Community News Quakers to celebrate Brighton Pride Brighton and Hove Quakers welcome everyone to their garden and Meeting House in Ship Lane to celebrate Pride on August 1. On Saturday, August 1 from 11am to 4.30pm, Quakers will be offering a peaceful interlude from the excitement of Pride with tea, coffee, cakes and other refreshments in the Meetin By Gary Hart • 1 min read
Arts “DJing is more than just making people dance!” – DJ Prisss So, Prisss, what do you do? “I love putting collages of creative unheard sounds onto the dance floor. Creating delightful soundscapes woven with deep textures, processed clips of geo-political commentary and other carefully chosen noises. “I am fascinated with synthesising ideas from all realms and By Gary Hart • 3 min read
Community News Rainbow Fund supports trans organisations in spring grants round Rainbow Fund supports small LGBT groups in the Spring Grants Round. In the spring grants round the Rainbow Fund has been able to support a range of LGBT/HIV groups, including three trans* organisations working to build confidence within the local trans* community, two organisations providing frontli By Gary Hart • 2 min read
General News Early intervention produces impressive prostate cancer trial results Prostate cancer trial shows longer survival with immediate hormone treatment. AUSTRALIAN researchers have discovered that men with incurable prostate cancer, but without symptoms, who received immediate hormone treatment on the TROG 03.06 (TOAD) clinical trial, had an increase in survival over those By Gary Hart • 2 min read
Community News Tom Daley becomes patron of renamed Switchboard Olympic diver Tom Daley has teamed up with an LGBT+ charity for the first time to help promote the services it provides.Tom, a Bronze Medallist at the London Olympics is to become a Patron of Switchboard, LGBT+ helpline. Switchboard is the new name for the London Lesbian & Gay Switchboard (LLGS). By Gary Hart • 2 min read
Community News London’s oldest and best known LGBT+ charity gets new name Switchboard, the LGBT+ helpline, is the new name for London Lesbian & Gay Switchboard. The change will be announced officially tomorrow (Thursday, June 25) at a special Gala at the Waldorf Hilton Hotel in London starting at 8pm. The charity, which was forty years old last year, provides confidential By Gary Hart • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Mansion House hosts Gala Dinner for Pride in London Over 300 leading members of London’s business community and their guests showed their support for the LGBT+ community at the annual event that raises funds for Pride in London. By Gary Hart • 2 min read
Business News Velvet Jacks – A quirky cafe bar in the town centre A new cafe bar owned by the wife and wife team of Jackie Perry and Eve Pleavin has opened on Western Road in Hove opposite Norfolk Square. Jackie and Eve became civil partners three years ago this September after a whirlwind romance. Jackie a civil servant for 14 years, travelled the world and lived By Gary Hart • 2 min read
Herve and Georges Business News Hervé and Georges – A double act in business and life Hervé Guyet owner of the New Steine Hotel & Bistro and Gulliver’s Hotel in New Steine Gardens and Georges Amaru his partner have been residents and owned businesses in Kemptown for the last 15 years. By Gary Hart • 3 min read
LGBTQ+ News London landmarks to be lit up in rainbow colours Wembley’s iconic arch will light up in rainbow colours this weekend for the first time ever in celebration of the annual Pride in London festival.The Wembley arch, which is 133 metres tall and 315 meters long, will be joined by the Coca-Cola London Eye which will also light up in rainbow colours thi By Gary Hart • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News LGBT hate crimes continue to go unreported Fear of how they will be treated is leading to thousands of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people (LGBT) not reporting hate crimes. As a result perpetrators are evading justice, a new report published today reveals. Evidence suggests around 35,000 cases of hate crime committed against people By Gary Hart • 4 min read
Arts Are You A Boy Or Are You A Girl? Writer and transgender community advocate, Sarah Savage got tired with children being put into pink and blue boxes when it came to gender issues. 377 backers agreed with her and pledged over £5,5oo to help Sarah publish and print her book Are You A Boy Or Are You A Girl? By Gary Hart • 2 min read
