Making bi history

To celebrate 30 years of UK bi activism, two bisexual history events are planned for this February, as part of LGBT History Month.

The first, ‘20th Century Bi’, will take place in London’s Conway Hall. Writer and blogger Sue George (Women and Bisexuality, Bisexuality and Beyond) will lead a panel of speakers discussing bisexuals and bisexuality in the twentieth century.

In the North, ‘Getting Bi In Manchester’ will include speakers and discussion on the history of the UK bisexual movement, with a focus on the Manchester BiPhoria group, now the longest-running bi group in the UK. Speakers (to be confirmed) include Jen Yockney (Bi Community News editor), Surya Monro (University of Huddersfield) and Meg Barker (Open University, BiUK research group).

The UK bi community has much to be proud of. Since the first meeting of the London Bi Group on 1 September 1981, the community has grown enormously in size, diversity and activist experience. Last year’s record-breaking International BiCon, in London, showed just how far the worldwide bisexual community has come since its origins in the radical sexual politics of the 60s and 70s.

20th Century Bi
Saturday 12 February 2011, 2.30–4.30 pm,
Conway Hall (Bertrand Russell Room),
25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL
Tickets £5 (£3 unwaged)
website
Facebook Event
Supported by the Bisexual Index (www.bisexualindex.org.uk) and LBGT History Month

Getting Bi In Manchester
Tuesday 15 February 2011, 7–9 pm,
Inspire Centre, 747 Stockport Rd, Levenshulme, Greater Manchester M19 3AR.
More information at www.biphoria.org.uk

Official Northern Pre-Launch of History Month: 27 January 2011

The University of Salford is proud to be hosting the official Northern launch of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender History Month (LGBT) 2011. The launch day features an exciting programme of events aimed at kicking homophobia out of Britain’s schools. Local schools will take part in equality focused sports master classes with world class coaching from John Amaechi, former NBA star and Scottish Rugby league player Mitch Stringer.

Teachers are invited to an afternoon showcase of practical resources designed to tackle homophobia in the classroom, including the Northern premier of the much talked-about film ‘Homophobia’, which depicts a London school where the tables are turned and gay students are the majority.

Find out more about this session and register to attend here.

The day will conclude with a formal evening reception to celebrate the launch of LGBT History Month hosted by our Vice-Chancellor, and LGBT Academic Patron, Professor Martin Hall.

Get further information about the formal reception and all the activities taking place throughout the launch day here.

Sports stars take part in LGBT History Month official northern launch

Sports stars from the world of rugby, cricket and basketball will headline the official northern launch of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) History Month on 27 January at the University of Salford – with a focus on reducing the levels of homophobia in schools.

Fitting with LGBT History Month’s sports theme, psychologist, New York Times best-selling author and former NBA basketball player John Amaechi will be leading a basketball masterclass at the event for a group of school children from around the north, while simultaneous sessions will be run by Sheffield Eagles Rugby League Club and Lancashire County Cricket Club.

Stockport-raised John Amaechi became one of the few US-based sportsmen to come out as gay in 2007 and now runs Amaechi Performance Systems, a professional consultancy which works with various businesses and organisations to promote a high-performance workplace through inclusion, improved communication and leadership.

As well as passing on his skills and knowledge to the school pupils at the masterclass, he will also be part of a panel discussion at the evening reception to discuss diversity issues in sport with invited guests.

He said: “Having the opportunity to educate and normalise human differences to young people through everyday activities like sport is a key way to promote a more inclusive and productive society for everyone. I am really pleased that the University of Salford has seen fit to so actively promote discussion and raise awareness on LGBT issues and LGBT history month.”

There will also be a series of events held to help teachers to tackle homophobic bullying in schools, which earlier this year the National Union of Teachers found had been witnessed by nearly all school staff.

The launch event will also kick off the University’s own LGBT history month events to run throughout February.

The University’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Martin Hall is the LGBT History Month Academic Patron. “The University is honoured to be chosen to host the northern launch of this important national event and I welcome all of the participants to the day,” he said

“Human rights and social justice are a major part of the University’s mission and by working to promote LGBT issues Salford can play a significant role in addressing homophobia in society.”

The launch event is being supported by the National Union of Teachers and the University and College Union.

US Senate lifts 'don't ask, don't tell' gay soldier ban

The US Senate has approved landmark legislation allowing openly gay people to serve in the military.

Senators voted 65-31 to overturn the 1993 "don't ask, don't tell" law, which bars gay people in the military from revealing their sexual orientation.

The House of Representatives had already approved the repeal bill. President Barack Obama says he is looking forward to signing it into law.

Read the full article on BBC News here.

See aslo:
- Gay troops unleash emotions at end of long fight, Washington Post
- Video: US Senate votes to repeal ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ ban on gays serving in the military, Pink News

LGBT related Radio and TV Programmes

Unfortunately we won't be able to bring you our weekly round up of upcoming LGBT programmes on the radio and television, this week. Our apologies for the inconvenience this may cause.

Baynham Killers Found Guilty

The killers of Ian Baynham have been found guilty of manslaughter.

Ruby Thomas, 18, of Lichfield, Staffs, and Joel Alexander, 20, of Thornton Heath, southeast London, beat and kicked Ian Baynham, 62, and stamped on his head in a homophobic assault, causing such injury that he died 18 days later. The attack took place in late September 2009, and shocked the nation as it took place in Trafalgar Square and was carried out by teenagers.

Thomas was heard to have shouted "F**king f*gg*ts at Baynham and his partner before the attack. The two will be sentences in the new year. Rachael Burke, 18, of Upper Norwood, southeast London, was found guilty of affray at an earlier trial.

For more details, see:
- The Trafalgar Square killers: two found guilty of attack that left gay man dead, The Guardian
- Public schoolgirl who turned killer: Drunk teen's homophobic attack on stranger in Trafalgar Square, The Daily Mail
- Gay hate 'alive and, sometimes, kicking' , BBC News

FIFA condemned for lack of gay-friendliness

The Gay Football Supporters' Network has condemned FIFA for its decision to allow Qatar to host the World Cup in 2022. The middle eastern nation was awarded the honour despite its poor human rights record and the fact that homosexuality is criminalised in the country and carries a penalty of up to 5 years in prison.

Read the full story in the Pink Paper here

John Amaechi, one of our patrons, has also attacked the head of FIFA for his comments made earlier this week that gay football fans should not have sex when attending the World Cup in Qatar. John said he was "enraged" at the supposed joke and had made a complain to FIFA.

Read the full story in PinkNews here.

Trans women golfers can compete

The US Ladies Professional Golf Association L.P.G.A. players have voted to eliminate the tour’s requirement that players be “female at birth” and to allow transgender athletes to compete, less than two months after a transgender woman sued the tour in federal court, arguing that the rule violated California civil rights law.

The L.P.G.A. was sued in October by Lana Lawless, a retired police officer who had sex reassignment surgery in 2005 and who won the 2008 women’s world championship in long-drive golf. Lawless sought to play in L.P.G.A. qualifying tournaments after Long Drivers of America changed its rules to match the L.P.G.A.’s.

Read the full article in the New York Times here.

Bulletin No 79

The latest edition of the LGBT History Month bulletin is now available, as usual packed-full of news, information, notices of upcoming events and quotations.

To access the latest bulletin please click on one of the links below:
word document
pdf file
(you can also right click on the links and "save target as")

You can view all previous bulletins here or register to our mailing list here.

LGBT related Radio and TV Programmes

Unfortunately we won't be able to bring you our weekly round up of upcoming LGBT programmes on the radio and television, this week. Our apologies for the inconvenience this may cause.

Gay Birmingham Remembered is Back, to Back!

Birmingham LGBT Community Trust has received £50,000 in funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund for a new LGBT social history project. Building on the success of Gay Birmingham Remembered, the ‘Gay Birmingham Back to Back’ project will research the lives of four LGBT people from Birmingham’s past. Researching as far back as the 1850s up until the 1970s the project will look at the social, political and personal circumstances of LGBT people in these time periods.

SHOUT Festival Producer, David Viney comments, “We are pleased to have been awarded this funding, which will help us extend the Gay Birmingham Remembered project and research what life would have been like for lesbian, gay and bisexual people even further back into history. It is vitally important that LGBT people take their place in Birmingham’s history.”

Working in partnership with Women and Theatre and the National Trust, the research will be developed as on site performances, presented in the Back to Back houses on Hurst Street in Birmingham’s Gay Village. The performances will form part of the SHOUT Festival in 2011. The project will also produce an exhibition and a book looking at the four characters’ lives.

Janice Connolly, Artistic Director of Women & Theatre states, ‘We are delighted the HLF are supporting this project, and are excited about working for the first time with Birmingham LGBT and The National Trust and their volunteers. The project is bound to be a flagship project for the company in 2011.’

Press Release: World Cup Decision a ‘Particular Disappointment for Our Community’

LGBT campaigners were expressing disappointment at the choices of venue for the World Cup over the next decade.

FIFA, Football's governing body, announced yesterday that the World Cup competition would take place in Russia in 2018 and in Qatar in 2022. Both countries have dubious track records in respect of Human Rights in general and LGBT Rights in particular.

Tony Fenwick, co-chair of LGBT History Month said: “It seems a great shame that, at a time when there is real work beginning to happen to combat homophobia and transphobia in sport in general and football in particular, FIFA should award these prized honours to countries that leave a lot to be desired as regards their record on equal opportunities and human rights.”

Russia decriminalised homosexuality in 1993, but continues to deny same sex couples marriages, civil partnerships or any other legal recognition of their relationships. It has no legislation to protect LGBT citizens against discrimination, although it does allow homosexuals to serve in the armed forces. Moreover, Moscow Pride has consistently been banned and violence against marchers, including Peter Tatchell, has been ignored or condoned by the authorities.

Qatar operates Sharia law and same sex relationships are illegal and punishable by up to five years hard labour. An American citizen was convicted of homosexuality and sentenced to 6 months hard labour and 90 lashes in 1995. Later, there were mass arrests and deportations of Phillipinos for their alleged homosexual activity.

“I had no particular preference for the England bid,” continued Tony. “The English FA attended the LGBT History Month Pre-Launch and has announced its commitment to tackling homophobia on the terraces and on the pitch. But Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain and Portugal all have same-sex marriage and an excellent record on LGBT equality. To be honest, it feels like a kick in the teeth that this honour should be bestowed on two states that have a very dubious record on LGBT rights.”

There is hope, however, that the decision may encourage Russia and Qatar to improve their record on LGBT rights so that they might gain international kudos. FIFA’s decision, however, is final and it is not open to public scrutiny.

