Food & Drink Mayoral Mo’s Famous Five charity dinner at Queens Hotel Mayor of Brighton and Hove, Cllr Mo Marsh is holding a charity dinner for her Mayoral charities at the Queens Hotel this Thursday, July 6 from 7pm. Don’t miss out on a yummy 3 course dinner, raffle, entertainment and the chance to meet and network with Mayoral Mo and learn more about her Famous Five By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Casting announced for ‘Certain Young Men’ @National Theatre Casting announced for Certain Young Men at the National Theatre Queer Theatre: LGBT+ Stories and Social Change – in partnership with Pride in London. The National Theatre will mark the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales by staging its first Queer By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Miss Moneypenny’s presents A Night at the Proms @Symphony Hall, Birmingham The legendary Miss Moneypenny’s present A Night at the Proms on November 24. It was the glamorous club brand that put Birmingham on the map in the early 1990s. Now, marking 25 years since Miss Moneypenny’s began, Birmingham’s dance music heritage will spectacularly fuse with the powerful world of or By Besi • 1 min read
Arts LGBT+ submissions wanted for Photoworks Annual journal Photoworks Editors are currently looking for fully resolved projects responding to photography’s role within LGBT+ communities and invite UK and international artists at any stage of their career to submit suitable new or previously unpublished work. By Besi • 1 min read
Business News American Express continue their support for Brighton Pride American Express employees hit the streets to help promote diversity in the run up to this year’s Brighton and Hove Pride. Amex merchants across the city, (including shops, cafés, restaurants, bars and small independent businesses) are being asked to display a specially designed ‘Proud to celebrate By Besi • 1 min read
Arts BOOK PREVIEW: A secret history – The London Gay Men’s Chorus In 1990 gay people were frequently despised and generally considered to be diseased perverts. Just twenty years later an organisation named the London Gay Men’s Chorus were being hailed as cultural ambassadors and invited to perform at 10 Downing Street. By Besi • 3 min read
Community News ‘Accessibility Matters’ to work with The Village MCC at Brighton Pride Brighton & Hove LGBT Community Safety Forum (LGBT CSF) join with the Village Metropolitan Church this year to deliver some activities taking place within the Access tent/area for Accessibility Matters at Brighton Pride. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: First ever ‘Pride Improv Festival’ for London Zeal, a week-long event will take part in venues across the city from July 1-7, offering a diverse mix of improvised entertainment to celebrate the LGBT+ communities. Featuring improvised games, comedy, theatre, musicals, drag acts, stand-up and cabaret from both queer improvisers and those who supp By Besi • 1 min read
General News Court of Appeal in Belfast “passes buck” on women’s rights The court of appeal in Belfast rules that reform of abortion law in Northern Ireland should be left to the Northern Ireland Assembly, and not decided by the courts. In 2015 the High Court ruled that Northern Ireland’s restrictive abortion laws violate the rights of women to a private life under Euro By Besi • 2 min read
Exhibitions PREVIEW: Queer Space @Dalston Superstore Queer Space is an exhibition at Dalston Superstore Gallery which draws queer artifacts and ephemera from national archives, personal collections and influential queer meccas to create a brief but passionate exploration of queer culture over the last century. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts ‘Out with Allan Jay’ gets the gossip at the Golden Handbag Awards 2017 Alan Jay report on the winners and the losers, the tops and the bottoms at the 2016/17 Golden Handbag Awards on his Latest TV programme Out with Allan Jay this evening at 9pm. By Besi • 1 min read
Features & Longread FEATURE: “We can’t say it any clearer; you cannot pass it on! This is not fake news.” Alex, a 26-year-old, rugby playing marketing account director, living in Brighton conducts his life secure in the knowledge he can’t pass the HIV virus on to others. By Besi • 4 min read
