LGBTQ+ News Celebrate LGBT life today at IDAHOBiT Brighton and Hove will mark International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBiT) today, Sunday, May 17, 2015 with an event organised by the Brighton & Hove LGBT Community Safety Forum. May 17 commemorates the day in 1990 the World Health Organisation removed homosexuality from i By Besi • 2 min read
Maria Baker In The South Community activist supports youth project at her birthday party Maria Baker will be celebrating her birthday on Friday, June 12 at Envy above Charles Street Bar. She is inviting friends old and new to celebrate it with her and are asking them to donate to the BluePrint 22 youth project, who she is the Patron of, rather than bring a present for her. By Besi • 1 min read
General News Brighton Wheel lights up for ME Brighton Wheel and the Sealife Centre were lit up blue on May 12 to mark International ME Awareness Day. During ME Awareness week (May 11-17), the Sussex ME Society marked the 10th anniversary of the establishment of a specialist NHS service in the county that has dealt with more referrals than any By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival 2015 TLVFest’s will be celebrating their 10th anniversary at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque during Pride week in Tel Aviv from June 6 to June 15. This year’s festival features new movies starring James Franco, Robin Williams and Natasha Lyonne. By Besi • 2 min read
Liam Cottam LGBTQ+ News White-collar boxing for charity at the Grand Hotel White-collar boxing is a form of boxing in which men and women in white-collar professions train to fight at special events. Most have had no prior boxing experience and fight for charity. Over the next eight weeks Liam Cottam will be undergoing intensive training to get him prepared to fight. By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Stonewall forms ‘Human Rainbow’ to mark IDAHOBIT Stonewall staff, volunteers, friends and local area employees come together for equality. Stonewall, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans equality charity, created a human rainbow in London’s Southbank to mark International Day Against Homophobia. By Besi • 1 min read
Community News IDAHOBIT Debate: What’s in a name: is LGBT enough? The Brighton and Hove Council LGBT Workers’ Forum are marking the international day against homophobia, bi-phobia and trans-phobia (IDAHOBIT) with a panel debate on local, national and global LGBT issues. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Benefit for Sussex Beacon at Proud Cabaret Across The Pond is a blend of old and new performers providing a plethora of cabaret entertainment at Proud Cabaret, Brighton on Wednesday, July 29 2015. The show will be hosted by Mysterry Drag-Queen who felt that the traditional Sussex Beacon Fundraiser that occurs on the last Wednesday before Bri By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Brighton Pride: Libraries Literature Live in the Park After the critical success of last year’s Literature Live at Brighton Pride, Brighton & Hove Libraries in partnership with Queer in Brighton and ‘HAVE A WORD’ will host an afternoon of entertainment at Preston Park with writers and performers talking about and reading from their own work. Sit back, By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Out to Swim South – in the medals at Eastbourne Eight Out To Swim South (OTSS) swimmers competed at Eastbourne in their annual Masters event, and came away with 12 medals in their first team event together. Even though some of the swimmers were competing for the first time, they achieved some great results. The total medal haul was 5 golds, 3 sil By Besi • 1 min read
Sheila McWattie Arts The Sheila McWattie Women’s Performance Stage – call for performers at Brighton Pride Singer songwriter Nicky Mitchell, performance poet, stand up and MC Annabel Pribelszki and the Charity Cabaret team will be hosting the Sheila McWattie Women’s Performance Stage at this year’s Brighton Pride Festival in Preston Park. The Sheila McWattie Women’s Performance Stage will showcase the br By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News London Taxi gears up to celebrate diversity A black cab has become the latest London icon to be decorated in rainbow livery to mark International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT), on Sunday, May 17. The cab, which is London’s first rainbow taxi in service, has been wrapped as part of the 11th anniversary of IDAHOBIT, a day th By Besi • 2 min read