More on Wikipedia:
- LGBT Rights in Russia
- LGBT Rights in Qatar

Rugby League launches anti-homophobia guidance

The Rugby Football league has published a guide to combat homophobia in the sport. The guide, entitled Guidance for Rugby League Clubs – Challenging anti gay (homophobic) abuse and behaviour (pdf - 3.1Mb), was recently launched in Parliament to widespread critical acclaim.

It was produced with the support and contributions of Stonewall and Pride Sports as well as the Rugby League Ground Safety Officers Association and a numbers of club representatives from both the professional and community game. The guidance has been produced with the intention of providing practical information and recommendations that are relevant to Rugby League.

The guidance provides useful strategies to challenging homophobia, from the`causal’ use of the term`gay’ to refer to anything negative to homophobic abuse directed at individuals in both the club setting as well as match days. There are a number of useful stand alone pages which can be used and disseminated as summaries of good practice and flowcharts of possible actions.

Although this guidance has been produced specifically for Rugby League it could easily be adapted to suit other sports (please acknowledge the RFL if you do so). As a first of its kind in any sport this guidance is intended to evolve over time and, as such, the RFL would welcome any examples of good practice or case studies where a club has successfully challenged homophobia or has experienced particular challenges.

It can be downloaded from the LGBTHM website (see link above) or from the RFL website here.

Darren Hayes Star Attraction at Gay Humanists’ Annual Lunch

International musician Darren Hayes was this year's guest speaker at the annual lunch of the Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association (GALHA) in London. Darren treated a packed Café des Amis to a deeply personal account of his struggle growing up gay, and his passion for civil rights.

GALHA Secretary Mike Rickwood commented: "We are thrilled to have the chance to hear from someone of Darren's calibre and standing. This is a speech that will inspire anyone who values gay rights and human rights, Humanists and non Humanists alike."

Previous guest speakers have included Stephen Fry, Angela Eagle MP, Polly Toynbee, Dr Evan Harris and Nikolai Alekseev.

GALHA Campaigns Manager Derek Lennard drew attention to the brave struggle of gay people for basic rights in countries like Jamaica, and stressed that GALHA would focus increasingly on the many countries of the world where Gay people do not enjoy even fundamental freedoms, let alone equality.

He also committed GALHA to fighting to reverse the scandalous vote by the United Nations General Assembly remove the mention of killings based on sexual orientation from a resolution condemning arbitrary and extrajudicial executions.

Closer to home, the lunch also welcomed the presence of the organisers of the Schools Out campaign, committed to fighting for equality in education for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people.

Turing Papers Latest: They Can Still Be Saved

As we mentioned last week, Alan Turing's paper were going under the hammer yesterday afternoon at Christie's in central London. The rare collection of documents however fail to sell, the bidding coming £60,000 short of the reserve price of £300,000.

Meanwhile, the campaign to keep the papers in the UK has received the boost of £100,000 donation from Google. This means that there is still a chance for the documents to be bought by Bletchley Park.

You can donate here to help Bletchley Park, where Turing worked as a code-breaker during WWII, buy the parpers.

Outburst Cultural Day, November 27th

Outburst, serving the black LGBT community in London, have announced a cultural day event at Camberwell on November the 27th.

Click here for more details.

1st UK Disability History Month

LGBT History Month is proud to support the 1st UK Disability History Month.

The Month is about celebrating the lives of disabled people, challenging disablism and promoting equality. It will run from 22 November until 22 December and feature a series of events and exhibitions throughout the UK.

The idea came out of some research carried out for the last Government about bringing disability into the national curriculum.

We’ll be celebrating the lives of disabled people including Stephen Hawking, Jane Campbell and Alan Holdsworth. But we’ll also be highlighting the fact that many other disabled people have been prevented from leading fulfilling lives because of discrimination underpinned by negative and disablist attitudes.

The launch event of the Month will take place on Wednesday 24th November between 5 and 8pm at the Nunn Hall, Institute of Education, Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL (off Russell Square).

See also:
- www.ukdisabilityhistorymonth.com
- Richard Rieser launches Disability History Month - Disability Now
- Can the first Disability History Month match the impact that Black History teaching has made? - The Independent
- First UK Disability History Month - Ekklesia

UN vote against sexual orientation protection "shameful"

Comfort to homophobes, green light to homophobic murder

London, UK - 19 November 2010

The United Nations voted this week to remove sexual orientation from a resolution calling on countries to protect the life of all people and to investigate extra-judicial, summary or arbitrary executions that are motivated by prejudice and discrimination.

The UN:
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2010/gashc3997.doc.htm

IGLHRC & ARC:
http://www.iglhrc.org/cgi-bin/iowa/article/pressroom/pressrelease/1257.html

Commenting on the UN vote, gay rights and human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell said:

"This is a shameful day in United Nations history. It gives a de facto green light to the on-going murder of LGBT people by homophobic regimes, death squads and vigilantes. They will take comfort from the fact that the UN does not endorse the protection of LGBT people against hate-motivated murder.

"The UN vote is in direct defiance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which guarantees equal treatment, non-discrimination and the right to life. What is the point of the UN if it refuses to uphold its own humanitarian values and declarations?
"This vote is partly the result of a disturbing homophobic alliance between mostly African and Arab states, often inspired by religious fundamentalism. LGBT people in these countries frequently suffer severe persecution.

"Many of the nations that voted for this amendment want to ensure that their anti-gay policies are not scrutinised or condemned by the UN. Even if they don't directly sanction the killing of LGBT people, they have lined up alongside nations that do.

"South Africa and Cuba claim to support LGBT human rights, yet they voted to remove sexual orientation. They can no longer be considered gay-friendly states. Both countries have allied themselves with tyrannical, violent, homophobic regimes, like Saudi Arabia and Iran. Presidents Raul Castro and Jacob Zuma should hang their heads in shame. They've betrayed the liberation ideals that they profess to uphold," said Mr Tatchell.

12th International Transgender Day of Remembrance

November the 20th will mark the 12th International Transgender Day of Remembrance and many cities and towns in the UK are participating by holding events. The London ceremony will be at the Cruciform building, University Street, WC1 at 3.

179 trans women were murdered worldwide last year.

To find out more go to www.transgenderdor.org

Turing's manuscripts up for Auction

A collection of Alan Turing papers put together by Turing's friend and fellow Bletchley Park codebreaker, Professor Max Newman, to whom Turing presented the offprints, is being auctioned by Christie's. The papers, which include 15 of his 18 published papers and rare examples of Turing's signature, are estimated £300,000 to £500,000. It is thought to be the largest collection in the world.

Gareth Halfacree, an independent supporter of the Bletchley Park Trust, has launched a campaign to raise the money needed to purchase the collection for permanent public display at Bletchley Park.

Click here to find out more on Christie's website.

The BBC has a nice report on "Bid launched to buy Alan Turing papers for the nation" here.

You can donate here to help Bletchley Park, where Turing worked as a code-breaker during WWII, buy the parpers.

LGBT History Month and Pride Sports sponsor Sheffield Eagle’s new shirts

Last night at the House of Commons the Minister for Equality modelled the wonderful new shirts that LGBT History Month and Pride Sports have sponsored for the Marvellous Sheffield Eagles action during February.

Sheffield Eagles currently play in Rugby League’s Championship, the division below the Super League and are based.

It was an important night. Sheffield Eagles are the first club prepared to nail their colours to the slogan ‘Tackle Homophobia’ and thanks to Sarah Williams, RFL Equality and Diversity Manager, Rugby League clubs also have comprehensive guidance on exactly how to tackle homophobia.

Lou Englefield of Pride Sports, the LGBT sports development and equity organisation said: “The very fact that a professional sports team is prepared to walk onto a pitch and make a stand against homophobia is ground breaking. Team sports can be an arena where young people are most bullied at school. This is a clear message that homophobic bullying is unacceptable and that LGBT people are welcome in Rugby League”

Sue Sanders, who spoke last night in the absence of LGBT History Month’s patron Gareth Thomas, said how proud LGBT History Month is to be sponsoring the shirts.

“We heard from members of Stoke Newington School’s girls rugby team during the Pre-Launch of LGBT History Month at Twickenham Rugby Stadium last week. They told us how crucial playing rugby had been to their self esteem and confidence and how the school had supported them to challenge the homophobia and sexism that often targeted at women playing sports.”

The Minister for Equality spoke with some passion about the need to challenge homophobia in all sports. She also posed in one of the shirts.

When we know the date of the game in February where the shirts will be worn as part of a comprehensive LGBT History Month campaign by Sheffield Eagles, you will be the first to know! When we do know the date of the game, it would be great to see you all there!

Rev. Elder Jean White Dies

Rev. Elder Jean White

The pastor of MCC South London, Rev. Elder Jean White has died.

In Memory: Rev. Elder Jean White

Griffith Vaughan Williams Dies

Griffith Vaughan Williams
1940 - 2010

The gay rights activist and secretary of the Campaign for Homosexual Equality (CHE), Griffith Vaughan Williams has died aged 70.

You can read the communiqué from CHE on its website here. The Guardian's obituary can be found here.

Griffith Vaughan Williams: Champion of gay rights who fought institutional homophobia, The Independent

LGBT Related Radio and TV Programmes, 13th - 19th November - 5th December

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!

LGBT TV and radio

The Twyborn Affair Radio 3 Sunday. Lip Service comes to an end.

