Letters LETTER TO EDITOR: Where has the ‘gay’ gone from Pride As an early member and chair-person of Sussex Gay Liberation Front I am sad to see how Gay Pride celebrations have become more and more an excuse for making money. The original idea for the march and outdoor picnic was a celebration of sexual diversity and tolerance and the term out of the closet wa By Contributor • 2 min read
Letters LETTER TO EDITOR: Thank you for nominating me as a Pride Ambassador I am writing following the announcement in July Gscene that I was first runner up to be a Pride Ambassador this year. It all started when one the longest supporters of Actually Gay Men’s Chorus, Elaine Evans, a Gold Friend of the Chorus, told me that she had written to GScene nominating me. How fant By Contributor • 1 min read
Letters LETTER TO EDITOR: No to transgender exclusion John Cohen’s Cause (GScene July 2014 p69) terribly misrepresents transgender experience to wrongly justify transgender exclusion. He states: “I am happy with my sexuality [a gay man]” but that that “transsexuals […] consider their condition a medical problem.” No. It is western culture that consider By Contributor • 1 min read
Letters LETTER TO EDITOR: Thank you from THT “Terrence Higgins Trust Brighton would like to thank all the staff, performers and customers that made the Dave Lynn drag roast at Charles Street last month a roaring success. “A special thank you to Charles Street manager, Chris Marshall and entertainers Dave Lynn, Lola Lasagne, Michael Topping, By Contributor • 1 min read
Letters Thank you from the Rainbow Fund “I am writing on behalf of the Rainbow Fund to publicly thank our supporters for their recent donations. “May saw an all-star cast come together at Legends for the spectular Bobby Davro cabaret evening. Much time and effort was put into arranging the event by Lee Tracey, for which we are very gratef By Contributor • 1 min read
Letters LETTER TO EDITOR: Thank you Camelford Arms “I would like to thank Mark Flood and his staff at the Camelford Arms for their support in allowing us to be the beneficiary of their ‘Eurovision Evening’ on May 10. Thanks to the hard work of Mark and his team the evening was very well received with many people commenting on what a great […] By Contributor • 1 min read
Letters LETTER TO EDITOR: UKIP and Homophobia “I would like to challenge the National Leadership of UKIP as to why there are so many bigoted outbursts coming from UKIP candidates when the party claims it is somehow a libertarian party? “In the latest outburst Liverpool Clubmoor UKIP candidate said: “that homosexuals are ten times more likely th By Contributor • 1 min read
General News Letter to editor: Vote in the EU elections! The European Elections are taking place on Thursday, May 22. Please vote. These elections, which happen every five years, give every European citizen a chance to have a say on how the European Union is run. In the next five years your MEPs will be debating and voting on laws which will have a seriou By Contributor • 1 min read
Health G is for……… JG has something he wants to share with you! As you are probably aware, GHB is a massive influence on the Brighton scene. Your first shot, is exactly like how you feel when you have your first cigarette. You don’t like it, it makes you feel ill. You have to force yourself to like it, […] By Contributor • 2 min read
Letters Letter to editor: Pride floats and gay businesses? I am Brighton born and bred. I don’t think I have missed any of the recent Brighton Prides, from the good times through the not so good and returning to the good times again in the last two years. With Pride approaching on the gay calendar again I would like to ask all the local […] By Contributor • 4 min read
Paul Elgood Letters Letter to editor: Thank you New Steine Hotel “I would like to thank Herve and all the staff at the New Steine Hotel for allowing the Rainbow Fund to use their function room for our meetings. “This saves on our costs and means that donated money by the public can be used for much needed grants to community groups, not on room hire and refreshme By Besi • 1 min read
Letters THT Brighton thanks Club and Bar Revenge Revenge raise £1,192.06 for Terrence Higgins Trust on World Aids Day in December. “Terrence Higgins Trust Brighton would like to thank all the team and customers at Bar and Club Revenge for their donation of £1,192.06. “The funds were raised from World AIDS Day collections and a staff auction held o By Contributor • 1 min read
