Music Girls Aloud pay emotional tribute to late member Sarah Harding ahead of headline performance at this year’s Brighton & Hove Pride Girls Aloud paid an emotional tribute to late member Sarah Harding as they returned to the stage for the first time in 11 years for the first night of The Girls Aloud Show in Dublin ahead of a national tour and headline appearance at this year’s Brighton & Hove Pride in August. Nadine Coyle, Cheryl, By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News OPINION: Robert Brown, a gay man selected as Liberal Democrat candidate for Kemptown Ward by-election, talks to Scene Gay man Robert Brown, who has has been selected as Liberal Democrat candidate for the Kemptown Ward by-election, talks to Scene magazine about the state of Brighton’s ‘gay village’ and the future of Brighton & Hove Pride street parties on St James’s Street. Since standing in the May 2023 local elect By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Pride Brighton & Hove Pride 2024 announces first ever sober dance tent in collaboration with Sober Bright’Huns with Tonic Brighton & Hove Pride has announced its first ever sober dance tent at this year’s 2024 FABULOSO event at Preston Park, Brighton on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 August. Serving the new face of sobriety, the dance tent will provide a sober and safe space for festival goers to enjoy the most of what the [… By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Pride Local queer artist Ladypat designs ‘FABULOSO’ artwork for Brighton & Hove Pride 2024 Local queer artist Ladypat has designed FABULOSO artwork for this year’s Brighton & Hove Pride to celebrate queer identities and the rich diversity and flamboyance of the LGBTQ+ community. Beginning in 2001, Ladypat (a name challenging notions of gender, class and punctuation) has always utilised te By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Community News Queen Josephine releases limited edition LGBTQ+ Pride artwork, featuring LGBTQ+ icons, including James Ledward, and raising funds for LGBTQ+ mental health charity, MindOut Queen Josephine’s You. Me. Them. Us. original 2023 artwork for Paul Smith’s Pride Project is now available as limited edition A3 and A4 prints on GCLI textured fine-quality art paper. A celebration of what Pride means to Queenie – it’s always about the people – this incredible original artwork, comm By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Pride Two of the UK’s top Pride events – Birmingham Pride and Brighton & Hove Pride – have launched Low Income Ticket Schemes Two of the UK’s top Pride events – Birmingham Pride and Brighton & Hove Pride – have launched Low Income Ticket Schemes to ensure that events are as inclusive and accessible as possible. Birmingham Pride Supported by HSBC UK, Birmingham Pride festival 2024 will be held Saturday, May 25 and Sunday, M By Catherine Muxworthy • 3 min read
LGBT History Month Between the Lines: The History of Queers in Brighton A brief history of how the LGBTQ+ community has kissed, danced, and laughed down our city’s beaches and roads By Xantippe Steele • 5 min read
Pride Brighton & Hove city councillors set to agree plans to deliver annual Brighton & Hove Pride for the next five years Brighton & Hove city councillors are set to agree plans to deliver the annual Brighton & Hove Pride festival and events for the next five years. A report is going to the council’s Culture, Heritage, Sport, Tourism & Economic Development Committee next week to agree the running of the Community Parad By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Young Albion fan’s colourful support for Stonewall’s Rainbow Laces campaign Jason Steele, Norman Cook and Bart Verbruggen model Livs Cook’s designs Brighton & Hove Albion Foundation (BHAFC Foundation) recently launched a competition inviting local kids to send in their most colourful, inclusive, and supportive shirt designs to promote Stonewall’s Rainbow Laces campaign and By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Pride Brighton & Hove Pride announces very limited amount of super early bird tickets for FABULOSO 2024 Plans are well underway for another stunning weekend of Love, Protest and Unity with the FABULOSO celebration right at the heart of it all. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Features & Longread Pioneers at Pride: Sussex Gay Liberation Front returns to the heart of LGBTQ+ communities Lead Pic: Pedal People and Sussex GLF, courtesy of Elly Hargreave Brighton & Hove Pride in 2023 was certainly memorable, and not just for the atrocious weather. The first ‘Gay Pride’ here took place in 1973, organised by the Sussex Gay Liberation Front. Fifty years later, members of the group were a By Alf Le Flohic • 2 min read
Community News Brighton & Hove Frontrunners’ Rainbow Run raises £3,500 for Brighton & Hove’s LGBTQ+ communities The event saw just under 400 runners (100 more than last year) start their Pride weekend by running the 5k route in Hove Park. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
