Disability Pride 2018 moves to Hove Lawns Disability Pride 2018 takes place on Saturday, July 14 on Hove Lawns from noon to 7.30pm. Following the huge success of the inaugural Disability Pride on New Road in 2017, this year’s event is moving to Hove Lawns. By Besi • 2 min read
Steps to perform at Pride Glasgow on Sunday, July 15 90s pop legends Steps to perform a full concert as part of Pride Glasgow’s Fair Weekend Festival! HOT on the heels of announcing a star studded line up for the main festival, Pride Glasgow today announced that 90s pop legends Steps will perform a full concert on the Festival site billed as the Pride By Besi • 1 min read
‘The Final Face’ – month of fundraising ends at Bar Broadway tonight Marc Edwards will be celebrating the end of his month wearing different face make up everyday in May with a closing party at Bar Broadway starting at 8pm on Saturday, June 2. By Besi • 1 min read
Rainbow Fund announce Annual Grants Round The Rainbow Fund Annual Grants Round opens on Friday, June 1. Applications are invited from groups and organisations to fund, or part fund, LGBT+ specific, or HIV specific, projects in Brighton and Hove. By Besi • 1 min read
Sea Serpents RFC end season on winning streak Brighton and Hove Sea Serpents RFC won their first league match, against East Grinstead third team at the end of April (28). The match was played at Hove RFC as part of the Club’s league commitments of playing eighteen matches over the season. By Besi • 3 min read
RadioReverb announce new station sponsor RadioReverb, Brighton’s not for profit community radio station, has been joined as a station sponsor by The Brighton Palace Pier. As one of Brighton’s most iconic landmarks, Brighton Palace Pier holds a special place in the hearts of local residents. By Besi • 1 min read
Neighbours make history with Australian TV’s first same-sex wedding In the same week Neighbours icon Kylie Minogue turned 50 and reunited with her on screen husband Jason Donovon, Neighbours’ new favourite couple Aaron, played by Matt Wilson and David, played by Takaya Honda said “I do” in Australian TV’s first same-sex wedding. By Besi • 2 min read
DD’s birthday party raises £2,206.95 for good causes Danny Dwyer, organiser of Bear-Patrol, celebrated his birthday party with friends at the Amsterdam Bar and Kitchen on May 19, raising an impressive total of £2,206.95 for local good causes in the process. By Besi • 1 min read
Community One Stop Shop to open on St James Street The Rainbow Fund facilitated an LGBT+ and HIV Summit last October at the Hilton Brighton Metropole, and amongst the things discussed was the value of an LGBT Centre/Community Hub/One Stop Shop. By Besi • 1 min read
Sir Elton John to deliver landmark lecture on HIV in remembrance of Princess Diana Sir Elton John will deliver The Diana, Princess of Wales Lecture on HIV to an invited audience of politicians, health workers, journalists, civil society leaders, celebrities and people living with HIV, on June 8, 2018 in London. By Besi • 2 min read
Gscene columnist walks for Friends of Sussex Hospices To mark and celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the modern hospice movement in the UK, Gscene columnist Duncan Stewart completed a 200 mile trek round Sussex to raise funds for The Friends of Sussex Hospices. By Besi • 1 min read
Martlets thanks its volunteers Martlets will thank its 560 volunteers during Volunteers’ Week by highlighting the essential contribution they make to the hospice and the communities of Brighton & Hove. Volunteers’ Week, a national week to recognise the invaluable contribution that volunteers make to society, runs from June 1 to 7 By Besi • 3 min read
