An officer and a gentle woman: the sex-change aristocrat

He led a life of privilege — game hunter, Guardsman and gentleman farmer. But Rhodri Davies had only one desire: to be a woman. So he changed his gender, lost his family, and found a new career as a nurse.

Read the full article in The Times here.

Miranda was also interviewed on BBC Radio 4's The Choice on Tuesday 5 November. The programme is available to listen online for the a week here.

LGBT related Radio and TV Programmes, 6th - 12th November

We seek them out so you don't have to. This is our weekly non-exhaustive round up of upcoming LGBT programmes on the radio and television. Inclusion of a programme is not a recommendation.

Some of the programmes listed below will be available online on the respective network's websites.

Enjoy!

Owt on’t’telly?

A round up of LGBT progs and personalities on British TV.
With our apologies for the delay due to a technical problem.

Warning: One film not to see is The Execution of Gary Glitter on C4. It examines what would happen to Paul Gadd (Glitter’s BC name) if capital punishment came back to the UK. Anne Widdecombe and Gary Bushell have cameo roles, as does Miranda Sawyer (what on earth did she think she was doing?) C4 Monday 9pm

TV
New
On Saturday morning Nigel Slater cooks Simple Suppers on BBC1 at 11.30. In the evening Mika and La Roux perform on 4Music: Live from Abbey Road on C4 at 11.20. Alan Cummings investigates The Real Cabaret on BBC4 at 11.30pm. Lindsay Lohan at 9am and Freddie Mercury at 11pm onBio. What the Dickens on Sky Arts 1 for insomniacs at 1.10am.
I bet you never thought All Star Family Fortunes would be in this guide. Well, the ludicrously-cheesy-yet-made-almost-pallatable-by-Vernon-Kaye ITV1show features John Barrowman and his at 7.15pm Sunday. Simon Callow’s Classical Destinations on Sky Arts 1 at 7pm. QI on Dave at 9 and Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive on Blighty at 10pm. Best wishes to him because I believe he’s on a downer at the moment.
Sandi Toksvig is Paul O’Grady’s guest on Monday at 5pm C4. Stephen Fry in America on Dave at 8pm. Sky Arts 1 has What the Dickens at 10.30pmand Arts 2 has Simon Callow at 11.30am
Stephen K. Amos guests on The Wright Stuff on Five at 9.15am from Tuesday through till Friday. Also on Tuesday, a double helping of QI on Dave at8.20pm. Lots of What the Dickens on Sky Arts 1, with Dirk Bogarde By Myself at 11pm. Ballet Boyz at 8pm Sky Arts 2.
On Wednesday Sandi Toksvig pops up on ITV1’s This Morning and Simon Lycett, Elton John’s flower arranger, will be on hand with his tips at 3pm onThe Alan Titchmarsh Show. What the Dickens is on Sky Arts 1 again.
On Friday QBoy’s Coming Out to Class in repeated on C4 at 9.35am and there’s Peter Kaye: Raider of the Pop Charts on C4 at 9pm. But Beautiful People is back! Simon and Kylie become wedding designers in Jonathan Harvey’s comedy designed on the childhood of Simon Doonan. BBC2 10pm

Ongoing
C4’s Come Dine with Me is from Cambridge on Saturday at 4. X Factor ITV1 Saturday and Sunday. The Graham Norton Show at 10.35pm on Mondayand 11.55 Tuesday on BBC1. Frasier at 8am,Will and Grace at 9am and Come Dine with Me on Sunday on C4. Paul O’Grady Show every day at 5pm onC4. Gok Wan on How to Look Good Naked C4 8pm Tuesday. The Restaurant at 8pm on Thursday BBC2 (if you like watching people break down and cry in front of Raymond Blanc). True Blood is on C4 on Wednesday at 10pm. Gok Wan on How to Look Good Naked C4 8pm Tuesday and Derren Brown at 11. Syed and Christian are still trying to find their way on Eastenders on BBC1 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 8pm with an omnibus on Sunday at 1.25pm.

Films
On terrestrial Saturday there’s The Full Monty on C4 at 9.30pm and The Merchant of Venice with Al Pacino as Shylock on BBC2 at 12.20am. Why? Because the hero’s a woman and Antonio and Bassanio are obviously more than just good friends. Mamma Mia! on Family at 8pm.
Meet Dorothy and her friends on Five 3pm Sunday with The Wizard of Oz. Bogarde in Doctor in Distress at 5.05 Film4. On Wednesday there’s X-Men onModern Greats at 11pm and O Lucky Man on TCM at 11.30pm. Marilyn Monroe in Let’s Make Love on Film4 4.30pm Thursday.

