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Queer campaigners offer up shares in ‘UK’s first community-run LGBT+ venue’ – with £100k needed to open it this year
Friends of the Joiners Arms, still waiting for the new LGBT+ pub it fought hard for, has decided to build its own
Council promises more robust support for LGBT+ schoolkids following ‘disturbing’ Birmingham protests
Deputy Mayor ‘welcomes’ recommendations to further develop voices of LGBT+ young people
Local students meet Will Young for new education project tackling homophobic bullying
Petchey Academy pupils spoke to the singer at the launch of Amazon’s LGBT+ Reading Roadshow, which is providing free books and workshops to schools with the help of Pink News and Just Like Us
Two pedestrian crossings in Hackney get a rainbow remake for Pride
The crossings have been painted on two roads with historical ties to the local LGBTQI+ community
Hackney Brewery to bring back Unicorn Rodeo charity beer for Pride 2019
The eye-catching pale ale will be on sale in support of LGBT+ helpline Switchboard from the beginning of June
Queer film festival to return to east London for its eighth year
Volunteer-led Fringe!, founded in 2011 in response to arts cuts, is back for six days in November
Hackney at Pride: Drag royalty join council staff for ‘solidarity march’
120 locals put on a colourful show for the annual LGBTQI+ parade
Stik sculpture to take Pride of place in Hoxton park
Holding Hands, a 4m tall piece based on the artist’s trademark stick figures and famous LGBTQI+ Pride banner, will be coming to Hoxton Square later this year
Joiners Arms: community meetings announced as plans for new LGBTQI+ pub/hub take shape
Campaign group Friends of the Joiners Arms will solicit ideas for the dormant Hackney Road institution at two get-togethers in March
Pride in your image: young and old LGBTQI+ locals come together for a pair of artistic Hackney Museum exhibits
Out and About and From Bedroom to Battleground will be open in time for LGBT History Month, after the Council spent a year collecting historical testimony and artefacts from the community
Fringe! Queer Film Fest: pushing boundaries and celebrating queer history
We check out a screening of The Misandrists at the film festival, which is on across East London until Sunday
INTERVIEW: ‘I’m sure The Queen would love to see a bit of it’: Jonny Woo previews his Unroyal Variety show
The legendary drag performer, comedian, and owner of gay Haggerston super-pub The Glory gives the Citizen a sneak peek at his upcoming ensemble spectacular at the Empire
LGBT campaigners victorious as Joiners Arms saved from demolition – for now
‘The Joiner’s Arms is more than just a pub. It’s a community to the people who went there.’
Legendary gay pub The Joiners Arms “back in business” with events on Hackney Road
Parties to be held at Ye Olde Ax club, opposite the original Joiners building, as campaigners fight for an LGBT+ hub in the derelict space that closed in 2015
Stik banner auction to raise money for LGBTQI+ youth project
Proceeds from the sale will help local group put on exhibition celebrating borough’s queer heritage