Arts PREVIEW: TRANSWORKERS an exhibition by Stella Michaels If you are trans, life may not have been easy for you. Your relationships with parents, friends, and neighbours may have been fraught.The media will have lampooned you, and you may have had to live some or all of your life in stealth in order to live at all. Or your secret may have been discovered a By Besi • 2 min read
Arts BOURNEMOUTH PREVIEW: Refracted: Collection Highlights To commemorate the 50-year anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in England, Bournemouth’s Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum is launching a major new exhibition, Refracted: Collection Highlights. By Besi • 3 min read
Arts More artists added to Brighton Pride main stage line-up Becky Hill, M.O, Fickle Friends and KStewart will join the legendary Pet Shop Boys and Years and Years on the main stage of Brighton Pride at the Summer of Love Festival on Preston Park on Saturday, August 5. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Bad Girls the Musical@The Old Market Theatre With the local prison service currently in something of a state of turmoil, the timing of the staging of Bad Girls – The Musical at The Old Market Theatre (TOM) in Hove, couldn’t be better. By Besi • 2 min read
Features & Longread FEATURE: Sugar’s Big Hair Trip Part 1 Latvia, a country neighbouring Russia, regained independence from the Soviet Union in 1992 and decriminalised homosexuality soon after. However, general social opinion has not moved on much since then. In 2005, Riga, the capital city held its first pride but unfortunately counter protesters greatly By Besi • 4 min read
Community News Labour and Green leaders send messages of support to Brighton Trans Visibility event Transgender Day of Visibility was marked in beautiful sunshine by trans people, their friends and allies on Friday, March 31 in New Steine Gardens. An impressive lineup of speakers addressed the crowd including; Daniel Cheesman the new CEO of Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboard, Joanna Rowland-Stuart t By Besi • 3 min read
Community News Council Community Safety Team supports Trans inclusion in the city Staff from the Brighton & Hove Councils’ Community Safety Team took to the streets of the city yesterday to show their support for International Transgender Day of Visibility. By Besi • 1 min read
In The South Channel 4 celebrates International Transgender Day of Visibility Award-winning radio star Stephanie Hirst joins Channel 4’s Continuity Team to celebrate International Transgender Day of Visibility. Channel 4 marks International Transgender Day of Visibility today, Friday March 31 by handing control of the continuity announcer’s mic to award-winning radio host Ste By Besi • 2 min read
Community News HIV charity apologise for Brighton Half Marathon course being short Earlier this month Brighton Half Marathon was contacted by UK Athletics following concerns raised regarding the length of this year’s course and the course in 2015 and 2016. Over recent weeks the organisers of Brighton Half Marathon, The Sussex Beacon have been conducting a formal investigation into By Besi • 3 min read
Fundraising News Transgender Day of Visibility Vigil “It’s time for transgender people to come out of the shadows”…says broadcaster Sophie Cook. Over the past few years transgender visibility has improved greatly with a number of trans people becoming very public through the media including Brighton based broadcaster and news anchor Sophie Cook who wa By Besi • 1 min read
Business News Prowler stores rescued from administration Prowler the well-established gay brand and one of the largest gay retailers in the UK has been rescued from administration by UK-based erotic wholesaler, ABS Holdings. ABS Holdings, the biggest distributor of erotic toys in the UK, are also owners of Fifty and Dean in Soho, as well as 29 stores nati By Besi • 2 min read
In The South Belinda Carlisle headlines new event on eve of Bristol Pride American pop icon Belinda Carlisle will headline a new Friday night concert on the Harbourside as part of this year’s Pride Festival. Taking place in the Bristol Amphitheatre on Friday, July 7, Belinda will be joined by Eurovision winner and Walking on Sunshine singer Katrina, of Katrina & The Waves By Besi • 2 min read
