LGBTQ+ News Support meeting for small LGBT/HIV community groups. Community Works reps announce their plans for the year ahead. The newly formed LGBT Community Groups Network that involves and supports people running smaller LGBT community groups has its first support meeting planned for Saturday August 16th. This first meeting will focus on deciding support prior By Besi • 2 min read
General News FOI reveals thousands face long waits in ambulances outside of A&E Thousands of patients across the South East were caught in queues of ambulances outside of A&E last year. Some patients waited over four hours to be admitted with over 39,500 patients in ambulances waited too long to enter A&E in the South East last year. A Freedom of Information request by the Labo By Besi • 2 min read
General News Women city leaders feature in new campaign A local project charting the lives of women has been launched to celebrate Brighton Women’s Centre’s (BWC) 40th birthday. Over the coming months BWC, who help women in the city with counselling, local information and by providing a safe space, will be collating ‘selfie’ images of Brighton & Hove wom By Besi • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Lea Delaria will be Manchester Parade Grand Marshal Orange is the new black star to lead Manchester Pride Parade. Lea DeLaria, star of American TV sensation, Orange is the New Black, will be this year’s Grand Marshal at Manchester Pride’s Parade. Lea who achieved stardom with her stand out role as Big Boo in the Netflix hit series, follows in the foo By Besi • 3 min read
LGBTQ+ News Lesbian teenager parodies Westboro Baptist Church video Rebecca Anderson, a 16 year-old lesbian teenager from Edinburgh, was so infuriated by Westboro Baptist Church’s homophobic parody of Panic! At The Disco’s ‘Write Sins Not Tragedies’ that she felt moved to make her own parody of their parody, entitled ‘Your Beliefs Are A Lie What A Tragedy’. Rebecca’ By Besi • 1 min read
Community News End of an era at Marine Tavern Steve Chillingworth and Nat Robinson, landlords at the Marine Tavern for the last 12 years said goodbye to their regulars this evening, Sunday 10. Drag with No Name provided the entertainment while friends and customers from over the years turned out in force to wish the popular couple well for the By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Poet in the City – Cavafy Event Poet in the City, the charity committed to attracting new audiences to poetry, will present a celebration of the life and work of C.P. Cavafy at Hall One, Kings Place in London on Monday, September 15 at 7pm. Cavafy is widely regarded as one of the most important poets of the modern age. Poet and tr By Besi • 1 min read
General News Union chief expresses concerns following Eastbourne pier fire Following the fire that gutted the historic pier in Eastbourne last month, Simon Herbert, Chairman of the East Sussex Fire Brigades Union has issued an extensive statement highlighting his concerns about the ability of the fire service to cope with such incidents in the future. In his statement Simo By Besi • 3 min read
Craig Hanlon-Smith Arts Addressing the concerns of older LGBT people through drama MadEd Theatre is looking to develop a play for performance at The Brighton Festival in 2015/2016, that addresses the concerns of the older LGBT community. The theatre performance is intended to fit the genre of ‘Verbatim Theatre’ which takes the words of real life stories and situations and then fit By Besi • 1 min read
News Labour Parliamentary candidates concerned about threats to derecognise unions at Mears The GMB union say Mears, a major contractor to the city council, intends to derecognise unions after they refused to sign away the right to negotiate pay and conditions. Nancy Platts, Labour parliamentary candidate for Kemptown, Purna Sen, Labour parliamentary candidate for Brighton Pavilion and Pet By Besi • 3 min read
General News Man found with head injuries by Brighton Sealife Center Police are appealing to anyone who might have information about a man who was found unconscious on Brighton seafront. The 20-year-old man was found outside Harvester on Marine Parade around 1.20am yesterday, Thursday August 7, with a head injury. Detective sergeant Simon Dunn said: “A member of the By Besi • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Moving up The owners of Revenge have moved quickly to announce they have appointed Harry Woodhams, the present manager at Bar Revenge, to be the new general manager at Bar Revenge and Club Revenge. Harry, who studied dance at West Kent College, has worked in the leisure and entertainment industry in Brighton By Besi • 1 min read