Radio
Please also note that Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour contains a lot of relevant content and is generally LGBT friendly, but a lot of its output is not available to us before we put this on the site. For the latest Woman’s Hour stuff, subscribe to the programme's newsletter here.

Saturday 6th
BBC Radio 2 - 10am: Jonathan Ross. Morrissey guests
BBC Radio 2 - 1pm: Dale Winton’s Pick of the Pops
BBC Radio 2 - 6: Going Out with Alan Carr
BBC Radio 3 - 8.45pm: Britten in the 50s
BBC Radio 4 - 12.30pm: The News Quiz. Sandi Toksvig presents. Sue Perkins guests
BBC Radio 4 - 4pm: Weekend Woman’s Hour
BBC Radio 4 - 5.30: The Bottom Line. Evan Davis
BBC Radio 4 - 8: Archive on 4: This is the Army, Mr Jones. JohnBarrowman on Irving Berlin’s morale boosting wartime show
BBC Radio 4 - 10.15: The Moral Maze. Bear pit that sometimes touches on LGBT issues. This week it’s about Twitter and brings up that Jan Moir article on Stephen Gately

Sunday 7th
BBC Radio 4 - 8.30: Last Word. Weekly obituary that has included LGBT figures in the past
BBC Radio 7 - 10: The News Quiz

Tuesday 9th
BBC Radio 4 - 9am: The Choice. Michael Buerk talks to Miranda Ponsonby about her decision to have gender reassignment surgery
BBC Radio 4 - 9.30: Parting Shots. Matthew Parris on diplomats and ambassadors
BBC Radio 4 - 2.15pm: Afternoon Play: Albert’s Boy. Victor Spinetti plays Albert Einstein in a tragi-comic look at his twilight years
BBC Radio 4 - 9.30: The Choice. As 9am

Wednesday 10th
BBC Radio 4 - 11.30am: Hut 33: Back to Your Post. Sitcom set in Bletchley Park in 1942.
BBC Radio 4 - 8pm: The Moral Maze. The cut-throat debate that often touches on LGBT issues returns
BBC Radio 7 - 5.30pm: The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere. 1987 comedy features Tim Curry and Simon Callow

Thursday 11th
BBC Radio 4 - 8.30: The Bottom Line. Evan Davies
BBC Radio 4 - 11pm: Pick-ups. Comedy set in a Manchester cab firm. LGBT content unknown
BBC Radio 7 - 6.30: The Canterville Ghost. Alistair McGowan reads from Wilde’s satirical ghost story

Friday 12th
BBC Radio 4 - 4pm: Last Word
BBC Radio 4 - 6.30: The News Quiz
6 Music - 7pm: Tom Robinson
BBC Radio 7 - 7pm: Round the Horne

Local and online

For a global classification of queer radio on line:
http://radiotime.com/Search.aspx?query=gay&so=26,52,78 and
http://radiotime.com/Search.aspx?query=Lesbian
Gay Internet Radio Live (G.I.R.L.) is on the air 24 hours a day with dance music from the US at www.gayinternetradiolive.com.

Wythenshaw 97.2 FM, a community radio station, airs a lesbian and gay radio magazine programme once weekly, according to Out North West Magazine published by the Lesbian and Gay Foundation in Manchester. Podcast http://www.tuesdaynightout.co.uk/

GayRadio-UK is a new online radio station in Blackpool and promises a variety of LGBT programming. The audio stream is at www.gayradiouk.com. Guests iunclude lesbian actress Amanda Barrie, gay icon Su Pollard and radical actor Richie Tomlinson. Daily programmes are uploaded at the most popular gay podcast site on the net, Feast of Fun www.feastoffools.net, with a speech based programme of LGBT guests, news digest and light-hearted discussion.

