Community News LETTER TO EDITOR: Silver Service from the LGBT Community Safety Forum Switchboard would like to thank volunteers from the LGBT Community Safety Forum for their silver service at our Cream Tea on Monday, February 19. Volunteers from the LGBT Community Safety Forum lovingly prepared and served guests attending the Switchboard Cream Tea cucumber sandwiches, scones with c By Contributor • 1 min read
Community News LETTER TO EDITOR: Thank you Brighton Pride This week sees the launch of the Rainbow Café, a new project of Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboard. Rainbow Café will support LGBTQ people living with memory loss and dementia, their friends, families and loved ones. This, much-needed, community service is made possible thanks to Brighton Pride and th By Contributor • 1 min read
Community News LETTER TO EDITOR: Without Brighton Pride we could not provide our services Lunch Positive is a local charity, providing a community lunch club to people with HIV, with a wide range of support activities. Like most charities, funding to provide and develop services is increasingly stretched, with fewer funding sources and those that are available having greater overall pres By Lunch Positive • 2 min read
Community News LETTER TO EDITOR: Stand with Pride! I was glad to see Gscene report a further batch of tickets for Brighton Pride will go on sale on Monday morning exclusively for BN residents.I’ve been concerned about some of the negative comments on social media about Pride and wanted to say ‘Thank you’ to Brighton Pride for its ongoing and increas By Contributor • 2 min read
Community News LETTER TO EDITOR: Our Pride has a purpose Having had to resign from Pride as a content writer and curator late last year due to health reasons, I find myself in an interesting position today. By Contributor • 1 min read
In The South LETTER TO EDITOR: Equal bus fares for the elderly I am an angry elderly frequent bus user. I live in Saltdean and have for about 10 years. My partner and myself frequently venture into Brighton for a drink, theatre or just to socialise with friends. By Contributor • 1 min read
In The South LETTER TO EDITOR: Grenfell Tower National Memorial Service At the Grenfell Tower National Memorial Service held at St Paul Cathedral in London this morning (Thursday, December 14) it was announced that the service was for people of all faiths and none. By Contributor • 1 min read
Community News LETTER TO EDITOR: Thank you for supporting people with HIV I would like to say thank you to the Rainbow Fund and everyone who raises funds for it. The grant of £8.082 which Lunch Positive has received for 2017-18 will have a huge impact on over 140 people who use and volunteer for Lunch Positive. By Besi • 1 min read
In The South Rainbow Chorus to the rescue Rainbow Chorus volunteers recently responded to a call-out from Lunch Positive, the HIV Charity, to help prepare a fundraising buffet feeding 250 people. The buffet for Sussex Partnership NHS Trust Member’s meeting on November 19, raised £2,000 for Lunch Positive, the weekly HIV Lunch Club that prov By Contributor • 1 min read
In The South LETTER TO EDITOR: Thank you Rainbow Fund I would like to thank the Rainbow Fund for awarding Brighton and Hove LGBT Switchboard a grant in this year’s awards to set up The Rainbow Café a new initiative for LGBT+ people living with dementia and their friends, families and carers. By Contributor • 1 min read
Letters LETTER TO EDITOR: Too many drag queens and half naked chaps in Gscene Your magazine is dropped off at The Bristol Bar as part of your distribution but I’m afraid we no longer want to receive it. I am sure there is a healthy market for Gscene but, it is so full of drag queens and implausibly buff half-naked chaps that it does not represent the gay life I am living nor By Contributor • 1 min read
In The South LETTER TO EDITOR: Which Gay Bars allow e-cigarettes? I do not know if you have done this previously and I have not seen it in any recent publishing, but have you considered running an article about which Gay Bars in Brighton and Hove allow or do not permit e-cigarettes? By Contributor • 1 min read
