Issue 55 Forever with Pride 1st June 2026 Pride has always meant more to me than a date in the calendar. Of course, it is joy. It is music, banners, glitter, chosen family, protest signs, dancing, laughing and, for a moment, feeling like the world has made a little more room for us. But Pride is also memory. It is resistance. It is care. It is a reminder that LGBTQ+ communities have always had to build what we needed, often with very little, because nobody else was going to

May Leaders Blog: The UK can and must do better on LGBT+ rights Welcome to the latest in our monthly series of reflections from Consortium’s Senior Leadership Team. Each month, a different member of the team will share updates, insights and sector-wide reflections, helping to connect our strategy to the realities of our work and the experiences of our members. ILGA-Europe’s 2026 Rainbow Map has been released today, and it makes for deeply uncomfortable reading. The UK now sc