Arts Trans Pride 2017 – My Genderation – Putting the T first since 2013 This year Trans Pride in Brighton and Hove celebrated their fifth anniversary on July 22 with record numbers of 2,500+ reported on the protest march along Brighton seafront to Brunswick Square in Hove. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Miss Jason to make new pilot TV show Miss Jason’s House Party #whosehomeisthis is a brand new one hour pilot show coming to Latest TV Brighton this fall. A glittering and entertaining game show hosted by the witty and talented Miss Jason where the star-studded panelists studio audience and TV viewers have to guess a well-known celebrit By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Rescue movie ‘Lion Ark’ roars into London for free screening The award winning rescue documentary Lion Ark – the story of the dramatic rescue of twenty five lions from circuses in Bolivia – returns to London for a free screening at the Royal Horticultural Halls this Saturday, August 19. The acclaimed film, which will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers a By Gary Hart • 2 min read
Arts Eastbourne Rainbow raise £155 for local HIV charity Eastbourne Rainbow is a group for 50+ LGBT+ people living in Eastbourne and the surrounding area, to socialise, make new friends, gain support and obtain information relative to the group. On July 29, they held a screening of the film Victim to mark the 50th anniversary of the passing of the 1967 Se By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Five days left to support Pride documentary Kickstarter campaign Film makers are working on a new LGBT+ film called PRIDE? a documentary exploring the history of Pride in the UK, where it is today and where the movement needs to go. In March a work-in-progress edit was screened at the BFI FLARE Festival. The Independent called it one of the 9 picks of the festiva By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: God’s Own Country screening @Hull Pride The Pride in Hull Film Festival in partnership with Hull Independent Cinema has secured a special preview screening of the critically acclaimed God’s Own Country, which is due to be released in cinemas on September 1. The screening, courtesy of Picturehouse Entertainment, marks the first time the f By Besi • 3 min read
Arts BBC Radio 6 presenter to launch Brighton’s Big Screen, 2017 BBC Radio 6 Music DJ, Gilles Peterson will be joining thousands of music lovers on Brighton beach on Saturday, July 29 to celebrate the start of Brighton’s Big Screen, 2017. Peterson will be the headline act for Brighton’s Big Screen Launch Party on Brighton Beach and will be performing his set from By Besi • 2 min read
Arts ‘Abigail’s fundraising Party for MindOut Abigail’s Party, a play for stage and television, was devised and directed in 1977 by Mike Leigh. Described as “a suburban situation comedy of manners”, and a “satire on the aspirations and tastes of the new middle class” that emerged in Britain in the 1970s it is perfect for screening in Brighton i By Besi • 1 min read
Arts REVIEW: Moonlight: Blue Ray: Barry Jenkins Starring Trevante Rhodes, André Holland and Janelle Monáe. The story is divided into three different timelines, each focusing on Chiron – played by all the actors at different stages in his life. As a child, Chiron is nicknamed ‘Little’ because of his diminutive size and shy demeanour. He struggles By Eric Page • 1 min read
Arts Parliament launches videos commemorating 50th anniversary of the 1967 Sexual Offences Act Parliament has launched the second series of Your Story, Our History videos to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Sexual Offences Act. The Sexual Offences Act decriminalised private homosexual acts between men aged over 21, while at the same time imposing heavier penalties on street offenc By Besi • 2 min read
Community News PREVIEW: Simon Fanshawe profiles ’50 Years of Gay’ in Brighton Broadcaster Simon Fanshawe traces the history of the gay community in Brighton over half a century in Brighton: 50 Years of Gay on BBC One South & South East on Monday July 31 at 7pm. To mark the 50th Anniversary of the Sexual Offences Act and the subsequent decriminalisation of homosexuality, Broad By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PROFILE: Latino film maker Pablo Herrera Latino film maker Pablo Herrera is passionate about increasing awareness in his films of some of the issues that face young gay men today. Ravensbourne student Pablo Herrera is generating a lot of interest with his new short film Straight Jacket (We Can’t Stop) and is attracting attention from acros By Besi • 4 min read
