CALL IT OUT FR IN NOTTINGHAM EE The Call it Out Pride in Football event took place QB at the Nottingham Forest ground over the weekend of June 9th. Many LGBT Nottinghamshire’s football groups were in at- tendance: Spurs, Arsenal, Queer Bulletin Notts Trickies, Celtic, WBA, Brighton Aston Villa July/August 2018 ….. Here’s the Liverpool Number 103 group. One session included a In this issue panel discussion on what it would take for an elite foot- Footballers play cricket baller to come out. This Pride everywhere was set in the context of a The big cheque lengthy article in the Sun Artichokes Lord Longford about a bisexual footballer. Hammer and tongues The Sun proclaims that it Bunions knows the footballer’s Gongs identity, but chooses not to Dine no more reveal it. May 17th Mama Marsha Ryan Atkin, the sport's first New flags ever openly gay referee - Extravaganzas tweeted his anger at the Dancing queens story and at the fact that such high-profile news out- lets still feel it's acceptable And other stuff to imply a threat that they could 'out' the player in question. It's that 'we know who you are' state- ment which is insidious. IT’S PRIDE TIME IN NOTTS If you have any information, news, gossip or libel or wish to comment on anything in QB, please contact QB Notts LGBT+ Network 7 Mansfield Road Nottingham NG1 3FB or e-mail [email protected] The Pride parade will congregate at 11am on Castle Gate, adjacent to The deadline for the next edition Marks and Spencer. The March will progress on to Albert Street, will be August 24th Wheeler Gate, Beastmarket Hill, Long Row and Pelham Street. It will Notts LGBT + Network then proceed down George Street and turn right on to Old Lenton Street, is registered Switchboard is registered charity which leads on to Broad Street. This year, the parade will be led by charity number 1114273 Nottingham City Council. But what about Bulwell? See inside. no. 1114273 CHARITY CRICKET MATCH Nottingham Lions LGBT football team organised a charity fundraiser for Notts LGBT+ Network. This was in the form of a cricket match against a team of local celebrities. Both teams are shown below. The match was a win for the Lions, who scored 97 - the Celebrities were 41 all out. Altogether, the event raised over £2000, so a big thank you to everyone who took part. There will be a stall on Bulwell Market promoting LGBT Equality and Inclusion and colleagues will also be informing citizens that there is an amazing main event (Notts Pride) taking place in the city on the same day, July 28th with all the details Prior to the match, Richard Spurr and Owen Ship- ton, from Notts TV, discussed the event with Not- tingham Lions members John Smith and Simon Reid and also informed viewers about the role of Notts LGBT+ Network. Worksop Pride kicks off with the North Notts Diver- sity Parade: assembling at Worksop Train station at 11.am. the parade will travel along Carlton Rd, onto bridge place and then continue up Bridge St, to join ….AND MORE FUNDRAISING the main event at 12 noon in Worksop Market Square. Building on the success of its two previous years, Worksop Pride continues to be a free annual event for the LGBT+ community, their friends, families and allies. To keep up with what’s in store, go to http://worksoppride.co.uk/ MAMA MARSHA’S BIG QUEER PARTY Is on Pride night, August 28th, 7pm ‘til 2am at the Maze, 257 Mansfield Road, NG1 3FT Nottingham. Notts LGBT+ Network was delighted to be the recip- ient of the big cheque shown above. The cheque for £1000 was presented by Alice Bowerman (on the left) on behalf of Enterprise Rent a Car, a company which takes equality and diversity seriously and has already obtained a high ranking on the Stonewall index. PRIDE AND TRENT UNI FOOTBALL, FOOTBALL, FOOTBALL Here at Nottingham Trent University, staff and stu- dents have been showing our support for LGBT+ students. From as early as April, we have been promoting Nottinghamshire Pride with the intention of having a huge NTU student presence to cele- brate with each other and members of the local community. We ran stalls at two of our campuses over a three-week period, where students wrote on t-shirts why they thought it was so important to support LGBT+ students, as well as having photos taken with similar quotes written on white boards. We have purchased branded Pride merchandise and have created an online platform where LGBT+ students can give their feedback regarding what we can do to improve the lives of LGBT+ stu- Enthralled as we all are by World Cup football (?), dents. We have reached LGBT+ and non-LGBT+ here’s the rainbow lions flag that LGBT England