NUS Vice President: Colum McGuire LGBTQ+ News Just 20% of students discuss LGBT issues in school sex education The new Student Opinion Survey (November 2014) shows fewer than one fifth of 2,500 university students discussed LGBT issues in their Sex and Relationships Education (SRE). The survey underpins the NUS call for statutory Sex and Relationships Education (SRE) as part of their New Deal general electio By Besi • 3 min read
Arts Shakedown Festival returns to Waterhall, Brighton in August The Shakedown Festival returns to Waterhall in Brighton on Saturday, August 15 with international brands Defected, Hospitality, Digital Soundboy and Supercharged hosting the stages. Shakedown is now in its fifth year and is strictly an 18+ event. Since its creation in 1998, Defected has been at the By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Final month of WW1 exhibition at Brighton Museum ‘War Stories: Voices from the First World War’ will run until March 1. The exhibition brings to life the wartime experiences of 13 people whose personal stories reveal the impact of war – including young soldiers from Brighton who fought on the Western Front, an Albion footballer who died in the con By Besi • 2 min read
Benedict Cumberbatch and Stephen Fry LGBTQ+ News Cumberbatch and Fry call for pardons for historic ‘gross Indecency’ convictions Benedict Cumberbatch and Stephen Fry have written an open letter to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge calling on the government to pardon 49,000 men who have historical convictions for being gay. Alan Turing was convicted of gross indecency in 1952 and killed himself in 1954 after serving time in pr By Besi • 2 min read
International News Lesbian Lives Conference: book your place now! Want to take part in the 2015 Lesbian Lives Conference, the world’s only annual academic conference in lesbian studies, which takes place at the University Brighton, February 20-21, 2015? The organisers of the event which attracts a global audience of academics, scholars, students, activists, docume By Besi • 1 min read
General News Heritage Lottery Fund backs restoration of historic St Mary’s Church in Kemptown The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has given initial support for the restoration of the historic exterior of St Mary’s Church on the corner of St James Street and Rock Gardens. THE church has received £17,000 to enable it to investigate problems in the building’s fabric and develop its application for By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Pooches on the Prom – sponsored dog walk in support of the Martlets The Martlets Hospice, Hove, is looking for four legged friends of all kinds and their walkers to join their sponsored dog walk on Sunday, February 8, 2015. Pooches are asked to raise as much sponsorship as they can and every penny raised will help the Martlets provide end of life care to adults who By Besi • 1 min read
Paul Chandler News Lib Dems choose local Parliamentary candidate for Brighton Kemptown Brighton & Hove Liberal Democrats have chosen Brighton resident, Paul Chandler, to stand for election to Parliament in his Brighton Kemptown constituency. Paul has lived in Kemptown for over 12 years and, in that time, has been an active member of his community helping to shape the plans for the new By Besi • 1 min read
General News New THT workshops Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) launches workshops to support people with HIV in Brighton & Hove towards volunteering, training or employment. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Fundraising Gala for MindOut Bar Broadway in Steine Street are holding a Cabaret and Cocktail fundraising Gala this evening, January 30 to benefit MindOut, the LGBT mental health project. Entertainment will be provided by Lorainne Bowen, Boogaloo Stu and members of the Brighton’s Gay Men’s Chorus. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Lorraine Bowen releases new single Singer, songwriter, performer, Lorraine Bowen, Queen of the Quirky Chorus, has come up with a great one! with her latest single, BEARS! Lorraine is fond of BEARS having cuddled up to loads of them during a freezing cold holiday at the Yumbo Centre, Gran Canaria. By Besi • 1 min read
News Shadow International Development Minister visits the City Purna Sen, Labour’s Parliamentary Candidate for Brighton Pavilion, welcomed Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for International Development and her team to Brighton for a major speech yesterday. By Besi • 1 min read
