Arts Punktured Snail Hits The Snailway One of Brighton’s most established, independent business has signed up as a Snailspace sponsor. Based in the North Laine, Punktured is the city’s ‘go to’ piercing studio for people looking for body adornment. Now in it’s 18th year, Punktured is celebrating with its very own giant gastropod on the Sn By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Ramsgate celebrates LGBT History Month! Newington Wellbeing Network (NWN) is a community organisation, based in Newington ward, Ramsgate, Kent, that aims to connect people who might usually be isolated and lonely. By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Tatchell to speak at Global Panel discussion for LGBT Month London South Bank University celebrates LGBT History Month with a range of exciting and varied events throughout the month to show support and help raise awareness of LGBT issues. The programme of events commenced last night, February 7, with a lively official launch party to celebrate LGBT History By Besi • 2 min read
Community News LETTER TO EDITOR: There is no Pride in bullying! As volunteer chair of the Brighton & Hove LGBT Community Safety Forum I feel it my responsibility to address the severity of the bulling and intimidation currently taking place on social media in relation to Brighton Pride. By Contributor • 7 min read
Arts Reverbathon, a fundraiser for RadioReverb To help preserve local radio, Reverbathon 2018, RadioReverb’s annual fundraiser for Brighton’s not-for-profit radio station, takes place on, March 3, 2018. The event will be raising funds for the community radio station, which aims to be ‘the sound of your city’ by creating programmes that represent By Besi • 2 min read
In The South Turkish LGBT+ activist released, but prosecution continues Leading LGBT+ human rights defender, Ali Erol, co-founder of Kaos GL Association, Turkey’s first registered LGBT organisation, was released from detention yesterday, February 6. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts THEATRE REVIEW: Spamalot @Eastbourne Spamalot Devonshire Park Theatre Eastbourne Funnier than the Black Death & lovingly ripped off from the hugely successful 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, this spammier than ever production is full of misfit knights, killer rabbits, dancing nuns and ferocious Frenchmen. This is a gleefully By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts Vagina print donated to Claude Nichol Sexual Health Clinic Local celebrity artist Jamie McCartney donates Great Wall of Vagina print and book to Brighton & Hove Sexual Health and Contraception Services. The sexual health and contraception (SHAC) team in Brighton will be using new visual aids to help overcome female patients’ embarrassment and stigma about t By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Celebration theme to Exeter’s 10th LGBT+ Pride Exeter Pride, one of the biggest celebrations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT+) communities in the South West, is on Saturday, May 12, 2018 this year – with organisers promising an explosion of colour, positivity and pride. By Besi • 3 min read
Arts Like to sing but don’t know where? Continuing a long tradition in Brighton, Music for Life in association with Bar Broadway host weekly piano bars every Tuesday from 9-11pm. Each week, performers sing a mix of songs from the American songbook, songs from the shows, novelty songs or whatever else they choose. By Besi • 1 min read
Community News LETTER TO EDITOR: Time to acknowledge the superb work of Paul and Ducie I’m very saddened to see that there are certain elements of our community have nothing better to do than make nasty comments about people who have for many years worked tirelessly with little thanks to make Brighton Pride the huge success it is. By Contributor • 2 min read
Community News LETTER TO EDITOR: Clare Project stand with Pride! As a trans community representative, I want to express my support for Pride and the Rainbow Fund which benefits from it. The Rainbow Fund is a crucial source of grant funding for many grass-roots community-led groups in the LGBT+ sector including those run by, and for trans and non-binary people. By Sam Hall • 1 min read
