Room for Love – ‘They Made This’ support akt Room For Love a new exhibition of Pride posters from artists and illustrators who are part of the They Made This collective, launch at their new pop-up print shop on Brighton’s Dukes Lane to kick off Pride celebrations on Saturday, August 3. By Besi • 1 min read
University of Brighton Summer Graduations – Famous transgender model Munroe Bergdorf receiving an honorary doctor of letters at the University of Brighton graduation ceremony today Photograph taken by Simon Dack Trans activist honoured by University of Brighton Model, activist and social campaigner Munroe Bergdorf tells how a University of Brighton lecturer saved her life. Munroe, who regularly appears on TV to comment on race, diversity, gender and LGBT+ issues, was battling severe depression, an eating disorder and had “so much sadness, anger and confusi By Besi • 2 min read
Mayor of Brighton and Hove to speak at the Village MCC Pride Service Councillor Phillips, the present Mayor of Brighton and Hove, is a member of the Green Party, and was elected as the MEP for the South East England constituency at the European Parliament elections of May 2019, as the lead candidate on the Green party list. By Besi • 1 min read
Council agrees to ‘Green’ revamp of Madeira Terraces Greens secure council backing for a plan to restore three Madeira Terrace arches using sustainable building materials. Clare Rainey the Green Councillor for Queens Park ward, had raised concerns that the keenly-awaited restoration of the Terraces could be further delayed if councillors did not use m By Besi • 2 min read
Transgender conference returns again to Greater Fort Lauderdale Greater Fort Lauderdale is set to welcome the Southern Comfort Transgender Conference to Florida’s most inclusive and diverse travel destination. For the fourth year running, from August 15-17, 2019, Greater Fort Lauderdale will be hosting Southern Comfort, America’s longest running transgender conf By Besi • 4 min read
Bone Idol supports Brighton Rainbow Fund with ‘All the Woofers’ campaign AS a gay owned business located the heart of Brighton’s Gay Village, Bone Idol, the pet store and grooming parlour located 98 St James’s Street wanted to do something ‘especially for you’ with their Pride window as an act of visibility, support and celebration. By Besi • 1 min read
BBC Sussex to record ‘Politics and Chill’ at Camelford Arms BBC Sussex will be recording an LGBT style ‘Question Time’ at the Camelford Arms on Tuesday, July 30 from 7pm. The programme will be broadcast on Thursday, August 1 on the eve of Brighton & Hove Pride. By Besi • 1 min read
Brighton Pride launch new awareness campaign on city lamp posts Brighton & Hove Pride launches campaign #WeStandTogether to highlight their commitment to raising awareness of intersectionality, the overlapping of social identities and how discrimination against one ultimately represents discrimination against all. By Besi • 2 min read
PREVIEW: King’s Head Theatre presents Robert Chesley’s Jerker A pornographic elegy, returns to London for the first time in 29 years from October 30 to November 23, 2019. Robert Chesley’s play Jerker, or The Helping Hand returns to London for the first time in 29 years in a new production at the King’s Head Theatre, directed by Ben Anderson. By Besi • 3 min read
REVIEW: Oklahoma @Chichester Festival Theatre In the darkest days of World War II, theatre audiences experienced two magical musicals that still endure over 70 years later. IN 1942 came the joyful escapism of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. And a year later, they got the first collaboration by Rogers and Hammerstein- the frontier Wild West sho By Besi • 2 min read
Campaign calls on BA to stop deportations on 100th birthday Activists, celebrities and politicians call on British Airways to stop deporting migrants on the airline’s 100th birthday. To celebrate their 100th birthday, British Airways are running a huge advertising campaign, including 100 ‘love-letters’ to Britain from staff, celebrities, and the public. By Besi • 3 min read
Councillors vote to preserve their parking perks once again Green proposals to end a car parking pass perk for city councillors were rejected for a second time at a meeting of Full Council yesterday (July 25). Greens had called on the council to abolish free parking for councillors in Norton Road and the Lanes as part of the budget in February 2019, a move t By Besi • 2 min read
