Community News Allsorts Youth Project launches new series of resources, Allsorts of Visibility: Celebrating LGBT+ People of Colour One of the challenges many people may face when growing up as LGBTQ+ is that they are not presented with many or any positive LGBTQ+ role models in their immediate proximity, or in mainstream culture. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
News Whitehawk Football Club to embark on a week of Inclusion and Diversity Awareness in football as part of Football v Homophobia Month of Action As part of Football v Homophobia’s Month of Action, Whitehawk Football Club is to make a powerful inclusion statement with a week of action culminating in an unprecedented matchday initiative to raise funds for the Brighton Rainbow Fund on February 19 By Graham Robson • 3 min read
News Have Your Say: new research to explore alcohol use in UK transgender and non-binary communities Do you identify as transgender or non-binary? Do you currently drink alcohol or did you used to drink alcohol in the past but no longer do ? Take part in a trans-led research study to inform inclusive alcohol reduction services By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News Nominate a local Community Hero to be a Batonbearer for 2022 Commonwealth Games Nominations are now open for people who would like to apply to be a Batonbearer for the Queen’s Baton Relay in England By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Brighton indies launch book festival to amplify “a wide spectrum of voices” Independent bookshop owners Carolynn Bain of Afrori Books, the first Black-owned bookshop in Sussex, and Ruth Wainwright of the Feminist Bookshop, are to launch a book festival in Brighton this summer to amplify “a wide spectrum of voices” By Graham Robson • 1 min read
News Northern Pride reveals line-up for UK Pride launch party Northern Pride Festival will host UK Pride at Newcastle’s Town Moor from July 22 to 24 , with a packed programme of events scheduled across the region during the countdown to the weekend. By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Arts Socially Engaged Art Salon and the Ledward Centre seek Brighton & Hove-based LGBTQ+ creatives to lead paid workshops Artists from under-represented sectors in the arts (such as BME (BPoC), artists with disabilities, artists from working class families) are encouraged to apply. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Business News Centre Stage Brighton chooses Sussex Beacon as its preferred charity Centre Stage Brighton is the jewel set between two LGBTQ+ – venues Charles Street Tap and Legends. The bar is all about having a good time with top-flight tunes, live music, drag and more By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts New art exhibition invites Sussex artists to showcase their work at British Airways i360 A new art exhibition that will celebrate Sussex artists at British Airways i360 Viewing Tower in October has invited Sussex-based artists to enter their work By Graham Robson • 1 min read
News Tottenham Hotspur supports Football v Homophobia Month of Action Tottenham Hotspur FC supported Football v Homophobia Month of Action, a campaign that aims to tackle homophobic discrimination in football, at the club’s home match against Southampton yesterday By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News Allsorts Youth Project will be visiting The Nest in Hastings on Thursday, February 17 Allsorts would like to invite all LGBT+ young people and their families along to socialise, meet the Allsorts team, find out what Allsorts does and take part in shaping the future service, and enioy free cake and refreshments! By Graham Robson • 1 min read
News Stonewall FC v Clapton Community Football Club on Saturday, February 12 The match will be Stonewall FC’s dedicated Football v Homophobia fixture taking place during the campaign’s annual month of action By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Business News Brighton & Hove City Council announces £175,000 apprenticeships boost for city Brighton & Hove City Council is making nearly £175,000 available to local businesses, schools and charities to help boost take-up of apprenticeships in the city. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Fundraising News Dame Kelly Holmes MBE (mil) announced as race starter for Brighton Half Marathon The race starts for runners at 9am on Madeira Drive before winding its way around some of Brighton’s most iconic sites including the Palace Pier, the Grand Brighton, the Royal Pavilion, the West Pier, Brighton Marina, and the colourful Hove Beach Huts. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts ‘Julian Gray – Stories For Us’ to run at The Lowry in Salford from next month As a queer, trans, disabled and mixed race artist, Julian is passionate about filling the world with stories featuring marginalised characters that focus on more than just their hardships. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Health Have Your Say on Mental Health and Housing Plan for Brighton & Hove Brighton and Hove City Council, in partnership with NHS Brighton & Hove Clinical Commissioning Group, is developing a Mental Health & Housing Plan for the city, which aims to identify what works well and what they can improve on in the future. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts The IDENTITY Project on display at PlusX Brighton for LGBT History Month The IDENTITY Project by photographer Chris Jepson, an exploration of what it means to identiy as a member of the LGBTQ+ community today, is currently on display at PlusX Brighton for LGBT History Month By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Health Heterosexual HIV diagnoses overtake those in gay men for first time in a decade – signalling changing shape of epidemic as National HIV Testing Week launches For the first time in a decade the number of new HIV diagnoses among heterosexuals are higher than in gay and bisexual men, according to new figures for England from the UK Health Security Agency as National HIV Testing Week launches today (February 7) By Graham Robson • 4 min read
Pride Day at the Downs, Bristol Pride 2019 News Bristol Pride Festival to return in June and July 2022 The popular festival’s return will span two weeks from Saturday, June 25 – Sunday, July 10. During the two weeks, the festival’s exciting programme of events will take place in venues across Bristol bringing the city alive with Pride By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Health Get your 1st, 2nd or booster jab at the Rainbow Hub up at St James’ Street Not had your first Covid vaccine yet? Due your second or booster jab? On Saturday, February 12, you can get your vaccine from the Rainbow Hub in their brand new home at the Ledward Centre By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Fundraising News Revenge announces fundraising event: ‘Pink With Envy: A Celebration of the Life of Blair Envy’ Revenge, who recently suffered the sad loss of one of its members of staff, have put together a celebration of life event – Pink With Envy: A Celebration of the Life of Blair Envy – which will take place from 8pm on Sunday, February 13 By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Paul Hamlyn Foundation supports Marlborough Productions with three-year grant funding Marlborough Productions, a catalyst for queen culture and community, has been awarded funding totalling £240,000 across three years from Paul Hamlyn Foundation’s Arts Access and Participation Fund, which aims to support change in the way the arts are created, presented, accessed and experienced by a By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Fundraising News Switchboard launches Crowdfunder to help LGBTQ+ community recover from impact of Covid-19 The charity is asking people to mark LGBTQ+ History by investing in LGBTQ+ futures By Graham Robson • 2 min read
News Pride at the Ironworks raises over £24,000 for the Brighton Rainbow Fund during the pandemic For the past two years, Brighton & Hove Pride has unable to hold its usual fundraising events, but has delivered an online digital Pride festival that raised over £14,000 as well as the Pride at the Ironworks season that has raised £10,400 By Graham Robson • 1 min read
