by Rianna Verlin Lobo | May 16, 2025 4:20PM | Campaigns - LGBTQ Alcohol
Historically, gay bars and nightclubs have been safe spaces for LGBTQ+ people, a space where the lights are dark, their fears appeased, often with the help of alcohol. “A lot of our spaces began life as pubs, as nightclubs, because there was no other place to...
by Daniel Thomas | May 16, 2025 11:59AM | Campaigns - LGBTQ Alcohol
The recovery room is closed off when I arrive at the Likewise Sheffield recovery centre – renovation works, they tell me at the reception. Formerly the general hub for the centre’s Group Community Workers, they’ve found themselves relocated for the interim to a...
by Amelie Parent | May 14, 2025 1:21PM | Campaigns - LGBTQ Alcohol, Uncategorized
The vibe at a Queer sober rave is “a little bit wild and a little bit wholesome” according to organisers who run alcohol-free LGBTQ+ events. The House of Happiness was launched after its founders realised there was a gap in the market for dry, daytime, events which...
by Alycia McNamara | Feb 19, 2024 3:06PM | Long Reads
Sheffield is home to a thriving and diverse community, this February the city is celebrating LGBTQ+ History Month. Throughout this month, events are taking place across the city, but is it enough? There are many people who want to see more done to help create a more...
by Rei Takver | Dec 1, 2023 1:44PM | News
A Sheffield trans woman fears she will “more likely die first” than receive the treatment she desperately needs from Sheffield’s gender clinic to fully transition to female. Newly-released information has revealed that fewer than 1% of people on the...
