Brighton Bear Weekend Get Ready to Crown Brighton Bear 2024! Mark your calendars and prepare for the return of Brighton Bear Weekend, set to take place in the heart of Brighton from July 11 – 14. Celebrating its 14th year, this beloved community event, which raises funds for Brighton Rainbow Fund and the Sussex Beacon, promises a weekend brimming with excitem By Contributor • 2 min read
LGBTQ Choirs Brighton’s LGBTQ+ Rainbow Chorus awarded grant from Postcode Society Trust to support running of RC+ workshop choir for the next 18 months Brighton’s LGBTQ+ Rainbow Chorus has been awarded a grant from Postcode Society Trust to support the running of its RC+ workshop choir for the next 18 months. This is made possible thanks to players of People’s Postcode Lottery. Running for eight years, this award-winning LGBTQ+ group was set up to By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Politics Anti-trans activist Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, also known as ‘Posie Parker’, implies she was responsible for Brighton Kemptown MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle’s downfall Anti-trans activist Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, who also goes by the name of ‘Posie Parker’, has shifted her attention to Bristol Central for the General Election on 4 July, after threatening to stand as an independent for the Brighton Kemptown seat. The controversial figure, whose stance on trans rig By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News Brighton & Hove’s World AIDS Day Concert raises £4,000 for local HIV charity Lunch Positive Brighton & Hove’s World AIDS Day Concert, which last year featured performances from Actually Gay Men’s Chorus, Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus, Qukulele, Rainbow Chorus, Rebelles and Resound, has announced it raised a smidge over £4,000 for local HIV charity Lunch Positive. Organisers of the annual event By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts REVIEW: GODZ @ Vault – Brighton Fringe This male acrobatic troupe is an unmissable highlight, especially for audiences who appreciate a mix of raw physical prowess and playful flirtation. GODZ delivers on all fronts, ensuring that every moment is packed with energy, charm, and awe-inspiring stunts. By Eric Page • 4 min read
Brighton Fringe REVIEW: ‘Happily Ever Poofter’ by Rich Watkins Prince Henry is the only gay in a kingdom far far away, and he longs to be in what he calls “the real world,” and find his one true man. But as Rich Watkins brilliantly portrays, Henry has one obstacle after another to overcome in his path to being who he believes he really is. […] By Brian Butler • 1 min read
News Brighton & Hove City Council announces refurbished MacLaren Pavilion to have gender-neutral toilets and kiosk café Brighton & Hove City Council has announced that work will begin in June to re furbish the MacLaren Pavilion at The Level. According to BHCC, the “old building is set to be converted into a new kiosk café, three separate gender-neutral toilets, and a disabled access toilet”. The work is expected to t By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News Celebrate 15 years of Lunch Positive at its Community Sunday Lunch on June 2 Celebrate 15 years of HIV charity Lunch Positive at its Community Sunday Lunch at Dorset Methodist Church, Brighton on June 2. This is a whole community event, and everyone is welcome for an afternoon of good food, friendship and celebration of community. Lunch Positive Community Sunday Lunch on Jun By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Brighton Fringe REVIEW: ‘Spit It Out’ at Rotunda Theatre (Brighton Fringe) Adam – trans actress Willow MacDonald – takes us on their journey to be Emily in Alice K Stephens’ searingly honest coming-out play Spit It Out. Willow is quiet, unassuming and mesmerisingly honest in their portrayal of the fast-food server who wants to dress as a woman but initially proclaims they By Brian Butler • 1 min read
Music Billy Porter to bring ‘THE BLACK MONA LISA’ to Brighton Dome on 28 October Emmy Award-winning LGBTQ+ performer Billy Porter is to bring his show the BLACK MONA LISA to the Brighton Dome on 28 October. Backed by a full band, the Black Mona Lisa takes the audience on a musical journey through Billy’s life story — showcasing tracks from Black Mona Lisa, his latest pop album, By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Politics “I’ve just got to keep pushing.” Brighton Pavilion Labour candidate Eddie Izzard fears being trans may affect her chances of ever becoming an MP Eddie Izzard, who failed in her bid to become the Brighton Pavilion Labour candidate at the next general election, has said she fears being trans may affect her chances of ever becoming an MP. Izzard, who first came out as trans in 1985, said she may be considered too “different” for voters with str By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Brighton Fringe REVIEW: ‘Summoning Sondheim’ at Bar Broadway (Brighton Fringe) Grace O’ Keefe and I have something in common. We both wrote to the musical theatre giant Stephen Sondheim – and we both got replies. But Grace, along with Jordana Belaiche, decided to put that incident at the heart of their hour-long tongue-in-cheek tribute to the late maestro. Feeling his loss as By Brian Butler • 1 min read
