Brighton’s Seafront Heritage – Looking towards the Future Brighton Seafront Heritage Trust receive £45,300 from the Heritage Lottery Fund for their Operational and Sustainability Development plans. By Besi • 1 min read
Tatchell to distribute LGBT+ leaflets at Regents Park mosque today This Friday, September 21, the Peter Tatchell Foundation and LGBT Muslims will continue their campaign: LGBT-Muslim Solidarity – Fight all hate by taking their message to one of the largest mosques in Britain – handing out leaflets and talking to worshippers. By Besi • 2 min read
Proud Eden returns to the Biomes to celebrate LGBT+ culture A grand celebration of LGBT+ culture takes place at the Eden Project on September 29 as Proud Eden returns to the West Country attraction. By Besi • 3 min read
BAME/PoC LGBTQ+ Network Meetup and networking group Olivia King has set up a network via MeetUp to encourage people to take the first step towards finding similar voices. The Network also welcomes allies. Olivia works in the equality sector and is a Stonewall Alumni who believes that Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) or People of Colour (PoC) w By Besi • 1 min read
New licensees get special LGBT+ welcome After reading about the problems Dan Digby and Michael Finlay the new landlords at the Prestonville Arms in Hamilton Road, Brighton, had experienced since taking over the reigns at the pub just before Pride, Adam Brooks, landlord and owner of Bedford Tavern jumped into action….. By Besi • 1 min read
Cock Rehearsal Photos ©The Other Richard PREVIEW: COCK at Minerva Theatre, Chichester HAS John straightened out? After years glued to his boyfriend, the couple have been through a sticky patch, and now John’s attached to someone else. By Besi • 3 min read
Call out for raffle and charity prizes for Hibernation Danny Dwyer at Bear-Patrol HQ is currently organising on behalf of Bear-Patrol the annual community ‘Hibernation’ charity luncheon on Sunday, October 21 at The Old Ship Hotel. By Besi • 1 min read
PREVIEW: Brighton HorrorFest returns for third ‘spine chilling’ year Following two successful years, Brighton HorrorFest returns to Sweet Venues with its biggest events programme yet. 2018’s Festival sees the return of Edinburgh Fringe sell-out hits, Father of Lies and Talking to the Dead; a tantalising tale of an unsolved murder in West Germany, and a modern-day séa By Besi • 3 min read
RadioReverb scoop National Diversity Award On Friday September 14 in Liverpool’s Anglican Cathedral, Brighton’s local community radio station, RadioReverb, was awarded the National Diversity Award for Community – Multi Strand. Designed to highlight the country’s most inspirational and selfless people, the National Diversity Awards have recei By Besi • 2 min read
Rainbow Hub – progress and September opening times Earlier this year the lease on 93 St James Street was obtained, and work started on creating a central base for The Brighton & Hove LGBT Community Safety Forum’s Outreach and Next Step projects, and a home for an LGBT+ One Stop Shop to be run and managed by new Charity, The Rainbow Hub. By Besi • 2 min read
Debate about LGBT+ homelessness at LIB DEM conference this evening Preventing Lifetimes of Homelessness -a panel debate about LGBT+ homelessness takes place this evening at the Hilton Metropole Hotel during the Liberal Democrat Party Conference. By Besi • 1 min read
Over 1000 march to support Totnes Pride in Devon The Historic Market Town of Totnes in rural Devon, held its sixth Pride event at the start of September, which brought the local LGBT+ communities together with their allies, to celebrate diversity in the town. Organisers of the event, Totnes-based social enterprise Proud2Be, laid on a whole host of By Besi • 3 min read
Drug worker receives Cranstoun’s ‘Inclusive Award’ Gary Smith, the LGBT+ worker, at Pavilions, the drug and alcohol service receives Cranstoun’s ‘Inclusive Award’ for spearheading Pavilions’ work within the LGBT+ communities of Brighton and Hove. By Besi • 1 min read
‘Walk of Survivors’ – raising awareness for victims of abuse The inaugural Walk of Survivors march, organised by The Survivors Movement takes place today, starting from the Level at 12.30pm, proceeding at 1pm to Dorset Gardens for an event for everyone from 2pm. By Besi • 1 min read
New HIV diagnoses continue to fall New data, published by Public Health England (PHE) last week, show a 17% decrease in HIV diagnoses in the UK in 2017 and a drop of more than a quarter in the last two years (28%). However, the new statistics also show that 42% of people with HIV were still being diagnosed late; with heterosexual m By Besi • 4 min read
View recently discovered historic signage at Dome Heritage Open Day Visitors will be given a unique opportunity to peek into Brighton Dome’s ambitious redevelopment works as part of Heritage Open Day this Saturday (September 15, 10am – 4.30pm). By Besi • 3 min read
Island Pride features on BBC South documentary ‘Inside Out’ This year, the Isle of Wight hosted the annual UK Pride extravaganza, beating off competitors from cities and towns across the country. During one of the hottest summers on record, organisers worked hard to transform the seaside town of Ryde, stage the huge Pride parade, create the biggest Pride fla By Besi • 2 min read
Siren: Iconic 80’s lesbian band reforms after 30-year gap SIREN, an ‘80’s Brighton lesbian band, reformed after nearly a 30-year gap, are, once again, pushing the boundaries with their Indie Rock songs. Featuring expressive vocals, excellent musicianship and quirky humour, Siren will deliver a night of politics and post punk fun! By Besi • 1 min read
Master Tom to be auctioned at ‘Dine with the Stars’ Brighton Bear Weekend to auction Master Tom donated by the Strange Case Company at this year’s annual Dine with The Stars dinner on October 18. By Besi • 2 min read
Queer in Brighton History Club returns on September 30 Brighton LGBTQ+ History Club welcome Professor Lucy Robinson (University of Sussex) for the first session of 2018. By Besi • 2 min read
RadioReverb launches crowdfunding campaign for new transmitter RadioReverb, Brighton and Hove’s not-for-profit radio station, launches online crowdfunding campaign to protect the future of independent local radio in Brighton. By Besi • 2 min read
Olly Alexander fronts video for World Suicide Prevention Day Olly Alexander and Sadiq Khan back campaign supporting LGBT+ youth on World Suicide Prevention Day today. Year & Years front man Olly Alexander and Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan have joined Switchboard – the national LGBT+ Helpline and Gay Times Magazine to back a campaign encouraging young LGBT+ peop By Besi • 2 min read
Fundraising quiz night to benefit Clare Project Camelford Arms to stage charity quiz night to benefit the Clare Project. On Thursday, September 20, James Pettitt, a barman at the Camelford Arms is organising a charity quiz night and raffle in aid of the Clare Project. By Besi • 1 min read
OPINION: Sam Trans Man salutes his Lesbian Icons Dr Samuel Hall on the hijacking of feminism, the gender divide, and the struggle to access safe spaces. I write with a theme of Lesbian Icons the morning after Big Pride, as opposed to Trans Pride, which was two weeks previous. These two celebrations feel worlds apart. By Besi • 4 min read