Galaxy North East
Monday-Friday 4-7pm: James Barr

BBC Radio Manchester - 95.1 and online
Every Monday 8pm: The Gay Hour, Ashley Byrne and Andrew Edwards

BBC London - 94.9 and online
Monday – Friday 3-5pm: Danny Baker. With Amy Lamé or Baylen Leonard

Gaydar Radio - Brighton, London DAB and online 24/7

Manchester’s gaydio www.gaydio.co.uk

FYI Radio (gay youth radio) - online (currently only podcast but soon to grow to a fully fledged station) www.fyiradio.net

www.pinkeradio.com

Last Tuesday of the month - 6pm
Out in South London - local LGBT radio show with Rosie Wilby and guests
Listen online at www.southcityradio.org

LGBT related Radio and TV Programmes, 31st October - 5th November

We seek them out so you don't have to. This is our weekly non-exhaustive round up of upcoming LGBT programmes on the radio and television. Inclusion of a programme is not a recommendation.

Some of the programmes listed below will be available online on the respective network's websites.

Enjoy!

Owt on’t’telly?

A round up of LGBT progs and personalities on British TV.

Warning: Emmerdale is running a story about a woman faking domestic abuse to seek attention. You might like to complain to ITV1. In the past Emmerdale has had a major lesbian character: Zoe. She came out, chucked her girlfriend, went mad, turned into a nymphomaniac and conceived a baby in the back of a car with the local thug, lived with him for a while and then fled with the baby to Brazil. Yeah, like you do!

TV
New
C4’s back to back Come Dine with Me comes from Derby and is shown from 3.45-6.15 Saturday. Francis Bacon Night on BBC4 starts with a 2005 Arenaprofile on the artist at 9pm, has the man himself in never-seen-before archive clips on In His Own Words at 10.35 and follows with Love is the Devil (see films) at 11. What the Dickens at 8pm on Sky Arts 1 and Freddie Mercury at 9.55.
On Sunday Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive is repeated on Blighty at 10pm.
On Monday Benidorm is repeated on ITV2 at 10pm. On Wednesday BBC3 airs The Noughties: Was That It? which documents the decade and includes lots on civil partnerships. Rufus Wainwright is featured on Sky Arts1 at 4.35pm Thursday. Barry Manilow on Bio at 4pm. Friday’s Corrie at 7.30 is written by Jonathan Harvey. Brighton Beach Patrol on Five at 8 and Benidorm on ITV1 at 9. Why Benidorm? It’s a modern farce with a gay couple in it. They’re awful, but as in all good farces everyone else is too.

Ongoing
X Factor ITV1 Saturday and Sunday. The Graham Norton Show at 10.35pm on Monday and midnight Tuesday on BBC1. Will and Grace at 9am andCome Dine with Me on Sunday on C4. Paul O’Grady Show every day at 5pm on C4. True Blood is on C4 on Wednesday at 10pm. Gok Wan on How to Look Good Naked C4 8pm Tuesday and Derren Brown at 11. Syed and Christian are still trying to find their way on Eastenders on BBC1 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 8pm with an omnibus on Sunday at 1.25pm.

Films
On Saturday BBC4’s Francis Bacon night winds up with Love is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon at 11pm. The true-life tragedy stars Derek Jacobi as Bacon and Daniel Craig as the burglar he seduces. X-Men Last Stand on E4 at 7.55. On Sunday there’s West Side Story on Screen 1 at 6.30am and Mamma Mia at 8pm on Family. On Tuesday St. Trinians is on Comedy at 8pm, with Rupert Everett as headmistress.

Radio
Please also note that Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour contains a lot of relevant content and is generally LGBT friendly, but a lot of its output is not available to us before we put this on the site. For the latest Woman’s Hour stuff, subscribe to the programme's newsletter here.

Saturday 31st
BBC Radio 2 - 1pm: Dale Winton’s Pick of the Pops
BBC Radio 2 - 6: Going Out with Alan Carr
BBC Radio 2 - 9.15: Paul Gambaccini US Hits
BBC Radio 4 - 12.30pm: The News Quiz. Sandi Toksvig presents. Sue Perkins guests
BBC Radio 4 - 4pm: Weekend Woman’s Hour
BBC Radio 4 - 5.30: The Bottom Line. Evan Davis
BBC Radio 4 - 9: Howard’s End. Dramatisation of the E M Forster classic
BBC Radio 4 - 10.15: The Moral Maze. Bear pit that sometimes touches on LGBT issues
BBC Radio 4 - 12.30: Dilemmas of Modern Martyrs. Sabotage. Aftermath of a gay wedding

Sunday 1st
BBC Radio 2 - 1pm: John Barrowman. Features La Cage aux Folles
BBC Radio 2 - 5pm: Paul O’Grady
BBC Radio 4 - 7.05am: Sunday. Religious programme that often deals with LGBT issues
BBC Radio 4 - 8.30: Last Word. Weekly obituary that has included LGBT figures in the past
BBC Radio 7 - 10: The News Quiz

