Health MindOut volunteer fair MindOut the LGBT mental health project are holding a volunteer fair on Thursday, April 3 from 5-7pm. The event which takes place in the Conference Room at Community Base, 118 Queens Road in Brighton will give you the opportunity to learn about the various volunteer roles available at MindOut includ By Besi • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Chancellor uses budget speech to announce creation of Alan Turing Institute John Leech MP for Withington calls for new institute to be located in Manchester. The Chancellor announced today the nation would honour Alan Turing, the Second World War code-breaker with a research institute in his name to be established with a five year £42m Government funding package part of a w By Besi • 2 min read
Exhibitions Volunteers needed to model for charity posters Jamie McCartney to produce new posters to raise money for Breast Cancer UK. Following the launch of his bras and boobs posters which he created to raise money for Breast Cancer UK (25% of sales will go to the charity), local artist Jamie McCartney is now working on his next piece and needs people in By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Subline and THT ‘Village Fete’ Subline will be opening their doors to everyone this Saturday, March 22, from 2pm to raise funds for the Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) with a Spring Village Fete There’ll be a plethora of contests and attractions to partake of, including a milking competition, Whack-a-Rat, Pin-the-Penis-on-the-Pornst By Besi • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News New support group for LGBT organisations Brighton & Hove Community Works, the local voluntary and community sector support organisation is setting up a regular support group for people involved in organising or running smaller LGBT organisations. Community Works LGBT representatives, Gary Pargeter and Chris Cooke have volunteered to facili By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Fundraiser for Brighton Women’s Centre raises £900 Sell out fundraiser raises £900 for Brighton Women’s Centre, who are currently celebrating their 40th year of providing essential services to vulnerable women. The night of comedy, music and cabaret took place on Saturday, February 22, 2014 at The Basement, Brighton and was organised by Annabel Prib By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Blagss bowling team win annual tenpin bowling tournament Twenty five LGBT community groups and businesses took part in the annual Blagss tenpin bowling tournament at the Brighton Marina Bowlplex last night (March 19). The event is one of the highlights on the LGBT community calendar and one of the few events that brings LGBT community groups and LGBT busi By Besi • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Legends win Boyz Scene Award Miss Jason presents Legends with the award for Best Bar Brighton and The South Coast that they won at the annual Boyz Scene awards last week. Before Miss Jason took the stage at her weekly Monday Madhouse at Legends this evening (March 17) she presented Legends with the award she collected for them By Besi • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Why Pride Matters to Simon Fanshawe Broadcaster Simon Fanshawe explains why Pride Matters to him. I walk out of my front door with not a care. I am a known homo in lots of my life. It never scares me. I live in Brighton and work in London, Manchester, Edinburgh…….all over the UK. I am free to live. But in 76 […] By Besi • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Pride tickets go on sale in gay venues Early bird tickets for Pride 2014 are now on sale in a number of venues in the Gay Village. A limited number of tickets at £9 are available, when they have sold ticket prices rise to £12.50. Venues include: • Doctor Brightons: 16-17 Kings Rd, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 1NE • A-bar: 11-12 Marine Parad By Besi • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Heaven nightclub to stage Britain’s biggest ‘Equal Marriage’ party Stonewall the national equality charity joins forces with G-A-Y and Ben & Jerry’s to throw Britain’s largest party to celebrate marriage equality on Friday, March 28. The event will take place at Heaven nightclub in London ahead of the first same-sex marriages on Saturday March 29. Ben & Jerry’s wil By Besi • 2 min read
International News Brighton Pride 2014 Parade registration opens The theme of this year’s Pride Brighton & Hove LGBT Community Parade is The World’s A Disco. Dance along with 160,000 fellow revellers and spectators, take your partner by the hand and celebrate the music, dance and colour of the globe while remembering those LGBT people in 78 countries worldwide wh By Besi • 2 min read
