Community News Disability Pride, comes to the centre of Brighton today The Brighton & Hove LGBT Community Safety Forum (LGBT CSF) and its Accessibility Matters Volunteers looking forward to working with Disability Pride Brighton (DPB) on Sunday, July 9 2017. The LGBT CSF volunteers will be on site at New Road to provide access support to attendees with mobility and emo By Besi • 3 min read
Arts PROFILE: Latino film maker Pablo Herrera Latino film maker Pablo Herrera is passionate about increasing awareness in his films of some of the issues that face young gay men today. Ravensbourne student Pablo Herrera is generating a lot of interest with his new short film Straight Jacket (We Can’t Stop) and is attracting attention from acros By Besi • 4 min read
In The South Calls grow for UN to address the health and well-being of LGBT+ People New report released today by the Global Forum on MSM and HIV (MSMGF) and OutRight Action International, in collaboration with the Global Platform to Fast Track the Human Rights and HIV Responses with Gay and Bisexual Men – argues for a global health and development approach that is inclusive of lesb By Besi • 3 min read
Arts Rainbow flag acquired for Design Museum’s permanent collection The Design Museum in London acquires a series of new objects for its permanent collection.New acquisitions include the rainbow flag, David Bowie’s Blackstar album, a coffee cup for astronauts and Oculus Rift’s virtual reality headset. By Besi • 3 min read
In The South Victims of Hate Crime being failed Current responses to Hate Crime in the UK are failing and letting down victims, says new report entitled Identifying and Dismantling Barriers to Justice. New research by University of Leicester experts highlights the barriers that victims face in accessing justice and identifies ways of overcoming t By Besi • 2 min read
Rag ‘N’ Bone Man (Rory) by Deans Chalkley for Sony Records Arts PREVIEW: Rag’n’Bone Man ‘Overproof Tour’ @Brighton Centre Following his triumphant set on The Other Stage at Glastonbury on Sunday July 2, the biggest UK breakout star of 2017, Rag’n’Bone Man, AKA Rory Graham, announces seven UK and Eire dates for this November including a show at the Brighton Centre on November 28. By Besi • 1 min read
Community News PICTURE DIARIES: Bears! Bears! Bears! Hundreds of Bears and their admirers descended on Dorset Gardens in Brighton Kemptown on the hottest Saturday of the year (June 17) for the annual Brighton Bear Weekend Bear-B-Que and Picnic. This year’s picnic, the busiest yet, featured for the first time a main stage with entertainment provided by By Besi • 1 min read
Arts BOOK PREVIEW: A secret history – The London Gay Men’s Chorus In 1990 gay people were frequently despised and generally considered to be diseased perverts. Just twenty years later an organisation named the London Gay Men’s Chorus were being hailed as cultural ambassadors and invited to perform at 10 Downing Street. By Besi • 3 min read
General News Court of Appeal in Belfast “passes buck” on women’s rights The court of appeal in Belfast rules that reform of abortion law in Northern Ireland should be left to the Northern Ireland Assembly, and not decided by the courts. In 2015 the High Court ruled that Northern Ireland’s restrictive abortion laws violate the rights of women to a private life under Euro By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Fire Service unveils new engine in support of LGBT+ equality Shoppers in Hull see the latest addition to Humberside Fire and Rescue Service’s (HFRS) fleet roll into Queen Victoria Square emblazoned in rainbow colours. The new fire engine, which will be based at the city’s Calvert Lane fire station, is the result of a close working relationship between the fir By Besi • 3 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Underbelly Festival, London: Liza’s Back (is broken) Trevor’s five-star comic tribute to the iconic Liza Minnelli, is playing at the Underbelly Festival for 6 performances only from Tuesday, June 27 to Sunday, July 2. There is no doubt about it; Liza Minnelli is a true Broadway legend. But her appearances on the musical stage have been few and far bet By Contributor • 2 min read
Features & Longread OPINION: Transitioning with Sugar – ‘You need to be more ladylike’ Those 6 words. Those 6 words that I have heard over and over again in many different guises since I began transition feed into a cis narrative in which I neither belong, nor wish to. The OED defines ‘lady’ as ‘a polite or formal way of referring to a woman’. Well, I am a woman, so therefore, I am a By Ms Sugar Swan • 4 min read
