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SPOTLIGHT ON: Maisie Trollette film gets a Brighton showing
Brian Butler looks forward to another showing of a film on a Brighton legend
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New documentary musical, After the Act, examines dark days of Section 28
A new documentary musical from Breach Theatre – After the Act – examines the dark period of UK history when Section 28 prohibited the ‘promotion’ of homosexuality in schools, and the knock-on effect on the queer community today.
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Brighton & Hove Libraries announce events to mark LGBT+ History Month
February is LGBT+ History Month in the UK, which celebrates LGBTQ+ lives in their full diversity. Each year, Schools OUT sets a different theme and this year it’s Behind the Lens, celebrating LGBTQ+ people’s contribution to cinema and film from behind the lens. You are encouraged to look ‘Behind the
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Brighton LGBTIQ+ History Club to explore Queers and Books at Brighton’s Jubilee Library on Sunday, February 26
Opening Pandora’s Box: queer dimensions of library legacies, struggles and hopes will see Alice Corble share stories from her career as a queer library user, worker, researcher and activist, reflecting on the spaces and communities of queer discovery and connection that libraries can foster, as well
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Nolly: The Queen of the West Midlands
This month sees ITVX release Nolly by Russell T Davies, a three-part drama about Noele Gordon, diva of daytime television and motel matriarch of Crossroads – long running and much derived Birmingham-based soap opera.
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SPOTLIGHT ON: Hilarious drag game show ‘Disnay Snatched’ to raise funds for Wandsworth Oasis at The Two Brewers on February 16
“Drag queens competing – what could go wrong?”
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This is… #DALEYPOP!
Take a trip to Planet Pop with our pop music columnist Dale Melita
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New documentary film MAKE ME FAMOUS shines a light on a gay artist, struggling to make it in New York
MAKE ME FAMOUS uncovers why artist Edward Brezinski never made it, despite being so maniacally focused on his quest for fame.
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SPOTLIGHT ON: A Madonna musical, forbidden love, and conversion therapy
Brian Butler finds more shows telling queer stories including a Madonna musical, forbidden love, and a revelation about conversion therapy
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BOOK REVIEW: Brighton Schlock by Merryman Downes
“A rich, heady confection of daftness.”
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Chris Jepson achieves Kickstarter goal to bring The Identity Project to Brighton during LGBT+ History Month
This project and its exhibitions are a way of raising awareness of the real diversity of LGBTQ+ communities across Brighton & Hove and wider UK
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BOOK REVIEW: LIARMOUTH by John Waters
John Waters doesn’t disappoint here, his mind is twisted ways which makes rococo baroque look straight, this fun exploration of more Baltimore lives is a shock-o-rama of his favourite themes