Community News Hold the phone! Switchboard is not just recruiting helpline listeners Brighton & Hove Switchboard, a charity for LGBTQ+ people looking for a sense of community, support or information, is looking for admin volunteers to help the smooth running of the Switchboard machine By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News The Bears Are Back! Brighton Bear Weekend to return with community fundraising and furry fun in July The Brighton Bear Weekend (BBW) team has announced this year’s four-day event will take place from Thursday, July 14 to Sunday, July 17 to raise vital funds for the Brighton Rainbow Fund. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Features & Longread Who Got the Power? We Got the Power! Chris Morgan, World Champion powerlifter & co-president of the LGBT Powerlifting Union, gets us up to date with the latest news on this strength sport By Graham Robson • 6 min read
LGBTQ+ News “Righting the wrongs of the past”: all gay sex convictions imposed under repealed laws to be pardoned A pardons scheme aimed at “righting the wrongs of the past” will be extended to any conviction imposed purely due to consensual homosexual activity under now-abolished laws, the home secretary Priti Patel is set to announce. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Health MindOut seeks participants for Brighton Marathon Weekend 2022 If you love running or cycling why not take part on behalf of LGBTQ+ mental health? By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community Mobile Vaccination Unit at Dorset Gardens Methodist Church today at 12pm The Clare Project and colleagues from Switchboard’s Vaccination Buddies scheme are to staff a Mobile Vaccination Unit at Dorset Gardens Methodist Church in Brighton (BN2 1RL) today from 12-4pm. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News Brighton & Hove Pride announces 30th Anniversary LGBTQ+ Community Parade theme – LOVE · PROTEST · UNITY After two years of not being able to celebrate Pride in our city, Brighton & Hove Pride has announced the theme for the (delayed) 30th anniversary Brighton & Hove Pride LGBTQ+ Community Parade will be ‘Love, Protest & Unity’ By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Community News New data shows drop in HIV diagnoses The total number of new HIV diagnoses in England decreased by 35% in 2020 according to new data published today by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Community News Youth charity Ditch the Label announces findings of a new report into hate speech targeting those living with HIV and AIDS A new report reviewing 239 thousand online conversations surrounding serophobia – an aversion to, disdain for, or fear of people living with HIV – has today been published by leading youth charity Ditch the Label for World AIDS Day By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Community News Candlelit vigil in London to mark World AIDS Day, 40 years on from first the first reported cases of HIV-related illness and deaths AIDS Memory UK and STOPAIDS are to host a vigil in remembrance of the 36.3 million people who have died from AIDS-related illnesses at Soho Square Gardens in London on World AIDS Day, Wednesday, December 1 from 6.30pm By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News Clare Project, Switchboard and TransPride Brighton to host Trans Day of Remembrance Vigil on November 21 Attendees are encouraged to bring flowers, candles and signs. After listening to guest speakers, the vigil will head inside the Ledward Centre to watch a memorial video, take refreshments and reflect / socialise By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News Valencia announced as presumptive host city for 2026 Gay Games Valencia, Spain was chosen as a presumptive host city for the 2026 Gay Games XII at a ceremony at the Royal Pavilion in Brighton last night By Graham Robson • 1 min read
News Free bus travel for veterans and the armed forces on Remembrance Sunday Brighton & Hove Buses and Metrobus is offering free travel to veterans and serving members of the armed forces on Remembrance Sunday, November 14 By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News Whitehawk treasure remembered on bus bearing her name The life of community activist Faith Matyszak-Gander – known to many simply as ‘Mrs Whitehawk’ – was celebrated on a bus tour of her favourite places in Brighton & Hove last Sunday (October 31), on what would’ve been her 90th birthday By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts The Brighton Box to launch 2022 calendar for the Sussex Beacon The Brighton Box, the contemporary LGBTQ+ owned art gallery, will be officially launching a 2022 calendar at the Sussex Beacon shop in Kemptown on Saturday, November 13, with a signing by four artists whose works are featured: Keren Bevis, Jack Lynn, Adam Makkai and Christopher Crawford By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Community Allsorts Youth Project is hiring! Allsorts Youth Project is currently seeking to recruit an experienced and knowledgeable Family Support Worker who can creatively devise, develop and deliver a range of services and interventions to support parents, carers and the wider families of LGBTQ+, and,in particular, trans and non-binary chil By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News Applications open for Engagement Fund for BME communities in the city The Engagement Fund for BME communities in the city aims to support local community groups, voluntary organisations and not-for-profit social enterprise By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News RuPaul’s Drag Race UK star ANUBIS spills the tea at Sussex Beacon Expectations were high and Brighton-based RuPaul’s Drag Race UK star ANUBIS didn’t disappoint, when she made an exclusive ‘meet & greet’ in-store appearance at the Sussex Beacon shop at St James’s Street in Brighton. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Alfie Ordinary launches new Youtube series – Living Legends Alfie Ordinary speaks with the drag artists who have defined, innovated, inspired and led the British queer scene’s activism and artistry in Living Legends By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts Win tickets to new documentary – MAISIE Win tickets to the Brighton screening of MAISIE, the film following Britain’s oldest drag artiste Maisie Trollette, at the Duke Of York’s on November 9. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News Brighton & Hove STI Testing Week launches today to encourage people in the city to get tested Brighton & Hove STI Testing Week starts today (October 11) to encourage residents to get tested for sexually transmitted infections quickly and easily – whether at home, a clinic or at a local venue. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Legal challenge launched against years-long wait trans people face for first appointment at NHS gender clinics With trans young people and adults waiting years to be seen by the NHS, Good Law Project is supporting two adults, Eva and Alex, and two children who can’t be named, in cases against NHS England for failing to offer a first appointment within the legal timeframe of 18 weeks By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Arts The Brighton Box, Affinity Bar Brighton and artist Sid Spencer raise over £900 for the Sussex Beacon Sid presented Bill Puddicombe, executive director of the Sussex Beacon, with the cheque for £921.07 from artworks sold at the event, which saw Affinity Bar create a special Sussex Beacon Espresso Martini and culminated in a fabulous cabaret show from the magnificent Lovinia Belle By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News Southampton Football Club’s ‘no place for homophobia’ campaign unveils a statement of support with inspirational mural A striking mural has been created in Southampton to celebrate the response to the No Place for Homophobia in Southampton campaign, which was launched by Southampton Football Club and its official kit supporter hummel earlier this month By Graham Robson • 1 min read