students all throughout the university and have supporters unfurled at the England versus Tunisia gained a lot of interest from students wanting to match in Volgograd. show their support at Pride. For Council housing in Nottingham and a range of job opportunities visit www.nottinghamcityhomes.org.uk or call 0845 330 3131. Homeless or losing your home? Contact Nottingham City Council Housing Aid on 0115 87 63300. If you want to receive QB by e-mail, contact LGBT+ Network and ask to be put on to the e-mail list. The e-mailed version not only appears 10 days before the printed version - it’s also in glorious colour! We look forward to marching with the local commu- nity at Nottinghamshire Pride this year and we will be running a stall so do look out for us! We will be wearing customised lanyards with famous LGBT+ POC figures on who have fought and who continue Can you wait for Pride? Neither can we! to fight for the LGBT+ community. And what is the LGBT+ community if not social? After all, the modern LGBT rights movement started This is just one example that demonstrates our in the Stonewall Tavern and the gay bars of San commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, Francisco. And with the 50th anniversary year of and the importance of remembering that Pride is a Stonewall coming up, it is especially fitting we keep protest which must involve the fight for intersection- up this fine tradition and start our Pride where they al issues. We believe firmly that there's no pride for did – in a bar with our friends! So come join us at some of us without liberation for all of us. our happy table at 5pm on Thursday 26th July at Via Fossa! (44 Canal St, Nottingham) PS. Allies are Kelly Waldorf – Nottingham Trent Students' Union welcome. [email protected] Rosey Donovan, Equalities Project Officer, Notting- ham City Council MAY 17TH May 17th is IDAHO Day, the international day against homophobia, biphobia and transphobia. It was on May 17th 1990 that the World Health Organisation decided that being gay was not a sign of mental illness. Each May 17th people across the world commemorate the date and this year the City Council got together with oth- ers, such as Nottinghamshire Police, Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue, Nottinghamshire Pride and more to put on several events, including this banner in the Market Square and a rainbow flag (yes, it is there) on the Council House. LGBT+ SHORT FILMS CLUB Here’s an event to coincide with Notts Pride: An upbeat and positive event to celebrate our Lauren Louise is in the process of organising a pho- community and build solidarity. tography exhibition celebrating the LGBTQIA+ com- Friday 27 July 6pm to 8.30pm at a City Centre venue munity as well as a one part documentary screening email [email protected] or call/text 07913476905 at Broadway Cinema where people will share their to book and get the full details. stories and experiences. LGBT+ Film Club provides a safe, alcohol free social She is looking for LGBTQIA+ people in the Mid- space for the LGBT+ community and allies: lands. This is open to anyone with any experience – you just have to be a brave face with a story to tell. Share a little about yourself If you are interested, contact Lauren on Lau- Reflect on the films [email protected] or send a message Share your perspective @LaurenLouiseVideography on Facebook or Insta- Learn from each other. gram Bored? While away a tedious half hour with the Pride Colouring Book. You can download it from the link at the bottom of this page from the Nottinghamshire's The Great Sex Guide has some useful info for Rainbow Heritage web site young people. It is not just for LGBT people, but it does have useful guidance on things like “coming https://tinyurl.com/y77t6oxe out” and what to do if you are (or may become) homeless. HAIL AND FAREWELL You can download the entire guide from a page on the Nottinghamshire’s Rainbow Heritage website at We were saddened to hear of the death of Phil Smith. Phil was a volunteer for several https://tinyurl.com/y77t6oxe years on what was then Notts Lesbian and Note that the downloaded pdf has lost of click on Gay Switchboard. He was also a founder links which expand on the basic text. member of the County Council’s LGB group which later became their LGBT Network and Phil chaired that Network for several years. We have been informed that the Lesbian Café evening at Nottingham Women’s Centre has stopped meeting through lack of support After organising Dinner Ladies dining group for 10 years Jacqui has decided to call it a day, so the group has now had its last meeting.