Listings (times given are pm unless otherwise stated)

Saturday 13th

Terrestrial
BBC1 - 6: Strictly Come Dancing
BBC2 - 10.15-12.45am: A Night with Neil Diamond
BBC2 - 12.45am: The Stephen K. Amos Show, Rpt.
ITV1 - 8: The X Factor
ITV1 - 9.30: Take That: Look Back, Don’t Stare. The re-unification of Gary and Robbie
C4 - 9.45am: Ugly Betty
C4 - 3.55: Come Dine with Me. Rpt.
C4 - 11.20: Comedy Roast. Horrible concept in which celebrities appear and are trounced by fellow celebtrities; like This is Your Life in reverse. Sharon Osbourne is roasted and Alan Carr is one of the roasters

Freeview
BBC3 - 11.50: Family Guy
BBC3 - 12.35am: American Dad
Dave - 8.20: QI
ITV2 - 6am and 10.55am: Corrie Omnibus
ITV2 - 8am: Emmerdale
E4 - 6.30: Ugly Betty

Satellite and cable
Comedy Central Extra - 9am: Frasier
FX - 9 and 11.30: Family Guy
Discovery Real Time - 4.30: Come Dine with Me

Film
TCM - 5.15: A Passage to India. David lean take on the Forster novel (1984)

Sunday 14th

Terrestrial
BBC1 - 10am: Sunday Morning Live. Topical debate
BBC1 - 7.30: Strictly Come Dancing Reesults
BBC2 - 7: The Great British Bake Off. Baking competition with Sue Perkins. Rpt. 5/6
ITV1 - 10am: X Factor. Rpt.
ITV1 - 12.30: Corrie Omnibus
ITV1 - 4.20: Downton Abbey. Rpt.
ITV1 - 7.45: X Factor
ITV1 - 10.45: Take That: Look Back, Don’t Stare. Rpt.
C4 - 9.25am: Hollyoaks Omnibus
C4 - 12noon: Ugly Betty
C4 - 10: Desperate Housewives. New series

Freeview
BBC3 - 10.15: American Dad
BBC3 - 11: Family Guy
Dave - 7: Stephen Fry in America
ITV2 - 10 and 11.35: The Only Way is Essex. 9/10. So good it’s on twice
E4 - 7.50am: How to Look Good Naked
E4 - 8.55am: Gok’s Fashion Fix
E4 - 6: Glee
More4 - 4.40: Come Dine with Me

Satellite and Cable
Sky1 - 8.30: Modern Family
Discovery Real Time - 12noon: Come Dine with Me

Film
Drama/Romance - 4: Milk (2008)
Indie - 8: Taking Woodstock (2009) Comedy about a gay Jewish man who staged Woodstock in 1969. Stars Demetri Martin
TCM - 9.25: A Passage to India (1984)

Monday 15th
BBC1 - 11.15: The Graham Norton Show. Rpt.
BBC2 - 9: Giles and Sue Live The Good Life. 35 years after the sit-com first came to the screen, Giles Coren and Sue Perkins do self-sufficiency for real. 2/3
C4 - 8.40am: Frasier
C4 - 5: Come Dine with Me
Five - 9.15am: The Wright Stuff. Stephen K. Amos on the panel
Five - 1.45 and 5.30: Neighbours

Freeview
BBC3 - 11: Family Guy
Dave - 9 and 11: QI
More4 - 10: High Society’s Favourite Gigolo. Profile of Leslie Hutchinson, Britain’s first black superstar, whose lovers included Edwina Mountbatten and Cole Porter
Fiver - 10.30: Sex and the City

Satellite and Cable
FX - 9: Family Guy
Discovery Real Time - 3: Come Dine with Me

Film
Classics - 6pm and 12midnight: The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Tuesday 16th

Terrestrial
ITV1 - 10.30: This Morning. John Barrowman guests
ITV1 - 11.20: Swingtown. 11/13
C4 - 8.40am: Frasier
C4 - 5: Come Dine with Me
Five - 9.15am: The Wright Stuff. Stephen K. Amos on the panel
Five - 1.45 and 5.30: Neighbours

Freeview
BBC3 - 10.30: Lip Service. 6/6. Frankie finds out the truth
BBC3 - 11.30: Family Guy
BBC3 - 1.15: Lip Service. 6/6
BBC HD - 10.30: Lip Service. 6/6
Dave - 6.40, 9 and 11.20: QI
ITV2 - 7: The Only Way is Essex 10/10
More4 - 2.20: Come Dine with Me
More4 - 9: Come Dine with Me
Fiver - 11: Sex in the City

Satellite and Cable
Sky2 - 8.30: Modern Family
Watch - 10: Torchwood
FX - 10: Family Guy
Discovery Real Time - 3: Come Dine with Me

Wednesday 17th

Terrestrial
BBC1 - 8.30: Nigel Slater’s Simple Suppers
C4 - 8.20am: Frasier
C4 - 5: Come Dine with Me
Five - 9.15am: The Wright Stuff. Stephen K. Amos on the panel
Five - 1.45 and 5.30: Neighbours

Freeview
BBC3 - 10.55: Family Guy
BBC3 - 1.40: Lip Service. Rpt. 6/6
Dave - 9 and 11: QI
ITV2 - 8: Gossip Girl
E4 - 9: Ugly Betty
E4 - 10: Desperate Housewives
E4 - 12midnight: Ru Paul’s Drag Race

Satellite and Cable
FX - 9: American Dad
Discovery Real Time - 3: Come Dine with Me
Bio - 10: George Michael

Film
Modern Greats - 10.05am: Thelma and Louise (1991)
Classics - 10: Spartacus (1960)
TCM - 9: Nell. Jodie Foster as an adolescent who grew up in the woods (1994)

Thursday 18th

C4 - 8.40am: Frasier
C4 - 5: Come Dine with Me
C4 - 6.30: Hollyoaks
C4 - 10.30: True Blood
C4 - 11.05: Eight out of Ten Cats. Dr Christian Jessen joins the blokey panel show
Five - 9.15am: The Wright Stuff. Stephen K. Amos on the panel
Five - 1.45 and 5.30: Neighbours

Freeview
BBC3 - 11: Family Guy
BBC3 - 3.45: Lip Service. Rpt.
BBC HD - 11.30: Lip Service. Rpt.
Dave - 9: QI
Fiver - 11: Sex in the City

Satellite and Cable
Sky1 - 8: Modern Family
Sky Arts1 - 10.20: Film: Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars (1973)
FX - 9: Family Guy
FX - 10: American Dad
Discovery Real Time - 3 and 8: Come Dine with Me
Bio - 5: George Michael

Film
Showcase - 11.45: The Silence of the Lambs. Jodie Foster (1991)

Friday 19th

Terrestrial
BBC1 - 7: Children in Need. Whole evening dedicated to raising money for the charity. John Barrowman and the cast of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert are among the evening’s treats, as well as gay-friendly Kylie Minogue and McFly
ITV1 - 7: Emmerdale
ITV1 - 7.30: Coronation Street. Jonathan Harvey wrote this one
C4 - 8.25am: Frasier
C4 - 5: Come Dine with Me
C4 - 8: Come Dine with Me
Five - 9.15am: The Wright Stuff. Stephen K. Amos on the panel
Five - 1.45 and 5.30: Neighbours

Freeview
BBC3 - 11.30: Family Guy
BBCHD - 8: Nigel Slater’s Simple Suppers
Dave - 7.20, 9.40 and 1am: QI
E4 - 7: Hollyoaks. Ste outs Brendan
E4 - 9: How to Look Good Naked
E4 - 11.05: Desperate Housewives
More4 - 2.20: Come Dine with Me
Fiver - 10.45: Sex and the City

Satellite and Cable
Sky2 - 8.30: Modern Family
Discovery Real Time - 3 and 8: Come Dine with Me

Film
Classics - 6.50am: Pillow Talk. Hudson/Day comedy (1959)

Radio

Saturday 13th
BBC Radio 2 - 10am: The Graham Norton Show
BBC Radio 2 - 6: Going Out with Alan Carr
BBC Radio 4 - 12.30: News Quiz. Sandi Toksvig. Last in series
BBC Radio 4 - 4: Weekend Woman’s Hour
BBC Radio 4 - 5.30: The Bottom Line. Evan Davis

Sunday 14th
BBC Radio 2 - 5: Paul O’Grady
BBC Radio 3 - 8: Drama on 3: The Twyborn Affair. Adaptation of Patrick White’s 1979 novel of sexual identity in the Second World War
BBC Radio 4 - 7.10am: Sunday. Religious topical programme that often takes on LGBT issues
BBC Radio 4 - 8.30: Last Word
BBC Radio 7 - 4.30: The News Quiz

Monday 15th
BBC Radio 2 - 5am: Clare Balding
BBC Radio 4 - 6.30: Just a Minute Julian Clary guests
BBC Radio 7 - 7: Round the Horne

Tuesday 16th
BBC Radio 2 - 5am: Clare Balding
BBC Radio 3 - 12noon: Composer of the Week: Britten
BBC Radio 4 - 2.15: Afternoon Play: Chatterton: The Allington Solution. Exploring the mysterious life and death of the poet and Romantics’ hero Thomas Chatterton
BBC Radio 4 - 6.30: The Odd half Hour. Sketch show featuring Stephen K. Amos
BBC Radio 7 - 7.30: Counterpoint. Ned Sherrin

Wednesday 17th
BBC Radio 2 - 5am: Clare Balding
BBC Radio 4 - 8: The Moral Maze. 5/9

Thursday 18th
BBC Radio 2 - 5am: Clare Balding
BBC Radio 4 - 8.30: The Bottom Line. Evan Davis

Friday 19th
BBC Radio 2 - 5am: Clare Balding
BBC Radio 2 - 8: Friday Night is Music Night. Focusing on musicals such as Cabaret and Kiss of the Spiderwoman
BBC Radio 4 - 4: Last Word
BBC Radio 4 - 9: A History of the World in 100 Objects. Omnibus
6 Music - 7: Tom Robinson

Local and web

If you want us to tell everyone about your radio broadcasts, email fenwicktony[at]hotmail.com

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 9pm: LGBT Citizen

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

Radio North Manchester 106.6 FM
Sundays - 11am: Passport. Also look out for their women's programmes

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

Bulletin No 78

The latest edition of the LGBT History Month bulletin is now available, as usual packed-full of news, information, notices of upcoming events and quotations.

To access the latest bulletin please click on one of the links below:
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LGBT Related Radio and TV Programmes, 6th - 12th November - 5th December

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!

LGBT TV and radio

Goodbye to Jack Duckworth and Downton Abbey

Hello to Sue Perkins and Giles Coren doing The Good Life for real

Listings (times given are pm unless otherwise stated)

Saturday 6th

Terrestrial
BBC1 - 6.15: Strictly Come Dancing
BBC2 - 12.45am: The Stephen K. Amos Show, Rpt.
ITV1 - 7.45: The X Factor
C4 - 3.55: Come Dine with Me. Rpt.

