Queens Park – Pond or garden? It’s your choice! Visitors to Queens Park are being asked to decide how the popular park should be improved. Brighton & Hove City Council and the Friends of Queens Park are asking park goers to choose between two very different proposals to enhance the park. By Besi • 1 min read
Community football tournament celebrates diversity Exeter City Football Club marks World Cup Final day by holding its own special international tournament for both men and women’s teams. The club will once again be celebrating diversity in the local community when its annual summer five-a-side tournament is held at the University of Exeter’s Streath By Besi • 1 min read
Muharrem Kartal Owner of ‘filthy’ Hove kebab shop banned Hove kebab shop owner who allowed rats to run round his premises has been banned from being involved in the management of a food outlet. MUHARREM Kartal, 52, was also handed an 8 months suspended prison sentence at Lewes Crown Court and ordered to carry out 180 hours unpaid work after pleading guilt By Besi • 2 min read
Gok Wan hosts Global Pride Makeover Gok Wan hosts a Global Pride Makeover, to raise awareness of the persecution faced by the LGBT+ communities across the globe. Gay Times and LGBT+ movement, All Out, have teamed up with celebrity stylist Gok Wan to campaign for a Global Pride Makeover, raising awareness of the prejudice and violence By Besi • 3 min read
Mayor of London is strangling London Pride with restrictions says Tatchell Westminster Council and Met Police sting London Pride organisers with huge bills as the Pride Parade in London is strangled with bureaucratic restrictions. Peter Tatchell says todays London Pride parade will be one of the smallest in the western world, alleging red tape is strangling the event. By Besi • 4 min read
Flash sale on KAPOW tickets – sign up now Martlets is holding a flash sale on tickets for the City’s bounciest and most colourful obstacle course – KAPOW – which takes place on Saturday, July 14 in Preston Park. Anyone booking tickets online till July 11 using the offer code KAPOW10 will receive a discount of £10 on any ticket, bringing the By Besi • 1 min read
“We Will Never Surrender Equality” – OUTBermuda OUTBermuda has declared today that: “we will never surrender equality for all Bermudians, and especially the LGBTQ families and couples who deserve it.” The group were responding to the Government of Bermuda’s decision to appeal the historic June 6 verdict by the Supreme Court of Bermuda that overtu By Besi • 2 min read
PREVIEW: Trans Pride Season at The Marlborough Theatre As part of its extensive year-long programme of performances and events under the title Growth Spurt, made possible by Arts Council Funding, Brighton’s Marlborough Theatre presents Trans Pride Season. By Besi • 1 min read
PICTURE DIARY: Pianoman celebrates 50th birthday with cancer fundraiser Colin Blanchflower, aka The Pianoman, turned over his 50th birthday party on Friday, June 1 to a fundraiser for the charity Cancer is a Drag (reg. no.1160129) at the Amsterdam Bar & Kitchen. Artists appearing included Dave Lynn, Martha D’Arthur, Trudi Styles, Linda Bacardi, Stephanie Von Clitz and D By Besi • 1 min read
PICTURE DIARY: Dave Lynn at 60! To celebrate his 60th birthday last month, friends and fellow performers joined entertainer Dave Lynn for a VIP flight on the British Airways i360. Friends old and new answered the call from Tamzin Plank to toast the trooper with a glass or two of bubbly and enjoy a slice of birthday cake. By Besi • 2 min read
YouGov survey explores attitudes toward sex, dating and relationships with people living with HIV YouGov survey finds 3 in 10 LGBT+ people would ‘swipe left’ on their App to reject someone who has HIV and on effective treatment according to HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust (THT). By Besi • 4 min read
Heathrow airport flies the flag for London Pride 6,000 passengers donate their kisses to create unique piece of art for Pride in London. Heathrow embraced the colours of the rainbow in celebration of Pride in London and has commissioned a unique interpretation of the iconic flag, created with the help of 6,000 passengers’ kisses. Populated by staf By Besi • 3 min read
