General News Brighton i360 construction team starts on site The international team who created the London Eye were reunited on Brighton seafront as they prepare to build the Brighton i360, the tallest visitor observation attraction in the UK outside of London, designed by architects Marks Barfield. Local firms including civil contractor JT Mackley, based jus By Besi • 2 min read
General News Union strikes to go ahead The NUT and Unison in local government have confirmed strike action on July 10 will go ahead. GMB, PCS and Unite unions in the public sector are likely to join the stike also which will see thousands of council workers, civil service staff and school support staff strike against the government’s 1% By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Anastacia, All Saints and Foxes to appear at Manchester Pride Big Weekend Manchester Pride announce a host of big name acts to perform at the festival’s biggest weekend yet over August bank holiday. They join MNEK, Heather Peace, Kimberly Wyatt, Misha B, Syron, Jesca Hoop, Drop the Mustard, Holloway, AMiTY, The SRJ Band and Redd with more big acts to be announced. The Dan By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Pride announce final Ambassador for Pride 2014 The fourth and final Pride Ambassador for 2014 is this months Gscene cover model Nicole Gibson. Actress and model Nicole was The Independent Newspaper’s Pink List’s one to watch for 2014 and was labelled by the media as the “unexpected star of London Fashion Week.” All four Pride Ambassadors will le By Besi • 1 min read
Health Local mental health charity receives national recognition MindOut the Brighton based LGBT mental health project wins BBC award. MindOut, the mental health charity run by and for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people is the winner of a BBC Radio 4’s All in the Mind 25th Anniversary Award beating over seven hundred projects that were nominated for the By Besi • 3 min read
General News Picnic in the park this Sunday The Friends of Queens Park are holding their annual Picnic in the Park community event, this Sunday, June 29. The event is free with live music, some planned activities, food (charged for), and Ann Ewings legendary raffle. If you’ve been to Picnic In The Park, you’ll know about the raffle, and if yo By Besi • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Don Juan in Soho opens tonight Brighton Little Theatre’s next production will be Don Juan in Soho by Patrick Marber (the writer of Closer and Notes on a Scandal and the screenplay of Fifty Shades of Grey) after Moliere. The play originally opened at the Donmar Warehouse in 2006 and was directed by Michael Grandage and starred Rhy By Besi • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Trans*Pride organisers win a Golden Handbag Trans* Pride won a Golden Handbag in the category, Best Trans* Venue or Event at the Golden Handbag Awards on Sunday, June 22 at the Brighton Hilton Metropole Hotel. Raphael Fox and Sarah Savage, stars of the C4 documentary series My Transsexual Summer who are both on the Trans* Pride organising com By Besi • 1 min read
Music Collabro to appear in Brighton The winners of Britain’s Got Talent 2014 are to appear at the Brighton Centre on February 13, 2015. Britain’s Got Talent 2014 winners Collabro have announced a 23 date nationwide UK tour for 2015 and will be joined by very special guest and runner up Lucy Kay. Collabro are an English musical theatre By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Bear Patrol events in July Bear Patrol have a busy schedule of events planned for July starting with a Group Tandem Skydive at Netheravon in Wiltshire on July 5. Other events include: July 13: Training Run – meet Brighton Marina (by car wash – Asda) at 10am July 13: Freedom to Live Exhibition (Jubilee Library) from 10am July By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Bears to auction Gscene cover to raise money for Rainbow Fund The cover of this months Gscene was shot and designed by local photographer Peter McEachern to celebrate the Brighton Bear Weekender event taking place in the city this weekend. Peter has framed a special one off copy of the cover featuring some of Brighton’s most loveable bears and Brighton Bear We By Besi • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Police & Crime Commissioner recognises work of LGBT Safety Forum. The Brighton & Hove LGBT Community Safety Forum (LGBT CSF) has received a funding boost of £8,376.20 from the Police & Crime Commissioner’s Safer in Sussex Community Fund. Billie Lewis, Chair of the LGBT CSF joined the Police & Crime Commissioner, Katy Bourne and representatives from over 60 other l By Besi • 3 min read
