New chair at Working to Connect Things are changing at Working to Connect (WTC), the organisation that supports and represents smaller LGBT+ and HIV groups in Brighton & Hove. By Besi • 2 min read
Early start at Hastings Pride on Bank Holiday Sunday (August 26) Hastings Pride celebrations began on August 20, and will culminate with a parade and festival event tomorrow, Sunday, August 26, starting at 10am, sporting the theme Space and Aliens. By Besi • 2 min read
HIV charity launches new initiative to help people buy PrEP Terrence Higgins Trust (THT), Britain’s leading HIV and sexual health charity, will launch a PrEP Access Fund (PAF) this Autumn to support people in England and Northern Ireland who cannot access or afford the HIV preventative drug PrEP. By Besi • 3 min read
Wessex Wyverns and Wessex Heartbeat join in charity partnership WESSEX Wyverns RFC, an inclusive LGBT rugby team based in Southampton, have teamed up with Wessex Heartbeat to help them achieve their ambition to achieve the very best care for people with heart conditions on the South Coast. By Besi • 2 min read
Sweet Chilli Singers – Queer women’s choir The Sweet Chilli Singers are a small queer women’s choir who rehearse near Hove lagoon every Wednesday evening. They have been meeting up for nearly two years and sing a wide variety of music to cover every palette from Tallis to Taize, natural voice to pop and even some of their own compositions. By Besi • 2 min read
New shakers and buckets for Rainbow Fund Danny Dwyer, organiser of Bear Patrol organises new shakers and fundraising buckets for bars and shops to support the work of the Rainbow Fund. Look out for bright yellow shakers and buckets that are popping up in bars and shops all over the city to capture your spare change. By Besi • 1 min read
Folkestone Pride, drag bingo fundraiser – Saturday, August 25 Time to put on your fanciest and gayest clothing and make your way down to Eleto Chocolate Cafe in Folkestone for a night filled with camp performances by some local queens and a round or two of Bingo… But with a Drag Queen Twist! By Besi • 1 min read
Iris Prize 2018 – shortlist announced ORGANISERS of the Iris Prize have announced details of the 35 short films that will compete for the Iris Prize at the 2018 Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival. The winning director will be presented with £30,000 to make their next short film here in the UK, supported by the Michael Bishop Foundation. By Besi • 2 min read
Brighton businesses support the LGBT+ communities during Pride Brighton businesses make donations to Rainbow Fund from Pride weekend activities. Apart from Pride’s direct fundraising through ticket sales and other events, businesses across the city held independent fundraising events, and have entrusted The Rainbow Fund to distribute the funds they raised throu By Besi • 2 min read
Rainbow Chorus – new members night Rainbow Chorus is Brighton’s longest established LGBT chorus. The Rainbows are the city’s only LGBT chorus and will be holding a new members’ night on September 10, to encourage new members to join the chorus from September 2018. By Besi • 1 min read
RSPCA officers to join Cymru Pride march for first time RSPCA inspectorate officers will join Cardiff’s annual Pride parade for the first time, as the charity prepares for its ‘biggest, best and most brilliant’ presence at the festival. By Besi • 2 min read
Open doors at Rottingdean Club over Bank Holiday weekend The Rottingdean Club situated in the upmarket village of Rottingdean is a private members club located along the coast from Brighton in a magnificent 16th century building. By Besi • 2 min read
Legends raise £4,050.69 for Rainbow Fund Legends raise £4,050.69 for the Rainbow Fund at their Sunday Cabaret extravaganza on Pride Sunday (August 5). By Besi • 1 min read
New affordable homes for central Brighton Brighton & Hove’s planning committee approve a development of thirty-four new homes to be built in Buckingham Road, Brighton. There will be 44% affordable housing provision on the site, more than the local planning requirement, which means that 14 homes will be available for low-cost rent or shared By Besi • 2 min read
Hove Library closure period extended Hove Library will be closed for a week longer than originally planned due to unforeseen delays in the building and maintenance work being carried out there. By Besi • 1 min read
Iconic Gothenburg trams repainted to highlight LGBT+ rights Train operator celebrates diversity and the LGBT+ communities in public spaces during Euro Pride in Sweden. Västtrafik the train operator in Gothenburg had invited young artists to repaint six of Gothenburg’s iconic trams to celebrate the city being joint hosts of EuroPride 2018. Lars Backström, CEO By Besi • 1 min read
Train fare increases announced TO coincide with confirmation of the 3.2% train fares hike announced this morning, Labour has compared the costs on several train routes in the South East between when the Conservatives came to power and the projected new prices that will be implemented this January 2019. By Besi • 3 min read
Celebrity garden raises money for cancer centre Tony and Chris Ashby-Steed open their garden as part of the Macmillan Coastal Garden Trail. By Besi • 1 min read
A different approach to adoption heads to Manchester Pride A new adoption service, run in partnership by the two ‘Outstanding’ rated adoption agencies Caritas Care and Adoption Matters, will attend this year’s Manchester Pride on August 25 to 26. The service, at the forefront of new routes into adoption, combining adoption and fostering to give children the By Besi • 4 min read
Barbers raise money for HIV charity during Brighton Pride OS Barbers in George Street raise a record £580 for the Sussex Beacon on Pride Friday. ON Friday, August 3, 2018, for the fourth year in a row, Joe Steven and George Oakley from OS Barbers in George Street, Brighton turned over their days takings of £580 to the Sussex Beacon. The boys offered charit By Besi • 1 min read
‘Looking out for each other’ – a new campaign to keep pedestrians and cyclists safe With the summer holiday season in full swing and the city welcomes thousands of visitors, a new campaign is launched to help keep pedestrians and cyclists safe. By Besi • 1 min read
Folkestone Pride fundraiser – date of Pride changed Due to unforeseen circumstances the date of Folkestone Pride has been changed to September 8, 2018, starting from The Stade at midday. By Besi • 1 min read
Superbin unveiled in Preston Park Volunteer litterpickers braved the rain to celebrate the arrival of the city’s first Superbin. The bin, in Preston Park, was unveiled as part of the Mayor’s Big Tidy Up event. Volunteers from the city’s Tidy Up Team were joined by Mayor Dee Simson, Environment Councillor Gill Mitchell, bin designer By Besi • 2 min read
Manchester Pride All change in 2019 for Manchester Pride MANCHESTER Pride has today confirmed its annual August bank holiday festival will go ahead in 2019 but will look and feel radically different to previous years. The four-day event, known as The Big Weekend, has been around for more than 25 years being know at different times by various names includi By Besi • 3 min read
