Arts Pet Shop Boys to headline Brighton Pride The legendary Pet Shop Boys will headline the Brighton Pride, ‘Summer Of Love’ Festival in Preston Park on Saturday, August 5, 2017 with their first Pride performance in 20 years. By Besi • 2 min read
In The South LGBT Catholics Westminster to make pilgrimage to Rome LGBT Catholics Westminster will take part in their second pilgrimage to Rome from February 28 – March 5 2017. They will be attending Pope Francis’ Audience on Ash Wednesday morning, March 1, and Ash Wednesday liturgies later that day, including an ecumenical celebration at the Jesuits’ Caravita Orat By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Marc Almond to perform at first UK Pride in Hull Marc Almond will perform at the first ever UK Pride, part of Hull UK City of Culture 2017’s LGBT 50 events marking the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales. By Besi • 2 min read
In The South Editor of ‘The Freethinker’ receives a Lifetime Achievement Award Barry Duke, editor of the Freethinker for the last twenty years is to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Secular Society (NSS) as part of this year’s Secularist of the Year celebrations in March. By Besi • 3 min read
Community News Annual Brighton Trans and Non-Binary Conference 2017 Brighton University holds its Annual Brighton Trans and Non-Binary Conference on July 20, to take place alongside Brighton Trans Pride. Conference organisers invite trans and non-binary people; researchers; people from the public, community and voluntary sector, and those who want to know more about By Besi • 1 min read
General News International travel conference come to Brighton Centre VisitBritain, the UK’s national tourist board, will host its flagship annual event ExploreGB in Brighton next week. The tourism event will take place at the Brighton Centre from March 2-3, 2017 and is estimated to be worth an additional £1m to the local economy. By Besi • 3 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Brighton Pride Arts & Film Festival: Summer Of Love Exhibition 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality for men in England and Wales. For more than eighty years this Victorian piece of legislation forced gay men to live their lives closeted and in the shadows. By Besi • 1 min read
In The South Archbishops of Canterbury and York respond to LGBT defeat at General Synod OneBodyOneFaith welcomes the Church of England Archbishops’ bold proposal for a new and inclusive process following defeat of GS2055 at the general Synod. By Besi • 3 min read
Arts Ingeborg Bachmann literary prize winner comes to Brighton In July 2016, Sharon won the prestigious Ingeborg Bachmann prize (€25,000) with short story Herr Gröttrup Sits Down, which she wrote in German and tells the story about the rocket scientist who worked for the Nazis, then the USSR. By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Gatwick Airport sponsors Brighton Pride Community Parade Gatwick Airport, the UK’s second largest airport partners with Brighton Pride Festival 2017 to be the first ever sponsor of the event’s biggest attraction, the Brighton Pride Community Parade. Brighton Pride Festival takes place from August 4-6, 2017 with the parade taking place on Saturday, August By Besi • 2 min read
Health New HIV infections in gay men in England drop by a third New Scientist website reveal new HIV infections in gay men have fallen by nearly a third since 2015 across England.The drop may be due to people buying medicines such as PrEP online against mainstream medical advice. By Besi • 3 min read
In The South Gay Nigerian asylum seeker needs your help Oyekunle a gay Nigerian asylum seeker is being detained in Colnbrook detention centre. On January 31 he was due to be forcibly deported on a charter flight along with 99 other detainees, including one bisexual man and many who have been in the country for years with family and children. By Besi • 1 min read