Freeview
BBC3 - 10.15: Family Guy
BBC3 - 11: American Dad
BBC HD - 9.30: The Road to Coronation Street. Rpt.
BBC4 - 10.30: Mad Men
Dave - 8.20: QI
ITV2 - 6am and 10.55am: Corrie Omnibus
ITV2 - 8am: Emmerdale
E4 - 6.30: Ugly Betty
E4 - 10: Comedy Gala. Alan Carr is in the line up

Satellite and cable
Comedy Central Extra - 9am: Frasier
FX - 9 and 11.30: Family Guy
Discovery Real Time - 4.30: Come Dine with Me

Film
Crime Thriller - 1.15am: Silence of the Lambs. Jodie Foster
Classics - 8am: Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
Classics - 7: Breakfast at Tiffany’s

Sunday 7th

Terrestrial
BBC1 - 10am: Sunday Morning Live. Topical debate
BBC1 - 7.30: Strictly Come Dancing
BBC2 - 6: The Great British Bake Off. Baking competition with Sue Perkins. Rpt.
BBC2 - 8: Stephen Fry and The Great Oil Spill. Fry revisits Louisiana to examine the impact of the BP disaster with zoologist Mark Carwardine
ITV1 - 9.25am: X Factor. Rpt.
ITV1 - 2.35: Corrie Omnibus
ITV1 - 4.55: Downton Abbey. Rpt.
ITV1 - 8: X Factor
ITV1 - 9: Downton Abbey 7/7
C4 - 9.20am: Hollyoaks Omnibus
C4 - 12.05: Ugly Betty
C4 - 10: Desperate Housewives. New series
Five - 3.15: The Canterville Ghost. Film adaptation of Wilde’s comic story set in the States (1996)

Freeview
BBC3 - 10: American Dad
BBC3 - 10.45: Family Guy
BBCHD - 8: Stephen Fry and The Great Oil Spill. Fry revisits Louisiana to examine the impact of the BP disaster with zoologist Mark Carwardine
Dave - 7: Stephen Fry in America
ITV2 - 10 and 11.35: The Only Way is Essex. 9/10. So good it’s on twice
E4 - 7.50am: How to Look Good Naked
E4 - 8.50am: Gok’s Fashion Fix
E4 - 6: Glee
More4 - 5.05: Come Dine with Me

Satellite and Cable
Sky1 - 8.30: Modern Family
Sky Arts1 - 11: Curtis and Don: A Love Story Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy’s life-long relationship is examined
Gold - 11.05: The Thin Blue Line
Discovery Real Time - 12noon: Come Dine with Me
Bio - 6am: Sinead O’Connor

Monday 8th
BBC1 - 11.15: The Graham Norton Show. Rpt.
BBC2 - 9: Giles and Sue Live The Good Life. 35 years after the sit-com first came to the screen, Giles Coren and Sue Perkins do self-sufficiency for real. 1/3
C4 - 5: Come Dine with Me
Five - 1.45 and 5.30: Neighbours

Freeview
BBC3 - 11.30: Family Guy
BBC HD - 11.30: The Road to Coronation Street. Rpt.
Dave - 9 and 11: QI

Satellite and Cable
FX - 9: Family Guy
Discovery Real Time - 3: Come Dine with Me

Tuesday 9th

Terrestrial
BBC2 - 11.20: Stephen Fry and the Great Oil Spill. Rpt.
ITV1 - 11.35: Swingtown. 9/13
C4 - 8.25: Frasier
C4 - 5: Come Dine with Me
C4 - 1.45 and 5.30: Neighbours

Freeview
BBC3 - 10.30: Lip Service. 5/6. Cat receives some shocking information
BBC3 - 11.30: Family Guy
BBC3 - 1.15: Lip Service. 5/6
BBC HD - 10.30: Lip Service. 4/6
Dave - 6.40, 9 and 12.20: QI
ITV2 - 7: The Only Way is Essex
More4 - 2.20: Come Dine with Me
More4 - 9: Come Dine with Me
More4 - 10: True Stories: Joan Rivers – A Piece of Work
More4 - 11.55: Joan Rivers Comedy Roast
Film4 - 4.30: An Affair to Remember. Cary Grant
Fiver - 11: Sex in the City

Satellite and Cable
Sky2 - 8.30: Modern Family
Watch - 10: Torchwood
FX - 10: Family Guy
Discovery Real Time - 3: Come Dine with Me

Film
Drama/Romance - 12.25am: Milk
Modern Greats - 9.40: Thelma and Louise

Wednesday 10th

Terrestrial
BBC1 - 8.30: Nigel Slater’s Simple Suppers
C4 - 8.20am: Frasier
C4 - 5: Come Dine with Me
Five - 1.45 and 5.30: Neighbours

Freeview
BBC3 - 10.30: Family Guy
BBC3 - 11.10 and 2.10am: Lip Service. Rpt. 5/6
BBC4 and HD - 10: Mad Men
Dave - 11: QI
ITV2 - 8: Gossip Girl
ITV2 - 10: The Only Way is Essex. Last one
E4 - 9: Ugly Betty
E4 - 10: Desperate Housewives
E4 - 1.50am: Ru Paul’s Drag Race

Satellite and Cable
FX - 9: American Dad
Discovery Real Time - 3: Come Dine with Me

Film
Modern Greats - 9.50: A Beautiful Mind

Thursday 11th
ITV1 - 9: Monte Carlo or Bust. Julian Clary is amongst the professional contestants
C4 - 8.20am: Frasier
C4 - 5: Come Dine with Me
C4 - 10.30: True Blood
Five - 1.45 and 5.30: Neighbours

Freeview
BBC3 - 11: Family Guy
BBC HD - 11: Lip Service. Rpt.
Dave - 9: QI

Satellite and Cable
Sky1 - 8: Modern Family
FX - 9: Family Guy
FX - 10: American Dad
Discovery Real Time - 3 and 8: Come Dine with Me

Film
Classics - 3: Spartacus

Friday 12th

Terrestrial
BBC1 - 8.30: QI
BBC1 - 10.35: The Graham Norton Show
BBC2 - 10: The Stephen K. Amos Show
ITV1 - 7: Emmerdale. Jackson tells Aaron he never wants to see him again
ITV1 - 9: Paul O’Grady Live. Julie Walters and Katy Perry. Last in series
C4 - 8.25am: Frasier
C4 - 5: Come Dine with Me
C4 - 8: Come Dine with Me
Five - 1.45 and 5.30: Neighbours

Freeview
BBC3 - 11.30: Family Guy
BBCHD - 8.30: QI
BBCHD - 10: The Stephen K. Amos Show
Dave - 7.20, 9.40 and 1am QI
ITV2 - 9: The Only Way is Essex. 9/10
E4 - 11.05: Desperate Housewives
More4 - 2.20: Come Dine with Me
Film4 - 5: Carry On Up The Khyber
Fiver - 11: Sex and the City

Satellite and Cable
Discovery Real Time - 3 and 8: Come Dine with Me

Film
Comedy - 10: Bruno
Classics - 9.45: Rebel without a Cause

Radio

Saturday 6th
BBC Radio 2 - 10am: The Graham Norton Show
BBC Radio 2 - 1: Pick of the Pops. Dale Winton
BBC Radio 2 - 6: Going Out with Alan Carr
BBC Radio 2 - 8: Paul Gambaccini US Hits
BBC Radio 4 - 12.30: News Quiz. Sandi Toksvig
BBC Radio 4 - 4: Weekend Woman’s Hour
BBC Radio 4 - 5.30: The Bottom Line. Evan Davis
BBC Radio 7 - 8.05: The Comedy Controller. Ned Sherrin

Sunday 7th
BBC Radio 2 - 1: Elaine Page. Stage musicals
BBC Radio 2 - 5: Paul O’Grady
BBC Radio 3 - 8: Free Thinking. Debate from The Sage Gateshead includes Fiona Shaw
BBC Radio 4 - 7.10am: Sunday. Religious topical programme that often takes on LGBT issues
BBC Radio 4 - 8.30: Last Word
BBC Radio 7 - 4.30: The News Quiz

Monday 8th
BBC Radio 1 - 4: Scott Mills
BBC Radio 4 - 9.45am and 12.30am: Autobiography of Mark Twain
BBC Radio 4 - 6.30: Just a Minute

Tuesday 9th
BBC Radio 1 - 4: Scott Mills
BBC Radio 4 - 9.45am and 12.30am: Autobiography of Mark Twain
BBC Radio 7 - 7.30: Counterpoint. Ned Sherrin

Wednesday 10th
BBC Radio 1 - 4: Scott Mills
BBC Radio 4 - 8: The Moral Maze. 4/9

Thursday 11th
BBC Radio 1 - 4: Scott Mills
BBC Radio 4 - 8.30: The Bottom Line. Evan Davis

Friday 12th
BBC Radio 1 - 4: Scott Mills
BBC Radio 2 - 10: Dale’s Best of the CMAs. That’s Dale Winton and country music awards
BBC Radio 4 - 4: Last Word
BBC Radio 4 - 6.30: The News Quiz. Sandi Toksvig hosts the last in the series
BBC Radio 4 - 9: A History of the World in 100 Objects. Omnibus
6 Music - 7: Tom Robinson

Local and web

If you want us to tell everyone about your radio broadcasts, email fenwicktony[at]hotmail.com

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 9pm: LGBT Citizen

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

Radio North Manchester 106.6 FM
Sundays - 11am: Passport. Also look out for their women's programmes

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

Lesbian Teacher Receives First Honour for Pride

Quaker lesbian Clare Dimyon was presented with an MBE by Prince Charles at an investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace on Friday 29 October.

Clare Dimyon, 45, a teacher and Quaker, is being honoured for “services to promoting the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in Central and Eastern Europe”.

Clare was first inspired to take part in gay PRIDE marches in Central and Eastern C&E Europe in Riga in 2007 and has since participated in PRIDE marches throughout the former Soviet bloc. Her first parade was 25 years ago, in London in 1985.

Clare’s engagement has prompted the flying of rainbow flags from British embassies overseas and the translation of the FCO Guide to LGBT People into local languages so that it is available to young people and their parents. In her work, Clare often highlights higher levels of suicide among young LGBT people and is acutely aware of the isolation of young LGBT people in C&E Europe who have less advice and support available to them.

She has been instrumental in increasing the number of countries whose embassies routinely support PRIDE parades and the human rights of LGBT people from seven in 2007 to twenty two in 2010...and counting!. This year alone saw the first ever PRIDE marches in Vilnius and Bratislava, both with significant support from the diplomatic community... including and especially the Brits!

Clare Dimyon says: "Slovak LGBT are kind enough to call me the “mother of Slovak PRIDE” but really I am more like the delinquent aunt of PRIDE in C&E Europe. They do all the work and take all the risks and I show up in support. "

Successful pre-launch for LGBT History Month

The sports community today joined LGBT activists at a ground breaking event to make plans for the biggest ever Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans History Month, throughout February 2011.

The month aims to raise the profile of LGBT sportspeople past and present, as well as tackling homophobia and transphobia in sport.

Participants in today’s pre-launch event heard from LGBT sports specialists and organisers of successful LGBT History Month events shared their experience.

BBC TV’s Jane Hill compered a panel discussion with John Amaechi, psychologist and former NBA basketball star, Clare Harvey, GB sitting volleyball player, and rugby legend Gareth Thomas.

Gareth spoke of his personal torment in the closet and the liberation of coming out. He cited the power that sponsoring brands such as Nike have to set the agenda and make positive changes.

Clare thought it would be easier to come out before reaching peak performance as there would be less pressure.

John also shared his unique professional insight as both a psychologist and professional sportsman, when he spoke of ‘the authenticity of living openly’. The tiny amount of energy a closeted sportsperson reserves to protect themselves really is significant at the level of elite sport.

