PREVIEW: Trixie Mattell at the Brighton Centre in 2020 Trixie Mattell, drag queen, musician and stand up comedian, will be surfing into the Brighton Centre on Friday, May 22, 2020. By Scene Editorial Team • 1 min read
Brazilian LGBTQ+ artist, Jusky, releases ‘Just Beautiful’ Rising Brazilian LGBTQ+ pop / R&B artist, Jusky, is set to release his new single, Just Beautiful, to promote internal beauty and challenge media stereotypes. By Scene Editorial Team • 1 min read
Brighton Bears On the Move! Brighton Bear Weekend (BBW) have decided to move the dates of next year’s BBW to Thursday, June 18 to Sunday, June 21. By Scene Editorial Team • 1 min read
Brighton & Hove marks Trans Day of Remembrance: Sunday, November 17 All trans, non-binary, intersex and gender-variant folk, and allies, are welcome to attend two events to mark Trans Day of Remembrance (TDoR) in Brighton on Sunday, November 17. By Scene Editorial Team • 2 min read
Stand Up to LGBTQ+ Hate Crime held 3rd London demonstration Stand Up to LGBTQ+ Hate Crime (SUTLHC), an inclusive and non-sectarian coalition of activists, trade unionists, and community groups, held their third demonstration in support of inclusive LGBTQ+ education in central London By Scene Editorial Team • 1 min read
ARC Amsterdam Lowlanders new naked 2020 calendar released ARC Amsterdam Lowlanders, the only LGBT+ Rugby team in The Netherlands, presents their new naked calendar for 2020, with a particular spin: embracing diversity in a world dominated by stereotypes. By Scene Editorial Team • 2 min read
Older & Out gathering on Friday, November 8 Older & Out, a social group for older LGBTQ+ people in Brighton, will be meeting on Friday, November 8 from 12.30pm at the Somerset Centre, 62 St James’ Street, This month, singer and guitarist Harriet will be providing the entertainment By Scene Editorial Team • 1 min read
BMECP Centre make statement about Women’s Place UK event BMECP have a strong ethos towards supporting all women, especially the most vulnerable. We stand by our trans and non-binary communities through this challenging time – and want to make sure than no women feel excluded, or made to feel like they don’t belong. By Scene Editorial Team • 2 min read
Community Hate Crime Vigil at the Rainbow Hub The city’s Community Hate Crime Vigil took place outside the Rainbow Hub on St James’ Street, Brighton on Wednesday, October 16. By Scene Editorial Team • 2 min read
Over 7 million UK pets suffer fireworks terror Leading vet charity PDSA has found 7.3 million cats and dogs* (34% of cats and 40% of dogs) are afraid of fireworks, leaving the nation’s pets anxious and miserable throughout the firework season. By Scene Editorial Team • 2 min read
Work Positive Sussex taster workshops at THT Brighton Work Positive Sussex at Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) Brighton will be hosting a series of personal development taster workshops for people living with HIV in November and December, which are a taster of THT’s wider Work Positive Programme and are designed to support and build skills and confidence, By Scene Editorial Team • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ health expert welcomes call for NHS sexual orientation monitoring LGBTQ+ health expert Dr Joanna Semlyen from University of East Anglia’s Norwich Medical School has welcomed a new government report, Health and Social Care and LGBT Communities, which recommends mandatory sexual orientation and gender identity monitoring across the NHS and in social care. By Scene Editorial Team • 2 min read