Tuesday 3rd
BBC Radio 4 - 9.30am: Parting Shots. Matthew Parris on diplomats and ambassadors

Wednesday 4th
BBC Radio 4 - 11.30am: Hut 33: Back to Your Post. Sitcom set in Bletchley Park in 1942.
BBC Radio 4 - 8pm: The Moral Maze. The cut-throat debate that often touches on LGBT issues returns
BBC Radio 7 - 5.30pm: The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere. 1987 comedy features Tim Curry and Simon Callow

Thursday 5th
BBC Radio 4 - 1.30pm: Off the Page. Rhona Cameron discusses leaving your comfort zone
BBC Radio 4 - 8.30: The Bottom Line. Evan Davies
BBC Radio 4 - 11pm: Pick-ups. Comedy set in a Manchester cab firm. LGBT content unknown

Friday 5th
BBC Radio 4 - 4pm: Last Word
BBC Radio 4 - 6.30: The News Quiz
6 Music - 7pm: Tom Robinson
BBC Radio 7 - 7pm: Round the Horne

Local and online

For a global classification of queer radio on line:
http://radiotime.com/Search.aspx?query=gay&so=26,52,78 and
http://radiotime.com/Search.aspx?query=Lesbian
Gay Internet Radio Live (G.I.R.L.) is on the air 24 hours a day with dance music from the US at www.gayinternetradiolive.com.

Wythenshaw 97.2 FM, a community radio station, airs a lesbian and gay radio magazine programme once weekly, according to Out North West Magazine published by the Lesbian and Gay Foundation in Manchester. Podcast http://www.tuesdaynightout.co.uk/

GayRadio-UK is a new online radio station in Blackpool and promises a variety of LGBT programming. The audio stream is at www.gayradiouk.com. Guests iunclude lesbian actress Amanda Barrie, gay icon Su Pollard and radical actor Richie Tomlinson. Daily programmes are uploaded at the most popular gay podcast site on the net, Feast of Fun www.feastoffools.net, with a speech based programme of LGBT guests, news digest and light-hearted discussion.

Galaxy North East
Monday-Friday 4-7pm: James Barr

BBC Radio Manchester - 95.1 and online
Every Monday 8pm: The Gay Hour, Ashley Byrne and Andrew Edwards

BBC London - 94.9 and online
Monday – Friday 3-5pm: Danny Baker. With Amy Lamé or Baylen Leonard

Gaydar Radio - Brighton, London DAB and online 24/7

Manchester’s gaydio www.gaydio.co.uk

FYI Radio (gay youth radio) - online (currently only podcast but soon to grow to a fully fledged station) www.fyiradio.net

www.pinkeradio.com

Last Tuesday of the month - 6pm
Out in South London - local LGBT radio show with Rosie Wilby and guests
Listen online at www.southcityradio.org

US Parents Lobby against Homopobic hate Crime

Parents of gays and lesbians, teachers and activists carrying photos of hate crime murder victims including Harvey Milk and Matthew Shepard will demonstrate in front of the White House on Wednesday 28 October from noon to 2 p.m. prior to the President signing the Matthew Shepard Amendment. The amendment adds gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and disabilities to the federal hate crimes act.

The demonstration is organised by Equality Forum, an international LGBT civil rights organisation with an educational focus.

According to the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs, there were 29 hate crime murders of LGBT Americans among the 2,424 LGBT hate crimes in 2008. Since 1998, when Matthew Shepard was murdered, there have been over 16,000 hate crime victims, on average, about 1,450 LGBT hate crimes per year.

“Homophobia has fueled carnage since Matthew Shepard’s murder 11 years ago,” stated Malcolm Lazin, Executive Director of Equality Forum. “The Matthew Shepard Amendment is the beginning not the end in recognising, addressing and eliminating homophobia in our schools, workplaces, neighborhoods and culture.”

“We applaud those in Congress and President Obama who support the Matthew Shepard Amendment,” stated Susan Wheeler of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, the mother of James Wheeler. “My son took his life after being repeatedly harassed in high school. He was surrounded in the locker room and urinated on. Jim never recovered from that humiliation.”

