Arts PREVIEW Brighton Fringe: Too young to stay in, too old to go out! by Nigel Osner Nigel Osner returns to the Brighton Fringe and Sweet Venues with his new show Too Young to Stay In – Too Old to Go Out. He takes a quizzical look at the challenges and occasional opportunities for those who can no longer claim, even to themselves, that they are young. He looks at dating, love, work, By Contributor • 2 min read
Community News FEATURE: MindOut – Not exactly strangers Jon would have said that his community was his work team, probably. He had been out as gay for many years, but didn’t socialise or go out to LGBT venues or pubs or clubs. He really wasn’t bothered. His family were spread all over the world, they kept in touch but he wouldn’t have said they were clos By Contributor • 4 min read
Arts INTERVIEW: BAFTA Award-winning composer Jessica Curry chats to Nick Boston BAFTA Award-winning composer Jessica Curry has championed the genre of video game music in her highly successful ClassicFM show, High Score, as well as composing works for the London Gay Men’s Chorus and others, and collaborating with Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy. Her recent successful tour of Dear By Contributor • 4 min read
Business News BAR PERSON PROFILE: Dominic Wood @Camelford Arms The first friendly face many LGBT+ folk meet when they arrive in the city is the bar person at their local LGBT+ venue. These gatekeepers to the community provide an important role both befriending and signposting new arrivals to the city. Gscene finds out a little more about them and what makes the By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts Tonight at B RIGHT ON LGBT Community Festival: An Evening with Gabriella Parrish As part of LGBT HISTORY MONTH and The B RIGHT ON LGBT Community Festival, the Brighton & Hove LGBT Community Safety Forum presents An Evening with Gabriella Parrish. Gabriella will be singing musical theatre, power ballads and party anthems with her live band Human Jukebox, all raising money for Acc By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW Brighton Fringe: Daphna Baram in Sugarcoating Daphna Baram’s sixth solo show finds this middle eastern Mary Poppins breathless, with good reasons. Just as she came to terms with her chubby wonderfulness she is told to lose weight or lose her toes. And just as she finally gets that coveted red passport, her new country folk vote out of Europe. W By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW Brighton Fringe: Passing On by Sean Denyer Brian and Tom, together for ten years, would like to have a child, to be as Tom says, “a proper family with two dads”. When their friend, Jane, agrees to act as a surrogate, it seems they can really have it all. But after Tom is very reluctantly pressed into finding out about his biological parents, By Contributor • 2 min read
Features & Longread FEATURE: 8 ways how not to be an idiot to someone who has quit drinking What do the phrases “Is there any vodka in that coke?” and “Not another one?!” have in common? They’re two types of things you shouldn’t say to someone when they’re trying to quit drinking. The biggest way you can help someone try to kick booze is to help yourself first. By this, I mean educate your By Contributor • 4 min read
Community News LETTER TO EDITOR: Well done and thank you, LGBT Community Safety Forum We would like to offer our thanks to all the people, volunteers each and every one of them, who give their time to support, work at and deliver such an excellent space for LGBT History Month. By Contributor • 1 min read
Community News LETTER TO EDITOR: Silver Service from the LGBT Community Safety Forum Switchboard would like to thank volunteers from the LGBT Community Safety Forum for their silver service at our Cream Tea on Monday, February 19. Volunteers from the LGBT Community Safety Forum lovingly prepared and served guests attending the Switchboard Cream Tea cucumber sandwiches, scones with c By Contributor • 1 min read
Community News LETTER TO EDITOR: Thank you Brighton Pride This week sees the launch of the Rainbow Café, a new project of Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboard. Rainbow Café will support LGBTQ people living with memory loss and dementia, their friends, families and loved ones. This, much-needed, community service is made possible thanks to Brighton Pride and th By Contributor • 1 min read
Features & Longread TRAVEL: Brighton Pride 2017 Highlights from this years Brighton and Hove Pride with Jonesy, Amy and Torsten. Featuring Boogaloo Stu, Queerama, cabaret, the Pride Parade and plenty of action from the park. By Contributor • 1 min read
