Exhibitions Bletchley Park exhibition Stories of life by the people who worked there. An exhibition in Block B, Stories of Life at the Park, shares the first hand memories gathered through the ongoing Oral Archive project. From breaking codes to mowing lawns, there was a huge variety of jobs at the top secret HQ of the Government Code a By Besi • 1 min read
Books Book signing at Gay’s the Word bookstore LGBT children’s book authors team up for joint signing in London. Authors, Luca Panzini, Fabri Kramer, and Eric Rosswood, are teaming up for a one time only book signing located at the Gay’s the Word Bookstore in London. Panzini and Kramer are the co-authors of Some People Have Two Dads and Some Peo By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Equality Network leads Scottish protest against Nigeria and Uganda anti-gay Laws Over 100 supporters of the Equality Network, Scotland’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality charity protested outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh on Friday, March 7. They were protesting against anti-gay laws recently passed in Nigeria and Uganda. The protest was part of By Besi • 1 min read
International News Russia post Sochi covered in latest edition of The Pink Humanist The latest edition of Pink Humanist is now available for download. The Pink Humanist is an online magazine published by the UK gay Humanist charity, the Pink Triangle Trust (PTT) The vicious anti-gay rhetoric pouring out of Russia last year as the country introduced legislation to stop the “promotio By Besi • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Queen extends best wishes for Switchboard’s 40th Birthday Her Majesty The Queen, Prime Minister David Cameron and Mayor of London Boris Johnson were among politicians who congratulated the charity for providing confidential advice to the LGBT community. Beverley Knight, Dan Gillespie-Sells and X Factor star Lucy Spraggan played a set of exclusive live perf By Besi • 4 min read
General News EU-wide agreement on how to crackdown on TB in cities The majority of TB in Western European countries is concentrated in big cities, according to a study published today in Eurosurveillance. The research also found that while the number of TB cases continues to reduce in some countries in Europe the rate of TB within some of Europe’s big cities contin By Besi • 3 min read
LGBTQ+ News RadioReverb celebrates seven years on Brighton & Hove’s airwaves RadioReverb are celebrating their seventh birthday party this weekend with a 24 hour fundraising Reverbathon. They will be broadcasting live from 8am on Saturday, March 8 till midnight on Sunday, March 9. They will also be celebrating International Women’s Day on Saturday, March 8 from 8am-midnight By Besi • 1 min read
Health HIV activist calls for full consultation on changes to HIV/GUM services in Norwich and Norfolk Poet, artist and HIV campaigner Vince Laws along with concerned local service users are concerned about the sell off and changes to GUM/HIV services in Norwich and Norfolk. They have organised a petition calling on Dr Sujeevani Munasinghe at the Norfolk Public Health Department to halt any changes t By Besi • 1 min read
News Hove MP Weatherley Backs WWF Earth Hour On Saturday, March 29 at 8.30pm, millions of people will turn off their lights for one hour, on the same night, all across the world, in a huge symbolic show of support. Earth Hour is a memorable and spectacular event, with places from New York to New Delhi going dark for the hour. Mike Weatherley, By Besi • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Older and Out! Older and Out provides an informal, warm and friendly gathering space for older LGBT people at the Somerset Day Centre in Kemptown. The event is on Friday, March 28 from 1-3pm and a light lunch and selection of cakes will be provided. For the following month’s Older and Out event on Friday, April 25 By Besi • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Davina Sparkles for Sport Relief Local Brighton drag queens proved sparkling sequins and sport are perfect partners when they took to the seafront for their own Sainbsbury’s Sport Relief Mile. It was hand bags at dawn as six drag queens from Adonis Cabaret donned headbands, hitched up their frocks and put their best heels forward i By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Scotland stands with LGBT Nigerians and Ugandans Tomorrow, Friday, March 7 at 12.15pm, the Equality Network, Scotland’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality charity, will hold a national protest in Edinburgh against anti-gay laws recently passed in Nigeria and Uganda. The new laws punish LGBT people with up to life imprisonment f By Besi • 1 min read
