General News Queens Park councillor thrown out of Green Party A panel of inquiry set up to investigate if comments made on social media by Ben Duncan, a Green Councillor for Queens Park were appropriate, has ruled his comments brought himself and colleagues into disrepute. On Armed Forces Day, Saturday June 28, Councillor Duncan tweeted: “Armed Forces Day has By Besi • 2 min read
Community News MCC to celebrate Brighton Pride Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) of Brighton will celebrate Pride at a special service at the Brighthelm Centre at 6 p.m. on 27 July Being a community celebration, the proceedings will be kept as secular as possible. At the beginning of the service there will be a procession of Gay flags (Gay, Le By Besi • 2 min read
International News NLGJA brings National Convention and LGBT Summit to Chicago in August Highlights include a conversation with NBA player Jason Collins, a panel on Chicago-style politics and expert tips from Oprah producer Chris Gajilan on landing the interviewer’s Big Get and More. The National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA) will hold its National Convention and 10th LG By Besi • 3 min read
Tammy Twinkle Arts Legends Pride cabaret fundraiser returns The Rainbow Fund will benefit once again this year from the annual Pride Sunday cabaret fundraiser at Legends on Sunday August 3. Nothing will tickle you quite like the monster cabaret line-up hostess’s Lola Lasagne and Tammy Twinkle have put together for this sensational Pride Sunday event. Artiste By Besi • 2 min read
Exhibitions Summer Flower Festival at Chapel Royal The Chapel Royal in Brighton is staging a Summer Flower Festival in support of The Martlets and Chestnut Tree Children’s Hospices. The festival will take place from 10am to 4pm on August 23-25. Admission is free, light refreshments will be available and voluntary donations to The Martlets Hospice a By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Big Lottery grant for Rainbow Chorus Brighton’s LGBT choir, The Rainbow Chorus has been awarded a £9,000 Big Lottery Fund Grant, as part of the Awards for All program. The grant will allow the Chorus to buy technical equipment to improve lighting, sound and presentation in performance. It also allows the purchase of a portable keyboard By Besi • 2 min read
International News Canadian LGBT Human Rights Organisation calls for trans* action Egale, the Canadian Human Rights Trust is calling for immediate action on the gender segregation of trans* people in Canadian correctional facilities. British comedienne Avery Edison has filed human rights complaints with the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario and the Canadian Human Rights Commission By Besi • 3 min read
General News Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever case indentified in the UK Public Health England have revealed they are aware of a laboratory confirmed case of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) in a UK traveller who was bitten by a tick while on holiday in Bulgaria. The patient is responding well to treatment, and there is no risk to the general population. As a prec By Besi • 2 min read
News Audit reveals nine in ten Hollingdean housing blocks lack full recycling facilities Last week it was revealed that the household recycling rate for Brighton and Hove has fallen by 16% since the Green Party took office, to 25.6%. The audit carried out by a Labour local candidate has revealed that most council-owned flats on the Hollingdean estate do not have the full recycling facil By Besi • 2 min read
Paul Elgood Community News Rainbow Fund appoints new grants panel member Hizze Fletcher has been appointed to sit on the Rainbow Fund grants panel. Hizze comes from Sheffield and since graduating from Central St. Martins School of Art in 1989 has emjoyed an extensive creative career spanning over 25 years. She has worked as a set designer, photographer, artist, writer, c By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: ‘Freedom To Live’ exhibition Brighton Pride Arts and Film Festival (BPAFF) launches on July 17 at Jubilee Library. After the success of the ‘ICONS’ exhibition last year, a flagship event for Brighton Pride’s first Arts and Film Festival, artists from the LGBT sector (and their supporters) will be returning to the Jubilee Librar By Besi • 3 min read
General News Kemptown MP takes HIV test Simon Kirby MP for Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven takes HIV test at Halfway to World Aids Day event in Westminster. Simon was one of the record number of MPs who took an HIV test at a Halfway to World AIDS Day event hosted by the Halve It Coalition and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on HIV and [… By Besi • 3 min read
