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.

• https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/11/25/g-a-y-late-closure-jeremy-joseph-london-lgbtq/
• https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/11/23/house-speaker-mike-johnson-applauded-gay-sex-illegal/
• https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/11/20/trans-day-remembrance-murders-report/

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.

• Straight HIV infections overtake gay and bisexual cases in Scotland (thepinknews.com)
• https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/11/25/stonewall-rainbow-laces-campaign-sport-lgbtq/
• https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/11/15/church-of-england-same-sex-couples/

December

01^st                   World Aids Day

02^nd                  Small Business Shopping Day

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

02^nd                  Crickhowell Vintage, Antique & makers Market

03^rd                  International Day of Disabilities

05^th                  St Nicholas’ Day

05^th                   Kings Arm Hotel Christmas Charity Quiz

06^th                  Elf day for Alzheimers Research

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

07^th                  Christmas Jumper Day

07^th                  Start of Hannukah

08^th                  Folk Tales with Taff Rapids @ The Melville

09^th                  Abergavenny Christmas Markets

09^th                  Christmas with Elvis @ The Borough Theatre

10^th                  International Human Rights Day

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

10^th                  Abergavenny Symphony Concert Heroes & Villains Concert for Children @ King Henry VIII school

12^th                  Bookish Writing Group @ Crickhowell

14^th                  Gwent Bach Choir @ St Marys Priory

15^th                  Christmas Hat Day for Brain tumour Research

15th                  Festive Flutes @ Abergavenny Community Centre

21^st                   Winter Solstice

22^nd                  Orpheus Male Voice Choir @ Clarence Hall, Crickhowell

24^th                  Christmas Eve

25^th                  Christmas Day

26^th                  Boxing Day (St Stephens Day)

26^th                  Start of Kwanzaa

31^st                   New Year’s Eve

January

01^st                   New Years Day

04^th                  World Braille Day

09^th                  Bookish Writing Group @ Crickhowell

09^th                  An Evening with Matt Pritchard @ The Manor Hotel (Book:ish)

10^th-11^th            Abergavenny Theatre Group Presents Macbeth @ The Borough Theatre

16^th                  Noah Zhou Piano Recital @ The Borough Theatre

19^th                   Abba Forever @ The Borough Theatre

19^th                  An Evening with Gabrielle Treanor @ Book:ish Crickhowell

23^rd                  The Real Manhunter Live @ The Borough Theatre

24^th                  International Day of Education

26^th                  Welsh Wrestling @ The Borough Theatre

27^th                  International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust

31^st                   Now in a Minute @ The Borough Theatre