LGBTQ+ News Manchester Pride 2014 raise £54,000 for good causes Manchester’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) charity will distribute the £54,000 raised to LGBT and HIV charities and organisations. 2014 was a year for the organisers of Manchester Pride to look at the business model used to deliver the event and to re-engage with local LGBT communiti By Besi • 3 min read
Community News MindOut need you! MindOut, the Brighton and Hove based LGBT mental health project are looking for people to run the half marathon in Brighton on Sunday, February 22 to raise funds for the project. MindOut is an award winning, project providing mental health services in East Sussex and a national online peer support s By Besi • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Memphis the Musical Beverley Knight and Killian Donnelly excel as Felicia Farrell and Huey Calhoun alongside a remarkable cast of 28 singers and dancers. Inspired by true events from the underground dance clubs of 1950s Memphis, Tennessee, Memphis the Musical follows the fame and forbidden love of a radio DJ who wants By Besi • 2 min read
General News Dancing on Ice celebrity launches Royal Pavilion Ice Rink Over four hundred celebrities, journalists and dignitaries last night (November 6), enjoyed the fifth birthday party of Brighton’s Royal Pavilion Ice Rink, which opens to the public from November 8 to January 18.The party was hosted by Heart FM’s breakfast team and featured Dancing on Ice and X-Fact By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Lord Cashman, Pepe Julian Onziema and Sarah Waters lead 2014 Stonewall Award winners Ugandan activist Pepe Julian Onziema was named Hero of the Year at the annual Stonewall Awards in London last night. ENTERTAINER of the Year went to Emmerdale’s Alicya Eyo, Liz MacKean of Dispatches scooped Journalist of the Year and Lord Cashman and Lynn Featherstone MP shared the award for Politic By Besi • 3 min read
Cllr Warren Morgan Health Kemptown MP urges local Councils to support motion on HIV testing Simon Kirby, the MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, has written to the leaders of the main political groups on both Brighton and Hove City and East Sussex County Councils to urge them to support a Council Motion on HIV Testing. By Besi • 2 min read
General News Make the first memory of a child waiting for adoption a happy one Adoption charity Parents And Children Together (PACT) is asking people to share their first memory for National Adoption Week (November 3-9). Most people’s earliest memory is from the age of three or four and PACT is running the My First Memory campaign to highlight the need for adopters for childre By Besi • 2 min read
General News Brighton Tinnitus Support Group meeting After two very successful meetings, the newly formed Tinnitus Support Group in Brighton will be holding its next meeting on Wednesday, November 12 at the Friends Meeting House, Ship Street, Brighton from 6-7.30pm. Tinnitus is defined as the experience of sounds with no external source, most commonly By Besi • 2 min read
General News Brighton MP named as overall MP of the Year 2014 by Patchwork Foundation Caroline Lucas MP for Brighton Pavilion was named the Patchwork Foundation MP of the Year by Mr Speaker, Rt Hon John Bercow last night, November 5. The award recognises those MPs who have represented and work well with underrepresented, deprived and minority communities across the country. By Besi • 3 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Rick Wakeman – ‘A Night Of Music and Anecdotal Wit’ Rock legend Rick Wakeman brings his one man show to the iconic De La Warr Pavilion in March 2015. A Fellow of the Royal College of Music, Professor of the London College of Music, former Yes keyboard player, Watchdog presenter and renowned Grumpy Old Man, Rick Wakeman has led a rich and varied life. By Besi • 1 min read
Community News ‘Strike A Brighton Pose’ announce fundraising total for Pride Brighton & Hove and The Rainbow Fund The Strike A Brighton Pose exhibition organised by Kate Wildblood and Queen Josephine during Brighton Pride, raised £259.50 for Brighton Pride and The Rainbow Fund. The exhibition ran for two weeks at Brighton’s Jubilee Library and explored the city’s LGBTQ clubbing history and featured club nights By Besi • 1 min read
Health Improving end of life care for LGBT people New study aims to improve awareness of the care and support that is available to LGBT people. Thinking about the end of our lives is difficult for most of us. For many, the ideal is to be comfortable, supported and surrounded by loved ones, but this ideal may be harder to achieve for members of the By Besi • 2 min read