Dikeledi Sabanda spoke movingly about the Chosen Few black lesbian soccer team in Johannesburg and their tireless and often dangerous campaign work. She said the South African constitution looks great on paper, but in reality it just didn’t protect her.

Sue Sanders, Co-chair of LGBT History Month, commented: 'It’s been an amazing, productive day for everyone involved. We heard so many positive stories and great ideas for events. We’ll try and share everything on our website.

‘There wasn’t a dry eye in the house when Dikeledi told us of the brutal murder of her friend and teammate.

‘Taking on homophobia and transphobia in sport is a huge challenge for us, but I’m bowled over by the expertise and passion in the community to make this happen.

I’m already looking forward to some fabulous events in February!’

Gareth Thomas backs campaign against prejudice - Wales Online

Picture by Karen Kodish showing Gareth Thomas, John Amaechi and Clare Harvey.

More pictures of the event can be found on our Flickr photopool. Please feel free to add your own.

Sonia Burgess Dies

Sonia Burgess
1947 - 2010

The civil rights campaigner and immigration lawyer, Sonia Burgess has died aged 63 after falling under Tube train. The death is being investigated by the police. Sonia was known as David professionally.

Read the Guardian's obituary here and an obituary by Prof Stephen Whittle here.

Same sex parenting film released in the UK

The Kids Are All Right, a film about lesbian parenting , was released in the UK this week.

Directed by Lisa Cholodenko and starring Annette Bening and Julianne Moore, the affirmative film deals with parenting from the IVF stage and beyond. Cholodenko and Moore are both in the country to promote the film. Julianne Moore was interviewed by Evan Davies on the Today programme and an extended edition can be heard on the Radio 4 Today website.

Lisa Cholodenko featured on Radio 2's Art Show with Claudia Winkleman on Friday as well as on Radio 4's The Film Show.

Check out the LGBT TV and radio listings on this blog for timings.

For The Daily Mirror review click here

LGBT related Radio and TV Programmes, 30th 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!

LGBT TV and radio

Stephen Fry’s memoirs on Radio 4 and Stephen K. Amos on BBC2 Friday night

Listings (times given are pm unless otherwise stated)

Saturday 30th

Terrestrial
BBC1 - 6.25: Strictly Come Dancing
BBC2 - 3.40: The Great British Bake off. Cooking challenge presented by Mel and Sue. 1/6 Rpt.
BBC2 - 9.45: The Making of Elton John: Madman across the Water
BBC2 - 10.45: Elton John: Electric Prom
BBC2 - 11.45: Elton John at the BBC
BBC2 - 12.45am: The Stephen K. Amos Show, Rpt.
ITV1 - 8: The X Factor
C4 - 9.50am: Ugly Betty
C4 - 3.55: Come Dine with Me. Rpt.

Freeview
BBC3 - 10.30: Family Guy
BBC3 - 11.15: American Dad
BBC HD - 6: Strictly Come Dancing
BBC HD - 10.45: Elton John: Electric Prom
BBC HD - 11.45: QI XL
BBC HD - 12.45am: The Stephen K. Amos Show. Rpt.
Dave - 9: QI
ITV2 - 6am and 10.55am: Corrie Omnibus
ITV2 - 8am: Emmerdale

Satellite and cable
Comedy Central Extra - 9am: Frasier
FX - 8am: American Dad
FX - 10.15 and 11.30: Family Guy
Discovery Real Time - 4.30: Come Dine with Me

Film
Sci-Fi Horror - 11.10: The Silence of the Lambs. Jodie Foster

Sunday 31st

Terrestrial
BBC1 - 10am: Sunday Morning Live. Topical debate
BBC1 - 7.30: Strictly Come Dancing
BBC2 - 10: Psychoville: Halloween Special
ITV1 - 9.25am: X Factor. Rpt.
ITV1 - 1: Corrie Omnibus
ITV1 - 4.55: Downton Abbey. Rpt.
ITV1 - 8: X Factor
ITV1 - 9: Downton Abbey
ITV1 - 11.15: Whitechapel. Rpt.
C4 - 9.30am: Hollyoaks Omnibus
C4 - 12.05: Ugly Betty
C4 - 7 ;The Genius of British Art 5/6 Modern Times. Includes Francis Bacon and an interview with Grayson Perry
C4 - 10: Desperate Housewives. New series
Five - 3.15: The Canterville Ghost. Film adaptation of Wilde’s comic story set in the States (1996)

Freeview
BBC3 - 10: American Dad
BBC3 - 10.45: Family Guy
BBCHD - 7.30: Strictly Come Dancing
BBCHD - 10: Psychoville: Halloween Special
BBC4 - 7.30: How to Get a Head in Sculpture. With Maggi Hambling. Rpt
Dave - 7: Stephen Fry in America
ITV2 - 10: The Only Way is Essex
E4 - 6: Glee
More4 - 5.05: Come Dine with Me
Film4 - 6.40: Ever After: A Cinderella Story. Drew Barrymore (1998)
Film4 - 12.50am: The Innocents. Deborah Kerr (1961)

Satellite and Cable
Sky1 - 8.30: Modern Family
Discovery Real Time - 12noon: Come Dine with Me
History UK - 9pm: The People Speak - includes Ian McKellen, Tom Robinson and Rupert Everett

Film
Drama/Romance - 6am: West Side Story

Monday 1st

Terrestrial
BBC1 - 11.15: The Graham Norton Show. Rpt.
BBC2 - 11.20: A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss 2/3
ITV1 - 9: Whitechapel
C4 - 8.25am: Frasier
C4 - 5: Come Dine with Me
C4 - 6.30: Hollyoaks. Amy struggles to understand Ste is gay
Five - 1.45 and 5.30: Neighbours

Freeview
BBC3 - 11.30: Family Guy
BBC HD - 10.30: QI XL
BBC HD - 11.15: The Graham Norton Show. Rpt.

Satellite and Cable
FX - 9: Family Guy
Discovery Real Time - 3: Come Dine with Me

Film
Drama/Romance - 11.45am and 11.30: Milk. Sean Penn’s award-winning portrayal of the USA’s first out gay councillor (2008)
Modern Greats - 10.30: Thelma and Louise (1991)
Classics - 7am: Pillow Talk. Day/Hudson (1959)

Tuesday 2nd

Terrestrial
BBC2 - 11.20: A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss 3/3 Rpt.
ITV1 - 11.35: Swingtown. 9/13
C4 - 8.25: Frasier
C4 - 5: Come Dine with Me
C4 - 6.30: Hollyoaks. Amy catches Ste and Brendan embracing
Five - 1.45 and 5.30: Neighbours

Freeview
BBC3 - 10.30: Lip Service. 4/6. Law breaking, internet dating and introducing the new woman to the folks
BBC3 - 11.30: Family Guy
BBC3 - 1.20: Lip Service. 4/6
BBC HD - 10.30: Lip Service. 4/6
Dave - 9: QI XL
Dave - 12midnight: QI XL
ITV2 - 7: The Only Way is Essex. Double helping. Whoopie-doo!
E4 - 7: Hollyoaks
More4 - 2.20: Come Dine with Me
More4 - 9 and 11.40: Come Dine with Me
Fiver - 11: Sex in the City

Satellite and Cable
Sky2 - 8.30: Modern Family
FX - 10: Family Guy
Discovery Real Time - 3: Come Dine with Me

Film
Classics - 7: Spartacus
Classics - 2am: Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?

Wednesday 3rd

Terrestrial
BBC1 - 8.30: Nigel Slater’s Simple Suppers. New series
ITV1 - 10.30am: This Morning. Graham Norton plugs his new book
C4 - 8.20am: Frasier
C4 - 5: Come Dine with Me
C4 - 6.30: Hollyoaks. Ste hides Brendan’s violent nature from Amy
Five - 1.45 and 5.30: Neighbours

Freeview
BBC3 - 10.50: Family Guy
BBC3 - 11.40 and 2.40am: Lip Service. Rpt. 3/6
Dave - 10.15: QI
ITV2 - 8: Gossip Girl
ITV2 - 10: The Only Way is Essex
E4 - 9: Ugly Betty
E4 - 10: Desperate Housewives
E4 - 1.10am: Ru Paul’s Drag Race

Satellite and Cable
Sky Arts2 - 12noon: Simon Callow’s Classical Destinations
Gold - 10.40: Gimme Gimme Gimme
FX - 9: American Dad
Discovery Real Time - 3: Come Dine with Me

Film
Classics - 7: A Place in the Sun. Montgomery Clift (1951)

Thursday 4th

Terrestrial
C4 - 8.20am: Frasier
C4 - 5: Come Dine with Me
C4 - 6.30: Hollyoaks
C4 - 11.05: True Blood
Five - 1.45 and 5.30: Neighbours

Freeview
BBC3 - 11: Family Guy
BBC HD - 11: Lip Service. Rpt.
Dave - 8.50: QI
E4 - 6.55: Hollyoaks
Film4 - 12.05am: Dance with a Stranger. Stars Rupert Everett (1984)

Satellite and Cable
Sky1 - 8: Modern Family
Gold - 10.40: Gimme Gimme Gimme
FX - 9: Family Guy
FX - 10: American Dad
Discovery Real Time - 3 and 8: Come Dine with Me
Bio - 3: Take That

Film
Comedy - 10.05: Brüno (2009)

Friday 5th

Terrestrial
BBC1 - 8.30: QI
BBC1 - 10.35: The Graham Norton Show. Joan Rivers and The Pet Shop Boys
BBC2 - 10: The Stephen K. Amos Show
ITV1 - 8.30: Coronation Street. Scripted by Jonathan Harvey
ITV1 - 9: Paul O’Grady Live. David Walliams guests and McFly perform
C4 - 8.25am: Frasier
C4 - 1.15: Carry on Dick. Corn and vulgarity (1974)
C4 - 5: Come Dine with Me
C4 - 8: Come Dine with Me
Five - 1.45 and 5.30: Neighbours

Freeview
BBC3 - 11.30: Family Guy
BBCHD - 8.30: QI
BBCHD - 10: The Stephen K. Amos Show
Dave - 7.20, 9.40 and 1am: QI
ITV2 - 9: The Only Way is Essex
E4 - 11.05: Desperate Housewives
More4 - 2.20: Come Dine with Me
Film4 - 2.55: An Affair to Remember. Cary Grant (1957)
Film4 - 7: Big Business. Lily Tomlin (1988)
Fiver - 11: Sex and the City

Satellite and Cable
Gold - 10.40: Gimme Gimme Gimme
Discovery Real Time - 3 and 8: Come Dine with Me

Film
Showcase - 5.45: Milk (2008)
Classics - 11.55: Spartacus (1960)
Classics - 1.10am: Pillow Talk (1959)

