Pride is still as important today as it was way back in the 1970s when the Stonewall Riots changed the future for how people relate to us. But awful things are still happening everywhere – so here is a tiny round up of some of things happening around the globe.

• 02^nd October – Canadian Conservatives under fire for using residential schools memorial to push ‘hateful’ Anti-LGBTQ+ Agenda

11^th October – PinkNews published an article stating that only 35% of LGBTQ professionals feel safe being their authentic selves at work

• 19^th October – The opening of the first regional NHS gender identity clinic for trans youth has been further delayed, pushing into April next year.
• 29^th October – Only 1 in 6 Asexuals have universally positive experience of being out

It’s not all doom and gloom in the queer world as there are still some good news stories happening as well – here are just a few we think should be celebrated.

• 18^th October – Philadelphia declared a safe haven for trans people seeking gender-affirming healthcare
• 19^th October – Landmark ruling finds that Trans convicts must have access to gender-affirming care in Washington prisons.
• 25^th October – Government to drop discriminatory law stopping people with HIV starting a surrogate family
• 29^th October – Welsh Government to redefine women to include trans women in landmark gender laws

November

01^st                   Peter Wakelin on David Jones – Conversations @ The Chapel

03^rd                  Women in Rock @ The Borough Theatre

03^rd                  An evening with: Ross Kemp – Book:ish

06^th                  The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes @ The Borough Theatre

07^th                   An evening with: Delyth Badder – Book:ish

08^th                   Storytelling Love @ The Melville

08^th                  Intersex Day of Remembrance

10^th                  Y Fenyw Mewn Du @ The Borough Theatre

10^th                   An evening with: Nina Stibbe – Book:ish

10^th                  Llanfoist Village Hall Film Night – The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

11^th                   Gwent Bach Choir @ The Priory Centre

13^th-19^th            Trans Awareness Week

14^th                   BookIsh Writing Group – Crickhowell

15^th                  Blake Morrison – Conversations @ The Chapel

16^th                   An evening with: Diana Henry – Book:ish

18^th                   Kizza – Fuggy Yak Jiggy Yak @ The Melville

19^th                  Seska @ The Melville

19^th                   Abergavenny Symphony Orchestra @ Our Lady & St Michaels Church

20^th                  Transgender Day of Remembrance

23^rd-25^th            Great Expectations @ The Borough Theatre

23^rd                  Folk Tales – Filkins Drift @ The Melville

23^rd                  An evening with: Gail Miller – Book:ish

25^th                   Christmas Craft Fair

28^th                   Practice your Welsh speaking @ The Melville

29^th                  Steeleye Span @ The Borough

30^th                   An evening with: Nicola Edwards – Book:ish

30^th                  Hose County @ The Borough

December

01^st                   World Aids Day

02^nd                  A Special Evening of Song & Conversation with Jon Wilks @ The Borough Theatre

05^th-06^th            Talon – The Best of the Eagles @ The Borough Theatre

09^th                  Christmas with Elvis @ The Borough Theatre

10^th                   Zsofia Foris and Noemi Csoke @ The Borough Theatre

12^th                  Bookish Writing Group @ Crickhowell

14^th                  Gwent Bach Choir @ St Marys Priory

24^th                  Christmas Eve

25^th                  Christmas Day

26^th                  Boxing Day (St Stephens Day)

31^st                   New Year’s Eve