International News Gay Switchboard celebrates 40 years serving the LGBT community in Ireland Report highlights LGBT people in Ireland seven times more likely to attempt suicide. LGBT people regularly face stigma and isolation which often leads to poor mental, emotional and sexual health. They are also at a much higher risk of self-harm and suicide. Gay Switchboard has been there for 40 year By Besi • 4 min read
International News IGLTA honored in Madrid for its LGBT tourism work The International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA) has been awarded a 2013 Excelencias Award during FITUR, the international tourism trade fair held annually in Madrid. IGLTA was honored for “its tireless work to normalize LGBT tourism in the world.”The awards began in 2005 to celebrate exce By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Kemptown MP Kirby raises UKIP gay marriage comments at Prime Minister’s Question Time Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, has spoken of his pride in representing a large gay community in Prime Minister’s Question Time this afternoon. Following recent comments by a UKIP Councillor that the introduction of equal marriage was to blame for flooding in parts of England, By Besi • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Fostering or Adoption events during LGBT History Month LGBT History Month aims to promote tolerance and raise awareness of the prejudices faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people. Brighton & Hove City Council are actively recruiting foster carers and adopters from the LGBT communities. You can foster or adopt if you are single or in By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Pianist records CD for Sussex Beacon Pianist Patrick Meehan has recorded a CD of jazz music by composers including Gershwin and Scott Joplin and is donating all proceeds to the Sussex Beacon. Patrick who lives in London originally studied at the Royal Academy of Music and teaches piano privately from his home in South London. He spends By Besi • 1 min read
General News St James’ Community Action Group call an EGM St James’ Community Action Group (SJCAG), one of the most active and well supported LATs in the City, is holding an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) on Wednesday, February 12. The EGM called just weeks before the scheduled annual AGM, will take place at St Mary’s Church on the corner of Upper Roc By Besi • 2 min read
Health Help MindOut raise £25,000 In April a team of 34 runners from MindOut will be running the Brighton Marathon to support the work and services MindOut currently offer to the LGBT community in Brighton & Hove and beyond. MindOut is a mental health project run by and for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and transgender people based in By Besi • 1 min read
News Hundreds back Lib Dems campaign for free Sunday parking Hundreds of residents across Brighton & Hove are backing the Lib Dem campaign to scrap Sunday parking charges across the city. To date, 645 people have signed the petition calling for council managed car parks and on street parking to be free on Sundays. Central Hove Liberal Democrat, Jeremy Gale, s By Besi • 1 min read
Health Peer Action events in February Peer Action, the HIV organisation for both men and women who are HIV+ or are affected by HIV has a full lineup of events planned for February. Sunday Friday 2: Brighton’s Alternative Panto: Trip to see ‘Cock Robin and his Very Merry Men’ SOLD OUT Tuesday February 4, 11, 18 and 25: One hour swimming By Besi • 1 min read
Food & Drink Restaurant fined after mouse droppings found A Brighton restaurant has pleaded guilty to a charge of failing to keep its premises clean after council food safety officers discovered mouse droppings in a saucepan. Palor Ltd., who run the Ocean Restaurant at 43-45 Kings Road Brighton, was fined £4,000 and ordered to pay costs of £4,862.50 follow By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Chair of Pride steps down David Hill, chair of Brighton Pride CIC in 2013 has announced he is stepping down after helping deliver what was universally acknowledged the best Brighton Pride ever. Brighton Pride 2013 raised a record £43,000 for local LGBT/HIV organisations who provide front line services to the LGBT communities By Besi • 1 min read
Health Arthritis Research UK – ‘Keep Your Joints Healthy’ Mike Weatherley, MP backs calls by Arthritis Research UK to Help Keep Your Joints Healthy. Following a meeting with Arthritis Research UK, Mike Weatherley, the Conservative MP for Hove and Portslade, is encouraging people in Hove and Portslade, who are living with osteoarthritis, to find a form of p By Besi • 1 min read
