LGBTQ+ News Exeter City Football Club say NO to homophobia Exeter City Football Club to take a stand against homophobia in football at its home game with Rochdale on Saturday, February 22. The match has been designated as the Club’s annual Football v Homophobia fixture – a move welcomed by the Exeter City Supporters’ Trust and its One Game One Community (OG By Besi • 2 min read
Health Do you want to stay safe? MindOut will be running Personal Safety Workshops to equip people with personal safety skills. The personal safety trainers specialise in working for groups with differing needs. A good sense of personal safety is an important aspect of someone’s wellbeing and can make a real difference for particip By Besi • 1 min read
Film Boxing film battles homophobia Perez Bros tackle homophobia in sport with new short film, The Weigh In (2014). Following the introduction of the new gay propoganda laws against LGBT people in Russia and just in time to highlight discrimination at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, the Perez Bros have released a new short film entitled By Besi • 1 min read
Health Suicide Memorial Vigil MindOut, the LGBT mental health project are organising the annual Suicide Memorial Vigil on April 2. The purpose of the Vigil is to remember all LGBT friends or family who have been lost to or affected by suicide. Gather besides the MindOut memorial tree in St Ann’s Well Gardens in Hove at 6pm. For By Besi • 1 min read
Dance Perfume Garden returns Legendary DJ Pete Wardman headlines reunion party. Perfume Garden, Brighton’s original hard dance production returns for a very special reunion party on Saturday, March 29 from 2pm til 9pm @ Boutique Brighton, Boyces St. DJ LINE-UP includes: • Little Rob (Beyond, Bioshokk, Menthol,) • Superfast Oz ( By Besi • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Sun shines on Brighton half marathon Paul Martelletti successfully defends his title. Following days of strong winds and heavy rain, the sun shone on the Brighton Half Marathon today (Sunday, February 16). The Brighton Half Marathon is organised by The Sussex Beacon, a local HIV charity, and saw 6,996 runners on the start line with Pau By Besi • 3 min read
LGBTQ+ News Drag queen raises funds for Sussex Beacon Local drag queen Sonia Marmite aka Paul Brown ran his first half marathon today. He finished the course in two hours, thirty three minutes and twenty seconds. Paul who was running to raise money for the Sussex Beacon announced he would run the race wearing a wedding dress if he received more than £5 By Besi • 1 min read
General News Labour parliamentary candidate supports end to violence against women Purna Sen, Labour’s Parliamentary Candidate in Brighton Pavilion, supported this year’s One Billion Rising event in Brighton on Valentine Day. Purna Sen, Labour Parliamentary candidate for Brighton Pavilion One Billion Rising (OBR) is a global campaign to end to violence against women and to promote By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Forty years providing a listening ear The National LGBT Helpline celebrates landmark birthday London Lesbian and Gay Switchboard (LLGS) turns 40 years old in March, with a programme of celebrations and community events to commemorate its achievements at the heart of Britain’s LGBT community over four decades. Help them celebrate: go to By Besi • 4 min read
General News Council’s music education hub SoundCity wins national award Brighton and Hove has won a national award for its groundbreaking music education hub SoundCity at the 2014 Music Teacher Awards. Beating four other hubs shortlisted for the national prize the winning city was announced last weekend during the Music Education Expo in London. Judges said that ‘no oth By Besi • 1 min read
General News New life amidst the storms in Brighthelm gardens A ceremony was held yesterday to celebrate the planting of four fruit trees to bring new life to the Brighthelm garden. Two pear and two apple trees will offer a ray of sunshine in what’s been a tempestous winter. Alex Mabbs, the new Minister at Brighthelm, blessed the trees to provide them with an By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News A Pride House in Hove BLAGSS the LGBT sport group created a Pride House at the Grosvenor Bar on Tuesday night. During the evening those present held hands in support of the Same Sex Hand Holding Initiative (#SSHHI). #SSHHI was launched by Pride House International on August 14, 2013 and calls on everyone in Sochi – athle By Besi • 1 min read
