Stockholm Pride supports Baltic Pride Stockholm Pride support Riga’s LGBT+ organisation, Mozaika, with €4000 to help them organise Baltic Pride this year.The money comes from Stockholm Pride’s solidarity fund which supports Pride festivals in vulnerable locations around the world. By Besi • 2 min read
SAMSUNG New album from ROALD Hughes – HeadSpace HeadSpace, Roald Hughes’ new fourteen track album about our idiosyncrasies and misdemeanours is now available to download online. On his last album ROALD his tracks reflected different perspectives of life and people. By Besi • 4 min read
Pride events in Lebanon cancelled HADI Damien, the organiser of this year’s Beirut Pride, was arrested last month by Lebanese authorities and forced to sign a document cancelling all remaining Pride events in the country or face criminal and misdemeanour charges for encouraging debauchery and offending public morality. By Besi • 3 min read
The first AIDS Histories & Cultures Festival comes to London in July 2018 How has AIDS been experienced, represented, and remembered throughout modern history? Throughout July, over twenty events will take place across London as part of the first AIDS Histories & Cultures Festival, including workshops, film screenings, talks, parties, music, poetry and performance. By Besi • 2 min read
Brighton Fringe Award winners announced! Last night (June 3), Brighton Fringe’s biggest and brightest congregated at the annual awards ceremony to take their curtain call for 2018. Every year, the Brighton Fringe Awards celebrate the outstanding performances and events that make the festival fly. By Besi • 3 min read
Greater Brighton cycle challenge on Sunday, July 1 The Greater Brighton Cycle Challenge on Sunday, July 1, 2018 will be a celebration of cycling and the world-class environment that we live in. Local homeless charity, Brighton Housing Trust (BHT) has teamed up with The Living Coast to create a family event that all ages and abilities can get involve By Besi • 1 min read
New Mayor of Brighton and Hove attends Bear-Patrol breakfast Bear-Patrol the social networking group celebrated the third anniversary of being granted The Queens Award for Voluntary Service by hosting a breakfast for the new Mayor of Brighton & Hove, Cllr Dee Simson at the Brighton Marina Yacht Club today, Saturday, June 2. By Besi • 1 min read
Want a free university education? Fancy a university education without forking out tens of thousands of pounds in tuition fees? IT’S possible if you live in or near Brighton & Hove. Free University Brighton (FUB for short) offers validated, degree-level courses in Social Science and Philosophy both of which are completely free – ear By Besi • 2 min read
Clinic M – a service for men who have sex with men CLINIC M provides sexual health information and offers easy access to HIV and sexual health testing. It’s open every Wednesday evening from 5–8pm with a mix of walk-in and pre-booked appointments available. The clinic is located at the Royal Sussex County Hospital Out Patients’ Department on Eastern By Besi • 3 min read
Greens select candidates for 2019 elections in St. Peter’s & North Laine ward The Brighton & Hove Green Party selects its candidates in the St Peter’s and North Laine ward for the May 2019 council elections. Councillors Pete West and Lizzie Deane have been selected to stand, along with Party Chair Sue Shanks, who has also previously served on the council and led on education. By Besi • 2 min read
Brighton & Hove Pride announce first ever headline partners Brighton & Hove Pride, the UK’s biggest Pride Festival reveal today boohoo and boohooMAN as the event’s first ever headline partners. boohoo are one of the top online fashion retailers in the UK, US and Australia and have a history of supporting for LGBT+ charities. By Besi • 2 min read
Vending machine for HIV testing kits wins national award A world-first, touch-screen digital vending machine, which dispenses free HIV self-test kits at the Brighton Sauna receives 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 Foundati By Besi • 3 min read
