Arts PREVIEW: Odd Shaped Balls – Tackling Homophobia In Sport Rugby player, James Hall, has the world at his feet. Yet despite having a steady girlfriend and a promising career, his life is about to be turned upside down. This funny and poignant one-man show tackles issues of homophobia and sexuality in sport and the pressures of intrusive media attention. Wit By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts Charity opening for new Kemptown businesses this evening Herve Guyat and his partner Georges Amaru will be celebrating the opening of their new businesses The Kemptown Trading Post and CUP OF JOE Cafe this evening between 5-8pm. Pop along and help them celebrate with a glass of wine and canapes. By Gary Hart • 1 min read
Kate Wildblood Arts PREVIEW: BrightonPride25: The Exhibition 2015 is the 25th anniversary of Brighton Pride in the city. An achievement everyone has played a role in. An achievement everyone can be proud of. As part of the 2015 Brighton Pride Arts and Film Festival, BrightonPride25: The Exhibition at Jubilee Library will bring together hundreds of images from By Gary Hart • 2 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: The Holy Mark Not an easy read by any means, but certainly one of the more fascinating and disturbing books I’ve read in a long while. By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts Needs Discussion – What do you think HIV looks like? Ian Richards is a UK based HIV positive artist currently on a three month residency in Leipzig (Germany). Ian is developing artwork around HIV and is looking to collect thoughts and opinions from people living with HIV to help inform new artwork for his project Needs Discussion. By Gary Hart • 1 min read
Arts Brighton Big Screen line-up announced Pride movie to be screened on Brighton beach on August 14. Brighton’s Big Screen on the beach returns this summer with a movie line-up jam-packed with blockbuster, classic and family movies. The open air cinema will return to Brighton beach from August 14 – September 13, 2015. By Gary Hart • 1 min read
Pet, Wolf and Jay Arts ‘Heartichoke’ – New comedy pilot features LGBT characters From the creators of the My Genderation documentary project comes Heartichoke – a quirky Brighton-based comedy series with a diverse cast, revolving around three twenty-somethings in a band, Pet (Alice Hannon), Wolf (Fox Fisher) and Jay (Lewis Hancox) who sing awful(ly) catchy songs about love troub By Gary Hart • 4 min read
Boris Johnson: Mayor of London Arts Boris supports campaign to get RVT listed status The day after Sir Ian McKellen and Paul O’Grady added their support to the campaign to make the Royal Vauxhall Tavern the UK’s first building to get listed status in recognition of its contribution to LGBTQ heritage, Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, has added his support to the campaign. By Gary Hart • 2 min read
Arts First doggy screening on Brighton’s ‘Big Screen’ Brighton Big Screen organisers will be staging a dedicated ‘Doggy Screening’ for dog lovers in association with the South Downs National Park’s, ‘Take the Lead’ campaign, encouraging responsible dog walking. By Gary Hart • 1 min read
Arts Vogue face LGBTQ backlash In their July 2015 issue, Vogue interviewed English model, actress and singer Cara Delevingne. During the interview she revealed that she is in a committed same-sex relationship with musician Annie Clark (also known by her stage name, St. Vincent.) By Alice Blezard • 2 min read
Arts Carmine Amoroso launches crowdfunding campaign LGBT activist filmmaker Carmine Amoroso launches crowdfunding campaign for post production cost on his documentary, PORN TO BE FREE, a provocative political documentary that explores the sexual revolution from the 70s and 80s, through the genesis of porn, from the first magazines and photoshoots to By Alice Blezard • 2 min read
Arts Putting the ‘T’ into comedy Claire Parker, is a stand up comedian, blogger, radio presenter, BBC writers consultant, project lead, oh and is a woman who also happens to be trans. She is also effortlessly calm and on her BBC writers room blog states: Why don’t we all put down our mud. Draw a line under it all and invite each ot By Craig Hanlon-Smith • 4 min read
