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# Benches to be named after former popular employees today at 2.30pm in New Steine Gardens
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/benches-to-be-named-after-former-popular-employees/
- Published: 2017-07-23T10:30:53.000Z
- Updated: 2017-07-23T10:47:50.000Z
- Description: A pair of benches will be named after two popular former employees who worked on the LGBT+ commercial scene for many years, today at 2.30pm in New Steine Gardens in the shadow of the Aids Memorial.At the end of March some of Brighton’s LGBT+ venues came together to raise money to purchase two memori
- Author: Besi
- Tags: In The South, News, Bar Revenge, Charles Street, Gary 'Gloria' Swan, Legends, Michael 'Mouse' Burton, Queens Arms, Revenge

## A pair of benches will be named after two popular former employees who worked on the LGBT+ commercial scene for many years, today at 2.30pm in New Steine Gardens in the shadow of the Aids Memorial.

[![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/web-600-23.jpg)](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/gscene-com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/web-600-23.jpg)

**At the end of March** some of Brighton’s LGBT+ venues came together to raise money to purchase two memorial benches for **Michael ‘Mouse’ Burton** and **Gary ‘Gloria’ Swan** in New Steine Gardens.

Both Michael and Gary who died unexpectedly towards the end of 2016 were very popular on the commercial LGBT+ scene, having worked at different times over the years at Revenge, Bar Revenge, Legends and Charles Street.

A partnership of LGBT+ venues including **Revenge**, **Bar Revenge**, **Charles Street**, **Legends** and **Queens Arms** came together at the end of March to stage the *Unity Fundraising Weekend,* raising a magnificent £2,186.30 to purchase two memorial benches in memory of their two former employees.

Friends and colleagues will raise a glass to remember them and the impact they had on the commercial LGBT+ scene in Brighton and Hove at a dedication ceremony on Sunday, July 23.

**Everyone is welcome to attend.**

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**Event:** Memorial Benches Dedication event

**Where:** New Steine Gardens, Off St James Street, Kemptown

**When:** Sunday, July 23

**Time:** 2.30pm

**For more information, [click here:](https://www.facebook.com/events/1513203475398652)**