Radio

Saturday 30th
BBC Radio 2 - 10am: The Graham Norton Show
BBC Radio 2 - 1: Pick of the Pops. Dale Winton
BBC Radio 2 - 6: Going Out with Alan Carr
BBC Radio 2 - 8: Radio 2’s Electric Proms. Neil Diamond live
BBC Radio 2 - 10: Electric Proms Aftershow. With Elton John
BBC Radio 4 - 12.30: News Quiz. Sandi Toksvig
BBC Radio 4 - 4: Weekend Woman’s Hour
BBC Radio 4 - 5.30: The Bottom Line. Evan Davis
BBC Radio 7 - 11: Lady Chatterley’s Lover
BBC Radio 7 - 2.30am: The Picture of Dorian Gray

Sunday 31st
BBC Radio 2 - 1: Elaine Page. Stage musicals
BBC Radio 2 - 5: Paul O’Grady
BBC Radio 4 - 7.10am: Sunday. Religious topical programme that often takes on LGBT issues
BBC Radio 4 - 8.30: Last Word
BBC Radio 4 - 11: The Film Programme. Lisa Cholodenko talks about The Kids Are All Right
6 Music - 12noon: The First Time. Interview with Neil Tennant
BBC Radio 7 - 4.30: The News Quiz

Monday 1st
BBC Radio 1 - 4: Scott Mills
BBC Radio 4 - 11am: Grayson on His Bike. Grayson Perry crosses Bavaria on a pink bike. Wearing Pink. With his Teddy bear Alan Measles.
BBC Radio 4 - 11: Words, Words, Words. Su Perkins on Samuel Johnson
BBC Radio 7 - 9.45: Time for Verse. Benjamin Zephaniah and Carol Ann Duffy

Tuesday 2nd
BBC Radio 1 - 4: Scott Mills
BBC Radio 2 - 10: Bay City Babylon. Profile of 70’s Scots sensation The Bay City Rollers
BBC Radio 7 - 7.30: Counterpoint

Wednesday 3rd
BBC Radio 1 - 4: Scott Mills
BBC Radio 4 - 8: The Moral Maze. 2/9

Thursday 4th
BBC Radio 1 - 4: Scott Mills
BBC Radio 4 - 8.30: The Bottom Line. Evan Davis

Friday 5th
BBC Radio 1 - 4: Scott Mills
BBC Radio 4 - 4: Last Word
BBC Radio 4 - 6.30: The News Quiz. Sandi Toksvig
BBC Radio 4 - 9: A History of the World in 100 Objects. Omnibus

Local and web

If you want us to tell everyone about your radio broadcasts, email fenwicktony[at]hotmail.com

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 9pm: LGBT Citizen

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

Radio North Manchester 106.6 FM
Sundays - 11am: Passport. Also look out for their women's programmes

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

Reunion for members of the pioneering gay groups - change of venue

On November 27th, to mark the launch of the book Out of the Shadows which traces the early days of the gay rights movement in London, the Campaign for Homosexual Equality is organising a reunion of its members past and present and of other people involved in the movement.

The venue for the event will now be Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ (just opposite Euston Station). Start time is 2pm as before.

The organisers have published a list of people they haven’t yet been able to contact and are invited anyone who may know these people to pass the invitation on.

An updated flyer and reservation form for the event is here (pdf). More information about the book Out of the Shadows can be found at www.slago.org.uk/oots.htm.

Peter Tatchell and Sharon Ferguson Challenge Marriage Discimination

In a direct challenge to discrimination in marriage and civil partnerships, Peter Tatchell today announced that 4 same sex couples will apply to marry and 4 straight couples will apply for a civil partnership. When their applications are rejected they will take legal action for discrimination.

"We believe these bans violate the Human Rights Act and are open to challenge in the high court," said Tatchell. The Rev. Sharon Ferguson, of the Lesbian and Gay Christina Movement, who will be the first to lodge an application to marry her partner Franka Strietzel, said, "We have a double system and we shouldn't have. That isn't equality."

The first round of applications will be made on November 4th and will continue till the 14th of December.

After the recent controversy following its apparent indecision on the matter, Stonewall also announced today that it would now be campaigning for marriage equality.

Special Bulletin: LGBTHM 2011 pre-launch

A special edition of the LGBT History Month bulletin is now available, as usual packed-full of news, information, notices of upcoming events and quotations.

To access the latest bulletin please click on one of the links below:
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pdf file
(you can also right click on the links and "save target as")

You can view all previous bulletins here or register to our mailing list here.

LGBT related Radio and TV Programmes, 23rd - 29th 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!

LGBT TV and radio

Stephen Fry’s memoirs on Radio 4 and Stephen K. Amos on BBC2 Friday night

Listings (times given are pm unless otherwise stated)

Saturday 23rd

Terrestrial
BBC1 - 6: Strictly Come Dancing
BBC2 - 9.15: QI XL
ITV1 - 7.45: The X Factor
C4 - 9.45am: Ugly Betty
C4 - 3.55: Come Dine with Me. Rpt.

Freeview
BBC3 - 11.15: Family Guy
BBC3 - 12midnight: American Dad
BBC HD - 6: Strictly Come Dancing
ITV2 - 6am&10,55am: Corrie Omnibus
ITV2 - 8am: Emmerdale
E4 - 6.30: Ugly Betty
Film4 - 1: Anna and the King. Jodie Foster

Satellite and cable
Sky Arts1 - 12midnight: What the Dickens? Double bill
Gold - 8: Heroes of Comedy: Kenny Everett
Comedy Central Extra - 9am: Frasier
FX - 8am: American Dad
FX - 10.15 and 11.30: Family Guy
Discovery Real Time - 4.30: Come Dine with Me

Sunday 24th

Terrestrial
BBC1 - 10am: Sunday Morning Live. Topical debate
BBC1 - 7.30: Strictly Come Dancing
ITV1 - 9.25am: X Factor. Rpt.
ITV1 - 1: Corrie Omnibus
ITV1 - 4.55: Downton Abbey. Rpt.
ITV1 - 8: X Factor
ITV1 - 9: Downton Abbey
ITV1 - 10.15: Whitechapel. Rpt.
C4 - 9.30am: Hollyoaks Omnibus
C4 - 12.05: Ugly Betty
C4 - 10: Desperate Housewives. New series

Freeview
BBC3 - 10: American Dad
BBC3 - 10.45: Family Guy
BBCHD - 7.30: Strictly Come Dancing
BBC4 - 10: Witchfinder General. Horror with Vincent Price (1968)
Dave - 7: Stephen Fry in America
ITV2 - 10: The Only Way is Essex.
E4 - 6: Glee
More4 - 5.05: Come Dine with Me

Satellite and Cable
Sky1 - 8.30: Modern Family
Sky Arts1 - 12midnight: What the Dickens?
Bio - 8: Cary Grant
Bio - 10: Montgomery Clift

Film
Modern Greats - 8: Thelma and Louise
Classics - 3.25: Spartacus
Classics - 10.45: Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Indie - 2: Milk

Monday 25th

Terrestrial
BBC1 - 11.20: The Graham Norton Show. Rpt.
ITV1 - 9: Whitechapel
C4 - 8.25am: Frasier
C4 - 5: Come Dine with Me
Five - 1.45 and 5.30: Neighbours

Freeview
BBC3 - 10.30: My Schoool Prom
BBC3 - 11.30: Family Guy
BBC4 - 9: A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss.3/3. The American Scream
Film4 - 3: The Spanish Gardener. Stars Dirk Bogarde (1958)
Film4 - 6.40: Ever After: A Cinderella Story. Drew Barrymore (1998)

Satellite and Cable
Sky Arts1 - 12midnight: What the Dickens?
FX - 9: Family Guy
Discovery Real Time - 3: Come Dine with Me
Bio - 11: Montgomery Clift
Bio - 3: Cary Grant

Tuesday 26th

Terrestrial
BBC2 - 10: Later with...Jools Holland. Stars Neil Diamond
C4 - 8.25: Frasier
C4 - 5: Come Dine with Me
C4 - 6.30: Hollyoaks
Five - 1.45 and 5.30: Neighbours

Freeview
BBC3 - 10.30: Lip Service. Lesbian drama 3/6
BBC3 - 11.30: Family Guy
BBC HD - 10.30: Lip Service
Dave - 9: QIXL
Dave - 12midnight: QI XL
More4 - 2.20: Come Dine with Me
Film4 - 4.55: Never Been Kissed. Starring Drew Barrymore (1999)
Fiver - 11: Sex in the City

Satellite and Cable
Sky Arts1 - 12midnight: What the Dickens?
Sky2 - 8.30: Modern Family
Sky Arts2 - 6: Brian Sewell’s Grand Tour
FX - 10: Family Guy
Discovery Real Time - 3 Come Dine with Me

Wednesday 27th

Terrestrial
BBC1 - 8: Waterloo Road
C4 - 8.20am: Frasier
C4 - 5: Come Dine with Me
Five - 1.45 and 5.30: Neighbours

Freeview
BBC3 - 10.50: Family Guy
BBC3 - 11.40 and 2.35am: Lip Service. Rpt. 3/6
ITV2 - 8: Gossip Girl
ITV2 - 10: The Only Way is Essex
E4 - 1.10am: Ru Paul’s Drag Race

Satellite and Cable
Sky Arts1 - 12.05am: What the Dickens?
Sky Arts2 - 6: Brian Sewell’s Grand Tour
FX - 9: American Dad
Discovery Real Time - 3: Come Dine with Me

Film
Classics - 10.45: West Side Story (1961)

Thursday 28th
C4 - 8.20am: Frasier
C4 - 5: Come Dine with Me
C4 - 11.05: True Blood
Five - 1.45 and 5.30: Neighbours

Freeview
BBC3 - 11: Family Guy
BBC4 - 9: How to Get a Head in Sculpture. With Maggi Hambling
BBC4 - 11: A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss. Rpt.
Dave - 9.40: QI
Film4 - 12.05am: Dance with a Stranger. Stars Rupert Everett (1984)

Satellite and Cable
Sky1 - 8: Modern Family
Sky Arts1 - 12midnight: What the Dickens
Sky Arts2 - 6: Brian Sewell’s Grand Tour
FX - 9: Family Guy
FX - 10: American Dad
Discovery Real Time - 3 and 8: Come Dine with Me

Film
Classics - 8.50am: Pillow Talk. Hudson/Day (1959)

Friday 29th

Terrestrial
BBC1 - 8.30: QI
BBC1 - 10.35: The Graham Norton Show
BBC2 - 10: The Stephen K. Amos Show
ITV1 - 9: Paul O’Grady Live
C4 - 8.25am: Frasier
C4 - 5: Come Dine with Me
C4 - 8: Come Dine with Me
Five - 1.45 and 5.30: Neighbours

