The brand new gay pri event after this part of Birmgham was named an official Gayborhood
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- KGS HEATH TO HOLD FIRST EVER QUEENS HEATH PRI LGBT FTIVAL THIS WEEKENDTHE BRAND NEW GAY PRI EVENT AFTER THIS PART OF BIRMGHAM WAS NAMED AN OFFICIAL GAYBORHOODBIRMGHAMMAILBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSWHAT'S ONBYDAVID BENTLEYSEO WRER16:19, 23 SEP 2021UPDATED13:40, 24 SEP 2021BOOKMARKYORK ROAD GEARG UP FOR S PESTRIANISATN LATE AUGT (IMAGE: BIRMGHAM MAIL)THE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 THE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
- DAðI FREYR MAK APPEARANCE AT KGS HEATH GAY PRI
- KGS HEATH GAY PRI
- GAY PRI
- JOE LYCETT'S QUEENS HEATH JOY AT PRI BASH HE STARTED AS A JOKEREVELLERS KGS HEATH REFED TO SHELTER OM THE RA AS THEY NTUED DANCG AND CELEBRATGBIRMGHAMMAILBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYLRA WILLIAMSTV AND SHOWBIZ REPORTER17:03, 18 JUN 2023UPDATED12:23, 19 JUN 2023BOOKMARKVIO LOADGVIO UNAVAILABLECLICK TO PLAYTAP TO PLAYTHE VIO WILL TO-PLAY SOON8CANCELPLAY NOWTHE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 THE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
- EXPRS & STARHOMENEWSSPORTENTERTAMENTSERVICNOTIFITN SETTGSSUBSCRIBE TO ONE OR ALL NOTIFITN SOURC OM THIS ONE PLACE.NEWSLETTERSUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO GET THE DAY'S TOP STORI SENT DIRECTLY TO YOU.SIGN ME UPENTERTAMENTALL ENTERTAMENT BLACK COUNTRY FTIVALMICDG OUTTHEATRE & COMEDYWEEKENDATTRACTNSMORE GRAND ARCHIVEFEATURLIFTYLESHOWBIZTRAVELWHAT'S ONBMMIE JOE LYCETT PROUD TO BRG PRI CELEBRATN TO HOME CYBIRMGHAMSHOWBIZPUBLISHED: JUN 28, 2022LAST UPDATED: JUN 28, 2022JOE LYCETT IS PROUD TO E OM THE WT MIDLANDS AND STILL LOV GOG DOWN TO HIS LOL FOR A PT.SUBSCRIBE TO OUR DAILY NEWSLETTER!SIGN UPJOE LYCETT IS PREPARG TO HOST A CELEBRATN EVENT HIS HOME CY TO MARK PRIJOE LYCETT BUT HE ADMS HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A LTLE NFED ABOUT THE NEED TO CELEBRATE HIS SEXUALY.THE BMMIE IS PREPARG TO HOST A CELEBRATN EVENT HIS HOME CY TO MARK PRI.THE PRI MOVEMENT HAS BEE A BIG AL ANNUALLY FOR THE LGBTQ+ MOVEMENT AND EVENTS BIG CI LIKE BIRMGHAM HAVE BEE POPULAR WH ALL, GAY OR NOT.AS PRI MARKS S 50TH YEAR, THE EDIAN SAYS HE IS NOW LEARNG TO EMBRACE .JOE LYCETT IS PREPARG TO HOST A CELEBRATN EVENT HIS HOME CY TO MARK PRILYCETT, 33, SAYS: "I ULD NEVER UNRSTAND HOW I ULD BE PROUD OF SOMETHG I DIDN'T HAVE A CHOICE ."I DIDN'T CHOOSE TO BE BISEXUAL. BUT AS I'VE GROWN I'VE REALISED I DID HAVE A CHOICE, A CHOICE TO BE OPEN AND BRAVE AND SAY, 'THIS IS WHO I AM'. I THK PRI IS MANY THGS TO MANY PEOPLE, BUT TO ME 'S PRI TAKG THAT LEAP."OBSERVED EACH JUNE TO HONOUR THE 1969 STONEWALL RTS, PRI MEMORAT THE G TOGETHER OF PEOPLE LOVE AND IENDSHIP, TURN OFFERG UP AN ENTIRE MONTH OF EVENTS DITED TO THE UPLIFTG OF LGBTQ+ VOIC AND CULTURE AND THE SUPPORT OF RIGHTS ACROSS THE GLOBE.LYCETT, FOR ONE, IS GETTG ON THE ACTN BY HOSTG A DAZZLG