Brighton’s Seafront Heritage – Looking towards the Future Brighton Seafront Heritage Trust receive £45,300 from the Heritage Lottery Fund for their Operational and Sustainability Development plans. By Besi • 1 min read
Tatchell to distribute LGBT+ leaflets at Regents Park mosque today This Friday, September 21, the Peter Tatchell Foundation and LGBT Muslims will continue their campaign: LGBT-Muslim Solidarity – Fight all hate by taking their message to one of the largest mosques in Britain – handing out leaflets and talking to worshippers. By Besi • 2 min read
Proud Eden returns to the Biomes to celebrate LGBT+ culture A grand celebration of LGBT+ culture takes place at the Eden Project on September 29 as Proud Eden returns to the West Country attraction. By Besi • 3 min read
BAME/PoC LGBTQ+ Network Meetup and networking group Olivia King has set up a network via MeetUp to encourage people to take the first step towards finding similar voices. The Network also welcomes allies. Olivia works in the equality sector and is a Stonewall Alumni who believes that Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) or People of Colour (PoC) w By Besi • 1 min read
New licensees get special LGBT+ welcome After reading about the problems Dan Digby and Michael Finlay the new landlords at the Prestonville Arms in Hamilton Road, Brighton, had experienced since taking over the reigns at the pub just before Pride, Adam Brooks, landlord and owner of Bedford Tavern jumped into action….. By Besi • 1 min read
Cock Rehearsal Photos ©The Other Richard PREVIEW: COCK at Minerva Theatre, Chichester HAS John straightened out? After years glued to his boyfriend, the couple have been through a sticky patch, and now John’s attached to someone else. By Besi • 3 min read
Call out for raffle and charity prizes for Hibernation Danny Dwyer at Bear-Patrol HQ is currently organising on behalf of Bear-Patrol the annual community ‘Hibernation’ charity luncheon on Sunday, October 21 at The Old Ship Hotel. By Besi • 1 min read
PREVIEW: Brighton HorrorFest returns for third ‘spine chilling’ year Following two successful years, Brighton HorrorFest returns to Sweet Venues with its biggest events programme yet. 2018’s Festival sees the return of Edinburgh Fringe sell-out hits, Father of Lies and Talking to the Dead; a tantalising tale of an unsolved murder in West Germany, and a modern-day séa By Besi • 3 min read
RadioReverb scoop National Diversity Award On Friday September 14 in Liverpool’s Anglican Cathedral, Brighton’s local community radio station, RadioReverb, was awarded the National Diversity Award for Community – Multi Strand. Designed to highlight the country’s most inspirational and selfless people, the National Diversity Awards have recei By Besi • 2 min read
Rainbow Hub – progress and September opening times Earlier this year the lease on 93 St James Street was obtained, and work started on creating a central base for The Brighton & Hove LGBT Community Safety Forum’s Outreach and Next Step projects, and a home for an LGBT+ One Stop Shop to be run and managed by new Charity, The Rainbow Hub. By Besi • 2 min read
Debate about LGBT+ homelessness at LIB DEM conference this evening Preventing Lifetimes of Homelessness -a panel debate about LGBT+ homelessness takes place this evening at the Hilton Metropole Hotel during the Liberal Democrat Party Conference. By Besi • 1 min read
Over 1000 march to support Totnes Pride in Devon The Historic Market Town of Totnes in rural Devon, held its sixth Pride event at the start of September, which brought the local LGBT+ communities together with their allies, to celebrate diversity in the town. Organisers of the event, Totnes-based social enterprise Proud2Be, laid on a whole host of By Besi • 3 min read
