Local NHS trust committed to improvement “Everyone is welcome here”. THIS is the message from Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust (BSUH) as it submits an application to gain one of the UK’s most prestigious markers for LGBT+ workplace equality. In February this year, BSUH made a clear commitment to building on its impressive By Besi • 2 min read
Brighton Pride 2019 raises £217,432.50 for local good causes Following Brighton & Hove Pride’s amazing celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Inn uprising in New York City that ignited and inspired the global Pride movement, Brighton & Hove Pride announce they have raised a fantastic £217,432.50 for local good causes. By Besi • 2 min read
Eastbourne Rainbow lunch at Rottingdean Club Over thirty members of Eastbourne Rainbow enjoyed a late summer outing to the historic village of Rottingdean at the beginning of September. By Besi • 1 min read
Brighton Bear Weekend need your skills! Brighton Bear Weekend (BBW) will be ten years old in 2020 and continues from strength to strength each year. Over the years, BBW has raised many tens of thousands of pounds for The Brighton Rainbow Fund and is a much loved event in the annual LGBT calendar, with around two thirds of participants com By Besi • 1 min read
BLAGSS tennis tournament attracts 36 players BLAGSS tennis group held a round robin tennis tournament on Sunday August 11 at Hove Park Tennis Alliance, Hove Park with thirty six players taking part in doubles matches. By Besi • 2 min read
Brighton Bear Weekend announce 10th Anniversary dates for 2020 Brighton Bear Weekend (BBW) reveal dates for next years annual weekend event which will take place from Thursday, June 25, to Sunday June 28, 2020. Mark it in your diaries now as organisers promise it will be the best yet! By Besi • 1 min read
Martlets to host special nurse recruitment day on September 28 Martlets is inviting local registered nurses and healthcare assistants – at all levels of experience – to visit the hospice in Hove for a Recruitment Day on Saturday, September 28, 2019. By Besi • 1 min read
LETTER TO EDITOR: Labour must do better say the Greens I’m horrified to see that Labour has allowed some of the UK’s biggest carbon polluters to host events at this year’s Labour Conference. More surprising is the fact that the party is allowing these companies to do so under the guise of caring about the environment, when nothing could be further from By Besi • 2 min read
Rugby legend reveals his HIV status Gareth Thomas announces he is living with HIV. The former rugby captain of Wales revealed his HIV status in an emotional video posted on social media prior to his taking part in the Iron Man Wales event this weekend. By Besi • 2 min read
Abseil from i360 to raise funds for Samaritans Thirty intrepid volunteers will abseil down Brighton’s iconic vertical pier, the British Airways i360, on September 21 to raise funds for the Brighton, Hove and District Samaritans branch. By Besi • 2 min read
Two Brewers retain Best LGBT+ Pub crown The Two Brewers in Clapham retains its title of Best LGTB+ Pub for the second year running at the Great British Pub Awards, a national competition to recognise the best pubs in the country. By Besi • 2 min read
Fast Track Cities conference 2019 opens in London London Councils welcome International HIV conference to the capital – “We’re proud that London is a global leader in HIV prevention”. The Fast-Track Cities conference 2019, is taking place from September 8-11 at the Barbican Centre in central London. By Besi • 2 min read
School mental health services receive £350k boost Mental health services for schools in Brighton & Hove to receive extra investment of more than £350,000. The funding will pay for a new mental health support team hopefully to provide more and better services on top of all the work already happening in schools. By Besi • 1 min read
Brighton and Hove ‘Ageing Well Festival’ set to be the biggest ever Formerly the Older People’s Festival, now renamed The Ageing Well Festival, returns with over one hundred events in over fifty venues across the city. By Besi • 2 min read
PREVIEW: The Coast is Queer The Spire in Kemptown plays host to a four-day festival of LGBT+ literature bringing together an impressive line-up of writers for a new venture presented by New Writing South and the Marlborough Theatre. By Besi • 2 min read
New Rubber Group Social planned for Brighton and Hove A new group is being created in Brighton to offer support, create events and arrange meet-ups for the LGBT+ Rubber community and they want you to join in. By Besi • 1 min read
Sea Serpents send two players to Rugby World Cup ‘Inclusive Challenge’ competition in Japan Two players from Brighton and Hove Sea Serpents RFC will travel to Japan in October to represent their club and the City of Brighton and Hove at the first International Inclusive Challenge (IIC) rugby tournament in Tokyo. By Besi • 3 min read
Migrants activist group calls for BA to stop deporting migrants Lesbians & Gays Support the Migrants (LGSMigrants) celebrate BA’s 100th birthday with a drag video, a protest at Heathrow airport, an ad hack in partnership with Protest Stencil, and by publishing 100 letters asking BA to end their deportation contracts. By Besi • 4 min read
Be a Fundraising Superhero at Martlets KAPOW! 20% discount to register from September 1 to September 14! It’s the final chance to join the fundraising fun with Martlets KAPOW! their superhero-themed 5k challenge course of ten huge inflatables to squeeze through, jump over and slip and slide around. By Besi • 2 min read
UK MPs rally to support Palestinian LGBT rights group Wes Streeting MP and sixty other Parliamentary signaturies write to UK Palestinian Ambassador concerning police crackdown on LGBT rights group Al-Qaws. By Besi • 1 min read
New venue for cabaret lunches in 2020 Davina Sparkle Events to hold their Sunday lunch events in 2020, in the magnificent surroundings of the Crystal Ballroom at The Mecure Hotel on Brighton and Hove Seafront. By Besi • 1 min read
LETTER TO EDITOR: I had an amazing Pride this year….Affy Wajid Ok. So everyone has a view on Brighton Pride. Here’s mine. I personally had an amazing one this year. THE best it’s been for years and that is down to a small group of people who worked effortlessly all year round to deliver such an amazing event. The parade is and always will be amazing […] By Besi • 3 min read
Edinburgh Festival Fringe draws record crowds in 2019 The 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe drew to a close over the bank holiday weekend having brought together artists, arts industry, media and audiences from over 150 countries, including over 750 shows from Edinburgh. By Besi • 4 min read
PREVIEW: KDC band reunion @The Brunswick Pub in Hove The KDC band are reforming for one night only at the Brunswick Pub in Hove on October 13. Popular in the 70’s and 80’s on the gay scene in London the band performing at the Brunswick on October 13 will feature the legendary drummer Crissy Lee (ex Ivy Benson all female band, The Skinerettes and Pover By Besi • 2 min read
