Politics Green Party councillor urges Brighton & Hove City Council to support local communities affected by Israel and Gaza conflict and take a stance against hate in all its forms The Green Party in Brighton & Hove are calling on the council to offer more support to those affected by violent events in Israel and in Palestine, ahead of a meeting of all councillors next week. In a series of proposals, Greens say councillors of all parties can and must come together to reassu By Graham Robson • 2 min read
In The South Brighton & Hove City Council to recommend appointment of Jess Gibbons as its new Chief Executive Brighton & Hove City Council has announced today (Wednesday, December 6) it will be recommending to a meeting of Full Council the appointment of Jess Gibbons as its new Chief Executive. Ms Gibbons has been Chief Operations Officer of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council since December 2 By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Learn to swim in 2024 with Out to Swim Brighton & Hove As part of Out to Swim Brighton & Hove‘s plan to encourage a wider range of swimmers, the swimming group is re-introducing swimming lessons in 2024. Lessons will be held at the King Alfred Swimming Pool on Saturdays between 5 – 6pm, commencing Saturday, January 6, 2024. A dedicated lane will be rese By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News Brighton & Hove LGBTQ+ Switchboard invites LGBTQ+ survivors of domestic abuse to reflect on 2023 at free December Survivor Space event Brighton & Hove LGBTQ+ Switchboard is inviting LGBTQ+ survivors of domestic abuse to reflect on 2023 at its free December Survivor Space event, hosted by the Domestic Abuse team from 11am – 2pm on Monday, December 18 at Community Base, 113 Queens Road, Brighton, BN1 3XG. The charity will invite grou By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News No place like home – Martlets celebrates return to revamped Hospice with Christmas concert featuring local choirs including Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus Home is at the heart of Martlets’ forthcoming Christmas concert, taking place at All Saints Church in Hove on Tuesday, December 12 and featuring local choirs including Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus. As the Sussex charity prepares to return all staff and patients to its redeveloped Hospice site in Wayfie By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News Sussex adventurer takes on Antarctic challenge for two children’s charities Josh Braid from Hurstpierpoint is following in the footsteps of his Great Uncle by taking on a South Pole challenge this December in aid of Rockinghorse Children’s Charity and Kidscape. By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Transgender News Trans and non-binary people needed for Trafalgar Square Fourth Plinth installation Teresa Margolles is an internationally renowned artist and will be casting 850 plaster casts from the faces of trans and non-binary people between Mexico and the UK. These casts will be placed on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square in 2024 as a show of resilience and humanity from trans and non- b By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News Brighton & Hove LGBTQ+ Switchboard to launch new service with Conversation Over Borders for LGBTQ+ refugees, asylum seekers and migrants Brighton & Hove LGBTQ+ Switchboard has teamed up with fellow Brighton-based charity Conversation Over Borders (COB) to start a new service for LGBTQ+ refugees, asylum seekers and migrants – and are inviting people to its free first event on Monday, December 11. The new service called IRIS, which sta By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Sport Stonewall FC wins Historic GOLD at Guadalajara Gay Games 2023 Stonewall FC embarked on an exceptional challenge in Latin America, travelling to Guadalajara, Mexico in November for the Guadalajara Gay Games 2023. Their goal? To win a fifth Gay Games title and become the first team in the world to win the Football 11’s gold for a fifth time. With temperatures u By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Pride Brighton & Hove city councillors set to agree plans to deliver annual Brighton & Hove Pride for the next five years Brighton & Hove city councillors are set to agree plans to deliver the annual Brighton & Hove Pride festival and events for the next five years. A report is going to the council’s Culture, Heritage, Sport, Tourism & Economic Development Committee next week to agree the running of the Community Parad By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Community News Sussex Police Community Support Officer sacked for “inappropriate and sexual communication through Grindr with a 16-year-old boy” and “discriminatory language” against various LGBTQ+ groups A Sussex Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) who formed inappropriate relationships with a man and a teenage boy has been dismissed without notice after gross misconduct was proven following an Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) investigation. The investigation began in February 2021 a By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Health New polling data show almost nine out of ten Tory voters want to see compensation paid in Infected Blood scandal New polling, commissioned by leading HIV charity Terrence Higgins Trust, shows that 87% of the British electorate believe that people infected and affected by the contaminated blood scandal should be entitled to compensation. In advance of a key vote in the House of Commons which would establish a n By Graham Robson • 3 min read