PARTY LIVE OM BIRMGHAM.TLED JOE LYCETT'S BIG PRI PARTY, THE TWO-HOUR CLIVE SPECTACULAR WILL SEE THE STAND-UP IC AND NSUMER WARRR CELEBRATG ALL THGS LGBTQ+ ALONGSI A WHOLE HOST OF FAMO FAC."HOPEFULLY, 'LL BE THOUGHT PROVOKG, NOSTALGIC, A LTLE MOVG AND IALLY FUNNY," HE SAYS."ALL ARE WELE, AND WE HAVE AN SANELY GOOD LE UP."JOG LYCETT FOR THE NIGHT WILL BE FELLOW EDIANS MAWAAN RIZWAN AND ROSIE JON, WHILST NFIRMED TO PERFORM ARE BOY GEE AND CULTURE CLUB, STEPS AND SELF ESTEEM.ALSO ON THE GUT LIST IS EDIAN MAE MART, OLYMPIC ATHLETE DAME KELLY HOLM, NATNAL TREASURE DANNY DYER, THE ST OF THIS YEAR'S H DRAMA HEARTSTOPPER, HOLLYWOOD LEGEND DAME JOAN COLLS, EDIAN TOM ALLEN, GA YASHERE, DRAG LEGENDS TIA KOFI, LRENCE CHANEY AND ADAM ALL."OUR LE-UP IS SENSATNAL, AND I FEEL SPOILT AS IS," LYCETT ADMS WHEN PHED ON HIS DREAM GUT."MY QUEER IN GROWG UP WAS QUENT CRISP, BUT ALAS HE'S BEEN AD FOR SOME TIME. I WOULD'VE LOVED TO MEET HIM AND TERVIEW HIM. THANKFULLY THERE'S SOME AMAZG STUFF ON YOUTUBE, SO I N GET MY FIX."AS FOR THROWG THE CELEBRATN HIS HOME TOWN, "IT SEEMS LIKE SUCH A WASTE. WHY DO BIRMGHAM?" TEAS THE BMMIE."LONDON WOULD'VE BEEN BETTER. LONDON IS A GREAT CY. THE PAL. ALL THE BT THGS HAPPEN THERE. THE TUBE! A SOHO HOE ON EVERY RNER! PRET! WHAT'S BIRMGHAM GOT?"THE JOE LYCETT'S GOT YOUR BACK STAR IS JOKG, AS THE FORMER KG EDWARD VI SCHOOL STUNT STILL LIV THE WT MIDLANDS CY, SPE A BY TV SCHLE PREDOMANTLY BASED LONDON.WHILE HE'S MA A NAME FOR HIMSELF ON POPULAR SHOWS SUCH AS LIVE AT THE APOLLO, 8 OUT OF 10 CATS AND NEVER MD THE BUZZCKS, LYCETT HAS OFTEN REMAED TIGHT-LIPPED ON HIS RELATNSHIP STAT, YET HAS SCRIBED HIMSELF AS PANSEXUAL, WHICH MEANS HE'S ATTRACTED TO PEOPLE OF ALL GENRS AND SEX."I SAY BISEXUAL BEE 'S EASY FOR PEOPLE TO UNRSTAND BUT I ACTUALLY DON'T QUE THK 'S THAT. PANSEXUAL SEEMS TO BE THE CLOST THG AT THIS POT THE SENSE THAT WHAT I'M ATTRACTED TO CHANG PENDG ON TANGIBLE THGS," HE SAID BACK 2016, WH HIS PREFERENC OFTEN FORMG PART OF HIS STAND-UP ROUT.WILL HE BE ATTENDG MANY OF THE PRI CELEBRATNS THIS YEAR?"I'VE ALREADY BEEN TO A SMALL PRI BIRMGHAM AND I WILL TRY TO GET TO THE MA PRI THERE LATER THIS SUMMER," HE ANSWERS. "I'M A BIG ADVOTE FOR THE SMALLER PRI PARTI. THE BIG ON ARE FANTASTIC LOTS OF WAYS, BUT I LOVE WHEN PRI N E TO LOL MUNI."HE ADDS: "I MET A LBIAN UPLE AT PRI ONCE WHO HAD JT GOT MARRIED. THEIR BLOGIL FAI HAD REJECTED THEM AND SO THEY CID TO GO TO PRI FOR THEIR WEDDG PARTY BEE, THEIR WORDS, THEY WANTED TO BE 'WH OUR FAY'. THAT'S WHAT 'S ALL ABOUT TO ME."JOE LYCETT'S BIG PRI PARTY WILL AIR ON CHANNEL 4 ON SUNDAY, JULY 3."IT'S GREAT CHANNEL 4 ARE CHAMPNG THIS. THEY'VE BEEN AT THE FOREONT OF THIS STUFF FOR A LONG TIME, AND WAS ALWAYS THE CHANNEL I LOVED GROWG UP, MISSNG BOLD SHOWS THAT NO ONE ELSE WOULD," LYCETT REASONS."SO MUCH QUEER TALENT IS LNCHED BY CHANNEL 4, MYSELF CLUD. WE SHOULD FIGHT FOR TO REMA PENNT AND PUBLICLY OWNED. IT DO MORE FOR THAN WE KNOW."SHOWBIZTHEATRE & COMEDYENTERTAMENTBIRMGHAM ENTERTAMENTBIRMGHAMLOL HUBSNEWSMOST READ
