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Before you start reading, I would like to say that if you are hateful of the LGBTQIA+ community, then you are not welcome. As someone who is part of the LGBTQIA+ community, hate towards myself and other members of the LGBTQIA+ community, hate will not be tolerated. Secondly, if you are LGB without the T, you can either leave, or read on and see how trans people fought for OUR rights. Finally, if you're a part of the LGBTQIA+ community, I love you, and I see you. Again, I am part of the community myself. Happy Pride Month!! With it now being pride month, and with the unfortunate rise of hate on the LGBTQIA+ community, I wanted to write about and share how pride month is important and the relevance it has today. Especially now that there has been a rise in transphobia that has been prominent in British media and news outlets, there is a reason why we still need pride month today and also why pride month is so important to the queer community. First, I want to talk about pride month ...

Video games, they've been popular for decades, but became more popular during the lockdown in 2020. With popular games such as Minecraft, GTA and Fortnite, video games seem to get a bad reputation due to them being addictive, and people playing for hours, or maybe because of the negative impact it can have on your mental health. But I feel like they have more of a negative stereotype amongst the older generation and also parents. But what if I told you that certain video games can have a direct and positive impact on people in all ages. However, I don't want to take away whilst I am going to talk about how video games can have a positive impact on people, they can still effect people negatively, so make sure to play games in moderation. One of the first things I want to talk about on how video games can be good for you, is how they can help with the following: mood regulation, social connections and identity building. I am going to break down the three and explain how video gam...

After a successful tour in January and April 2025 following the release of their first album Rave Immortal, released January 24th 2025, sister lead band Alt Blk Era had their headlining UK tour for the release of their Our World EP on may 22nd 2026. SIsters Nyrobi and Chaya blend rock with Alt Pop, DnB, Rap and Electronic beats, creating a sound that is different from others, with an amazing sound when it comes to creating music and it showcases it really well in their live shows. With the help of many bands opening up for Alt Blk Era on their tour, as they trekked across the UK, stopping off at London (May 21st), Leeds (May 22nd), Glasgow (May 24th), Manchester (May 27th), Bristol (May 29th) and Nottingham (May 30th). With Manchester and Nottingham being sold out, the rest of the tour had low ticket warnings, which we love to see. As for their Nottingham tour, they had amazing help from fellow Nottingham band Luna and the Lime Slices, a five piece rock band, and Saint Agnes, London...