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LGBTQ+ News

Judge Rinder returns for second series on ITV

Following the success of the first series of Judge Rinder, criminal barrister Robert Rinder is returning for a second series and is ready to hear your case. Do you want to be in with a chance of appearing on Judge Rinder? Are you in the middle of a dispute that needs settling?

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General News

Hove MP backs legalisation to protect music fans against Government opposition

Mike Weatherley, Conservative MP for Hove and Portslade, is co-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Secondary Ticketing. Mike is supporting the Lords amendments tabled in the Consumer Rights Bill that would provide greater transparency for those purchasing tickets through resellers and help

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News

Labour pledges help to small businesses if elected in May

Labour on Brighton and Hove City Council have pledged to help local small businesses succeed if elected in May with more support and cheaper parking costs. Labour launched the pledges during a visit to Brighton & Hove by Chris Leslie MP, Labour’s Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, and Peter Kyl

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Arts

‘Pride’ the movie ‘de-gayed’ by USA distributors

Pride, the award-winning movie is a true story about lesbian and gay people who helped Welsh families in the 1984 miners’ strike. For its USA release, the distributor photoshopped out all references to gay and lesbian people on the DVD cover.

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Arts

PREVIEW: LGBT HISTORY MONTH: ‘Rainbow Jews’

Rainbow Jews is a unique oral history and archive project exploring the intersection of Jewish and LGBT identities. The travelling exhibition is coming to Brighton during LGBT History Month from February 2-21. Discover how the stories and experiences of LGBT Jewish people have shaped British culture

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Community News

LGBT HISTORY MONTH: Experience two centuries of LGBT life in Brighton

Piers and Queers, a walking tour during the national LGBT History Month in February, will follow in the footsteps of some of the historical Brightonians who lived outside the norms of sexuality and gender. Brighton’s current popularity as a gay-friendly city is well-known, but Brighton has been attr

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Arts

PREVIEW: ‘Jarman In Pieces’ by Project Adorno

Filmmaker, painter, gay rights activist, author, gardener – Derek Jarman packed many roles into his short life. Jarman In Pieces was first performed at Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2014 to commemorate the life of Derek Jarman.

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Cabaret

Who will be Mr or Mrs GAY QA, 2015?

The Mr & Mrs GAY QA competition is being staged on January 22 at the Queens Arms on George Street to crown the most fabulous customer at the newly refurbished bar. The evening will be hosted by Dave Lynn and the winner will receive a cash prize and a photo shoot with the professional photographer, H

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LGBTQ+ News

OLDER & OUT January social

OLDER & OUT provides the opportunity for older LGBT people to meet, chat and make new friends. Their next social is on January 9 at the Somerset Day Centre, Kemptown, Brighton. A speaker from the charity Compassion in Dying will be visiting to explain what rights people have at the end of their life

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Arts

ICE SHOW REVIEW: PLATINUM

Holiday on Ice the world’s most visited ice show made a welcome return to The Brighton Centre last night, with their new show PLATINUM. THIS 70th Anniversary production is choreographed by Brighton resident Mark Naylor who is also the creative director on the production. With PLATINUM, Mark has crea

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International News

Florida celebrates first same sex marriage

Two Key West men whose lawsuit helped pave the way for marriage equality in Florida said I Do during the Florida Keys’ first legal same-sex wedding earlier today, Tuesday, January 6. Aaron Huntsman and William Lee Jones signed and received their marriage license, the first ever issued to a same-sex

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Arts

PREVIEW: Jane Moore – Sketch a Day

A collection of 365 daily drawings, documenting 2014 through the eyes of artist and illustrator Jane Moore. From January 22-28, 2015, Shapes, the innovative arts venue in Hackney Wick, London will house 365 individual sketches from Belfast artist and illustrator Jane Moore’s 2014 Sketch A Day journa

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