“We demonstrate as a reminder of the over 16,000 hate crime victims since Matthew’s brutal murder,” stated Michael and Barbara Klinman of Havertown, Pennsylvania, who are parents of a gay son. “These crimes are intended to intimidate the LGBT community and their ferocity impacts the soul of America.”

“As we carry the photos of murder victims of LGBT hate crimes, we stand-in for those whose lives have been silenced,” stated Carol Watchler, GLSEN Central New Jersey Co-Chair. “We demonstrate because we are concerned about the safety of youth. We want to ensure that gay and lesbian children are not hate crime statistics and can live without fear of homophobic violence.”

Suspects Bailed after Homophobic Attack in Liverpool

Six teenagers have been arrested over a homophobic attack on an off-duty police officer that left him fighting for his life, police said.

Two 15-year-old boys were detained on Monday evening over the weekend assault on James Parkes in Liverpool city centre, and are being questioned by detectives.

Four other boys also arrested on Monday have been released on police bail pending further inquiries, Merseyside Police said.
Mr Parkes, 22, received multiple skull, eye socket and cheekbone fractures on Sunday night after being set upon by a gang in Stanley Street as he walked with friends.

He was admitted to hospital with critical injuries and remains in a serious but stable condition.

The two 15-year-olds arrested on Monday night were from the Kirkdale area of Merseyside, police said. The four others released - two 15-year-old boys, one boy aged 14 and a 17-year-old - were from the same area.

Pc Parkes was a Police Community Support Officer on Merseyside for a couple of years before joining the Merseyside force in May.

Police are scanning CCTV footage of the area as part of their investigation. Detective Chief Inspector Tim Keelan appealed for witnesses to come forward.

He said: "We are treating the assault as a homophobic hate crime and this incident shows there are still some people who have not learnt that crimes of this type are completely unacceptable. People who commit hate crimes can expect the full attention of the police and we will not rest until the offenders are brought to justice."

Merseyside Police said it has also stepped up high visibility patrols in the area to help reassure the public.

The latest attack comes just over a year after the murder of Liverpool teenager Michael Causer. It is also a month to the day since Ian Baynham was murdered in an attack by a gang of teenagers in Trafalgar Square.

A vigil in reaction to the attack will take place on Sunday 1st November at 8 pm on Stanley Street in Liverpool.

Rocky and Magenta Come back to Birmingham

Patricia Quinn, the actress who played Magenta in both the original stage show and iconic Rocky Horror Show film, will appear at a charity event in Birmingham on 28th October.

Rayner Bourton, who played the original Rocky, will also be in attendence. St.Pauls Gallery working with the SHOUT festival will present an ‘audience with’ style event where Patricia will talk about her work in both the stage show and movie.

Commenting on the event, Patricia said: ‘I’m Delighted to be coming to Birmingham to be with you all. Don’t dream it, be it. Let there be lips.’ St.Pauls gallery will be launching an exclusive limited edition run of prints from the original film poster, called ‘Lips’.

The gallery has donated two special prints, both of which will be signed personally by Patricia and be auctioned off on the night to raise money for HIV Charity ABplus.

visit www.getreadytoshout.org for more details

Vigil Against Hate Crime - 30 October

On Friday 25th September 2009, Ian Baynham, 62, and his friend were subjected to homophobic abuse in Trafalgar Square, London. When Ian challenged this unacceptable behaviour he was assaulted by three youths: two women and a man. He later died of his injuries on 13th October.

On Sunday 25 Ocotber, James Parkes, 22, an off-duty trainee police officer, was set upon by a group of up to 20 teenagers in the heart of the gay quarter of Liverpool. James was with his partner, another man and a woman when he was attacked. One of his companions was punched in the face. James is now fighting for his life with multiple skull fractures and other injuries.

Ian and James are sadly not alone; They are two among thousands of people who have been victims of hate crime.

People from all communities are invited to come together on Friday 30th October to stand up and say that Hate Crime is unacceptable and that we will no longer tolerate it.

The yigil, which has received high-profile support and will be hosted by Sandi Toksvig, will include speakers from a wide cross section of the community, and musical contributions from a mass choir bringing together members of the LGBT choir of London, Brighton and Hove, Birmingham and Manchester as well as the London Gay Symphonic Winds.

Those unable to attend the event in person, wherever they are in the world, are invited to light candles of hope and observe the two minutes silence, preferably at 9pm GMT.

The vigil, in Trafalgar Square, will start at 8pm and will last 2 hours.

