Contact the Webmaster at lgbtshrewsbury@hotmail.com
Upcoming Events:
- 5 November Chill Out Mondays social at Shrewsbury Old Market Hall from 8.15pm. Free.
- 5 November LGBT cabaret night with Brenda La Beau. Free. Havana Republic (aka C:21), Abbey Foregate.
- 7 November TAGS swimming session at 7.30pm at Shortwood School, Limekiln Lane, Wellington, TF1 2JA.
- 7 November Oswestry LGBT film season: A Fantastic Woman. 7.30pm at Kinoculture
- 8 November Oswestry youth group Off The Ground at The Centre, Oak Street. 6.30pm
- 10 November XYZ youth group meet in Shrewsbury town centre at 3.30pm. Details here.
- 15 November Ex Libris book reading discussion group. The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury at 1030.
- 17 November SAND social at Qube, Oswestry. Includes screening of 25 minute film Gen Silent. 10am to 12 noon. Free.
- 19 November LGBT cabaret night with Shania Pain. Free. Havana Republic (aka C:21), Abbey Foregatre.
- 21 November Telford LGBT social at The Wakes, Theatre Square, Oakengates. 7pm. Free entry.
- 21 November Oswestry LGBT film season: Love, Simon. 7.30pm at Kinoculture
- 28 November Oswestry LGBT film season Anchor and Hope. 7.30pm at Kinoculture
- 2 December Screening of the film 120 BPM by the Rainbow FIlm Festival for World AIDS Day. Old Market Hall.
Updated 6 November 2018
This is the site for all the Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans stuff happening in the Shrewsbury area. Several groups meet regularly, and extra stuff happens too. The site's eleven pages contain links to everything. If you have something to add please tell us.
If you’d like to help the tiny teams organise something new don’t be shy - they'd love it!
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Latest News:
- Oswestry is holding a Pride Film festival during November with screenings at Kinoculture, opposite the public library at 9 Arthur Street, SY11 1JN. On 7 November A Fantastic Woman is showing, followed on the 21st by Love, Simon, and on 28th by Anchor and Hope. £6. Tickets can be booked here. Screenings are at 7.30pm.
- A transgender swimming group have begun holding sessions in our area. TAGS is a London organisation and the swimming sessions locally are being held each month thanks to Jane Chaplin. Next one 7 November at Shortwood School, Limekiln Lane, Wellington TF1 2JA at 7.30pm for one hour. From December it will be at the earlier time of 6.30pm.
- There's a new LGBT+ group for young people in Oswestry. It meets on the first Thursday each month from 6.30pm at The Centre, Oak Street, Oswestry. Further info from offthegroundyouth@gmail.com
- LGBT History Month will be returning to Shrewsbury in February 2019, and organisers are appealing for financial contributions! They need to raise £1500. Please give whatever you feel you can here.
- The family support group for people coming to terms with the gender transition of a loved one, SOFFAmarmalade, are now holding quarterly meetings closer to Shrewsbury. Bilbrook (near Codsall) in south Staffordshire is accessible by train every hour from Shrewsbury. Details on our Help/Support page here.
- A date for your diary - 2 December a screening of the film 120 BPM at the Old Market Hall. From the organisers of the Rainbow Film Festival as their tribute to World AIDS Day.
- National / international LGBT News here.
- Midlands LGBT News here. And the monthly Midlands Zone magazine can be viewed here (scroll to bottom).