Health and support services available over Xmas and New Year
If you are feeling unwell or you need some extra support over the Christmas and New Year holiday period, there are a number of ways you can access help and advice.
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Aneesa Chaudhry appointed MD of new European Queer Choir
Aneesa Chaudhry, the musical director of the Rainbow Chorus has been appointed musical director of the new European Queer Choir. She will lead the choir on its journey to perform at the largest LGBT Singing Festival in the World at GALA Choruses, Denver Festival 2016, in Colorado, USA next July.
Safety tips for LGBT+ victims of domestic abuse this Christmas
Christmas can be a really difficult time for members of LGBT Communities around the country. For Broken Rainbow it is their busiest time of year. Broken Rainbow is the only UK organisation dedicated to confronting and eliminating domestic violence and abuse within and against the LGBT communities.
French performing arts unite after Paris killings
Following the tragic events that hit Paris on November 13 performing arts professionals united today, December 18th behind the slogan #MaPlaceEstDansLaSalle.
Canadian media support LGBTQ Pride tape campaign
Pride Tape was unveiled to the world today by the Institute for Sexual Minority Studies and Services at the University of Alberta (Faculty of Education). The tape, inspired by the six colours of pride, is initially being manufactured for hockey, but will later be produced for other sports.
Holocaust Memorial Day event in January
During the Second World War, it is estimated that 17 million “undesirables” were murdered by the Nazis which included many thousands of gay men and to a lesser extent gay women.
Be safe this Christmas – stay away from the sea!
Brighton & Hove seafront officers urge residents and visitors to stay away from the sea this winter. The warning comes as the recent mild weather has drawn more people than usual onto the beaches, many getting dangerously close to the crashing waves.