Community News Registration open for Brighton Half Marathon Youth Races Registration is now open for next year’s Brighton Half Marathon Youth Races, which take place on Sunday, February 16, 2014. Young runners aged 7 – 17 can take part in the 1 Mile Youth Race, which starts and finishes on Madeira Drive on Brighton’s seafront. The Youth Races are open to young runners o By Besi • 1 min read
Health HIV charities make position clear on ‘Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis’ A group of the UK’s leading HIV charities have released a joint statement outlining their position on Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP). PrEP is a new HIV prevention strategy that is currently being trialled in the UK. It involves people who do not have HIV taking a daily dose of one or two of the dru By Besi • 1 min read
Music Local talent shines on the mic Seventeen year old Ella Croucher from Brighton has been given the thumbs up by judges at the Open Mic UK 2013 auditions. Ella, a former student of Dorothy Stringer School, has just started at Sussex Downs College, Lewes, studying music, performing arts and dance. Her Nan saw the advert for the compe By Besi • 1 min read
International News Curaçao Pride judged a success by organisers The Caribbean island of Curaçao has always been welcoming to LGBT tourists offering great accommodations, events and attitude. Hundreds of residents and visitors to the Island celebrated the island’s very first Pride Week last month from September 25-29, 2013 raising the island’s commitment to the L By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Allsorts LGBT youth project wins national award Young People’s Voice (YPV), the LGBT youth campaigning and engagement project at Allsorts Youth Project has won the volunteering category of the British Red Cross Humanitarian Citizen Awards 2013. The awards, supported by Canon, were held at the Bishopsgate Institute in central London on Saturday (5 By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Lunch Positive volunteers treated to lunch by Las Iguanas Las Iguanas Restaurant in Jubilee Street, Brighton yesterday, (Wednesday October 9) donated a thank you meal to Lunch Positive volunteers in recognition of their commitment, support of the HIV community and fund-raising efforts. Las Iguanas has been a long term supporter of Lunch Positive, providing By Besi • 1 min read
News Simon Kirby’s ‘Disabled Person’s Parking Badges Act’ comes into force Simon Kirby MP’s Disabled Person’s Parking Badges Act has come into force today. Simon is MP for Kemptown & Peacehaven The Act received Royal Assent and passed into law in January 2013, however it required a number of regulatory changes to be made and Statutory Instruments to be laid before coming i By Besi • 2 min read
International News IGLTA to host its first convention in Africa The International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA) will host its 33rd Annual Global Convention in Cape Town, South Africa in 2016. This marks the first time IGLTA will hold its premier educational and networking conference in an African country in its 30-year history. Convention bids were ev By Besi • 2 min read
National News Out Now demands withdrawal of misleading LGB data issued by the ONS Out Now Consulting, the global LGBT marketing agency, has written to the Director General of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) requesting the immediate withdrawal of data relating to gay and lesbian people on the grounds that it is inaccurate and misleading. Out Now says that a flawed and poo By Besi • 6 min read
LGBTQ+ News New choir needs singers A recently formed lesbian, gay, bisexual/transexual and straight friendly chamber choir require more altos, tenors and basses to make music together. They sing a classical repertoire and meet Tuesday/Friday evening near Seven Dials in Brighton. An ability to read music is essential. For more informa By Besi • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Inventing lives The University of Brighton LGBTQ Lives Research Hub have announced their first annual lecture. Open to all, these lectures seek to inspire and enthuse by inviting key speakers to develop research and understandings of LGBTQ Lives. The first lecture will be by author/ director/ performer: Neil Bartl By Besi • 1 min read
General News A people’s history of the Level The Level was one of the first locations for a Brighton Pride event and has been a public meeting place, fair and festival venue since the 1700s. Find out more about its history at The people’s history of the Level: a community oral history exhibition which opens at the Bertie MacLaren Pavilion, the By Besi • 1 min read
