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Sshh Week – Monday 17 May 2010- Sunday 23 May 2010

To celebrate the first international same-sex hand holding (Sshh!) week, we want you to send us your photos. Hold hands with your partner, friend or anyone of the same sex in front of a Milton Keynes landmark and send it to: communications {at} qalliance.org(.)uk

‘A Day in Hand heralds a revolutionary way of making the world a more liveable place: a revolution in which anybody, on any day, can be a part of. The campaign is designed to promote equality of respect for people who wish to hold hands with someone of the same gender in public. It launched on May 17th 2009 and is now featured in over 20 countries worldwide. How? By holding hands we visibly challenge stereotypes and show we love and commit like everyone else. Anybody can take the day in hand. Events like Sshh! Saturdays remind people that each individual has the power to change the way people think about same-sex love. Holding hands with your partner or your friend, where you can, is about being true to yourself and to those you love.’ International Day Against Homophobia & Transphobia (IDAHO)

• More about A Day in Hand

We are proud of Amy Stimpson and Topaz ‘Teapot’ Sattaur. Thanks to Pink Punters and Rainbow, and look, we’ve made the national gay news too…

Lesbian friends at a school in Milton Keynes arrived at their prom in style last night. (Thursday 21 May)

Amy Stimpson and Topaz Sattaur both Year 11 students at Shenley Brook End were picked up from their homes and taken to the Prom in the Rainbow Bus, “the biggest, gayest bus in the world”. Amy is also a youth champion at HQMK the youth group run in Milton Keynes by Q:alliance.

• Read more on this article from the Pink News

Stay alert with all things Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender, from latest news to local events on Facebook. We have everything LGBT in MK, also become our fan and you can share your news, views and events on our site too!

• www.facebook.com/qalliance

STaSS (Shika Tamaa Support Service) is a free, private and confidential support service caring for persons of all ages, race, gender, ethnic background, religious belief and sexual orientation, suffering from Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and related conditions caused by Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), their relatives, dependants, carers and other people affected, providing counseling, advice and support as well creating HIV/AIDS Awareness and Prevention.

• Find out more about STaSS

If you run a service and think we should be talking about it, then tell us! email:

communications {at} qalliance.org(.)uk

Want your face on the Q:alliance website? You do! Well just tell us  what it’s like to be a Gay, Bi or Trans person in Milton Keynes.

Share your experiences with us, from attending LGBT events, to where you go to relax after a hard day in the office.

Email your photos and experiences to: communications {at} qalliance.org(.)uk