LGBTQ+ News The Pride Rainbow Rooms The Rainbow Rooms at New Steine Gardens will be an oasis of calm in a sea of celebrations over the Brighton Pride and Village Party weekend. Situated in the heart of the Gay Village, The Rainbow Rooms will give local residents and Pride guests a chance to eat, enjoy fine wines and champagne or a […] By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Fun runners raise money for local LGBT/HIV organisations Around 90 runners entered the inaugural Brighton Pride, 5km Rainbow Fun Run on Sunday, July 27 at Preston Park as part of this years Brighton Pride fundraising campaign. Many of the registered runners joined in the spirit of the occasion, dressing in 70s disco and super heroes fancy dress attire. Ho By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Brighton Pride ‘Welcome Centre’ opens its doors The Pride Welcome Centre is now open at Envy, upstairs from the Charles Street bar, to welcome Pride-goers to this year’s events. Tickets and wristbands to both the Pride Park Festival and the Pride Village Party can be purchased there. Residents and businesses in the St James Street area who live o By Besi • 2 min read
General News ‘Save Our Fire Service’ campaign taken to Westminster Labour Parliamentary candidates take campaign to save the local fire service from cuts to Westminster. Nancy Platts, standing in Kemptown and Peacehaven, and Sarah Owen, standing in Hastings and Rye, took local FBU representatives to meet Shadow Fire Minister Lyn Brown MP in Westminster. Proposed cu By Besi • 3 min read
LGBTQ+ News New equality campaign for Scotland Scottish Government launches Scotland believes in equality campaign across Scotland and a new website to promote equality north of the border. The campaign aims to celebrate the huge progress that Scotland has made towards achieving LGBTI equality, from the initial decriminalisation of homosexuality By Besi • 2 min read
General News World Hepatitis Day: Progess made on Hep C, but much more to do New figures from Public Health England (PHE) reveal hospital admissions, liver transplants and deaths from hepatitis C (HCV) have all risen in the UK. Hospital admissions from hepatitis C-related end stage liver disease have risen from 608 in 1998 to 2,390 in 2012, while deaths have risen from 98 in By Besi • 4 min read
LGBTQ+ News New Chief Executive for Stonewall Stonewall, the lesbian, gay and bisexual equality charity names Ruth Hunt as its new CEO. Ruth has been Acting CEO of the charity since February this year and before that, she was Deputy Chief Executive. She joined the charity in 2005 as a Senior Policy Officer, having begun her career at the Equali By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Record numbers march at Norwich Pride Trans* woman and her two grandchildren lead Norwich Pride Parade. Organisers are claiming the sixth Norwich Pride, which took place on Saturday, July 26, was the biggest and best to date, attracting record crowds to the city centre parade. The sun shone throughout the day as an estimated five thousa By Besi • 4 min read
Arts Rainbow Tesco: Artists needed to paint Tesco hoardings for Pride With Pride weekend literally days away, LGBTQ artists are urgently needed to paint ‘rainbow murals’ on the hoardings surrounding the Tesco and Superdrug stores on the corner of Dorset Gardens and St. James St. A mural was painted on one side of the Tesco store for the Village Street Party in 2012 (s By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Brighton Pride to close with a ‘Celebration of Love and Life’ Brighton Pride will stage a unique Celebration of Love and Life at New Steine Gardens in the heart of the Gay Village by the Aids Memorial on Sunday, August 3. Brighton and Hove’s LGBT communities are invited to come together, celebrate Pride and remember friends and loved ones at a very special can By Besi • 1 min read
gay pride dog waving a rainbow flag Community News Rainbow Run today Calling all Disco Divas! Brighton Pride’s inaugural 5 km. fun run, picnic and community sports day takes place in Preston Park today, July 27. Every omi and polone is invited to pull on some revealing lycra, sexy leg warmers and troll along to Preston Park to vada the talented totty and bona bods as By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Trans* Pride in the Park attracts thousands of supporters to New Steine Gardens Following the huge success of the first Trans*Pride in 2013 this year’s event had much to live up to. Organisers excelled themselves and delivered a carefully choreographed community event which had something for everyone. Crowds flocked to New Steine Gardens all day, helping create a wonderful carn By Besi • 2 min read
