By Mabel Wellman. Main image: Rachel Jones. Southampton Pride 2026 is now over, and whilst it was a wet one, it was still a fantastic weekend. The two day Pride event kicked off with the protest march from Queen’s Park, to the Pride event at Guildhall Square. There were...
Articles with the Tag LGBTQIA
Review: The Importance of Being Oscar, Theatre Royal Winchester
Words by Joy McKay. Photo credit: Marc Brenner. Star rating: 4 out of 5. The Importance of Being Oscar is a play first premiered in Dublin in 1960 written and performed by Micheál Mac Liammóir. It quickly achieved success being shown on Broadway, as an award winning television production...
Experience: From outsider to insider in a football-shaped universe
By Tammi Dodger. If you live in the way that you take it personally when the universe ruins your day, the upside is that it sometimes feels like the cosmos is giving you its blessing. That’s how it felt the first time the Lionnesses won the Euros in 2021....
Pride returns to Southampton
By Mabel Wellman. Picture: Mike Daish. Southampton Pride returns to the city on 23rd and 24th August. This is another two day Pride event after the major success from last year’s first two day Southampton Pride. The event will feature a huge number of musicians, performers and artists, including...
Love (Re)claimed art exhibition celebrates queer love, identity and artistic expression, this weekend
Image by Rachel Jones. Love Reclaimed is an exhibition celebrating queer love, identity, and artistic expression, exploring the intersections of love and queerness, forming part of the UK Pride programme of events as Portsmouth warms up to host UK Pride next month. 35 local LGBTQIA+ artists are taking part,...
Pride in the Shirt project to combine football and arts for young LGBTQIA+ community
An exciting new project is combining football and arts for the LGBTQIA+ community in Hampshire. Pride In The Shirt seeks to create a safe, inclusive space for young LGBTQIA+ people (16-21yrs) in Hampshire to be active and creative. The project will be staffed by LGBTQIA+ sports coaches and arts...
Heritage LGBT History Month: The shift to a radical movement
By Mabel Wellman. As LGBT History Month continues, we will be talking about the transition of the LGBT liberation movement from the “”Homophile” Movement to the far more radical and political movement after The Stonewall Riots. The word “homophile” was coined to be used in lieu of homosexual. By...
Heritage: LGBT History Month – the pioneering Institute for Sexual Science that was destroyed by Nazis
By Mabel Wellman. Saturday was the start of LGBT History Month. As someone with an interest in history this has always been a busy month for me. In the past I’ve reached out through Trans Pride Southampton to research and create content for LGBT History Month that focused heavily...
Opinion: Why Stonewall’s Rainbow Laces Campaign matters
By Mabel Wellman. From the 16th November to the 4th December, Stonewall is having its annual Rainbow Laces Campaign to promote inclusion in sports. Various sporting organisations including the Premier League and England Lacrosse are taking part this year, as do thousands of regular people who put pairs of...
Trans Pride Southampton returns this weekend
The highly anticipated summer event, Trans Pride Southampton, returns on Saturday, 29th June. This event will start with a protest march through Southampton, starting at Oxford Street and finishing at the event’s venue, Edmund Kell Unitarian Church. The march will start from 12pm and last approximately one hour. Prior...