The pilot SHOUT Festival was Birmingham’s first ‘queer’ mixed cultural festival bringing together a programme of arts, sports and community activity. It brought internationally known speakers, artists and performers to the city for four weeks of queer creativity in November 2009. It contributed £450,000 to the economy of Birmingham.
SHOUT delivered a unique programme of activity including working with international, national and local artists whilst also capacity building groups within the local LGBT community. The festival programme combined dance, music, sports, theatre, visual arts and literature. This involved collaboration with many Birmingham venues and arts organisations, and provided numerous opportunities for participation.
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Gay Birmingham Remembered Exhibition
Gay Bimringham Remembered : Exhibition Launch - 8th May 2008
Over 100 invited guests attended the launch of the Gay Birmingham Remembered exhibition, which illustrates the political, social and cultural heritage of the lesbian, gay and bisexual community and the experiences of local people contributing to and living through times of great change.
Keynote speaker Michael Cashman, MEP said that the exhibition had brought back fond memories of people he had known and places he had been to in Birmingham. He said that whilst the exhibition is an excellent record of the achievements of many lesbian and gay people in Birmingham, and while we should appreciate how far we have come, we must never forget the journey we have come on. Lesbians and gay men must never become complacent because we could still lose the rights we have achieved.
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Are you being Served ?
Birmingham LGBT Community Trust invites you to a free consultation event, to be held on 23rd January 2010.This is a chance for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people who live, work, study or socialise in Birmingham to have their say about the services they use and/ or would like. During the day we will look at issues including education, homophobic bullying, hate crime, health and social care, community cohesion - amongst others. Steph Keeble, Strategic development workers says “This is a really good opportunity for the community to identify issues that affect them in the city and influence key policy makers”.
LGBT Cancer Consultation - Feedback
Now we need to hear your views on cancer …
In October Macmillan and Birmingham LGBT Community Trust held held an information event for members of the LGBT communities and the following suggestions for improving the experience of LGBT people affected by cancer were put forward in the work groups and during discussions:
A specifically LGBT area on Macmillan’s website – there was strong support for an online community – suggested name the Rainbow Room – there is already a facility within Macmillan’s website for individuals to set up their own community groups: http://community.macmillan.org.uk/groups/
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Gay Life Matters September 2004
Gay Life Matters
The Trust held a highly successful and well attended series of free "Gay Life Matters" events during September 2004. They were intended to bring together the LGB community and the people who provide services and make decisions that affect the lives of LGBs in Birmingham. The report from each session can be reviewed by below
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