Health Your local hospice needs you! Do you have a couple of hours or more of spare time a week? If so, have you ever considered helping with the work the Martlets Hospice does? As part of Volunteer Week, the Martlets is holding a drop-in Volunteer Open Day on Thursday June 6. You can turn up at any time from 2-7pm […] By Besi • 1 min read
Arts A thank you from Vince Laws Poet, artist and campaigner Vince Laws brought his solo exhibition ‘Gscene Gay/LGBT Magazine. News, Reviews & Listings for Gay/LGBT Brighton, UK I AM A POEM’ to Brighton in February for LGBT History Month and inspired the month long B.Right.On LGBT Arts Festival in the process. A short film has been By Besi • 1 min read
News New leader announces his team Councillor Warren Morgan, Leader of the Labour and Cooperative Group on Brighton and Hove City Council has appointed his team of spokespeople for the year ahead. One addition to the team is Cllr Chaun Wilson who was elected last October in a by-election win in East Brighton when Cllr Craig Turton st By Besi • 1 min read
Waterford Pride 2012 Community News Ireland’s first Mardi Gras Festival in Waterford Waterford Pride, one of Ireland’s biggest LGBT pride festivals, is shedding its labels to become an event focused on diversity and inclusion. Ireland’s first Mardi Gras festival, based on the event in New Orelans, will take place from May 27 to June 2 with a full line-up of events throughout the wee By Besi • 2 min read
News Green Councillor for Hanover & Elm Grove resigns Matt Follett the Green Councillor for Hanover and Elm Grove Ward has announced his resignation, citing he is leaving the city to live with his family in another part of the country as the reason for his stepping down. His resignation was handed to the council’s Chief Executive yesterday morning, to By Besi • 2 min read
News Former Albion player charged over alleged homophobic gesture Colin Kazim-Richards, 26, a professional footballer who plays for Blackburn Rovers has been summonsed to appear at Brighton Magistrates’ Court on August 22 to answer a charge under Section 5 of the Public Order Act. The summons relates to an alleged homophobic gesture that Kazim-Richards made to the By Besi • 1 min read
Music Countdown to ‘As One in the Park’ – Bank Hoiiday Sunday As One In The Park 2013, London’s new LGBT festival is being held in Victoria Park, Hackney, London E9, on Bank Holiday Sunday, May 26 from noon to 11pm. Presented by Orange Nation, As One In The Park is the first large-scale gay festival in London for over a decade, and brings the capital in […] By Besi • 3 min read
Community News Rutters Stocktakers to sponsor Golden Handbags Awards The voting for this years Golden Handbag Awards closes on Wednesday, June 19 at noon. There is no postal vote this year so the only opportunity you have to register your vote is online at www.gscene.com The awards will be presented at a star studded evening in the Oxford Suite at the Brighton Metrop By Besi • 2 min read
News Hove MP urges residents to attend todays King Alfred meeting Mike Weatherley, the Conservative MP for Hove & Portslade, is urging residents to to attend the public meeting he has called at Hove Town Hall today, Friday, May 24, to discuss the future of the King Alfred Leisure facility. Mike said: ” I want to take this opportunity to remind residents of Brighto By Besi • 1 min read
News Labour leader calls for all Green group councillors to resign their council seats after Green rebels fail to unseat their leader Cllr Warren Morgan, leader of the Labour and Co-operative group on Brighton & Hove Council has revealed he was approached by a spokesperson for a rebel group of Green councillors yesterday asking for support in removing the present Council Leader, Cllr Jason Kitcat as Council Leader at todays Annual By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Just 16 days left to register for the LGBT Community Pride Parade This years edition of the LGBT Community parade is set to be the most outrageous and colourful ever with Pride supporters all enthusiastically embracing the ‘Icons’ theme. Organisers already have a whole hosts of Freddie Mercurys, Madonnas and Lady Gaga’s taking part as well as decorated floats and By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Rainbow Fund reports on recent grant funding for LGBT groups During the 2012/13 financial year the Rainbow Fund gave out over £31,000 worth of grants to a wide range of local LGBT groups. The Fund receives money from fundraisers throughout the year to provide grants to local groups providing front line services to the local LBGT community. The Rainbow Fund ha By Besi • 2 min read
