Trans Can Sport announces upcoming activities for trans, non-binary and gender variant people in Brighton & Hove
Activities range from wheelchair basketball to online core classes.
Health
Innovative projects to receive vital funding to trial new ways to improve sexual health and HIV outcomes
Brighton & Hove Switchboard, Terrence Higgins Trust, Love Tank and Birmingham LGBT are among 14 organisations to benefit from a new fund to boost engagement and outreach activity to reduce sexual health inequalities across England
Richard Angell appointed as new Chief Executive of Terrence Higgins Trust
Richard will take over on Wednesday, March 1 when current CEO, Ian Green OBE, steps down at the end of February after seven years in the role.
Out to Swim South becomes Out to Swim Brighton & Hove
According to Out to Swim, the club is one of the largest LGBTQ+ sporting clubs in Brighton & Hove.
University of Brighton conducts “first comprehensive review of alcohol misuse in the UK’s LGBTQ+ communities”
The 29 studies examined by the University of Brighton and Anglia Ruskin University research team, all pointed to rates of alcohol misuse being higher among LGBTQ+ people (including trans and non-binary people) compared to heterosexual and cisgender people.
HAVE YOUR SAY: Open letter asks that Government’s opt-out testing programme is extended to all areas with a high prevalence of HIV
Leading charities in the fight against HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C have joined forces to call on Public Health Minister Neil O’Brien and NHS England Chief Executive Amanda Pritchard to fund testing for blood borne viruses in emergency departments across the country.
Calls for Census 2021 data to be used to increase mental health resources for LGBTQ+ community in Kent
Organisers of Medway Pride and Kent Pride, along with drag queen River Medway, have called on the government to use Census 2021 data to increase mental health resources for the LGBTQ+ community in Kent.