Health MindOut Counselling Service deliver unique training opportunity Dr Meg-John Barker will be presenting a workshop for counsellors and psychotherapists on March 10. in Brighton for MindOut the LGBT mental health service. The workshop will cover the new BACP guidelines written by Meg-John Barker for working with Gender and Sexual Relationship Diversity. By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Worthing Pride announce main stage line up Organisers reveal main stage line up for Worthing Pride on July 14 at launch party at the Libertine Bar on Thursday, February 8. Entertainment at the launch was provided by Spice and Miss Disney with speakers from the two nominated charities Worthing Pride are supporting this year Allsorts Youth Pro By Besi • 2 min read
Community News “Coming out at genderqueer liberated me”, says Courtney Act Drag queen legend and winner of Celebrity Big Brother Courtney Act tells Evan Davis about her relationship with Andrew Brady – and why his self-confidence is something we should all aspire to have. By Besi • 2 min read
Community News New charity to raise funds for LGBTQI causes worldwide A new charity raising funds for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex (LGBTQI) causes worldwide has been established in the UK. GiveOut will enable individual donors to give to a range of LGBTQI activists and organisations in a simple and engaging way. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Winter edition of The Pink Humanist ready to download In the latest issue Peter Tatchell writes on the importance of putting LGBT rights on the agenda of the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), which takes place in the UK in April, 2018. By Besi • 2 min read
In The South COMPETITION: Final chance to win a flight for two on the British Airways i360 on Valentines Day Gscene have a pair of tickets to give away for the Drag me up! Valentine’s Day Drag Queen Flight with Dave Lynn on Wednesday, February 14. Love is in the air, with breath-taking views by day, big-sky sunsets and a carpet of twinkling lights below after dark, a flight on the British Airways i360 pod By Graham Robson • 2 min read
In The South Barnardo’s launch training for staff to support LGBT refugees fleeing oppression Barnardo’s is to offer new training for its frontline staff to help them better identify refugees fleeing oppression and discrimination due to their sexuality. By Besi • 2 min read
Features & Longread TRAVEL: Brighton Pride 2017 Highlights from this years Brighton and Hove Pride with Jonesy, Amy and Torsten. Featuring Boogaloo Stu, Queerama, cabaret, the Pride Parade and plenty of action from the park. By Contributor • 1 min read
In The South OPINION: Wall’s Words So apparently the new word for a gay uncle is guncle. Am I happy to be called guncle? Well in short, no-ish. I’m gay and I’m an uncle but the word guncle makes me sound somehow strange. By Contributor • 2 min read
Business News Who’s the Boss behind the bar? @Legends Legends, for many years a stalwart of the commercial gay scene in Brighton and Hove, and one of the few late night bars left in the gay village offering great value drinks until 5am in the morning, has two new managers. By Morgan Fabulous • 3 min read
Image: Richard Davenport Arts PREVIEW: ‘TESTOSTERONE’ by Kit Redstone Drawing on autobiographical experiences, this is the true story of transgender writer-performer Kit Redstone’s first entrance into a male gym changing room at the age of 33. What first appears as a routine ritual of four men changing after a work out, then transforms into an epic coming-of-age ques By Contributor • 2 min read
In The South BAR PERSON PROFILE: Jamie Lee Jones @Bar Broadway The first person many LGBT+ folk meet when they arrive in the city is the bar person at their local LGBT+ venue. These gatekeepers to the community provide an important role both befriending and signposting new arrivals to the city. Gscene finds out a bit more about them and what makes them special. By Contributor • 2 min read
