Arts MUSIC REVIEW: Bananarama @The Brighton Centre Ladies, you’ve been gone too long! Flashing devil horns and baggy dungarees collided as the darlings of chaotic 80s pop, Bananarama, skidded into the Brighton Centre as part of their Original Line-Up Tour – the first, and possibly last, live tour featuring the three founding members! By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Health UK moves towards elimination of HIV transmission NAM, NAT, BHIVA and BASHH issue a joint statement welcoming new data from Public Health England that gives hope that HIV can be conquered. By Besi • 5 min read
Health Prime Minister and party leaders unite against HIV stigma on World AIDS Day Video messages from Theresa May, Jeremy Corbyn, Nicola Sturgeon and Vince Cable, were release to mark World AIDS Day on December 1. By Besi • 3 min read
Health National AIDS Trust tackle HIV fake news A review of UK media coverage of HIV revealed that myths and stigma, reminiscent of the ignorance of the 80s, are still rife in the press. NAT examined 400 online news stories from recent months. 13% of national stories contained misinformation or stigmatising language. And in local news, more than By Besi • 2 min read
Health People and Parliament: Remembering 30 Years of HIV and AIDS Thirty years since the outbreak of the HIV epidemic, the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt has been on public display in Westminster Hall from November 27 to December 2. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Pink Punk coronates a new Queen Up-and-coming LGBT pink punk band Queen Zee and the Sasstones released their newest single Idle crown on November 24 – two months after their debut album Eat my Sass. With their 2018 tour alongside the Mamozets, the Liverpool gang are breaking down gender barriers, sharing their dysphoria with the By Ray A-J • 1 min read
Community News Mayor of Brighton & Hove lunches at Lunch Positive on World AIDS Day Lunch Positive, the HIV lunch club, marked World AIDS Day 2017 with an extra special lunch club session attended by the Mayor of Brighton Hove, Cllr. Mo Marsh.The Mayor, fifty-four lunch club members, together with the entire volunteer team shared friendly social time together over a freshly cooked By Besi • 2 min read
Health 1 in 5 Brits uncomfortable wearing a red ribbon to mark World AIDS Day Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) reveals on World AIDS Day (December 1) the extent to which stigma, prejudice and fear still surround HIV. Their YouGov survey of 2,049 people found that 20 per cent of British adults would feel uncomfortable wearing a red ribbon on this day to show support and raise awar By Besi • 3 min read
Community News New Steine Gardens host World AIDS Day Candlelit Vigil, tonight (December 1) at 6pm The Mayor of Brighton and Hove, Cllr Mo Marsh will lead representatives from over thirty community organisations in the reading of the names tonight at the Brighton AIDS Memorial. Everyone is welcome to attend. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts World AIDS Day charity fundraiser for THT tonight (December 1) at Bar Broadway Charles Street teams up with Bar Broadway for this years annual World AIDS Day (WAD) fundraising extravaganza on Friday, December 1. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Local LGBT+ singers come together for World AIDS Day concert tonight (December 1) Actually Gay Men’s Chorus, Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus and Rainbow Chorus join forces once again to organise the annual fundraising concert for World AIDS Day. Funds raised from the concert will be donated to Lunch Positive, the HIV lunch club, who will be on hand serving mulled wine and mince pies on By Besi • 2 min read
Books BOOK REVIEW: Cheer up Love by Susan Calman I adore her, not just for her ability to tell a difficult story with engaging hope but also to be honest enough about her pain to allow me to learn and little about being a more supportive person to depressed people in the future. By Eric Page • 2 min read