A website (www.17-24-30.com) and Facebook event have been created for the occasion as well as a Twitter account.

Donations can be made here on PayPal or via a dedicated bank account (Sort Code 40-03-22 Account 41446843).

Volunteers to help organise are also welcome.

Queer Question Time @ RVT

ANGELA EAGLE MP, Parliament's only out lesbian, KEN LIVINGSTONE, former Mayor of London, ANDREW BOFF London Assembly Member, DAVID MCALMONT, singer/songwriter, and TIM TEEMAN, Times journalist will come together for an evening of debate of issues concerning the LGBT community.

People are invited to submit their questions to Miss Twinset by email or on the night before the debate which starts at 8.30 for an hour. The discussion will be followed by a performance by Dickie Beau (11.15) and an opportunity for some dancing.

Queer Question Time
Friday, 30 October 2009 at 19:00
Royal Vauxhall Tavern, London
Entry: £7.50

LGBT related Radio and TV Programmes, 24th - 30th October

We seek them out so you don't have to. This is our weekly non-exhaustive round up of upcoming LGBT programmes on the radio and television. Inclusion of a programme is not a recommendation.

Some of the programmes listed below will be available online on the respective network's websites.

Enjoy!

Owt on’t’telly?

A round up of LGBT progs and personalities on British TV.

Warning: Emmerdale is running a story about a woman faking domestic abuse to seek attention. You might like to complain to ITV1. In the past Emmerdale has had a major lesbian character: Zoe. She came out, chucked her girlfriend, went mad, turned into a nymphomaniac and conceived a baby in the back of a car with the local thug, lived with him for a while and then fled with the baby to Brazil. Yeah, like you do! And according to Nick Griffin on Question Time, the BNP is the friend of the homosexual. Yeah, right!

TV
New
Dame Shirley Bassey on Electric Proms BBC2 10.40pm Saturday. Boy George on Jonathan Ross on BBC1 12.45am Saturday. The Real Cabaret on BBC4 on Sunday at 9pm features Alan Cumming.
What the Dickens? on Sky Arts 1 at 8.30pm Monday. Miriam Margolyes guests with Alan Titchmarsh ITV1 at 3pmon Tuesday. Evan Davis meets Warren Buffett the World’s Greatest Money Maker on BBC2 11.20 Tuesday, but there is no gay content. Clare Balding guests on the panel game show It’s Only a Theory on BBC4 at 10pm Tuesday. The Ballet Boyz on Dance at 8pm Sky Arts 2.
Francis Bacon on Sky Arts 1 8pm Wednesday.
There’s usually a same sex couple trying to open a restaurant with Raymond Blanc in The Restaurant on BBC2 8pm Thursday. Graham Norton Show with Paul O’Grady at 11.40pm on Dave Thursday.

Ongoing
X Factor ITV1 Saturday and Sunday. The Graham Norton Show at 10.35pm on Monday and 11.45pm Tuesday onBBC1. LGBT issues are often debated in The Big Questions on BBC1 at 10am Sunday. Will and Grace at 9am andCome Dine with Me on Saturday and Sunday on C4. Paul O’Grady Show every day at 5pm on C4. Gok Wan onHow to Look Good Naked C4 8pm Tuesday and Derren Brown at 10.40. Benidorm on ITV1 at 9pm Friday. The gay story line is going on in Eastenders on BBC1 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 8pm with an omnibus on Sunday at 1.25pm.

Films
Five airs A Passage to India from the Forster novel at 2.10pm Saturday. X-Men on Modern Greats at 6.10pm andO Lucky Man on TCM at 12.50am.
Bette Davis and Joan Crawford in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? on Classics 9pm Sunday. Forget Psycho, Texas Chain Saw, Exorcist and Funny Games; this is the sickest film ever made. Mamma Mia on Tuesday Comedy 8pm. Late Night Shopping Film4 at 1.05am Wednesday. On Thursday there’s St. Trinians on Comedy at 9.35pmand Vera Drake on Film4 at 10.50. For Bette Davis fans there’s All about Eve on Film4 at 2.15pm Friday.

Radio
Please also note that Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour contains a lot of relevant content and is generally LGBT friendly, but a lot of its output is not available to us before we put this on the site. For the latest Woman’s Hour stuff, subscribe to the programme's newsletter here.

