Community News Daren Kay donates royalties from his book ‘The Brightonians Under Siege’ to local HIV charity the Sussex Beacon Daren Kay met with the Sussex Beacon’s CEO Rachel Brett in the garden at the centre on Thursday, February 6 to donate royalties from his book The Brightonians Under Siege to the charity. Daren, who handed over more than £600 to the local HIV charity, said: “With flashbacks to Brighton’s gay scene in By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News Event with authors Mark Ward and Daren Kay to mark 40 years of Sussex AIDS Helpline on Sunday, December 1 Marking 40 years since the formation of the Sussex AIDS Helpline, to commemorate World AIDS Day on Sunday, December 1 the presenters of HIV Hour – David Fray and Josh Sharpe – will interview two writers – Mark Ward and Daren Kay – whose books tell the stories of people grappling with the challenges By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: The Brightonians: Under Siege by Daren Kay A Camp, Bitchy, and Heartwarming Tale of Community and Resilience By Eric Page • 3 min read
Books The Magic Farm: LGBTQ+ historian Alf Le Flohic reveals hidden history of South East’s LGBTQ+ spaces in new book LGBTQ+ historian Alf Le Flohic unearths forgotten stories of a gay B&B, a zoo bar, and a legendary farm disco in a talk for Chichester Pride on Saturday, May 23. Alf, whose day job is in digital communications at the University of Brighton, will explore some of the fascinating stories of hidden LGBT By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Jill Nalder, patron of local HIV charity the Sussex Beacon, will be a guest on Andrew Flewitt’s Queer I Am: Live and Unscripted! podcast on Monday, June 12. Jill Nalder, whose life was an inspiration for the TV series It’s A Sin, will be joined at this live event by Daren Kay, Wain Kara Douglas and Adam Zmith By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Brighton’s Queer past and present collide in Daren Kay’s new novel Bitter rivalry, social one-upmanship and a showdown involving a secret past life come to a climax in Daren Kay’s new novel The Brightonians By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts FREE TALK: ‘We’re Here, We’re Queer, We’re On The Pier’ Join community curator Daren Kay on a whistle-stop tour of Queer the Pier over Zoom on Saturday, September 12 from 10.30am. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
