Drag Queen Story Time – for under 8s at British Airways i360 Take your under-8s along to hear colourful stories about acceptance, tolerance and daring to be different, hosted by top Brighton drag queens. By Besi • 1 min read
‘Britney Beach’ silent disco at British Airways i360: decks on the deck for Brighton Pride Watch the sun set as you dance 450 feet in the air on the British Airway i360 celebrating Brighton Pride 2018 and its ‘Colour My World’ theme. Two DJs will be going head to head on the BA i360 boarding deck for a Britney-themed silent disco on the eve of Brighton Pride. By Besi • 1 min read
Former MindOut volunteer and fundraiser fights for life In February this year, while living in Spain with her partner Laura Clarke, Sarah Tebbutt, was diagnosed with Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma, a very rare brain tumor. Since her diagnosis Sarah has received one round of chemotherapy and five sessions of radiotherapy in an effort to stop the By Besi • 3 min read
Kidz Pride silent disco on British Airways i360 deck Celebrate the start of Brighton Pride 2018 with your kidz on the British Airways i360 boarding deck overlooking the old pier on Friday, August 3. By Besi • 1 min read
Darren Cool – 07792308722 – www.dcoolimages.com Drop in the Ocean – a new art design on Brighton Beach New art installation created on Brighton beach – using almost 9,000 plastic bottle tops! Local designer Irene Soler has teamed up with around 60 volunteers and city organisations, businesses and groups to produce the piece at the Volks Railway called A Drop in the Ocean. By Besi • 2 min read
Church celebration service at Brighton Pride St John’s Church at Preston Park will be holding their annual Pride celebration service on August 4. St John’s will be open from 1pm for picnics, refreshments and loos. By Besi • 1 min read
Britney video goes viral – #ITSBRIGHTONBRITNEY! Video produced by local dance company to celebrate Pride and welcome Britney Spears to Brighton goes viral! Britney Spears will be headlining Brighton & Hove Pride on the Saturday, August 4, when she will perform her Las Vegas residency show ‘Piece Of Me’ in its entirety. By Besi • 2 min read
Miguel Santiago – a breath of fresh air Great violinists have a special connection with Brighton going back many years. After the Italian virtuoso Niccolo Paganini played at the Old Ship Hotel in 1831 the hotels magnificent Paganini Ballroom was named after him. By Besi • 1 min read
Firle Vintage Fair 2018 returns on August 11-12 Located in the quintessentially English South Downs, Firle Vintage Fair celebrates the beauty and antiquities of the past. On site there will be a host of cherry-picked antique and vintage stalls including; French brocante, haberdashery and latest crafting trends, Danish design, fashion, country int By Besi • 2 min read
Green Convenor to stand again at May 2019 local elections Brighton & Hove Green Party selects candidates for the Brunswick and Adelaide ward for the May 2019 council elections. They are, Councillor Phélim Mac Cafferty, Convenor of the Green Group of Councillors and Hannah Clare, former Co-Chair of the Young Greens of England and Wales and a local resident. By Besi • 4 min read
LETTER TO EDITOR: Where was our visibility at Eastbourne Pride Parade? I have just come home from LGBT+ Pride in Eastbourne and felt so upset that I had to write to you. I’ve been going to Prides for over twenty years now and although they are all different, this is the only one that has disappointed me to this extent. By Besi • 1 min read
Table tennis club is “making a difference” says local MEP Green MEP Keith Taylor gives his support to Brighton Table Tennis Club for the work it does in the local community after recently visiting the club in Kemptown, Brighton. Brighton Table Tennis Club (BTTC) is a registered charity giving more than 1,500 people from diverse backgrounds the opportunity By Besi • 1 min read
68% of households in receipt of Universal Credit now in rent arrears Greens call for commitment to protocol for fairer debt collection, as Universal Credit continues to bite. GREEN councillors in Brighton & Hove have urged the Labour run Council to commit to making debt collection fairer for those struggling on low incomes across the city. By Besi • 3 min read
Help stop hate crime – find out more at Brighton and Hove Pride Prosecutors from CPS South East will be at this year’s Brighton and Hove Pride event to encourage more reporting of hate crime from the LGBT+ communities. The Crown Prosecution Service will have a stall in the community marketplace on Saturday, August 4 and will be able to explain what hate crime is By Besi • 2 min read
The Kingdom Gospel Choir sign to Sony A global audience of two billion watched The Kingdom Choir perform Stand By Me at the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. By Besi • 2 min read
Fatboy Slim to perform 450ft above Brighton Superstar DJ Norman Cook aka Fatboy Slim will play a unique set on the British Airways i360 pod on Monday, July 30 from 8pm. The event will be produced and broadcasted live to millions of fans by the French livestreaming platform Cercle. By Besi • 1 min read
Manchester Gay Village gets ‘ultra-fast’ internet The Gay Village in Manchester gets ‘ultra-fast’ internet in time for more than 180,000 visitors expected at this year’s Manchester Pride festival. Visitors to Manchester’s famous Pride Festival in August can expect ‘ultrafast’ broadband thanks to a fast-growing technology firm. By Besi • 2 min read
Cost of HIV drugs including PrEP could reduce following court ruling Landmark court ruling could be game changer for costings of PrEP and other HIV drugs. A ruling today from the European Court of Justice (ECJ) suggests that Gilead’s patent for Truvada, the drug used to treat many people living with HIV, and the drug used for PrEP, may be under threat. By Besi • 1 min read
Local children head to The Big Apple! It’s not every day a group of 12 children are invited to perform their show in New York City, but that’s exactly what has happened to the cast of This Boy Tom, a musical written by Natalie Sexton, starring twelve local school children from Brighton & Hove. By Besi • 2 min read
Major study finds no transmission of HIV with people on effective HIV medication Results of new study into HIV transmission revealed at the International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam. The PARTNER 2 study investigated how effective HIV medication is in preventing the transmission of HIV, especially between gay men. By Besi • 3 min read
Greens select candidates for Goldsmid Ward Brighton & Hove Green Party selects its candidates for the Goldsmid ward in the May 2019 council elections. They are Councillor Amanda Knight, Deputy Convenor of the Green Group of Councillors and spokesperson for the Corporate Parenting Board and campaigners Steve Moses and Mariana Ebel. By Besi • 2 min read
Pride Cultural Development Fund supports two local schools Local schools receive £1,000 from Pride Cultural Development Fund. As part of their community engagement through the Pride Cultural Development Fund, Brighton & Hove Pride challenged all local junior and primary schools to create an A4 artwork that represented what they loved about Brighton & Hove. By Besi • 2 min read
Greater Fort Lauderdale prepares for Southern Comfort Transgender Conference For the third year, Greater Fort Lauderdale will host the longest-running transgender conference in the United States, the Southern Comfort Transgender Conference, from September 6-8, 2018. By Besi • 3 min read
201 Dance Company welcomes Britney to Brighton for Pride! 201 Dance Company creates epic video to celebrate Pride and welcome Britney Spears to Brighton! Britney Spears will be headlining the main stage at Brighton & Hove Pride on August 4 performing her complete Las Vegas residency show Piece of me. By Besi • 1 min read
