LGBTQ+ News New sponsor for Brighton Half Marathon Runners Need, one of the country’s leading running specialist retailers, has been announced as the Official Sports Retail Partner for the Brighton Half Marathon. The Brighton Half Marathon, in its 24th year, takes place in Brighton on Sunday, February 16, 2014. This year public places for runners so By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Two men assaulted in Hove Sussex Police are appealing for witnesses to two assaults on Western Road in Hove on Saturday (November 2). The first victim, a 43-year-old man from Hove, was walking along Western Road at 12.30am on Saturday with his partner when he was approached by a man and punched in the head. He was taken to R By Besi • 1 min read
Film How to Survive a Plague How to Survive a Plague, a documentary about the early years of the AIDS epidemic and the efforts of ACT UP and Treatment Action Group (TAG), will be showing at Duke’s at Komedia, Brighton on Sunday, November 10. Despite having no scientific training, the self-made activists of ACT UP and TAG infilt By Besi • 1 min read
Community News More than 500,000 men a year call the Samaritans to discuss issues surrounding their sexual orientation New figures released by the Samaritans identify that more than one in ten calls for help (10.9 per cent) from men talked about issues surrounding their sexual orientation. This compares with only one in forty similar calls from women (2.4 per cent) according to the latest snapshot survey of branches By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Section 28 and the Pre-Launch of LGBT History Month 2014 The people who brought you Schools OUT, LGBT History Month and The Classroom, have announced two separate events to mark the repeal of Section 28 and LGBT History Month 2014 in November. The first, The Pink Promotion will commemorate the 10th anniversary of the repeal of Section 28, the law which ba By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Prowler and Avert – Working together Millivres Prowler Group, the parent company of Prowler in St James’s Street have established a partnership with six charities linked to the LGBT community. The charity receiving a particular focus throughout November is Horsham-based AVERT. A creative and pro-active HIV & AIDS charity, AVERT works t By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Allsorts Youth Project awarded Santander Foundation Grant Allsorts LGBT Youth Project has received a £5000 grant from the Santander Foundation to fund a series of activities for lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or trans young people aged 16-25 living in the Brighton, Hove and Sussex area. The grant was provided from the Foundation’s Community Plus initiative whi By Besi • 2 min read
General News Working for the community in St James Street Community activists, local businesses and the Council’s street lighting manager were joined by The Brighton Crime Reduction Partnership, a local councillor and the police for an unusual but important event this Halloween. St James Community Action Group (SJSAG) organised a street inspection of light By Besi • 1 min read
General News NATIONAL ADOPTION WEEK : Do you want to adopt a child? 4,600 children waiting to be adopted First4Adoption has launched a campaign to highlight the need for more people to consider adopting one of the 4,600 children in England currently waiting for new loving families, as it publishes research on behalf of the Department for Education that shows people’s likelihood of adopting varies depen By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Local lawyer appears on list of best lawyers and law firms Philip Warford, managing director of Renaissance Legal, a Sussex-based law firm has been listed as a Ranked Lawyer in the directory of best law firms and lawyers published by Chamber & Partners. Chambers & Partners, who been ranking the best law firms and lawyers since 1990, is widely recognised as By Besi • 1 min read
Community News World Aids Day Fundraiser The biggest line up of cabaret artists ever come together at the Queens Arms, Brighton on Sunday, December 1 to mark World Aids Day, 2013 and raise money for the Sussex Beacon. Hosted by Drag with no name and Mary Mac, the event features: Maisie Trollette, Cassidy Connors, Saucy Sophie, Candy Slag i By Besi • 1 min read
Cllr Geoffrey Bowden General News Kemptown Carnival accounts reveals debts of £12,000 Cllr Geoffrey Bowden, chaired the AGM of the Kemptown Carnival on Tuesday, October 29 at the Crypt Community Centre in the basement of St Georges Church. Approximately 12 people attended. Accounts revealed debts of £12,000. Total income for 2012-13 was £30,000 leaving a shortfall of £10,000 on the b By Besi • 1 min read