Freeview
BBC3 - 11.30: Family Guy
BBCHD - 8.30: QI
BBCHD - 10: The Stephen K. Amos Show
BBCHD - 10.35: The Graham Norton Show
Dave - 7.20, 9.40 and 1am: QI
ITV2 - 9: The Only Way is Essex
E4 - 11.05: Desperate Housewives
Film4 - 11am: The Spanish Gardener. Dirk Bogarde (1956)
Fiver - 11: Sex and the City

Satellite and Cable
Sky Arts2 - 5.45: Brian Sewell’s Grand Tour
Discovery Real Time - 3 and 8: Come Dine with Me

Film
Comedy - 10: Brüno (2009)
Indie - 12noon: Milk (2008)

Radio

Saturday 23rd
BBC Radio 2 - 10am: The Graham Norton Show
BBC Radio 2 - 1: Pick of the Pops. Dale Winton
BBC Radio 2 - 6: Going Out with Alan Carr
BBC Radio 2 - 8: Paul Gambaccini
BBC Radio 4 - 6.07am: Ramblings. Clare Balding with the Glasgow women’s library
BBC Radio 4 - 12.30: News Quiz. Sandi Toksvig
BBC Radio 4 - 4: Weekend Woman’s Hour
BBC Radio 4 - 5.30: The Bottom Line. Evan Davis

Sunday 24th
BBC Radio 2 - 1: Elaine Page. Stage musicals
BBC Radio 2 - 5: Paul O’Grady
BBC Radio 4 - 7.10am: Sunday. Religious topical programme that often takes on LGBT issues
BBC Radio 4 - 8.30: Last Word
BBC Radio 5 Live - 9pm: 5 live Investigates - Forced marriages of LGBT people
BBC Radio 7 - 4.30: The News Quiz
BBC Radio 7 - 6: The Devil in Amber. Mark Gatiss reads from his own novel
BBC Radio 7 - 9.15: Short Stories by D.H. Lawrence. The Christening

Monday 25th
BBC Radio 1 - 6.30am: Scott Mills
BBC Radio 2 - 8: Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie. Includes The Scissor Sisters
BBC Radio 2 - 10: The Musical. 8/8
BBC Radio 4 - 9: Start The Week. Includes David Starkey on the history of the monarchy
BBC Radio 4 - 9.45am and 12.30am: Book of the Week: The Fry Chronicles. Read by the man himself
BBC Radio 4 - 11: The Seven Car Parks of Croydon. Su Perkins asks why everybody laughs at her hometown
BBC Radio 7 - 9.45: Time for Verse. Benjamin Zephaniah and Carol Ann Duffy

Tuesday 26th
BBC Radio 1 - 6.30am: Scott Mills
BBC Radio 4 - 9.45am and 12.30am: Book of the Week: The Fry Chronicles. Read by the man himself
BBC Radio 4 - 11.30: Leading Ladies. Takes us back to December 8th 1660 when Desdemona was played by a woman for the first time.
BBC Radio 4 - 6.30: The Write Stuff. The works of William S Boroughs and Jack Kerouac are discussed
BBC Radio 4 - 7.30: Counterpoint

Wednesday 27th
BBC Radio 1 - 6.30am: Scott Mills
BBC Radio 4 - 9.45am and 12.30am: Book of the Week: The Fry Chronicles. Read by the man himself
BBC Radio 4 - 8: The Moral Maze. 2/9

Thursday 28th
BBC Radio 1 - 6.30am: Scott Mills
BBC Radio 4 - 9.45am and 12.30am: Book of the Week: The Fry Chronicles. Read by the man himself
BBC Radio 4 - 11.30: The League of Gentlemen’s Ghost Chase
BBC Radio 4 - 3: Ramblings. Repeated from Saturday
BBC Radio 4 - 8.30: The Bottom Line. Evan Davis

Friday 29th
BBC Radio 1 - 6.30am: Scott Mills
BBC Radio 2 - 10: The Arts Show with Claudia Winkleman. Matthew Bourne and a look at lesbian mums’ film The Kids are All Right
BBC Radio 4 - 9.45am and 12.30am: Book of the Week: The Fry Chronicles. Read by the man himself
BBC Radio 4 - 4: Last Word
BBC Radio 4 - 4.30: The Film Programme Director Lisa Cholodenko on her latest film The Kids are All Right
BBC Radio 4 - 6.30: The News Quiz. Sandi Toksvig
BBC Radio 4 - 9: A History of the World in 100 Objects. Omnibus
BBC Radio 4 - 11: A Good Read. Rpt.

Local and web

If you want us to tell everyone about your radio broadcasts, email fenwicktony[at]hotmail.com

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 9pm: LGBT Citizen

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

Radio North Manchester 106.6 FM
Sundays - 11am: Passport. Also look out for their women's programmes

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

Moscow Pride Bans Ruled Illegal

LGBT Rights campaigners are celebrating throughout Europe today after the European Court of Human Rights ruled the persistent ban on Moscow Pride since 2006 to be illegal.

The Strasbourg ruling is a particular victory for Nikolai Alekseev, who has faced years of false arrests, imprisonment and violence for his steadfast determination to hold a pride celebration in the capital. The disgraced former mayor of Moscow, Yuri Luzhkov is primarily responsible for the annual ban, but successive Russian presidents Putin and Medvedev also share responsibility as they did not over-rule him.

Peter Tatchell, who attends Moscow Pride and was severely beaten by homophobic thugs two and a half years ago, said, “This is an astonishing victory. Nikolai and his small band of daring LGBT activists have taken on the might of the Russian state - and won.
“It is a triumph for LGBT Russians and for all Russians who love liberty. This ruling expands the democratic space and gives comfort to human rights defenders everywhere. It’s a positive result for gay rights and liberty, and a setback for autocracy and homophobia.”

CHE Reunion Night

The Campaign for Homosexual Equality is planning a reunion for active LGBT campaigners from the last century.

The event, which will be held in London on the 27th November, will also be an opportunity to purchase a copy of Out of the Shadows, a historical new book that follows the work of LGBT activists from 1967 onwards, and includes a chapter by Tony Fenwick on Schools OUT.

You can download a flyer and booking form here (pdf).

Charity night in aid of the Iraqi LGBT

The first ever charity night in aid of the Iraqi LGBT is to take place this month. This celebrates the fifth anniversary of the London-based initiative to raise awareness of the persecution of LGBT people in Iraq.

Over 720 Gay, Lesbian, Trans and Bisexual people have been recently killed by the militia and members of the Ministry of Interior forces and death squads targeting all sexual minorities inside Iraq.

The event will take place at Apres London – one of London’s leading clubs and will see performances by some of London’s leading Drag Queens. A raffle and auction prizes will also be offered.

Julian Bennett will be hosting the night : "I am very proud to have been asked to host this event. I think it is so important that we do as much as we can to support this charity and what it stands for. I can’t believe the Iraqi government are trying to implement this law when we live in the 21st century where most people’s views are so liberal and open!! Please come and support us all at the event."

For further information or to book tickets, please contact IRAQI LGBT.
Iraqilgbt@googlemail.com or call 07981959453
http://iraqilgbt.org.uk/

Iraqi LGBT Charity Night
26 October, 19:00
CHLOE
3 CROMWELL ROAD,
London, SW7 2AR
Entry fees - Donations at the door.
Dress code: Smart Casual.

Participants attacked at third European Transgender Council

Two Turkish delegates to the Third European Transgender Council in Malmoe, Sweden, were attacked as they left a restaurant Sept. 30.

They were physically assaulted and pelted with eggs by five to seven attackers, they said. They also were allegedly later mistreated by police, who asked them offensive questions, questioned their right to be in Sweden and referred to them with incorrect pronouns. The police interrogations made them feel "intensely violated and humiliated," the activists said.

The conference brought together more than 200 trans activists from 35 nations.

lGBT related Radio and TV Programmes - Addendum

Further to the listings given this week:

Peter Tatchell faced shock jock John Gaunt on The Sunday Morning Show 10am Sunday 17th of October on BBC1. You can catch up on iPlayer

Jeannette Winterson is on Woman's Hour on Friday 10am Radio 4

North East Wales to have its own LGBT Drop-in Centre

The North East Wales Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Foundation Drop-in Centre will be officially opened at Ty AVOW, 21 Egerton Street, Wrexham, by the Mayor Mr. James A Kelly, KSG on Wednesday 27th October 2010 at 11.00 for 11.30a.m. The Centre seeks to provide information and support, training and a variety of other services to LGBT people across North East Wales and will be open Monday to Friday 10.30am-3.30pm.

Keith Drury, Founder and Chair said "What started off as a Diners Club ten years ago in Wrexham has now developed into an organisation which seeks to support LGBT people across the whole of North East Wales. Managed by a management committee, the Foundation exists to support and assist those in our communities who need us, to promote independence, better quality of life, acceptance, affirmation, and a sense of belonging in the wider community. We also seek to support parents, families and friends of LGBT people".

All are welcome to join in the celebrations at the official launch.

For more details please contact our Secretary Dave Humphreys on Tel. 01978-318813 or write to the above address or email: newaleslgbt@googlemail.com

www.lgbtfoundation.org.uk

LGBT related Radio and TV Programmes, 16th - 22nd 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!

LGBT TV and radio

Lip Service on BBC3!

Listings (times given are pm unless otherwise stated)

Saturday 16th

Terrestrial
BBC1 - 6: Strictly Come Dancing
BBC2 - 9.45: QI XL
ITV1 - 7.30: The X Factor
C4 - 9.50am: Ugly Betty
C4 - 3.55: Come Dine with Me. Rpt.

