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Coast Is Queer

Celebrating the vibrant LGBTQ+ history of Brighton & Hove and beyond

Celebrating the vibrant LGBTQ+ history of Brighton & Hove and beyond

The Coast is Queer LGBTQ+ Literature Festival and Queer Heritage South are joining forces on Saturday, May 24 to present an interactive archiving workshop that celebrates the vibrant LGBTQ+ history of our city and beyond. Inspired by a fascinating display of gay newspapers and lesbian pulp fiction,

The Coast is Queer to return to Brighton in October

The festival brings together an exciting lineup of nationally and internationally acclaimed queer writers, poets, performers and activists in a three-day festival of accessible, lively in-conversation events, workshops, films and discussions celebrating LGBTQ+ lives and writing.

REVIEW: Coast Is Queer 2022

REVIEW: Coast Is Queer 2022

The Coast Is Queer brought together writers, poets, performers, academics, activists and, of course, readers, for three superb days of accessible, lively in-conversation events, workshops, films and discussions celebrating queer lives and literature.

Sarah Winman and Beatrice Hitchman @ Coast is Queer

Sarah Winman and Beatrice Hitchman @ Coast is Queer

Sarah Winman and Beatrice Hitchman create beloved characters that will stay with us for years to come. Join these wonderful writers as they discuss their latest books, ‘Still Life’ and ‘All of You Every Single One’.

Neil Bartlett and Okechukwu Nzelu @ Coast is Queer

Neil Bartlett and Okechukwu Nzelu @ Coast is Queer

Coast is Queer, Brighton & Hove’s LGBTQ+ literary festival, presents an intriguing intergenerational conversation between two of the UK’s most exciting gay writers – Neil Bartlett and Okechukwu Nzelu – at Attenborough Centre for Creative Arts on Saturday, October 8 from 2pm.

MICHAEL CASHMAN IN CONVERSATION @ Coast is Queer

MICHAEL CASHMAN IN CONVERSATION @ Coast is Queer

Michael Cashman – activist, politician, actor and biographer – talks about his lifelong campaigning for LGBTQ+ rights, taking tea with David Hockney, and sharing his life with Paul Cottingham for 31 years.

The Coast Is Queer, Brighton & Hove’s festival of LGBTQ+ writing, to return in October

The Coast Is Queer, Brighton & Hove’s festival of LGBTQ+ writing, to return in October

Three days of accessible, lively literary conversations, panels, workshops and films celebrating some of the best and brightest LGBTQ+ writers

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