An LGBTQ+ radio station is launching a weekday morning show.

Queerly Radio, an internet radio station which serves the LGBTQ+ community, will launch its new show entitled Queerly Breakfast with Rob Gillett on Monday, 5 June at 7.30am. 

Data showcasing the number of journalists working in the UK whose sexualities are  lesbian, gay, bisexual or ‘other’ has been released for the first time. 

These figures were published as part of the Diversity in Journalism report which analyses the characteristics of journalists working in the UK, including ethnicity, health and disability and social class. 

A journalist and Eurovision superfan has described the sheer “joy” he experienced reporting on the contest whilst it was held in the UK.  

Marcus Wratten, an entertainment reporter at PinkNews and a die-hard Eurovision stan, spent weeks in the lead up to the week-long live shows and epic Grand Final curating coverage about the competition’s acts and history, as well as its global impact and place in queer culture.  

The UK has – quite literally – reached new lows in terms of LGBTQ+ rights, as the latest rankings show it has slipped further down the list of LGBTQ+ friendly countries in Europe. 

The ILGA-Europe Rainbow Map and Index has been released annually since 2009 and ranks all 49 European nations on their LGBTQ+ rights. 

Each country is scrutinised by ILGA-Europe across seven categories; equality and non-discrimination, family, hate crime and hate speech, legal gender recognition, intersex bodily integrity, civil society space, and asylum. 

The results are then combined and used to create a hierarchical list, where nations are scored between 0 per cent (gross violations of human rights, discrimination) and 100 per cent (respect of human rights, full equality). 

In-depth new research has laid bare the sad state of journalism in the UK, where a majority of LGBTQ+ journalists face abuse and harassment for just doing their jobs. 

The new study, entitled ‘Are media organisations adequately protecting LGBTQ journalists from harassment and abuse?’, was conducted by the Sir Lenny Henry Centre for Media Diversity (LHC) at Birmingham City University. 

It explores the abuse and harassment faced by LGBTQ journalists and whether the level of support they are offered by media organisations is ‘sufficient’ to protect them. 

The LGBTQ+ Journalism Network was commended at the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ)’s annual awards ceremony.

Held at the home of rugby – Twickenham Stadium – on Thursday (2 March), the 2022 Awards for Excellence honoured student, trainee and apprentice journalists as well as training providers and others making a difference in the industry.