Freeview
BBC3 - 11.15: Family Guy
BBC3 - 12midnight: American Dad
BBC HD - 6: Strictly Come Dancing
BBC HD - 10.30: QI XL
BBC4 - 10.30: Mad Men
BBC4 - 11.15: Crooked House. By and with Mark Gatiss
ITV2 - 6am and 10,55am: Corrie Omnibus. Sophie and Sian try to deal with Rosie nearly burning the Webster’s house down
ITV2 - 8am: Emmerdale. Jackson opens his eyes
E4 - 6.30: Ugly Betty
More4 - 6.55: Grand Designs. Pet Shop Boys ex-manager Tom Watkins moves to Hastings with his partner Darron
Film4 - 6.45: Ever After...A Cinderella Story. Stars Drew Barrymore

Satellite and cable
Comedy Central Extra - 9am: Frasier
FX - 8am: American Dad
FX - 10.15 and 11.30: Family Guy
Discovery Real Time - 4.30: Come Dine with Me
Bio - 8: Drew Barrymore

Film
Showcase - 6.10: the Wizard of Oz. Dorothy and her friends
Classics - 6.20: West Side Story. There’s a Place for Us

Sunday 17th

Terrestrial
BBC1 - 7.30: Strictly Come Dancing
BBC1 - 10am: The Sunday Morning Show - Peter Tatchell faced shock jock John Gaunt
ITV1 - 9.25am: X Factor. Rpt.
ITV1 - 1: Corrie Omnibus
ITV1 - 4.55: Downton Abbey. Rpt.
ITV1 - 8: X Factor. With Joe McElderry
ITV1 - 9: Downton Abbey. Upstairs Downstairs meets Glee, with Maggie Smith thrown in
C4 - 9.30am: Hollyoaks Omnibus
C4 - 12.05: Ugly Betty
C4 - 10: Desperate Housewives. New series
Five - 7.05: Film: 50 First Dates. Stars Drew Barrymore (2004)

Freeview
BBC3 - 10: American Dad
BBC3 - 10.45: Family Guy
BBCHD - 7.30: Strictly Come Dancing
Dave - 7: Stephen Fry in America
ITV2 - 10: The Only Way is Essex. These characters are supposed to be real but they are such stereotypes and they play it up so much for the cameras that it’s hard to believe
E4 - 6: Glee
More4 - 5.05: Come Dine with Me

Satellite and Cable
Sky1 - 8: Modern Family

Monday 18th

ITV1 - 9: Whitechapel
C4 - 8.20am: Frasier
C4 - 5: Come Dine with Me
Five - 1.45 and 5.30: Neighbours

Freeview
BBC3 - 11.30: Family Guy
BBC4 - 9: A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss.2/3. Home Counties Horror
E4 - 7: Hollyoaks

Satellite and Cable
Sky Arts1 - 12.10am: What the Dickens?
FX - 9: Family Guy
Discovery Real Time - 3: Come Dine with Me

Film
Drama/Romance - 11.45: West Side Story
Classics - 9am: Pillow Talk. Rock Hudson/Doris Day (1959)

Tuesday 19th

Terrestrial
ITV1 - 12.30: Loose Women. Gok Wan guests
C4 - 8.20: Frasier
C4 - 5: Come Dine with Me
C4 - 6.30: Hollyoaks
C4 - 8: Wedding House
C4 - 11.05: Three Minute Wonder: The Jarman Award
Five - 1.45 and 5.30: Neighbours

Freeview
BBC3 - 10.30: Lip Service. White middle-class lesbians in Glasgow
BCC3 - 11.30: Family Guy
BBC HD - 10.30: Lip Service
Dave - 9: QIXL
Dave - 12midnight: QI XL
E4 - 7: Hollyoaks
More4 - 2.20: Come Dine with Me
Film4 - 6.15: Anna and the King. Jodie Foster (1999)

Satellite and Cable
Sky Arts1 - 12midnight: What the Dickens?
Sky2 - 8.30: Modern Family
Sky Arts2 - 6: Brian Sewell’s Grand Tour
FX - 10: Family Guy
Discovery Real Time - 3: Come Dine with Me

Wednesday 20th

Terrestrial
BBC1 - 8: Waterloo Road
C4 - 8.20am: Frasier
C4 - 5: Come Dine with Me
Five - 1.45 and 5.30: Neighbours

Freeview
BBC3 - 11: Family Guy
BBC3 - 11.50 and 2.50am: Lip Service. A chance to catch up – or watch again – the 2nd part of this lesbian drama
BBC4 & HD - 10: Mad Men
ITV2 - 8: Gossip Girl
ITV2 - 10: The Only Way is Essex
E4 - 9: Ugly Betty
E4 - 1.15am: Ru Paul’s Drag Race

Satellite and Cable
Sky Arts1 - 12midnight: What the Dickens?
Gold - 10.40: Gimme Gimme Gimme
Living - 3.50am: Pete Burns’s PA
FX - 9: American Dad
Discovery Real Time - 3: Come Dine with Me

Film
Crime/Thriller - 11.50: Silence of the Lambs. Jodie Foster (1991)
Drama/Romance - 12.30: West Side Story (1961)

Thursday 21st
ITV1 - 10.30: This Morning. Jonathan Grof from Glee pops in
ITV1 - 12.30: Loose Woman. With Paul O’Grady
IVT1 - 7.30: Tonight: Cyber Bullying
C4 - 8.20am: Frasier
C4 - 5: Come Dine with Me
C4 - 6.30: Hollyoaks
C4 - 10.20: True Blood
Five - 1.45 and 5.30: Neighbours. Another gay soap story

Freeview
BBC3 - 8: Little Britain Abroad
BBC3 - 11.05: Family Guy
BBC4 - 11: A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss. Rpt.
Dave - 9.40: QI
E4 - 7: Hollyoaks
Film4 - 12.05am: Dance with a Stranger. Stars Rupert Everett (1984)

Satellite and Cable
Sky1 - 8: Modern Family
Sky Arts1 - 11.35: Björk
Sky Arts1 - 12midnight: What the Dickens
Living - 3.50am: Pete Burns’s PA
FX - 9: Family Guy
FX - 10: American Dad
Discovery Real Time - 3 and 8: Come Dine with Me

Film
Classics - 7: The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Classics - 9: Rebel without a Cause (1955)

Friday 22nd

Terrestrial
BBC1 - 8.30: QI
BBC1 - 10.35: The Graham Norton Show. The morphing process is complete!
BBC2 - 10: The Rob Brydon Show. Stephen Fry guests
ITV1 - 9: Paul O’Grady Live
C4 - 8.25am: Frasier
C4 - 5: Come Dine with Me
C4 - 6.30: Hollyoaks
C4 - 8: Come Dine with Me
Five - 1.45 and 5.30: Neighbours

Freeview
BBC3 - 11.30: Family Guy
BBCHD - 8.30: QI
BBCHD - 10.35: The Graham Norton Show
Dave - 7.20, 9.40 and 1am: QI
ITV2 - 9: The Only Way is Essex
E4 - 9: How to Look Good Naked
E4 - 11.05: Desperate Housewives
Film4 - 9: East is East. Challenging comedy drama with an early take on the Syeed/Christian story (1999)
Fiver - 11: Sex and the City

Satellite and Cable
Sky Arts1 - 12midnight: What the Dickens?
Discovery Real Time - 3 and 8: Come Dine with Me

Film
Showcase - 11.45: Bruno (2009)

Radio

Saturday 16th
BBC Radio 2 - 10am: The Graham Norton Show
BBC Radio 2 - 1: Pick of the Pops. Dale Winton
BBC Radio 2 - 6: Going Out with Alan Carr
BBC Radio 2 - 8: Paul Gambaccini
BBC Radio 2 - 10: The Comedy Hour: Live at The Hackney Empire. Black History Month stand-up special hosted by Stephen K. Amos
BBC Radio 4 - 6.07am: Ramblings. Clare Balding in the Pentland Hills
BBC Radio 4 - 9.00: Saturday Live - Colm Tóibín gives us his Inheritance Tracks
BBC Radio 4 - 12.30: News Quiz. Sandi Toksvig
BBC Radio 4 - 4: Weekend Woman’s Hour
BBC Radio 4 - 5.30: The Bottom Line. Evan Davis
BBC Radio 4 - 9: Classic Serial: Goodbye to Berlin 2/2

Sunday 17th
BBC Radio 2 - 1: Elaine Page. Stage musicals
BBC Radio 2 - 5: Paul O’Grady
BBC Radio 3 - 8: Drama on Three: The Unfortunates. Adaptation of BS Johnson’s ‘book in the box’ which has homoerotic overtones
BBC Radio 4 - 7.10am: Sunday. Religious topical programme that often takes on LGBT issues
BBC Radio 4 - 8.30: Last Word
BBC Radio 7 - 4.30: The News Quiz
BBC Radio 7 - 6: The Devil in Amber. Mark Gatiss reads from his own novel
BBC Radio 7 - 9.15: Short Stories by D.H. Lawrence. Rawdon’s Roof

Monday 18th
BBC Radio 2 - 10: The Musical. 7/8
BBC Radio 4 - 9.45am and 7.45pm: A History of the World in 100 Objects. Neil McGregor
BBC Radio 4 - 10: Woman’s Hour. With Gok Wan
BBC Radio 4 - 8.30: Analysis. Turkey: Staying Secular Insha’Allah
BBC Radio 7 - 3.30: The Color Purple. Dramatisation of the Alice walker novel

Tuesday 19th
BBC Radio 2 - 10: Jac Holzman’s Elektra Story. The history of Elektra Records presented by Paul Gambaccini. 3/3
BBC Radio 4 - 9.45am and 7.45pm: A History of the World in 100 Objects. Neil McGregor on David Hockney’s 1966 portrayal of gay love
BBC Radio 4 - 7.15: Front Row. Stephen Sondheim
BBC Radio 7 - 3.30: The Color Purple. Dramatisation of the Alice walker novel
BBC Radio 7 - 7.30: Counterpoint

Wednesday 20th
BBC Radio 4 - 9.45am and 7.45pm: A History of the World in 100 Objects. Neil McGregor
BBC Radio 4 - 8: The Moral Maze. Return of the topical bear-pit. 1/9
BBC Radio 4 - 11: Ida Barr: Artificial Hip-Hop
6 Music - 1: Nemone. Scissor Sisters picking tunes
BBC Radio 7 - 3.30: The Color Purple. Dramatisation of the Alice walker novel

Thursday 21st
BBC Radio 4 - 9.45am and 7.45pm: A History of the World in 100 Objects. Neil McGregor
BBC Radio 4 - 3: Ramblings. Repeated from Saturday
BBC Radio 4 - 8.30: The Bottom Line. Evan Davis
6 Music - 1: Nemone. Scissor Sisters picking tunes
BBC Radio 7 - 3.30: The Color Purple. Dramatisation of the Alice walker novel

Friday 22nd
BBC Radio 2 - 9.30: Ken Bruce. With The Pet Shop Boys
BBC Radio 4 - 9.45am and 7.45pm: A History of the World in 100 Objects. Neil McGregor
BBC Radio 4 - 10am: Woman's Hour - Jeannette Winterson
BBC Radio 4 - 4: Last Word
BBC Radio 4 - 6.30: The News Quiz. Sandi Toksvig
BBC Radio 4 - 11: A Good Read. Rpt.
6 Music - 7: Tom Robinson
BBC Radio 7 - 3.30: The Color Purple. Dramatisation of the Alice walker novel

Local and web

If you want us to tell everyone about your radio broadcasts, email fenwicktony[at]hotmail.com

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 9pm: LGBT Citizen

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

Radio North Manchester 106.6 FM
Sundays - 11am: Passport. Also look out for their women's programmes

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