Arts Stars support Eastbourne Hippodrome grant bid Show business stars back the Royal Hippodrome Theatre (RHT), Eastbourne in their bid to secure a £25,000 grant from the Aviva Community Awards. If successful in their bid the CIC will use the money to prepare the paperwork for their £1.2million Heritage Lottery Bid which will see a restored facade, By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: ABC Exhibition at Gallery 40 Hove residents’ David Apps and Billy Chainsaw team-up with Gaye Black (formerly of punk legends the ADVERTS) for the ABC art exhibition. Apps, Black and Chainsaw share a vision – to provide a visual remedy to the mundanity of modern life. By Besi • 4 min read
LGBTQ+ News Report highlights bisexuals experience prejudice when accessing LGBT services Equality Network launches first UK wide research report on bisexual people’s experiences of accessing services. The ‘Complicated?’ report was launched today (Wednesday 27/05/14) by Equality Network, the Scottish LGBTI equality charity. It is the first UK wide research report to focus specifically on By Besi • 2 min read
General News Not tonight darling, I’m filling out my tax return! 49% of British men are more comfortable discussing difficult financial matters than loss of libido in the bedroom. New survey results expose how men really feel when it comes to talking about sensitive topics such as their lack of desire in the bedroom. By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News New LGBTI Awards for Scotland The Equality Network, Scotland’s national lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) equality and human rights charity, launches new Scottish LGBTI Awards. The awards will be held at Grand Central Hotel, Glasgow on Thursday September 10 and will recognise and celebrate those who have m By Besi • 2 min read
Lucy Spraggan LGBTQ+ News Newcastle Pride announce full festival line-up THE three-day festival, now one of the largest, free LGBT events in the UK, returns to Newcastle’s Town Moor from Friday July 17, celebrating 45 years of world Pride. Event organisers, Northern Pride, recently announced that girlband B*Witched and pop superstar Belinda Carlisle would be headlining t By Besi • 3 min read
Community News First Ambassador for Pride 2015 revealed David Raven aka Maisie Trollette has been named as Brighton Pride’s first Ambassador for 2015 and will lead the Pride LGBT+ Community Parade in August. David received 420 nominations, 80% of the total nominations cast in the first round of voting. By Besi • 2 min read
Health THT to improve Sexual Health in Brighton and Hove Residents in Brighton and Hove will be encouraged to take free STI tests from sexual health and HIV charity THT as part of the city’s STI Testing Week at the end of June. Following the success of National HIV Testing Week, THT will be running pop-up STI screening clinics offering chlamydia and gonor By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Help take the Brighton Pride Parade to the next level! Do you want to be an exotic participant in the Brighton Pride Parade? Now is your chance to find your inner ANIMAL and get involved, courtesy of a new project by andwhatarts and costumier extraordinaire Mandinga Arts. Proud Interventions funded by Arts Council England is a stylised costume based pro By Besi • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Jungle Book comes to Emporium, Brighton Emporium will be staging its own tribute to Rudyard Kipling, the Rottingdean based writer born 150 years ago, with a musical version of his most famous work, The Jungle Book. This classic tale of Mowgli the man cub raised by wolves, taught by a bear but hunted by a tiger, will transport its audience By Besi • 2 min read
Cllr Warren Morgan News Labour deliver on pre-election commitment to engage with communities A new council committee has been created, as promised by Labour and Co-operative prior to the local elections, bringing together community safety with neighbourhood initiatives and equalities as part of a new structure of decision-making for Brighton & Hove City Council. By Besi • 2 min read
General News Gay councillor to lead Greens on City Council The Green Group of Councillors on Brighton and Hove City Council announce their team of spokespeople after losing control of the city council. Six of the nine-strong team held positions of responsibility during the Green’s recent four-year term in administration, while their three newly elected coll By Besi • 3 min read
