Four local LGBT+ projects receive grants from LGBT+ Future Fund Consortium, the national umbrella body for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender + organisations announces the successful recipients from the first round of its new LGBT+ Futures Fund which includes four Brighton based LGBT+ organisations. By Besi • 3 min read
BRIGHTON FRINGE PREVIEW: Alfie Ordinary ‘thinks he might be fabulous!’ Fresh from his second run in Adelaide Fringe, Australia, Alfie Ordinary brings his 5 star rated solo show ‘Help! I Think I Might Be Fabulous’ back to Brighton Fringe to the Bosco Theatre at Brighton’s iconic Spiegeltent. By Besi • 2 min read
Exeter Pride stage panel discussion with Inclusive Mosque Exeter Exeter Pride in partnership with Inclusive Mosque Exeter to hold a Panel Discussion on Friday, April 26, 2019 at Exeter Guildhall. The topic is Religion, Culture and Sexuality and is a timely opportunity to discuss the issues arising when people struggle to reconcile their faith or culture with thei By Besi • 1 min read
Kemptown Carnival 2019 prepares for spectacular return! The Kemptown Carnival 2019 is set to make a spectacular return on Saturday June 1 with the backing and partnership of Brighton Palace Pier and funding from Arts Council England. Oranisers of the much-loved community arts carnival are thrilled to have had their 2019 event license approved by Brighton By Besi • 2 min read
Stalemate finally broken as PrEP trial places in London clinics boosted by 60%. In a boost to HIV prevention in the capital, London boroughs have agreed to provide over 4,000 extra places on the PrEP Impact Trial. The trial – a national programme led by NHS England in partnership with Public Health England and local authorities – supplies PrEP (an HIV prevention medicine) free By Besi • 4 min read
Luna Beach Cinema returns to Brighton Beach on July 31! Grab yourself an ice cream, crack open an ice-cold drink and enjoy some fantastic films as Luna Beach Cinema returns to Brighton Beach this summer! Films coming up include the musical phenomenon’s The Greatest Showman, A Star is Born and Bohemian Rhapsody, alongside family favourites including The I By Besi • 1 min read
BRIGHTON FRINGE PREVIEW: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane McDonald? A show celebrating a 20-year obsession with Wakefield’s number one export, the legendary Jane McDonald, cruises into the Brighton Fringe Festival. By Besi • 1 min read
Local CEOs raise over £9,000 for Mayors charity Mayor’s Charity raises over £9,000 for four Brighton & Hove charities at CEO Spring Sleepout. LAST Saturday, armed with only warm clothes and sleeping bags to protect them against the night, sixteen people took part in the Mayor of Brighton & Hove’s Charity CEO Spring Sleepout. The event was raising By Besi • 2 min read
Northern Pride announce headliners for July festival An X FACTOR starlet and one of the biggest groups of the noughties are heading to the North East’s largest LGBT+ festival this summer in Newcastle. Organisers of the Northern Pride Festival have revealed the big names topping the bill when it returns to Newcastle’s Town Moor and Exhibition Park from By Besi • 2 min read
11 year old braves the head shave for Martlets Delilah McNulty, an 11-year-old fundraiser from Brighton, raises over £900 for Martlets by shaving off all her hair. The kind-hearted youngster said that she decided one day that she didn’t need her hair anymore and discussed with her mum, Sorcha Bridge, about having her head shaved in support of Ma By Besi • 2 min read
Healthy volunteers needed for M.E. research A research team at the neurosciences department of Sussex University are keen to recruit healthy controls for a study being carried out looking at the brain-body mechanisms of chronic pain and fatigue in those affected by Chronic fatigue syndrome and Fibromyalgia that affects a good number of LGBT f By Besi • 1 min read
Rock Of Ages Production Photos ©The Other Richard MUSICAL THEATRE REVIEW: Rock of Ages the Musical @Congress Theatre, Eastbourne Rock of Ages, is a Juke Box Musical created around classic rock music from the 1980s, featuring numbers by many Glam Metal performers from the period including Styx, Journey, Bon Jovi, Pat Benatar, Twister Sister, Steve Perry, Poison and Europe. By Besi • 3 min read