#WeStandTogether at Brighton and Hove Pride Brighton and Hove Pride highlighted the global struggle for LGBT+ human rights with this powerful video which was played to the assembled crowds prior to Britney Spears performance at Brighton Pride on August 4. By Contributor • 1 min read
Southampton Pride in pictures Thousands of revellers celebrated at Southampton’s third Pride on Saturday, August 25, with a parade through the city centre and a main stage event in Guildhall Square – followed in the evening by an official after party at the Edge nightclub. By Contributor • 1 min read
The Housing Coalition One Year On Barry Hughes reflects on the first 12 months’ work delivered by the Brighton & Hove Housing Coalition. BRIGHTON & Hove Housing Coalition was launched last August at St George’s Church in Kemptown, in the presence of MPs Caroline Lucas and Lloyd Russell-Moyle and 200 delegates from 20 organisations w By Contributor • 5 min read
News from the Rainbow Cafe Clare Plumley, Switchboards new Rainbow Cafe Development Worker gives an update at what has been happening at the Rainbow Cafe in the last 6 months. By Contributor • 3 min read
COMPETITION: Win a pair of VIP tickets to see Spice and Sally Vate camp it up at 450 feet Gscene have a pair of VIP tickets to give away for Spice and Sally Vate’s ‘Sky High Cabaret’ on the British Airways i360. By Contributor • 1 min read
OBITUARY: Norman Wallace-Metcalfe: April 19, 1946 – June 22, 2018 In the early 1990s, Norman Wallace-Metcalfe was in the forefront with those establishing The Sussex Beacon as a household name around Brighton and beyond. By Contributor • 2 min read
PREVIEW: TUTUS and testosterone: The Trocks return to The Marlowe! The all-male comedy ballet company Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo (affectionately known as “The Trocks”) have been performing for more than 40 years and return to dance in Canterbury in October. By Contributor • 1 min read
LETTER TO EDITOR: Happy Birthday David David Raven was inspirational and so supportive of the ambulance service that I started in Brighton in 1991, the Regency Division of St John Ambulance, to transport people with HIV/AIDS to the Sussex Beacon and other places of care. By Contributor • 1 min read
PREVIEW: TRANSWORKERS Exhibition @Jubilee Library Presenting positive images of transgender people, by transgender people – for everyone! ‘TRANSWORKERS’ is an exhibition of photographs of ‘TQI’ people at work, and includes transgender people who are female to male, male to female, non binary or intersex. Some may also be L, G, or B too. By Contributor • 1 min read
PREVIEW: A Haunted Existence – Tom Marshman @The Basement, The Island in Bristol After the recent Pride celebrations saw more big-name brands and politicians than ever demonstrating their support and allegiance with tie-in promotions and personal appearances, it would be all too easy to forget that until 1967 homosexual acts were illegal in the UK, and countless gay people were By Contributor • 3 min read
PRIDE IN PICTURES: Frances’ view of parade from the Royal Pavilion Frances Hubbard kept her eye on the political statements being made and displayed on the Brighton Pride Community Parade, and there were plenty of them! By Contributor • 1 min read
PRIDE IN PICTURES: Miss Jason’s Brighton Pride champagne breakfast Miss Jason provided the words and champagne, Claire Fuller banged out the tunes and Danny Dwyer helped people empty their pockets into the Rainbow Fund buckets at the annual Miss Jason Brighton Pride Champagne Breakfast outside the Brighton Hotel on the seafront. By Contributor • 1 min read
