Serial rapist – Hampshire Police make improvements to sex offender management Hampshire Constabulary improves how it monitors people on its sex offender register after accepting five recommendations following an Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) investigation. The investigation was launched in April 2017 into how the force managed Sam Ashley, a registered sex offen By Besi • 2 min read
Local actor needed to play LGBT+ character role La La Theatre Comp seek a Brighton actor to complete the cast for an exciting and original comedy. TO heal, or not to heal? Is that a question? To err is human! Does that even make sense? By Besi • 1 min read
HIV testing kit vending machines win national award A world-first touch-screen digital vending machine which dispenses free HIV self-test kits at the Brighton Sauna has received a national award for designers and health experts at the University of Brighton, Brighton & Sussex Medical School, the design consultancy Díptico and the Martin Fisher Founda By Besi • 3 min read
Sexual Health in crisis say National AIDS Trust New figures from Public Health England (PHE) reveal a 20% increase in syphilis and 22% increase in gonorrhoea diagnoses nationally, despite the overall rates of sexually transmitted infections across the country remaining stable in 2017 compared to 2016. By Besi • 2 min read
Review recommends improvements for Council’s housing repairs contract Recommendations from an independent review into Brighton & Hove Council’s repairs and improvement contract with Mears will be used to help improve services and the drawing up of future contract agreements. The review was commissioned to look at what the council needs to consider in future repairs co By Besi • 2 min read
Scottish Parliament passes into law ‘Pardons Bill’ The Historical Sexual Offences (Pardons and Disregards) (Scotland) Bill had its final stage 3 debate in the Scottish Parliament, yesterday afternoon (June 7). The Bill, that pardons people convicted of the old discriminatory offences involving sex between men was passed by a vote of 119-0. By Besi • 3 min read
Love wins in Bermuda! Bermuda Supreme Court overturns same-sex marriage ban. Today, the Supreme Court of Bermuda agreed to overturn the nation’s same-sex marriage ban, ruling in favour of OUTBermuda and its co-litigants. The court’s decision comes in response to legal challenges to newly enacted domestic partnership legi By Besi • 2 min read
Swedish rapper to play free concert at EuroPride 2018 Swedish rapper Silvana Imam plays free concert during EuroPride 2018 at Götaplatsen in Gothenburg, Sweden on Thursday, August 16. Since her debut album Rekviem was released in 2013, Imam has become one of Sweden’s biggest rappers, being crowned ‘Writer of the year’ at the Music Publishers’ Prize 201 By Besi • 1 min read
Students raise £500 for homeless in Brighton & Hove Students raise £500 for a charity for the homeless by taking part in two surveys. The students, from the University of Brighton’s School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics, completed the Brighton Student Survey for first and second years and the National Student Survey for final year undergra By Besi • 1 min read
Trans Pride sixth annual film event My Genderation and Eyes Wide Open Cinema team up at the Duke of York’s Picture House on July 20, 2018, to present a selection of short films exploring a variety of trans lives and experiences worldwide. By Besi • 2 min read
Sussex Police donate £500 to the Sussex Beacon Sussex Police donate £500 from the Police Property Act Fund to the Sussex Beacon. The Police Property Act Fund is made up of monies received by the police from the sale of found property and from property confiscated by order of the court and then sold. By Besi • 1 min read
LGBT+ chorus support campaign to restore Saltdean Lido to former glory Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus support campaign to help save and restore the Art Deco building at Saltdean Lido, the only Grade 2 Star listed building in the U.K. The #lovesaltdeanlido campaign was launched recently with this purpose in mind. By Besi • 2 min read
