At one of the four gigs I did this weekend the person on the door was adamant I wasn’t on the list and wasn’t coming in. This happens a fair bit. If there’s a rash of menopausal women infiltrating comedy venues by pretending to be an act, I say let them in.

and more #lesbianvisibilityweek #JoyUs poets... JP Seabright 💜 Maria Jastrzebska @sophiablackwell zocowrites

The best relationship is between two people who feel lucky to have found each other.

Have you seen this Arachne Press🕷️? So happy that a pre-publication copy of JOY//US: Poems of Queer Joy is the start of @SahirHous’s new LGBTQ+ library! (There’s quite a few poets in it from around Merseyside, so if you fancy a poetry reading please let us know!) ❤️🌈

Very happy to receive my contributor copy of this Arachne Press🕷️ LGBTQ+ poetry anthology in the post today! And to see my poem “Her blue shirt” published alongside many other LGBTQ+ writers whose work I admire.🌈

I received a beautiful, joyous booklet when I arrived home tonight. I share my poem in the same book as true hero Dean Atta

Joy/Us Poems of Queer Joy

Thank you Arachne Press🕷️

#joy #poems #queer #lgbt #anthology #book #book let #writing #newwriting #joy ous #poetry #poets

Can't wait for this one 🙌🏽

As a new cat owner I have noticed that most “cat advice” is advice about how to change your behavior to accommodate the cat

Listen again to our pop up edition with Rosie Wilby and Sophia Blackwell talking to Elliot Page dominic savage hillary baack BFI Flare 💎 plus Amrou Al-Kadhi 🦄 on their film Layla and Sadie Clark (she/her) 💖💜💙 ahead of Algorithms opening Park Theatre #LGBTQIA #film

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Feeling all queer and joyous thanks to @arachnepress and the other brilliant poets in this beautiful book, Joy//Us ❤️ #queerjoy

Congratulations to James Graham and simon stephens for their fabulous success at the Olivier Awards.
This May, both Vanya and Dear England will be coming to Drama Online in the Core Collection Update 2024.
Watch this space to find out more!

Last week's Out in South London show (access it here mixcloud.com/Resonance/clea…) is also repeating live-ish on Resonance FM at 10am today.

If you want to hear great tunes, upcoming LGBT+ cultural highlights and me predicting Jak Malone's Oliviers win, that's the place to be!

WINNER OF BEST NEW MUSICAL: OPERATION MINCEMEAT. Can you believe it? Well you better - because SpitLip are an Award winning company. Operation Mincemeat an Award winning show. #Mincefluencers are an Award winning fandom (!!) Huge. Congratulations legends! 🎉🚨💛 So well deserved.

Operation Mincemeat has won best new musical at the #OlivierAwards . Well done SpitLip and the whole Operation Mincemeat team. You are ALL shining examples of what humans can be. Thank you for all the flashes of joy you’ve given us, now go enjoy yours! 💛🖤

Deservedly so!

Thanks Rosie!

Loads of cultural recommendations on this show including two Olivier-nominated productions, new LGBTQ+ books and more tracks from Sonikku and Ruth Theodore!

Why is everyone saying Amy would have been forty this week when she was born in September 1983?

When your bag of Haribo is trying to Sweet Shame you! Tis MY bag! Only mine!!!!

Broadcasting now! A new LGBTQ+ magazine show from me and Rosie Wilby on Resonance FM - hop on this Friday night! player.resonancefm.com

Starting with a new track from ani difranco - always a delight.

Looking forward to tomorrow night's show! Out in South London on Resonance FM: Rosie Wilby and me speaking to @TheElliotpage dominic savage @HillaryBaack, and Rosie interviewing Amrou Al-Kadhi 🦄 and Sadie Clark (she/her) 💖💜💙. Music from @AniDifranco @Rutheodoremusic and Sonikku.