LGBTQ+ News Stonewall names top twenty LGB inclusive law firms STONEWALL, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) equality charity, has announced a list of the 20 most inclusive law firms for LGB staff. Baker & McKenzie top this list, which is populated by law firms that entered Stonewall’s latest Workplace Equality Index. Stonewall’s Workplace Equality Ind By Besi • 2 min read
Arts ‘Hercules & Love Affair’ confirmed for Brighton Pride. The critically acclaimed house, disco and pop music collective Hercules & Love Affair will perform at the Brighton Pride Festival at Preston Park on Saturday, August 1. Andy Butler’s ever evolving musical collective Hercules & Love Affair combines must-dance grooves with tales of emotional triumph t By Besi • 1 min read
Cllr Warren Morgan General News Labour express serious concerns over ‘Valley Gardens’ scheme After Green and Conservative councillors united to vote through a five-year plan for road works in Valley Gardens, Labour has renewed its pledge to suspend and review the scheme if elected at the local elections in May. The council will have to meet 25% of the project costs and Labour claim the Gree By Besi • 2 min read
Tay General News Aids Memorial to get a spring clean! Local residents across the city will be joining forces with council staff to give their streets a spring clean this weekend. Over the weekend of March 21 and 22, staff from Brighton & Hove City Council’s Cityclean team will be working with volunteers from residents associations and councillors to cl By Besi • 2 min read
Cllr Pete West General News Greens continue to roll out 20mph speed limits City councillors approved the latest phase of extending 20mph areas at the Environment, Transport and Sustainability Committee yesterday, Tuesday, March, 17. The final round of consultation from advertised traffic orders resulted in nine responses in support of 20mph areas, five relating to the Hang By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Life Through Dance In this new show starring ‘Strictly’ winner, Pasha Kovalev and his sensational dancers, the audience is transported into the world of ballroom and latin dance with all it’s glitter and sequence. Life Through Dance is a non-stop action packed journey in life and love, expressed through the language o By Besi • 1 min read
General News Not tonight love, I’m texting! A new study by Durham University has revealed the damaging effects that technology is having on our relationships and sex lives. The research was carried out by the university’s Centre for Sex, Gender and Sexualities, interviewing 30 straight people between the ages of 18 and 55. Participants had to By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News MPG teams up with Stonewall Millivres Prowler Group (MPG), the UK’s most established LGBT media, retail and distribution business, has made Stonewall its newest charity partner. MPG, via its magazines (GT and DIVA), stores (Prowler and Expectations), and through its unprecedented audience reach, will help Stonewall with campai By Besi • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Back To The Bond Age Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus will be bringing their new show ‘Back To The Bond Age’ to the Brighton Fringe Festival at the beginning of May. Back To The Bond Age is the first show the Chorus will be performing in this, their 10th Anniversary year. “Guns! Gags! Gizmos! Be shaken, stirred and seduced by By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News ‘Lend Lease’ lace up with thousands of workers across their building sites Construction workers across the country have been issued with rainbow-coloured bootlaces to support LGBT equality in the building and construction industry. The infrastructure group Lend Lease has been working with the LGBT equality charity Stonewall to promote the campaign. Stonewall’s ‘Rainbow Lac By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News ‘Tackle Homophobia’ in Football Twenty-two teams from across Sussex lined up for the fifth annual Tackle Homophobia Football Tournament this Saturday, in association with Sussex Clubs for Young People. More than 140 young people from across Sussex battled it out at the Downs Leisure Centre, Seaford, in the spring sunshine, attempt By Besi • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: ‘Light Up The Night’ Three stunning singers with three stunning voices, Charlotte Jaconelli, Daniel Koek and Jai McDowall,will sing sensational hits from stage, screen and the charts! British soprano Charlotte Jaconelli, teams up here with Australian tenor Daniel Koek one of musical theatre’s brightest stars and Britain By Besi • 2 min read
