A new addition is to be made to Sunderland’s every growing weekly gay night this week. The Tuesday gay night in Sunderland has been established for over nine years and in that time numerous bars have made an addition to the weekly theme of the City. This week Gatsby’s will join in the goings on [...]
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City Theatre to be re-opened & re-named after Beatles manager
May 14, 2012
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The Epstein Theatre (formerly The Neptune) is re-named after Liverpool’s most successful music entrepreneurs and Beatles Manager, Brian Epstein and has recently undergone a £1.2m refurbishment of the foyer, bar and 380 seater auditorium. Liverpool music legend Ian McCulloch said “It’s an honour to be asked to open the venue named after Brian Epstein. I’m [...]
Read more LGBT North East Forum
May 14, 2012
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LGBT North East is a virtual employment, engagement and community forum for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people in the North East. The forum has been developed by a group of diversity focused organisations in partnership with Equality North East through their Connecting for Change programme. Connecting for Change aims to improve economic inclusion for [...]
Read more Pride Cafe Comes to Newcastle
May 14, 2012
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Brainchild of Bar and Events Manager John Harrison who has 20 years of experience running bars on ‘Newcastle Gay Scene’ area of Newcastle between Central Station and the Metro Arena, ‘Pride Cafe’ is to become an important destination for LGBT visitors to Newcastle city centre and their friends. Harrison masterminded the growth of the annual [...]
Read more LadyRock Festival 2012
February 1, 2012
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LadyRock Festival – the North West’s first ever women’s only event of its kind – debuts on Saturday 26 May 2012 at Manchester Rugby Club. The event’s founder and director is Jackie Crozier, best known for her four year reign as Manchester Pride’s festival director and involvement with Manchester’s LGBT community. Crozier said: [...]
Read more INTERVIEW: Betty Legs Diamond & Miss Rory
January 12, 2012
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Two of the country’s top drag performers come together to celebrate the first birthday of Newcastle’s Boulevard, where cabaret meets Broadway. Miss Rory, who has taken the Newcastle scene by storm as the face of Northern Pride working with a crowd of 16,000, is the host and compare of the evening while the indestructible Betty [...]
Read more Politics: Nick Forbes
January 6, 2012
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Nick Forbes was born and brought up in the North East and has ived in Newcastle all his working life. He was first elected to the City Council in 2000, aged 26. He represent Westgate Ward, which includes the City Centre and parts of the Inner West and Rye Hill. Labour Government investment has transformed [...]
Read more Scene Sunderland
January 4, 2012
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With the arrival of Sunderland’s first ever Pride event in September 2011 the Sunderland Scene has gone through something of a rebirth. New theme nights, entertainment changes, and more venues opening have all allowed Sunderland’s LGB&T community to blossom in the city centre. Here’s my take on the Sunderland Scene frolics and more! Scene Alternative [...]
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