Photo ©Julia Claxton General News A few charity places remain for Vitality Brighton Half Marathon With 16 weeks to go until the Vitality Brighton Half Marathon 2016, charity places are being snapped up quickly. More than 9,000 general places were sold over the summer – the largest number in the race’s 26-year history – and charity places are now the only way for runners to enter the race. By Gary Hart • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: An evening with the DTMS – Brighton’s ageing boyband At the weekend I was enjoying my Sunday lunch at the Bedford Tavern, and had the great “fortune” to find myself sitting at a table next to the DTM’s, Brighton’s ageing boyband. By Gary Hart • 1 min read
In The South IBM tops list again as ‘World’s Most Gay-friendly Company’ For the second year in a row, IBM has been named the world’s most LGBT-inclusive (Lesbian, Gay Bisexual and Transgender) employer by Amsterdam-based Workplace Pride Foundation. By Gary Hart • 2 min read
General News Raif Badawi wins Andrei Sakharov prize for human rights Raif Badawi has won the European Parliament’s Sakharov prize for human rights. Badawi is the Saudi Arabian blogger, writer, activist, and creator of the website Free Saudi Liberals, an online platform for political and religious debate. By Gary Hart • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Trans woman moved to female prison Tara Hudson a 26-year-old trans woman lost her appeal today after being convicted of assaulting a bar manager by Bath magistrates last Friday (October 23). Tara had been sent to an all male prison in Bristol to serve out her sentence. By Gary Hart • 1 min read
Arts Exhibition of rare books at Jubilee Library A display of rare and fascinating books is on show at Brighton’s Jubilee Library until December 31. Curious V showcases some of the works in the library’s rare books collection. By Gary Hart • 1 min read
In The South Trans woman petition signed by more than 115,000 people More than 115,000 people have signed an online petition protesting about the plight of Tara Hudson, a trans woman who is serving out her sentence in an all male prison in Bristol. By Gary Hart • 1 min read
Sir Ian McKellen at Manchester Pride Fundraising News Manchester Pride raise £137,000 for good causes in 2015 Sir Ian McKellen & Dannii Minogue help make this years LGBT celebration in Manchester one to remember. Manchester Pride, The charity that delivers Manchester’s annual lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) festival, raised £137k for donation to charitable causes this year. By Gary Hart • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Homotopia events in Liverpool Alien Sex Club is a major multimedia project by British artist John Walter. It explores the relationship between visual culture and HIV, introducing serious health issues to a wide audience in a playful and provocative way, “as if Grindr had exploded into being a real building” [John Walter] and is By Gary Hart • 4 min read
In The South A confessional for your shame, a disco, and a show Fire up your Halloween weekend as Traumfrau presents ‘Inner Demons and Out There Bogeymen’. A chance for you to exorcise your shame and fears via the medium of queer disco, at Envy, above Charles Street, on Friday October 30 from 9.30pm. By Gary Hart • 1 min read
In The South November is Movember at OS Barbers in George Street, Brighton The Movember Foundation is a global charity committed to men living happier, healthier, longer lives. Since 2003, millions have joined the men’s health movement, raising £402 million and funding over 1,000 programmes focusing on prostate cancer, testicular cancer, poor mental health and physical ina By Gary Hart • 1 min read
Tara Hudson: Photo by Artur Lesniak In The South Numbers signing Trans woman petition rockets to more than 69,000 In the last four hours the number of people signing the petition to protest about Trans woman Tara Hudson serving out her sentence in an all male prison has rocketed to over 53,000. By Gary Hart • 2 min read
