Arts Britney to receive 2018 GLAAD Vanguard Award International Mega Star Britney Spears, to be honoured as one of the most prominent LGBT+ icons of all time, at the 2018 GLAAD Vanguard Awards. The awards ceremony will take place on Thursday, April 12 at the Beverley Hilton in Los Angeles. By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Sea Serpents RFC play Crowborough RFC 3rd XV on Saturday On Saturday, February 17, Brighton & Hove Sea Serpents RFC host Crowborough RFC 3rd XV for the second match with them in the Harvey’s of Sussex 4 East ‘Bonfire Boy’ League. Kick off is at 2:30pm and you can join the lads beforehand in the club house of Hove RFC on Old Shoreham Road, where there’s a By Besi • 1 min read
In The South Faith groups demand Government’s permission for homophobic teaching in English schools Humanists UK, the national charity working on behalf of non-religious people, reveal fundamentalist and fringe religious groups attempt to undermine the Government’s plans for relationships and sex education (RSE) in English schools by opposing teaching about same-sex relationships. By Besi • 5 min read
Arts COMPETITION: Win a pair of tickets for Sing-a-long-a Rocky Horror Picture Show Gscene have a couple of pairs of tickets to give away for the Sing-a-long-a Rocky Horror Picture Show hosted by Christopher Howard in the Phil Starr Pavilion on Friday, February 16. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts B RIGHT ON LGBT Community Festival: LGBT Restorative Circle As part of the B RIGHT ON LGBT Community Festival, the Brighton & Hove LGBT Community Safety Forum (B&H LGBT CSF) present an LGBT Restorative Circle workshop in partnership with the Brighton & Hove City Council Workers Forum. By Besi • 2 min read
Community News LETTER TO EDITOR: Thank you Brighton Pride This week sees the launch of the Rainbow Café, a new project of Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboard. Rainbow Café will support LGBTQ people living with memory loss and dementia, their friends, families and loved ones. This, much-needed, community service is made possible thanks to Brighton Pride and th By Contributor • 1 min read
Community News Joiners Arms campaigners launch project to open London’s first community-run LGBT+ pub Public meetings have been announced for Saturday, March 10 and Wednesday, March 14 to begin work on opening London’s first community-run LGBT+ pub. The Friends of the Joiners Arms, who fought for 3 years to protect the legacy of the legendary Hackney Road LGBT+ pub, are holding public meetings to in By Besi • 3 min read
Arts DJ PROFILE: Claire Fuller We’ve survived January and are still coping with all the rubbish this crazy world seems determined to chuck at us. So it must be time for a bit of healing, particularly when Cupid’s set to twang that arrow. By Queen Josephine • 2 min read
Arts Sing for fun with RC+ RC+ (Rainbow Chorus Plus) is a community initiative from the Rainbow Chorus, Brighton’s long-standing LGBT choir. The ‘plus’ is there to highlight the fact that the group is an extension of the main choir and is open to the entire LGBT+ communities, embracing cis, trans and non-binary members with a By Besi • 3 min read
Health 56 Dean St offers generic PrEP outside NHS trial 56 Dean Street, Europe’s largest sexual health clinic introduces new private prescription service for the HIV prevention drug PrEP. Having filled its allocated number of places in the current NHS trial of the same drug this new service launches on Monday, February 12. By Besi • 2 min read
In The South Barnardo’s celebrate success of anti-homophobic bullying schools programme Barnardo’s celebrates success of their anti-homophobic bullying programme in LGBT History Month. Barnardo’s, the UK’s largest children’s charity, has supported more than 3,500 people through anti-homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying programmes in schools across Yorkshire & Humberside in jus By Besi • 2 min read
Arts ‘Transworkers’ exhibition celebrates LGBT History Month The Transworkers photographic exhibition curated by photographer Stella Michaels will be displayed in the Phil Starr Pavilion during The B Right On LGBT Community Festival from February 16 – March 3. By Besi • 2 min read
