat hate crime

Gloucester City Homes (GCH) considers all incidents of hate crime to be very serious anti-social behaviour and is committed to [...]

IDAHO Events

LONDON:   LONDON – GALHA & SCHOOL’S OUT Friday 18th May 2012 7.30pm Brockway Room, Conway Hall   Members of [...]

Police operation to target homophobic abuse in Portsmouth

Police in Portsmouth are carrying out an operation to target homophobic abuse.  It follows several reports of verbal abuse directed [...]