Books Images of Queer life in Brighton needed urgently Queer in Brighton, an oral history project are creating an archive of queer heritage in Brighton and Hove. As part of the project they are publishing an Anthology and website of Brighton’s queer history. They need your photos and memorabilia to scan and include in the Anthology. Take them along to t By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Peer Action News Peer Action is a community support group for all those affected by HIV co-infections. In August, gentle swimming session with Ian continue every Tuesday at the little known Kemptown pool at 12.15pm. Phil’s meditation classes on Sunday now run at the Sussex Beacon, August on 11 and 26 from 11am till By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Queer in Brighton: Life Stories, Histories and Differences Brighton & Sussex Sexualities Network Conference – September 18, 2013, 10am-5.00pm Co-Organisers: Brighton & Sussex Sexualities Network (BSSN), Queer in Brighton and Brighton Transformed This conference seeks to work across activist/academic debates in order to develop understandings of LGBT and que By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Want to perform your poetry at Pride? Queer in Brighton contributors are invited to perform in the first ever Pride Literature & Spoken Word Tent at Brighton Pride on Saturday, August 3 alongside national and local prizewinning authors. If you would like to perform one of your Queer in Brighton pieces, or write something new, you will n By Besi • 1 min read
News Number 10 sends message of support to Brighton Pride organisers The Prime Minister, David Cameron and the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg have sent a joint letter of support to the organisers of this years Brighton Pride. The letter reads: “We are delighted to once again offer our support to Brighton Pride, the annual celebration of the vital contribution made By Besi • 2 min read
News Greens lose safe Hanover seat in by-election Labour and Co-operative won the by-election in Hanover and Elm Grove ward yesterday, July 12, taking 40% of the votes cast. In a tightly fought campaign, Labour managed to turn around a 900 vote majority, winning the seat by just 38 votes from the Green candidate, David Stuart Gibson. The by-electio By Besi • 2 min read
News Miss Jason overloads the internet Miss Jason’s popular Half Hour Podcasts brought an internet server to a standstill this week when the amount of traffic some popular episodes generated were too much for the host server. The weekly Postcast take place round Jason’s kitchen table with regular guests, Tammy Twinkle, Collin Day and Fif By Besi • 2 min read
St Cuthmans Church Community News Whitehawk Community Festival Residents and community groups will be celebrating local heroes at the Community Festival in Whitehawk on Saturday July 13 from 1pm – 5pm. The East Brighton Bygones Local History Society are celebrating their 10th anniversary with an exhibition in St Cuthmans Church opened by their President Fred N By Besi • 2 min read
News Kemptown MP pushes for Falmer rail improvement Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, last week met with Network Rail executives to call for improvements to the signalling at Falmer Station to alleviate problems of congestion, particularly on Brighton and Hove Albion match days, as well as calling for longer and more frequent trai By Besi • 1 min read
Community News MindOut for the Laughs returns for Pride MindOut for the Laughs returns to the Komedia on Wednesday, July 31 for “another night of polished Pride entertainment” featuring Dolly Rocket, Debra Jane Appleby, Marilyn Monroe, Qukelele, Julie Jepson and the Actually Gay Women’s Chorus. Always one of the community highlights during the lead up to By Besi • 1 min read
News Council keeps Weatherley 50m pool vision alive Plans to rule out a 50m pool on the King Alfred site on Hove seafront have been modified following a plea from Mike Weatherley, the Conservative MP for Hove and Portslade to Brighton & Hove Council’s Policy & Resources Committee. Mike urged councillors to research further the topic of pool sizes bef By Besi • 1 min read
News Conservatives call for more action on dog fouling Conservatives have called for greater priority to be given to pursuing dog owners who fail to clean up after their pets as figures revealed that just one resident was prosecuted for dog fouling in the whole of Brighton & Hove last year. The information came to light in response to a question by Cons By Besi • 1 min read