- JOE LYCETT'S QUEENS HEATH JOY AT PRI BASH HE STARTED AS A JOKEREVELLERS KGS HEATH REFED TO SHELTER OM THE RA AS THEY NTUED DANCG AND CELEBRATGBIRMGHAMMAILBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYLRA WILLIAMSTV AND SHOWBIZ REPORTER17:03, 18 JUN 2023UPDATED12:23, 19 JUN 2023BOOKMARKVIO LOADGVIO UNAVAILABLECLICK TO PLAYTAP TO PLAYTHE VIO WILL TO-PLAY SOON8CANCELPLAY NOWTHE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 THE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
KGS HEATH TO HOLD FIRST EVER QUEENS HEATH PRI LGBT FTIVAL THIS WEEKENDTHE BRAND NEW GAY PRI EVENT AFTER THIS PART OF BIRMGHAM WAS NAMED AN OFFICIAL GAYBORHOODBIRMGHAMMAILBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSWHAT'S ONBYDAVID BENTLEYSEO WRER16:19, 23 SEP 2021UPDATED13:40, 24 SEP 2021BOOKMARKYORK ROAD GEARG UP FOR S PESTRIANISATN LATE AUGT (IMAGE: BIRMGHAM MAIL)THE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 THE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
* kings heath gay pride *
A brand new gay pri event is g to part of Birmgham this weekend. Hot on the heels of beg named an official Gayborhood - alongsi the LGBTQ+ quarters of San Francis, Paris, New York and Ibiza - the muny of Kgs Heath is ung on Sunday, September 26, for the first-ever Queens Heath Pri.
READ MORE: First look around Birmgham Pri 2021 which boasts 'biggt-ever' stage To celebrate beg Birmgham's newt gay quarter, Kgs Heath has been affectnately renamed Queens Heath for the ocsn, wh the first-ever Queens Heath Pri to feature a Pri March, ee live mic performanc, face patg, exclive drks als, pl special surpris and giveaways.
READ MORE: Birmgham Pri 2021 road closur and b service diversns - full list Kgs Heath was clud The Gayborhood Foundatn's 2021 list of official Gayborhoods April. The foundatn, based the US, was set up 2020 to regnise areas around the world that are the most gay iendly, as nomated by members of the public and then judged by a 300-strong panel ma up of proment LGBTQI+ advot, cludg lawyers, bs owners and CEOs of chari om every ntent on earth. Factors the panel of judg take to nsiratn clu a higher-than-average populatn of LGBTQI+ people livg the area, a lol ditn to LGBTQI+ rights and issu among rints, proud and visible support for the muny, a lower risk (than the natnal average) of homophobic crime and the vibrancy of the lol LGBTQI+ cultural programme.
DAðI FREYR MAK APPEARANCE AT KGS HEATH GAY PRI
Gay Pri, annual celebratn, ually June the Uned Stat and sometim at other tim other untri, of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) inty. Gay Pri memorat the Stonewall rts New York Cy of June 28, 1969. * kings heath gay pride *
Those submtg a suggtn are asked to provi a wrten statement to outle their reasong, wh factors ced for Kgs Heath’s cln cludg the higher-than-average lbian populatn, the range of gay club nights on offer at lol venu and the btlg make-up of the area’s York Road which "brims wh diversy of all forms.
