
Five Meaningful Ways to Celebrate LGBTQ History Month
February is LGBTQ history month, dedicated to celebrating the history, achievements and diversity of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community, as well as raising awareness of issues still impacting queer people and campaigning for change. LGBTQ History Month was introduced in the UK in 2005, in the wake of the abolition of Section […]

Getting to Know the LGBTQ+ Community
Pride season is here again and with our Proud to Support Pride range becoming a permanent collection in our shop we thought that writing a post about each of the flag colours that feature in the collection, what they stand for etc, would be a really good idea, especially for those folks who are not […]

Pride Auction Update
Update time! Last month we held our Pride auction in which we made 6 exclusive Ambit dildos in various different pride colours. Every single penny that we raised from that auction was sent to the Albert Kennedy Trust to help support their work with vulnerable LGBT+ youth. A total of £307 was raised by you […]

The Lion and the Unicorn by Ella Scandal
Watching Aaron painting his corkscrew hair is one of my favourite pastimes. When we first met he’d blushed when I caught him converting a patch of grey back to his natural black. After a few months, he’d just smiled sheepishly when I commented on how good he looked with a few highlights. But now? Now […]

The Origins of Pride
People go to Pride for various reasons. Some go because it’s the only time they get to relax and be themselves, some go as a way to protest against the 74 countries where same sex relationships are still illegal; most go to enjoy the big colourful party. However, none of these are the reasons why […]

With Pride
June is pride month. The month of June was chosen for LGBT Pride Month to commemorate the Stonewall riots, which occurred at the end of June 1969 in the USA and as a result many Pride events are held at this time of year including ours. Pride is about people, real people that are often […]