Arts Tom Daley picks up the baton for LGBTQ+ rights across the Commonwealth As thousands of athletes prepared to compete on the global stage at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, Olympic gold medallist and double world champion diver Tom Daley shone a light on an issue he cares passionately about By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Business News Petition launched to save Bar 7 Crawley Bar 7 Crawley, the town’s only gay bar, has revealed on Facebook that recent planning permission puts the venue at risk. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
In The South Plans finalised for first phase of restoration for Madeira Terrace Brighton & Hove City Council has announced its design team has finalised plans for the first phase of restoration for Madeira Terrace By Graham Robson • 3 min read
LGBTQ+ News ‘The Oldest Gay in the Village’, George Montague, immortalised on Brighton & Hove Bus Brighton & Hove Buses has unveiled a special Pride bus featuring local legend, gay-rights campaigner and self-proclaimed ‘The Oldest Gay in the Village’, George Montague. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
News Brighton & Hove Pride ready for lift off… After two years of not being able to celebrate Pride in our city, Brighton & Hove Pride is excited that normal service will resume in just over a week for the summer of 2022. By Graham Robson • 3 min read
News Brighton & Hove City Council urges people to plan travel arrangements in advance of the big Pride weekend… With thousands of people expected to pack Brighton & Hove for this year’s Pride celebrations, Brighton & Hove City Council is urging people to plan their travel arrangements in advance of the big weekend… By Graham Robson • 5 min read
FILE PHOTO: Test tube labelled “Monkeypox virus positive” is seen in this illustration taken May 22, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Health LGBTQ+ groups for political parties unite to call for urgent Government action to tackle rising number of monkeypox cases The joint letter to Secretary of State for Health, Steve Barclay MP, has been signed by the LGBTQ+ groups for the Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Greens and Scottish National Party. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Lunch Positive to host pop-up food stall at Preston Park over Brighton & Hove Pride Brighton & Hove Pride has once more gifted Lunch Positive the pitch for a pop-up food stall at Preston Park over Pride, and this year it’s for two days! By Graham Robson • 2 min read
News Greens call for end to LGBTQ+ deportations ahead of Brighton & Hove Pride Brighton & Hove Green Party reaffirms its opposition to the Government’s Rwanda deportation plan, as Brighton & Hove Pride returns this weekend. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News Online support platform for parents and carers of children affected by early childhood trauma has been given new name After a period of consultation with users and partners, The Adopter Hub is to be renamed CATCH – Children And Trauma Community Hub. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts Carly Rae Jepsen announces new album, ‘The Loneliest Time’ Her most introspective body of work to date, The Loneliest Time expands on the emotionally potent songwriting and effervescent sound that Jepsen has showcased on past work like 2015’s critically lauded E*M*OTION. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News Trans Pride Brighton, Stand Up To Racism and Brighton & Hove Stand Up To Racism have announced a series of solidarity protests to defend Aida H Dee’s Drag Queen Story Hour The protests take place on Thursday, August 4: from 10.30am at Jubilee Library, Brighton; from 1pm at Hove Library; and at 3pm at Woodingdean Library. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News No shade: Lower Briggate lights up for the LGBTQ+ people of Leeds New rainbow lighting is set to light up Lower Briggate ahead of this weekend’s Leeds Pride 2022. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Out and proud members of Out to Swim take part in the 85th annual Pier to Pier race in Brighton. Organised by volunteers of the Brighton Swimming Club, the race, which is just over a kilometre, is one of the main swimming events in the Brighton calendar starting at West Pier and ending under Palace Pier. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
News Brighton & Hove Pride puts community messages at the heart of city-wide lamp post campaign for 30th Anniversary Brighton & Hove Pride has launched a lamp post campaign for this weekend’s event, calling on local LGBTQ+ community groups to share messages highlighting a campaign, celebration or statistic to the wider public throughout Pride. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
News Don your rainbow party outfits and take part in the Big Pride Beach Clean on Sunday, August 7 Volunteers who complete a full session can get a free ticket to We Are Fabuloso – Pride in the Park on Sunday, August 7. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts MAISIE, documentary on Britain’s oldest drag artiste, to show at Duke of York’s Picturehouse on Friday, August 5 MAISIE, a documentary on Britain’s oldest working drag artiste Maisie Trollette, is to be screened at Duke of York’s Picturehouse in Brighton on Friday, August 5. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts 201 Dance Company welcomes Christina Aguilera to Pride with dance rendition of Dirrty on the streets of Brighton To give Brighton & Hove Pride headliner Christina Aguilera the warmest welcome to Brighton, choreographer and director Andrea Walker, founder of 201 Dance Company, has once again brought a team of phenomenal dancers together to perform Aguilera’s noughties hit Dirrty in iconic spots around the city. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Is drag family-friendly? Trolls go mad over Drag In the Park A post promoting DRAG IN THE PARK: THE FABULOUS FAMILY-FRIENDLY SHOW has come under fire from trolls on Facebook who have criticised the inclusion of ‘drag queens’ in a family-friendly show. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Queer poetry event with Simran Uppal, mandisa apena and Jinhao Xie The event, on Thursday, July 28, will be an evening of poetry readings hosted by Jacob Sam-La Rose and featuring Barbican Young Poets Simran Uppal, mandisa apena and Jinhao Xie, to celebrate the new poetry anthology ‘Articulations for Keeping the Light In’ By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Fundraising News OS Lifestyle in Brighton to raise funds for Allsorts Youth Project during Pride OS Lifestyle in Brighton will be on hand to help you get Pride ready by offering charity haircuts over Brighton & Hove Pride on Friday, August 5 (10am – 7pm) and Saturday, August 6 (10am – 3pm) with all proceeds donated to Allsorts Youth Project. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Peter Tatchell LGBTQ+ News Commonwealth Games: LGBTQ+ protest this Thursday “We are calling out anti-LGBTQ+ repression in the 35 Commonwealth countries that criminalise same-sex relations.” By Graham Robson • 1 min read
News Stonewall FC and Virgin Atlantic FC set to celebrate diversity and inclusion at the clubs’ first fixture Stonewall FC will host Virgin Atlantic FC in what promises to be a fixture championing diversity and inclusion in football and beyond. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
News Brighton & Hove Frontrunners announce 5km Rainbow Run on Friday, August 5 This fun event will take place the same weekend as Brighton & Hove Pride – ideal for those wanting to include it as part of their Pride celebrations. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