Saturday 24th
BBC Radio 2 - 1pm: Dale Winton’s Pick of the Pops
BBC Radio 2 - 6: Going Out with Alan Carr
BBC Radio 2 - 9.15: Paul Gambaccini US Hits. Smokey Robinson Special
BBC Radio 4 - 6.07am: Ramblings. Clare Balding is still in north Northumberland, plodging in the clarts and rolling her ‘r’s
BBC Radio 4 - 10.30: The Grand Masquerade. On an enigma created by Kit Williams
BBC Radio 4 - 12.30pm: The News Quiz. Sandi Toksvig presents
BBC Radio 4 - 4pm: Weekend Woman’s Hour
BBC Radio 4 - 5.30: The Bottom Line. Evan Davis
BBC Radio 4 - 9: Howard’s End. Dramatisation of the E M Forster classic

Sunday 25th
BBC Radio 2 - 5pm: Paul O’Grady
BBC Radio 4 - 7.05am: Sunday. Religious programme that often deals with LGBT issues
BBC Radio 4 - 3pm: Howard’s End. As Saturday
BBC Radio 4 - 8.30: Last Word. Weekly obituary that has included LGBT figures in the past
BBC Radio 7 - 10: The News Quiz

Tuesday 27th
BBC Radio 4 - 9.30am: Parting Shots. Matthew Parris on diplomats and ambassadors

Wednesday 28th
BBC Radio 4 - 11.30am: Hut 33: Back to Your Post. Sitcom set in Bletchley Park in 1942.
BBC Radio 4 - 8pm: The Moral Maze. The cut-throat debate that often touches on LGBT issues returns

Thursday 29th
BBC Radio 4 - 3pm: Ramblings. Clare Balding is still in Northumberland. Call the rescue services
BBC Radio 4 - 8.30: The Bottom Line. Evan Davies
BBC Radio 4 - 11pm: Pick-ups. Comedy set in a Manchester cab firm. LGBT content unknown

Friday 30th
BBC Radio 2 - 9.15pm: Brief Encounter. Special performance from the Coward based Lean production
BBC Radio 4 - 4pm: Last Word
BBC Radio 4 - 6.30: The News Quiz. Sandi Toksvig presents. Sue Perkins guests
6 Music - 7pm: Tom Robinson
BBC Radio 7 - 7pm: Round the Horne

Local and online

For a global classification of queer radio on line:
http://radiotime.com/Search.aspx?query=gay&so=26,52,78 and
http://radiotime.com/Search.aspx?query=Lesbian
Gay Internet Radio Live (G.I.R.L.) is on the air 24 hours a day with dance music from the US at www.gayinternetradiolive.com.

Wythenshaw 97.2 FM, a community radio station, airs a lesbian and gay radio magazine programme once weekly, according to Out North West Magazine published by the Lesbian and Gay Foundation in Manchester. Podcast http://www.tuesdaynightout.co.uk/

GayRadio-UK is a new online radio station in Blackpool and promises a variety of LGBT programming. The audio stream is at www.gayradiouk.com. Guests iunclude lesbian actress Amanda Barrie, gay icon Su Pollard and radical actor Richie Tomlinson. Daily programmes are uploaded at the most popular gay podcast site on the net, Feast of Fun www.feastoffools.net, with a speech based programme of LGBT guests, news digest and light-hearted discussion.

Galaxy North East
Monday-Friday 4-7pm: James Barr

BBC Radio Manchester - 95.1 and online
Every Monday 8pm: The Gay Hour, Ashley Byrne and Andrew Edwards

BBC London - 94.9 and online
Monday – Friday 3-5pm: Danny Baker. With Amy Lamé or Baylen Leonard

Gaydar Radio - Brighton, London DAB and online 24/7

Manchester’s gaydio www.gaydio.co.uk

FYI Radio (gay youth radio) - online (currently only podcast but soon to grow to a fully fledged station) www.fyiradio.net

www.pinkeradio.com

Last Tuesday of the month - 6pm
Out in South London - local LGBT radio show with Rosie Wilby and guests
Listen online at www.southcityradio.org

SHOUT in Birmingham

A new LGBT arts festival starts in Birmingham this autumn. Called SHOUT, the festival starts on October 30th and runs through November in a range of venues. It includes an evening with Peter Tatchell, Della Grace, Matthew Bourne's Dorian Gray (and Swan Lake!) and a host of other goodies.

To download the brochure click here (pdf file - 4.7Mb) and don't be put off by the image on the front page; it's not real blood!

the website is www.getreadytoshout.org