KGS HEATH GAY PRI
" Ken Roberts, Vice Print, Communitns of the Gayborhood Foundatn, said: “It fills wh immense pri to see the people of Kgs Heath, or should that be Queens Heath, g the regnn such a posive and clive way.
"We had received msag om the UK of people anecdotally referrg to the area as Queens Heath, and we’re sure Queens Heath Pri will be a fantastic bonanza of fun and entertament all s diverse glory – the perfect unrlg of why the muny served s cln our list of Gayborhoods. ” You n read the full 2021 Gayborhood list here The Wt Midlands is openg up - get the latt on pubs, rtrants and attractns our What's On newsletter. Inpennt craft beer bar the Je beme the Duchs, the Gorilla Coffee Cafe rebrand as Priscilla Coffee Cafe nad The Kgsway transformed to the Hoe of Queensway as part of the Queens twalk, magic, dis dance class were also among the entertament - along wh a Queer as folk fe off, Queens Heath markets and live art ’s the send time Kgs Heath has bee Queens Heath wh the gural event beg held last ’s the send year that Kgs heath has turned to Queens Heath for the day to celebrate gay pri and the event is certaly full of pri.
Hot on the heels of beg named an official ‘Gayborhood’ – an ternatnally-regnised honour that plac Kgs Heath alongsi the lik of Lisbon, New York, Paris, Ibiza, Johannburg and San Francis – the muny of Kgs Heath are ung on Sunday 26th September to celebrate beg Birmgham’s newt gay quarter. The event has been anised by lol Kgs Heath bs, alongsi The Gayborhood Foundatn, a not-for-prof worldwi anisatn dited to fdg and empowerg rintial areas of exceptnal gay sanctuary.
GAY PRI
Kgs Heath was clud The Gayborhood Foundatn’s 2021 list of official Gayborhoods April. The Foundatn, based the US, was set up 2020 to regnise areas around the world that are the most gay iendly, as nomated by members of the public and then judged by an teemed 300-strong panel ma up of proment LGBTQI+ advot, cludg lawyers, bs owners and CEOs of chari om every ntent on earth. Factors the panel of judg take to nsiratn clu a higher-than-average populatn of LGBTQI+ people livg the area, a lol ditn to LGBTQI+ rights and issu among rints, proud and visible support for the muny, a lower risk (than the natnal average) of homophobic crime and the vibrancy of the lol LGBTQI+ cultural programme.
JOE LYCETT'S QUEENS HEATH JOY AT PRI BASH HE STARTED AS A JOKEREVELLERS KGS HEATH REFED TO SHELTER OM THE RA AS THEY NTUED DANCG AND CELEBRATGBIRMGHAMMAILBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYLRA WILLIAMSTV AND SHOWBIZ REPORTER17:03, 18 JUN 2023UPDATED12:23, 19 JUN 2023BOOKMARKVIO LOADGVIO UNAVAILABLECLICK TO PLAYTAP TO PLAYTHE VIO WILL TO-PLAY SOON8CANCELPLAY NOWTHE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 THE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
Those submtg a suggtn are asked to provi a wrten statement to outle their reasong, wh factors ced for Kgs Heath’s cln cludg the higher-than-average lbian populatn, the range of gay and queer nights and the btlg make up of the area’s York Road which ‘brims wh diversy of all forms’.
