News Green councillors attendance at scheduled Council meetings poor Attendance figures for Brighton & Hove City Council meetings show that some Brighton & Hove City Councillors have poor attendance records. Seven Green Councillors failed to attend more than 78% of their scheduled Council Meetings, with Councillor Alex Phillips only attending 62%. Despite these poor By Besi • 1 min read
Health Hove MP backs Mercury Phoenix Trust Following attending a fundraising evening hosted by the Mercury Phoenix Trust last month, Mike Weatherley, the Conservative MP for Hove and Portslade, has backed the commendable work of the HIV/AIDS charity that was set up in 1992 in memory of Freddie Mercury. The Mercury Phoenix Trust is responsibl By Besi • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Banned poet supports ‘Save Royal Mail’ campaign Controversial poet and artist Vince Laws has decorated the post box in the gable wall of his rural cottage in protest at the proposed sell off of the Royal Mail. Earlier this year Vince’s living poem ‘This Pope is Pants’ was controversially banned from an exhibition at the Jubilee Library in Brighto By Besi • 1 min read
News Kemptown MP welcomes Labour to Brighton Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown took time out of his busy schedule today to welcome members of the Labour Party to Brighton for their annual conference. He had extended a similar courtesy to the Green Party who had their national conference in Brighton earlier this month along with a warning By Besi • 2 min read
Arts MAN DOLLS: ROCK HARD PLASTIC at Manbar, London Man Dolls: Rock Hard Plastic, a collection by Justin King featuring 3D art, sculpture and mixed media, will be taking over Manbar on Charing Cross Road, London from Tuesday, October 7 to Tuesday, November 26. The adult performer and entertainer will take you through his life of fetishism, sex, porn, By Besi • 1 min read
Health New research into mental wellbeing and HIV New research by HIV support agency Positively UK, in partnership with research based pharmaceutical company, Janssen, has provided fresh insights into the links between HIV and poor mental wellbeing. The results launched last week at Positively UK’s Conference of People Living With HIV and published By Besi • 2 min read
Features & Longread Atlanta Georgia, USA Atlanta’s reputation as a ‘gay friendly’ city and top U.S. gay travel destination has been acknowledged recently; in August Gaytravel.com listed Atlanta as one of the “Top 10 Gayest Cities in the South.” While in June, Passport Magazine recognised Atlanta as a “Great Destination for Gay Families,” By Besi • 2 min read
Health Kemptown MP joins the fight against breast cancer Simon Kirby MP for Brighton Kemptown, is supporting the fight against breast cancer by taking part in Breast Cancer Campaign’s biggest (and pinkest) fundraiser, Wear It Pink Day. Over the last 10 years Wear It Pink has raised £23 million and on Friday, October 25 2013, people will come together in By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Celebrate: A Year in the Life of MindOut MindOut, the award winning LGBT mental health organisation is holding an open day on Wednesday, October 16. Take the opportunity to meet their staff, volunteers, trustees, service users, supporters, friends and acquaintances. Check out what they have been up to and hear about their plans for the com By Besi • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Brighton loses National Student Pride in 2014 National Student Pride, the annual weekend LGBT Festival have announced they are moving the 2014 event from Brighton to London claiming the cost of hiring the Dome complex to stage the event in Brighton have become prohibitive. After five successful years in Brighton, Student Pride which draws stude By Besi • 3 min read
Community News Switchboard receive lottery funding Brighton & Hove, LGBT Switchboard has been awarded lottery funding to develop its telephone help-line service to reach more people informing and supporting them in new ways using new technologies. Switchboard Director Natalie Woods, said: “Our help-line has been informing and supporting LGBT people By Besi • 1 min read
Billie Myers Community News Billie Myers supports MindOUT mental health campaign MindOut, the LGBT mental health project are thrilled to have the support of singer and songwriter Billie Myers in their work to end mental health stigma and discrimination. As part of a two year anti-stigma project funded by Time to Change, MindOut are running a series of events to engage the public By Besi • 2 min read
