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‘Courage, determination and integrity’: Gay ‘pioneer’ Justin Fashanu inducted into National Football Museum’s Hall of Fame

Today members of the wider football community came together at Manchester’s National Football Museum to celebrate Justin Fashanu’s inauguration into the Football Hall of Fame on what would have been his 59th birthday.

‘Justice without education just fails people’: Trans actor attacked with stones for kissing partner speaks to MM

The critically acclaimed play Rotterdam returned to Manchester Opera House last month after two of the main cast were targeted in a homophobic hate crime in Southampton – which caused two previous showings to be cancelled.

Celebrating 20 years of football in the Village: inside the ‘best gay team in Europe’

Village Manchester FC are the Gay Village’s resident football club. They’re 20 years old, and in that time have maintained success on the field whilst being all-inclusive off it. Mancunian Matters looks inside the club that represents so much for Manchester’s gay footballers.

‘Best in country’: Manchester homeless support for LGBT youth praised by trust boss

Manchester has been praised after a report revealed that LGBT youths are at a significantly higher risk of becoming homeless because of family rejection than non-LGBT youngsters.

‘We exist’! Manchester LGBT charity aim to end ‘erasure of identities’ for BAME people

Black LGBT people have a lack of visibility in mainstream society, but the LGBT Foundation is trying to bring them to the forefront with their Black History Month event, ‘Screening in Colour’.

‘Orthodox priests’ strike a pose for NSFW homoerotic calendar to fight Russia’s oppression of LGBT people

A homoerotic calendar is arousing the intrigue of people across the globe thanks to the stunning photography of muscular, almost naked models wearing symbols of the Orthodox religion – including one who looks an awful lot like a certain Russian ruler.

‘Distress call for minorities’: More than 75% Manchester hate crime offenders escape

The Greater Manchester Police’s success rate in identifying and charging people for hate crimes has decreased, according to a FOI released by the GMP as Islamophobia, anti-Semitism and sexual orientation crimes are still rife within the county.

Man jailed for homophobia after ‘torrent of verbal abuse’ in Manchester city centre

A man has today been sentenced to 13 weeks imprisonment at Manchester magistrates’ court for the homophobic abuse of two men in Manchester city centre on 31st October 2014.

Homeward bound: Sir Ian McKellen returns to Bolton for town’s first Pride event

Burnley-born but Bolton-raised Sir Ian, famed for his roles in the Lord of the Rings films, will attend Bolton Pride’s awards dinner on October 16 having previous posted a teasing YouTube clip in which he declared his support for the event.

End of road for motor mouth? 80% of Manchester tell BBC to bin Clarkson over ‘fracas’

Making headlines once again for his string of controversial antics, Jeremy Clarkson has now been suspended from the BBC after allegedly punching a producer. But should this be the final straw for his Top Gear career?

Peter Tatchell says gays are demonised in Russia like ‘Jews in Nazi Germany’

Tatchell was speaking to the audience about the sick homophobic experiments of a shamed Nazi doctor back in the 40s and the lessons society needs to learn about preventing similar incidents from happening again.

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