Community News Mayor opens Pride 2015 The Mayor of Brighton and Hove, Cllr Lynda Hyde formally opened Pride 2015 this evening and raised the Rainbow Flag in New Steine Gardens next to the Aids Memorial. The Mayor told those present that due to other civic obligations over the years, this was going to be the first Pride she had ever atte By Besi • 2 min read
Diana Abbott MP LGBTQ+ News Diane Abbott MP launches LGBT manifesto for London Mayoral bid Labour Party mayoral candidate Diane Abbott MP reveals policy proposals targeting London’s LGBT communities. Ms. Abbott is critical of Boris Johnson, saying he has consistently let down the LGBT communities in London and has missed the opportunity to play a key role in positively shaping policy affe By Besi • 4 min read
Arts Trans*Pride March starts at noon The Trans*Pride March will start from outside the Marlborough Pub in Princes Street at noon today, Saturday July 25. People wanting to take part in the march should meet outside the Marlborough at 11.45am. By Besi • 3 min read
News Fred Astaire’s tap shoes make Eastbourne appearance Top Hat Star ‘Puttin’ On the Ritz in Eastbourne with Fred Astaire’s Tap Shoes Debonair Alan Burkitt, star of the West End hit musical Top Hat that opened in Eastbourne last night, tries on a pair of tap shoes said to belong to tap dancing legend Fred Astaire. The shoes belong to Simon Brown from St By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Pride 2015: #Outcome exhibition now open at Jubilee Library As part of Brighton Pride’s 25th anniversary and Carnival of Diversity celebrations, Brighton Pride have launched an exciting new exhibition called #Outcome for the Brighton Pride Arts & Film Festival 2015. #Outcome has been created by photographer Tom Dingley and explores the varied lives lead by g By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Diversity Games – BLAGSS Brighton Pride Open Golf Tournament today What is your golfing handicap? Go watch the friendly LGBT golfers at the BLAGSS Brighton Pride Open Golf Tournament today, during the first Pride Diversity Games, sponsored by Domestic and General. There will be 3 competitions running alongside each other. Both the Championship Shield and Rainbow Ch By Besi • 1 min read
In The South Brighton Pride Diversity Games: Football tournament today BLAGSS (Brighton Lesbian and Gay Sports Society) are staging a 6-aside football tournament on Saturday, July 18, 2015. The event is part of the Brighton Pride Diversity Games and is supported by Sussex FA. There will be separate Men’s and Women’s competitions, whilst individuals or smaller groups ca By Besi • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: The Sound of Music in Eastbourne The Rogers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music is more than a story of a young postulant who marries a handsome naval captain, becomes step-mother to his seven children and flees from the Nazi’s over the mountains to Switzerland and freedom. By Besi • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: The Jungle Book at Emporium From the moment you enter the Emporium Theatre, you become part of the wonderful world of the jungle created for this production. The set is very effective, you can feel the humidity of the jungle, you can smell it and you can touch it. It is all around you creating a magical world, where the darker By Besi • 3 min read
Health THT Chief Executive sacked by board Terrence Higgins Trust (THT), the largest voluntary sector provider of HIV and sexual health services in the UK, decided a change of leadership is needed for the organisations next stage of development. By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Venues now have limited £5 ‘Early Bird’ tickets for Pride Village Party The Pride Village Party (PVP) returns on August 1 for two days of community festivities in the heart of the city and organisers have frozen Early Bird PVP wristbands at last years price of £5 (£2 per day + £1 donation to Rainbow Fund). Online availability will be limited and then wristbands will cos By Besi • 3 min read
In The South Zanzibar Reunion tonight at Neighbourhood Last summer, four friends Gavyn Ritchie, Mel Chan, Jason Lupi and Chris Saddler were chatting on social media about the great times they had at a long gone venue, The Zanzibar in Brighton. They decided that as they were all going to be in Brighton again at the same time, what a good idea it would be By Besi • 2 min read