EXPRS & STARHOMENEWSSPORTENTERTAMENTSERVICNOTIFITN SETTGSSUBSCRIBE TO ONE OR ALL NOTIFITN SOURC OM THIS ONE PLACE.NEWSLETTERSUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO GET THE DAY'S TOP STORI SENT DIRECTLY TO YOU.SIGN ME UPENTERTAMENTALL ENTERTAMENT BLACK COUNTRY FTIVALMICDG OUTTHEATRE & COMEDYWEEKENDATTRACTNSMORE GRAND ARCHIVEFEATURLIFTYLESHOWBIZTRAVELWHAT'S ONBMMIE JOE LYCETT PROUD TO BRG PRI CELEBRATN TO HOME CYBIRMGHAMSHOWBIZPUBLISHED: JUN 28, 2022LAST UPDATED: JUN 28, 2022JOE LYCETT IS PROUD TO E OM THE WT MIDLANDS AND STILL LOV GOG DOWN TO HIS LOL FOR A PT.SUBSCRIBE TO OUR DAILY NEWSLETTER!SIGN UPJOE LYCETT IS PREPARG TO HOST A CELEBRATN EVENT HIS HOME CY TO MARK PRIJOE LYCETT BUT HE ADMS HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A LTLE NFED ABOUT THE NEED TO CELEBRATE HIS SEXUALY.THE BMMIE IS PREPARG TO HOST A CELEBRATN EVENT HIS HOME CY TO MARK PRI.THE PRI MOVEMENT HAS BEE A BIG AL ANNUALLY FOR THE LGBTQ+ MOVEMENT AND EVENTS BIG CI LIKE BIRMGHAM HAVE BEE POPULAR WH ALL, GAY OR NOT.AS PRI MARKS S 50TH YEAR, THE EDIAN SAYS HE IS NOW LEARNG TO EMBRACE .JOE LYCETT IS PREPARG TO HOST A CELEBRATN EVENT HIS HOME CY TO MARK PRILYCETT, 33, SAYS: "I ULD NEVER UNRSTAND HOW I ULD BE PROUD OF SOMETHG I DIDN'T HAVE A CHOICE ."I DIDN'T CHOOSE TO BE BISEXUAL. BUT AS I'VE GROWN I'VE REALISED I DID HAVE A CHOICE, A CHOICE TO BE OPEN AND BRAVE AND SAY, 'THIS IS WHO I AM'. I THK PRI IS MANY THGS TO MANY PEOPLE, BUT TO ME 'S PRI TAKG THAT LEAP."OBSERVED EACH JUNE TO HONOUR THE 1969 STONEWALL RTS, PRI MEMORAT THE G TOGETHER OF PEOPLE LOVE AND IENDSHIP, TURN OFFERG UP AN ENTIRE MONTH OF EVENTS DITED TO THE UPLIFTG OF LGBTQ+ VOIC AND CULTURE AND THE SUPPORT OF RIGHTS ACROSS THE GLOBE.LYCETT, FOR ONE, IS GETTG ON THE ACTN BY HOSTG A DAZZLG PARTY LIVE OM BIRMGHAM.TLED JOE LYCETT'S BIG PRI PARTY, THE TWO-HOUR CLIVE SPECTACULAR WILL SEE THE STAND-UP IC AND NSUMER WARRR CELEBRATG ALL THGS LGBTQ+ ALONGSI A WHOLE HOST OF FAMO FAC."HOPEFULLY, 'LL BE THOUGHT PROVOKG, NOSTALGIC, A LTLE MOVG AND IALLY FUNNY," HE SAYS."ALL ARE WELE, AND WE HAVE AN SANELY GOOD LE UP."JOG LYCETT FOR THE NIGHT WILL BE FELLOW EDIANS MAWAAN RIZWAN AND ROSIE JON, WHILST NFIRMED TO PERFORM ARE BOY GEE AND CULTURE CLUB, STEPS AND SELF ESTEEM.ALSO ON THE GUT LIST IS EDIAN MAE MART, OLYMPIC ATHLETE DAME KELLY HOLM, NATNAL TREASURE DANNY DYER, THE ST OF THIS YEAR'S H DRAMA HEARTSTOPPER, HOLLYWOOD LEGEND DAME JOAN COLLS, EDIAN TOM ALLEN, GA YASHERE, DRAG LEGENDS TIA KOFI, LRENCE CHANEY AND ADAM ALL."OUR LE-UP IS SENSATNAL, AND I FEEL SPOILT AS IS," LYCETT ADMS WHEN PHED ON HIS DREAM GUT."MY QUEER IN GROWG UP WAS QUENT CRISP, BUT ALAS HE'S BEEN AD FOR SOME TIME. I WOULD'VE LOVED TO MEET HIM AND TERVIEW HIM. THANKFULLY THERE'S SOME AMAZG STUFF ON YOUTUBE, SO I N GET MY FIX."AS FOR THROWG THE CELEBRATN HIS HOME TOWN, "IT SEEMS LIKE SUCH A WASTE. WHY DO BIRMGHAM?" TEAS THE BMMIE."LONDON WOULD'VE BEEN BETTER. LONDON IS A GREAT CY. THE PAL. ALL THE BT THGS HAPPEN THERE. THE TUBE! A SOHO HOE ON EVERY RNER! PRET! WHAT'S BIRMGHAM GOT?"THE JOE LYCETT'S GOT YOUR BACK STAR IS JOKG, AS THE FORMER KG EDWARD VI SCHOOL STUNT STILL LIV THE WT MIDLANDS CY, SPE A BY TV SCHLE