LGBTQ+ News Overwhelming majority of MSPs vote for Scotland’s equal marriage bill Equality campaigners are celebrating tonight as Scotland’s equal marriage bill passed its first vote in the Scottish Parliament by an overwhelming majority. The Equality Network, the Scottish lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality charity that runs the Equal Marriage campaign, welcom By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Transgender Day of Remembrance: Brighton Council fly the Trans* Flag from public buildings Brighton and Hove City Council is flying the Trans* Flag over public buildings today to recognise Transgender Day of Remembrance. Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is an annual observance each November 20, that honours the memory of those whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violenc By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus gain new sponsor The UK’s largest funeral director has struck a deal with Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus, which was first established in January 2005 when a small group of friends who loved singing decided it was time Brighton had a gay male choir. The Chorus, which currently has around 85 members, is the largest gay cho By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Scotland to vote on equal marriage today The Scottish Parliament will hold a crucial debate and vote on Scotland’s equal marriage legislation today, Wednesday, November 20. The stage one vote on the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill is in many respects the most crucial vote because it will reveal for the first time whether a m By Besi • 2 min read
Simon Kirby MP Health Brighton Kemptown MP takes public HIV test in support of National HIV Testing Week Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven is to take a public HIV test on Monday November 25 in an effort to encourage more local people to test for the virus during England’s second annual National HIV Testing Week from November 22-29. He will attend HIV and sexual health charity Terrence By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Transgender woman attacked in Peacehaven : Have you seen this man? Sussex Police are appealing for information after a man grabbed and threatened to attack a transgender woman in Peacehaven. The victim was walking to catch a bus in South Coast Road shortly before 11pm on Sunday, October 20 when the incident happened. As the 31-year-old woman, from Saltdean, approac By Besi • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Aids Memorial plaque installed ahead of World Aids Day The artist behind ‘Tay’, Brighton and Hove’s Aids Memorial sculpture, Romany Mark Bruce, joined the Rainbow Fund grants panel last night to mark the installation of a new information plaque for the memorial in the New Steine, installed ahead of World Aids Day. Rainbow Fund Chairman Paul Elgood said: By Besi • 1 min read
General News Green phlegm and snot ‘not always a sign of an infection needing antibiotics’ Having green phlegm or snot is not always a sign of a bacterial infection that will require antibiotics to get better, says Public Health England (PHE) and the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP). This advice is issued on European Antibiotics Awareness Day (November 18) which aims to raise By Besi • 3 min read
Health LUNCH POSITIVE : News updates This year’s World AIDS Day Candlelit Vigil is being staged with grant funding from the Queens Park Community Fund and the Community Development Foundation. Lunch Positive, the HIV lunch club, has been awarded £1,985 in recognition of the events importance to the local community. Gary Pargeter, Volun By Besi • 2 min read
General News BRIGHTON ALCOHOL AWARENESS WEEK: Art and stories of recovery A new art exhibition by residents affected by alcohol where visitors can also hear stories of recovery is to go on show as part of this year’s national Alcohol Awareness Week, from November 18-22. Supported by both Brighton & Hove City Council and CRI Health Promotion Team (Drugs and Alcohol), the s By Besi • 2 min read
General News Flushed with Pride Brighton & Hove City Council’s public loos have again been nominated for a number of National and UK Loo of the year awards. The excellent care and presentation of public conveniences are just some of the reasons cited for the year on year nominations. This year the grades that have been awarded are By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Will Young and Stonewall team up to tackle homophobic language Stonewall, supported by Will Young and Mumsnet, today launches a flagship campaign to tackle homophobic language in schools. The campaign comes exactly ten years since the repeal of Section 28 and is in response to research showing that 99 per cent of lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) young people hea By Besi • 2 min read
