Community News NHS Scotland makes history and approves anti-HIV drug on prescription for people at risk of catching HIV in Scotland Following a rigorous process, the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) announce that PrEP, the HIV prevention drug, has been deemed a cost-effective treatment to prevent the transmission of HIV in Scotland. By Besi • 4 min read
Community News Local counselling service to close its doors Brighton and Hove LGBT Switchboard are to close their counselling service. After 22 years supporting hundreds of individuals within the LGBT+ communities in Susssex, the Trustees of Brighton and Hove LGBT Switchboard have made the difficult decision to close the counselling service. By Besi • 2 min read
Busted Arts Busted to headline Bristol Pride 2017 Pop Rock band Busted will headline this year’s Bristol Pride Festival which takes place on the Bristol Amphitheatre and at Bristol’s Millennium Square on Saturday, July 8. By Besi • 3 min read
In The South Galop launch new online LGBT+ hate crime initiative Galop, the LGBT+ anti-violence charity, launch a new National LGBT+ Hate Incident Reporting system commissioned by the Home Office. Individuals who have experienced or witnessed a hate incident in the UK can now report by completing a simple form online. By Besi • 2 min read
In The South Campaign grows to stop the killings and persecution of gays in Chechnya Novaya Gazeta the Moscow based newspaper reported on April 1 that more than 100 men have been arbitrarily detained and at least three have been murdered by Chechen authorities for their alleged “non traditional” sexual orientation. By Besi • 3 min read
Community News LGBT Safety Forum to discuss online abuse at Easter meeting The Spring quarterly meeting of the Brighton & Hove LGBT Community Safety Forum (B&H LGBT CSF) is at the Queens Hotel on Wednesday, April 12, starting at 7pm. By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Gay men being murdered in Chechnya Gay men are being kidnapped and killed in Chechnya, Russia. Last weekend the Guardian reported that more than 100 men had been arrested under suspicion of being gay. By Besi • 1 min read
Business News Bar Boy profile: Sam Stephens @Charles Street The first person many LGBT+people meet when they first arrive in the city is the bar person at their local LGBT+ venue. These Gatekeepers to the community provide an important role both befriending and signposting new arrivals. Over the coming months we will be finding out a little more about them a By Besi • 2 min read
Northern Pride sponsors event at Dance City in Newcastle Picture: DAVID WOOD Community News Win a trip for two to San Francisco Win a trip for two to San Francisco with Newcastle Pride and Manchester Airport. ONE OF the UK’s leading LGBT festivals is set to give one lucky winner the trip of a lifetime to San Francisco, thanks to the support of the North’s largest airport. By Besi • 2 min read
Cabaret Sea Serpents postpone tonights Spanish Envy fundraiser at Envy The Brighton & Hove Sea Serpents RFC have had to postpone tonight’s variety show, Spanish Envy due to circumstances outside of the control of the club. They are working with their professional supporters, in particular Kara Van Park, their Hostess for the evening to arrange a replacement date for th By Besi • 1 min read
Arts ‘My Mourning Year’ A memoir of bereavement, discovery and hope by Andrew Marshall Andrew G. Marshall is a marital therapist with a practice helping couples in London and Sussex.He has penned eighteen self-help books about relationships, including the international best-sellers I Love You but I’m Not in Love with You and How Can I Ever Trust You Again? in the name of Andrew Marsha By Besi • 1 min read
Health Support, hugs, love and ‘appiness for the HIV community The world has moved on since the 1980s when a HIV diagnosis became a death sentence or a cue to withdraw from society. People living with HIV now have the same life expectancy as those who are not thanks to advancements in treatment, however, stigma when socialising – along with disclosing one’s sta By Besi • 3 min read
