News Final opportunity to buy Brighton Pride ‘Early Bird’ tickets Sunday June 30 is the last day you can buy ‘Early Bird’ tickets online costing £12.50 for this years Brighton Pride. From Monday July 1, online tickets will cost £17.50. The main stage returns to Brighton Pride this year and features an impressive line up of international artists including, Alison M By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Elly Barnes is Proud2Be Elly Barnes has lent her support to an ever-growing LGBT campaign by making a video letting the world know she is proud to be a lesbian. Elly was voted No.1 in The Independent on Sundays Pink List 2011. She has developed the fantastic ‘Educate and Celebrate’ training course and is the LGBT Schools A By Besi • 2 min read
News Over 400 join Stonewall’s London Community Pride group Hundreds of supporters of all ages joined Stonewall the LGB equality charity and marched with the charity yesterday, Saturday, June 29 at London Community Pride, carrying ‘Say I Do To Equal Marriage’ placards in five languages to support the charity’s campaign for full equality in Britain and worldw By Besi • 1 min read
Caroline Lucas, MP will adress the audience Community News Brighton & Hove to celebrate NHS 65th birthday BRIGHTON will play host to a free, public birthday party for the NHS with music, stalls, an exhibition, a giant birthday card for people to sign and birthday cake to share, on Friday July 5. Brighton Pavilion MP Caroline Lucas and Pip Tindall, an NHS worker will address the event from 4pm onwards. C By Besi • 1 min read
National News Hove MP backs the troops! Today is the fifth annual Armed Forces Day and provides an opportunity to do two things. First, it raises public awareness of the contribution made to Britain by those who serve and have served in Her Majesty’s Armed Forces. Second, it gives the nation an opportunity to show support for the men and By Besi • 2 min read
National News Transport for London celebrates London Pride week Transport for London (TfL) will raise the rainbow flag today, June 28, on its famous Tube Head Office building, 55 Broadway, above St James’ Park Tube station to mark this year’s London Pride Festival celebrations. This will be the first time in London Underground’s 150 year history that the flag, w By Besi • 2 min read
Music Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus win a Golden Handbag Brighton’s Gay Men’s Chorus took the award for ‘Favourite LGBT Community Social/Leisure Organisation’ at the 2013 Golden Handbag Awards. The Golden Handbag Show took place Sunday 23 June at the Brighton Metropole Hilton, with the winners voted for by readers of Gscene magazine. The annual awards sho By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Our boys in Afghanistan support DJ Claire Fuller’s Golden Handbag bid In her campaign to be voted Favourite Local DJ, in the Golden Handbag Awards, Claire Fuller called not only on the support of regular clubbers at The Basement Club at Legends where she is the resident DJ at Pop Candy on Sunday evenings but also had the support of some of our troops serving in Afghan By Besi • 1 min read
National News HIgh powered and glamorous raise fund for Pride in London Two hundred leading figures from the worlds of business, showbiz and politics got together with LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) activists to raise money for the reborn Pride in London at a Gala Dinner at Claridge’s in London on Tuesday night where Mayor of London Boris Johnson was gues By Besi • 3 min read
News Brighton & Hove Greens back ‘Robin Hood Tax’ campaign The ruling group of Green councillors on Brighton & Hove City Council are backing the nationwide ‘Robin Hood Tax’ campaign. The campaign argues for a small levy on some financial transactions in the banking sector, to discourage risky behaviour and help pay for public services. Estimates suggest tha By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Sussex Police seek witnesses to rape A man was raped at Dukes Mound on Monday June 24 at 1.30am in the morning. The victim was a white male in his 20’s. Before and after the assault the victim was carrying a book and a large roll of tissue. The suspect is described as male, white, 30 to 40 years, about 5’7 […] By Besi • 1 min read
National News Stonewall reveals top gay-friendly universities in UK Stonewall, the LGB equality charity has launched the fourth edition of Gay By Degree, the only guide showing how ‘gay-friendly’ the UK’s 157 universities are. Gay By Degree 2014, now online at www.gaybydegree.org.uk, gives lesbian, gay and bisexual prospective students a single place to find out wha By Besi • 2 min read
