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Royal Gazette intern Chelsea Hill discusses the frustrations of waiting for a decision from the Privy Council on same sex marriage

A charity set up to protect the rights of gay people is to recruit its first executive director OUTBermuda has also bolstered its leadership team by with the appointment of four new volunteers to its board. Adrian Hartnett-Beasley, OUTBermuda’s chai...

When Bermudian Thomas MacDonald published his memoir earlier this year, he was so excited he did not want to wait more than a week to receive his free author’s copy. Instead, he went to Amazon and paid for a copy of his own book, Here Is What Happene...

Coming out as gay and a historic fight for same sex marriage are highlighted in a Bermudian actor’s new comedy special. Roderick Ferguson, who lives in New York City, will stage Man Overboard!!!, in his new home town. The cabaret-style performance lo...

On February 24, a resource centre and safe space for LGBTQ people in Ghana was shut down by the state. Since then, there has been a concerted effort to dehumanise and harm queer and transgender people in Ghana. In May, police arrested 21 LGBTQ activi...

A woman who broke off contact with her family after they refused to accept her sexuality said gay rights groups had filled the gap. Karla Raphael, 59, said she missed her parents’ 60th wedding anniversary and did not attend family birthdays or celeb...

Campaigners who fought for LGBT equality were this month honoured as “Pride Pioneers” by a bank. Mark Anderson, Adrian Hartnett-Beasley, Winston Godwin and Greg DeRoche were honoured by HSBC to highlight this month’s Pride celebrations. Mr Anderson s...

The “Queen of Bermuda” is to organise two events around a beach party to celebrate Bermuda’s LGBT people. Mark Anderson, the man behind Sybil Barrington, will put on drag performances tonight – either side of Pride Bermuda’s celebration at Cooper’s ...

An end to end charity walk to raise money for a safe house for LGBTQ young people has been cancelled. Mark Anderson, the man behind the “Queen of Bermuda” Sybil Barrington, yesterday postponed the event, which was supposed to start this morning at 4a...

The “Queen of Bermuda” is to cover the end to end course to raise cash for a safe house for LGBTQ young people. Mark Anderson, the man behind Sybil Barrington, said the creation of a special centre had been a dream for a long time. He explained he wa...

Bermuda Pride is to throw a beach party to celebrate the island’s LGBT people and supporters. The organisers of the group said: “The founding principles of Pride are community and togetherness. “Whilst the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has meant that w...

Last week, the City of Hamilton unveiled “Freedom Square”, a formally sanctioned safe space on the grounds of City Hall where people can come to express themselves regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, national origin and beliefs;...