News Labour directs year-end financial surplus to resident priorities Despite ongoing government cuts to funding, the Labour council has kept the city’s finances on track for a second year. Labour inherited a £8.5m overspend when they took over from the Green Party in 2015, but for a second year the Labour administration has prevented a budget deficit at the end of th By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Coming Out: Sexuality, Gender and Identity @Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool Coming Out: Sexuality, Gender and Identity, a new exhibition at Liverpool’s Walker Art Gallery, reveals previously overlooked LGBT+ art histories and institutional blind spots, through a diverse and exciting selection of artworks. By Besi • 4 min read
Arts Parliament launches videos commemorating 50th anniversary of the 1967 Sexual Offences Act Parliament has launched the second series of Your Story, Our History videos to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Sexual Offences Act. The Sexual Offences Act decriminalised private homosexual acts between men aged over 21, while at the same time imposing heavier penalties on street offenc By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Disability Pride, comes to the centre of Brighton today The Brighton & Hove LGBT Community Safety Forum (LGBT CSF) and its Accessibility Matters Volunteers looking forward to working with Disability Pride Brighton (DPB) on Sunday, July 9 2017. The LGBT CSF volunteers will be on site at New Road to provide access support to attendees with mobility and emo By Besi • 3 min read
In The South Government announce £2.3 billion Housing Infrastructure Fund The Government has invited councils to bid for a slice of the £2.3 billion Housing Infrastructure Fund which will be available to help build new schools, healthcare centres and digital infrastructure to accommodate growing communities and alleviate pressure on local public services that all communit By Besi • 2 min read
Arts TODAY: Brunswick Town Art Fair – Queer Art in the Regency Town House The Brunswick Town Art Fair returns for the sixth year this summer featuring over 50 artists in the Gardens and some very eclectic colourful work in the Regency Town House where pop art meets the South Downs. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Transworkers: a photo exhibition by Stella Michaels Stella Michaels presents her positive photographic images of trans people at the Marlborough Hotel, Princes Street, Brighton starting July 19. Stella says: “If you are trans, life will not have been easy. Your relationships with parents, friends and neighbours may have been fraught. The media will h By Besi • 2 min read
Community News PREVIEW: Simon Fanshawe profiles ’50 Years of Gay’ in Brighton Broadcaster Simon Fanshawe traces the history of the gay community in Brighton over half a century in Brighton: 50 Years of Gay on BBC One South & South East on Monday July 31 at 7pm. To mark the 50th Anniversary of the Sexual Offences Act and the subsequent decriminalisation of homosexuality, Broad By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Brighton resident honoured at Attitude Pride Awards 2017 Celebrity presenters including Davina McCall, Nick Grimshaw, Kele Okereke, Owen Jones, Robert ‘Judge’ Rinder, Stephen K Amos and Coronation Street’s Helen Worth attend the Attitude Pride Awards benefitting Pride in London. By Besi • 3 min read
General News Brighton & Hove City Council to tackle GP shortage in the city On July 13 2017, Brighton & Hove councillors on the city’s policy resources and growth committee will be asked to consider applying for a government loan that would turn one of its city- centre owned buildings into a GPs’ surgery. It would mean that an existing practice, Ardingly Court, would move f By Besi • 1 min read
Arts PROFILE: Latino film maker Pablo Herrera Latino film maker Pablo Herrera is passionate about increasing awareness in his films of some of the issues that face young gay men today. Ravensbourne student Pablo Herrera is generating a lot of interest with his new short film Straight Jacket (We Can’t Stop) and is attracting attention from acros By Besi • 4 min read
Community News Proud2Be shortlisted for National Diversity Award Proud2Be the Devon-based Social Enterprise has been shortlisted for the LGBT+ Community Organisation Award at The National Diversity Awards 2017. Charities and role models from across the UK will gather at the Anglican Cathedral in Liverpool on September 8, 2017 for the UK’s largest celebration of d By Besi • 3 min read
