LGBT Shrewsbury

For up to date news of events of all kinds follow Shrewsbury LGBT+  here.

Changes to Hive venue during July/August. Since Nerdy closed The Hive has hosted fortnightly socials and Trans socials on Tuesday evenings. During July and August these will shift to other venues. Please see Shrewsbury LGBT+ facebook page to keep up to date. in Good Hands is the venue for the 15 July meet up.

Shrewsbury Pride 2025 launch party. On Sunday 6 July come to the launch and get involved! 7pm at The Hive, Belmont. (Date for diary: Saturday 27 September Shrewsbury Pride 2025.) 

Shrewsbury Pride tribute to Tom Waits.  In this eclectic cabaret hour filled with vocal impersonations, live music, and bluesy banter, drag king Mr Brake Down and his band pay tribute to the wit and wonderment of the iconic Tom Waits. Sunday 20 July at 7.30pm at The Hive. Tickets here

Film screening of interest 'Hidden Master: the legacy of George Platt Lynes', 20 July at 7pm Old Market Hall.  'An intimate look at a pioneering gay artist, who took radical photographs of the male nude and influenced a generation.' Tickets here

Shropshire Rainbow Film Festival ends... From its first festival in 2006 until today, the Shropshire Rainbow Film Festival has been a source of pride; screening films from around the world and reflecting the lives of LGBT+ people. 

This would not have been possible without you, our supporters and sponsors.
Last year the Trustees resolved to cease the festival’s activities and wind up the Charity.
This will happen later this year. We have always been careful in our use of the money you donated and our final project was, working with Safe Ageing No Discrimination (SAND), to commission 5 short videos.
They are excellent and illustrate powerfully the lives and experiences of old and older LGBT+ people in Shropshire.
A key reason for our decision to wind up, put simply, is that the world has changed hugely since 2006; it is now so much easier to access films of interest to LGBT+ people and for us to find positive reflections of our lives - the festival met a need and has served its purpose- new ventures will emerge. Again, thank you so much.
You can view our reports over the years on the Charity Commission website:
SHROPSHIRE RAINBOW FILM FESTIVAL - Charity 1168000
We hope you enjoy our last initiative - the 5 videos, please share them widely.
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Marmalade is a support group for families and friends of those who are questioning their gender or gender identity (not for those who are, or think they might be, Trans). It meets monthly circulating between venues in south Staffordshire and Wolverhampton, with some on line meetings too. The next meetings all from 1pm will be: 26 July by Zoom; 27 Sep tba; 25 Oct Penn Springdale Methodist church; 29 Nov by Zoom. Further details from soffamarmalade@hotmail.com or text 07950 321014 (or phone calls between 11am-2pm).

SAND Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin has been the base for a ground-breaking initiative to improve the experiences of older and old LGBT+ people since its founding in 2012. In 2019, SAND secured lottery funding for a project called EMBRACE A Culture of Inclusion which included encouraging health, social care and other providers of services for older and old people in the county to sign up to a Covenant addressing the key question “How would I, as an LGBT+ older person, know that I would feel safe and comfortable approaching your organisation for support, advice or a service?” Over 30 organisations employing over 20,000 staff have signed up. Whilst the funded project has come to an end – the work has not. SAND has taken an active, celebratory and positive decision not to apply for more funding. SAND believes that there is enough capacity within these local organisations now to continue and grow inclusive practice. Something very exciting has happened in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin over the past 5 years - a movement to embrace a culture of inclusion, which everyone can join and build together. The website remains live lgbtsand.com; you can watch a summary of the past twelve years here.