PREDOMANTLY BASED LONDON.WHILE HE'S MA A NAME FOR HIMSELF ON POPULAR SHOWS SUCH AS LIVE AT THE APOLLO, 8 OUT OF 10 CATS AND NEVER MD THE BUZZCKS, LYCETT HAS OFTEN REMAED TIGHT-LIPPED ON HIS RELATNSHIP STAT, YET HAS SCRIBED HIMSELF AS PANSEXUAL, WHICH MEANS HE'S ATTRACTED TO PEOPLE OF ALL GENRS AND SEX."I SAY BISEXUAL BEE 'S EASY FOR PEOPLE TO UNRSTAND BUT I ACTUALLY DON'T QUE THK 'S THAT. PANSEXUAL SEEMS TO BE THE CLOST THG AT THIS POT THE SENSE THAT WHAT I'M ATTRACTED TO CHANG PENDG ON TANGIBLE THGS," HE SAID BACK 2016, WH HIS PREFERENC OFTEN FORMG PART OF HIS STAND-UP ROUT.WILL HE BE ATTENDG MANY OF THE PRI CELEBRATNS THIS YEAR?"I'VE ALREADY BEEN TO A SMALL PRI BIRMGHAM AND I WILL TRY TO GET TO THE MA PRI THERE LATER THIS SUMMER," HE ANSWERS. "I'M A BIG ADVOTE FOR THE SMALLER PRI PARTI. THE BIG ON ARE FANTASTIC LOTS OF WAYS, BUT I LOVE WHEN PRI N E TO LOL MUNI."HE ADDS: "I MET A LBIAN UPLE AT PRI ONCE WHO HAD JT GOT MARRIED. THEIR BLOGIL FAI HAD REJECTED THEM AND SO THEY CID TO GO TO PRI FOR THEIR WEDDG PARTY BEE, THEIR WORDS, THEY WANTED TO BE 'WH OUR FAY'. THAT'S WHAT 'S ALL ABOUT TO ME."JOE LYCETT'S BIG PRI PARTY WILL AIR ON CHANNEL 4 ON SUNDAY, JULY 3."IT'S GREAT CHANNEL 4 ARE CHAMPNG THIS. THEY'VE BEEN AT THE FOREONT OF THIS STUFF FOR A LONG TIME, AND WAS ALWAYS THE CHANNEL I LOVED GROWG UP, MISSNG BOLD SHOWS THAT NO ONE ELSE WOULD," LYCETT REASONS."SO MUCH QUEER TALENT IS LNCHED BY CHANNEL 4, MYSELF CLUD. WE SHOULD FIGHT FOR TO REMA PENNT AND PUBLICLY OWNED. IT DO MORE FOR THAN WE KNOW."SHOWBIZTHEATRE & COMEDYENTERTAMENTBIRMGHAM ENTERTAMENTBIRMGHAMLOL HUBSNEWSMOST READ
Ken Roberts, Vice Print, Communitns of the Gayborhood Foundatn, said: “It fills wh immense pri to see the people of Kgs Heath, or should that be Queens Heath, g the regnn such a posive and clive way. We had received msag om the UK of people anecdotally referrg to the area as Queens Heath, and we’re sure Queens Heath Pri will be a fantastic bonanza of fun and entertament all s diverse glory – the perfect unrlg of why the muny served s cln our list of Gayborhoods. Now the Gayborhood Foundatn-spired event uld bee an annual party and para.
"There were a lot of gay people, but also many other straight people supportg them. " In April this year, the area was named an official Gayborhood alongsi the LGBTQ+ quarters of Darlghurst Sydney, The Marais Paris, Calle la Virg Ibiza and The Castro San Francis. Qualifyg factors would clu a 'higher-than-average populatn of LGBTQI+ people livg the area, a lol ditn to LGBTQI+ rights, support for the muny, a below-average risk of of homophobic crime and a vibrant lol LGBTQI+ cultural programme.
JOE LYCETT'S QUEENS HEATH JOY AT PRI BASH HE STARTED AS A JOKEREVELLERS KGS HEATH REFED TO SHELTER OM THE RA AS THEY NTUED DANCG AND CELEBRATGBIRMGHAMMAILBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYLRA WILLIAMSTV AND SHOWBIZ REPORTER17:03, 18 JUN 2023UPDATED12:23, 19 JUN 2023BOOKMARKVIO LOADGVIO UNAVAILABLECLICK TO PLAYTAP TO PLAYTHE VIO WILL TO-PLAY SOON8CANCELPLAY NOWTHE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 THE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
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