LGBTQ+ News Women’s Performance Area at Brighton Pride to be named after community activist, Sheila McWattie The popular Women’s Performance Area will be returning to Brighton Pride at Preston Park on August 1 and will be named after community activist Sheila McWattie who suddenly passed away last week. Sheila, a journalist and proud supporter of the Brighton Women ‘s Centre helped organise the Women’s Per By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News RadioReverb to curate ‘Alternative Stage’ at 25th Anniversary of Pride Festival RadioReverb will be co-ordinating the Alternative Stage at Brighton Pride 2015 for the festival’s 25th Anniversary in August. RadioReverb is Brighton’s independent local radio station, run and led entirely by local volunteers, and supporting LGBT causes and Brighton Pride all year round. By Besi • 2 min read
Health New dating and social media site for positive people ARGO, a new dating and social media platform for the HIV community has been launched, offering online chat and instant match making, along with other features such as video and photo sharing. ARGO aims to be a one stop shop, a safe place for men, women and trans+ people living with HIV to make new f By Besi • 2 min read
Nancy Platts Health Labour’s Nancy Platts visits service supporting people with dementia in Brighton Nancy Platts, Labour’s parliamentary candidate for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven attended an Alzheimer’s Society, Singing for the Brain® session in Brighton on February 20, to support people with dementia. Singing for the Brain® is a programme developed by Alzheimer’s Society for people with memo By Besi • 1 min read
News Childcare costs soar under Tories The Family and Childcare Trust report published today (Thursday 19), reveals that over the last Parliament the cost of childcare has soared by 32.% in the South East. FAMILIES are spending £1,533 more this year than they did in 2010, while wages have remained largely static. Labour Party analysis of By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus raise over £1,000 for the Rainbow Fund Following its debut at the Theatre Royal, with their Christmas Show, Putting on the Glitz, Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus raised £1,002.50 for the Rainbow Fund. Following its debut at the Theatre Royal, with their Christmas Show, Putting on the Glitz, Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus raised £1,002.50 for the Ra By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Brighton Pride community meeting – date change The Brighton Pride community meeting scheduled for Tuesday, February 24 has been rescheduled and will take place at Envy above Charles Street on Wednesday, March 4, starting at 7pm. The original meeting clashed with the annual BLAGSS Bowling Extravaganza at the Bowlplex in Brighton Marina which most By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Bingo Bears raise money for Rainbow Fund Brighton Bear Weekender held their first ever Bingo Bears night at Brighton’s A Bar on Sunday February 15 2015, hosted by the lovely Mysterry. A bijou but enthusiastic audience enjoyed a dazzling set of tunes from Mysterry, interspersed with two nail-biting rounds of bingo. By Besi • 1 min read
International News What makes life ‘liveable’ for LGBTQ people? A new research project – LGBTQ Liveable Lives – wants to hear from you and to help you share your thoughts, the project has just launched a new interactive website and web-based app you can use on your phone! Visit liveablelives.org to look around and get involved! By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Health will be on the agenda at South West’s biggest Pride event Preparations are well in hand for the seventh Exeter Pride on May 16, which promises to be the biggest, most colourful event, to date, with more than 2,000 people expected to take part in the largest rainbow flag parade the city has ever seen. Health and well-being advice and information will be fou By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Sheila McWattie R.I.P. Journalist, community activist and passionate supporter of the Brighton Women’s Centre Sheila McWattie passed away over the weekend. Details of Sheila’s funeral will be posted online once arrangement have been made by her family. By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Charity Fundraiser raises £502.43 A fundraiser for the British Heart Foundation on Friday, February 6 at the Grosvenor Bar in Hove raised £502.43. The evening was organised and hosted by drag queen Mysterry and featured performances by Jennie Castell, Krissie Ducann, Collin Day and Marianne Robinson. Raffle tickets were sold by Katy By Besi • 1 min read
