Today, MM chat to Danny Beard, a DJ and entertainer originally from Liverpool but known on the Manchester gay scene as the face of Poptastic – a long-running gay student night.
What would happen if four of history’s greatest LGBT icons found themselves together in a waiting room, each given the power to change one aspect of their lives?
Apprentice star Sanjay Sood-Smith, who was a University of Manchester student long before his quest to become Lord Sugar’s next business partner, answers MM’s LGBT History Month Q&A.
MM talk to Tom Hayes who is councillor for Oxford City – but originally hails from Salford.
Tom is also national secretary for LGBT Labour, a socialist society affiliated with the Labour party who campaign for further steps for LGBT equality.
Charlie Hooson-Sykes,an Executive Assistant at the University of Manchester, discusses same sex schools, coming out as bisexual and the friendly faces that the city so great with MM.
The trans community does not receive the same support given to other minority groups, according to prominent trans activist and organiser of Manchester Sparkle OBE Jenny-Anne Bishop.
To celebrate LGBT History Month, MM talk to LGBT figures from across Greater Manchester about their experiences of coming out and what progress they think the city still has to make towards equality.
To celebrate LGBT History Month, MM talk to LGBT figures from across Greater Manchester about their experiences of coming out and what progress they think the city still has to make towards equality.
Organiser, Jamie Starboisky, 31, says he set up the festival, which takes place on Saturday February 7 at Contact, after being inspired by the power of storytelling.
“Those early struggles have helped me to remember what is important and that is to stand up for what you believe in and when you are confident in yourself you can go on to support others.”
If you are struggling to find fun things to do during LGBT History Month, look no further as MM have compiled a list of the best places to celebrate around Manchester.
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