Business News Gscene archive donated to the Bishopsgate Institute James Ledward’s personal archive collection of Scene and Gscene magazines from 1996 onwards donated to Bishopsgate Institute By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts SPOTLIGHT ON: LGBT+ History Month – Queer Britain Brian Butler re-visits Queer Britain for LGBT+ History Month By Brian Butler • 5 min read
Arts Brighton & Hove Libraries announce events to mark LGBT+ History Month February is LGBT+ History Month in the UK, which celebrates LGBTQ+ lives in their full diversity. Each year, Schools OUT sets a different theme and this year it’s Behind the Lens, celebrating LGBTQ+ people’s contribution to cinema and film from behind the lens. You are encouraged to look ‘Behind the By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Arts Brighton LGBTIQ+ History Club to explore Queers and Books at Brighton’s Jubilee Library on Sunday, February 26 Opening Pandora’s Box: queer dimensions of library legacies, struggles and hopes will see Alice Corble share stories from her career as a queer library user, worker, researcher and activist, reflecting on the spaces and communities of queer discovery and connection that libraries can foster, as well By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Features & Longread The Safari Bar: a gay bar, in a zoo, in Bognor Regis, in 1983… “In the dark you could walk into the zoo. Right underneath you had little animatronics like the Dwarves’ Diamond Mine. You’d go down there for a bit of how’s ya father as well.” By Alf Le Flohic • 5 min read
Arts Chris Jepson achieves Kickstarter goal to bring The Identity Project to Brighton during LGBT+ History Month This project and its exhibitions are a way of raising awareness of the real diversity of LGBTQ+ communities across Brighton & Hove and wider UK By Graham Robson • 2 min read
News ParaPride 2023: Making LGBTQ+ History at Hackney Town Hall on Sunday, February 19 ParaPride returns with a large in-person event in celebration of LGBTQ+ History Month 2023 By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Chris Jepson fundraising for two Brighton & Hove exhibitions for The Identity Project during LGBTQ+ History Month in February 2023 This will be the first time the whole Brighton & Hove collection of 84 portraits will be exhibited together. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts Royal Museums Greenwich to celebrate LGBTQ+ History Month in February 2023 Each year, Royal Museums Greenwich marks LGBTQ+ History Month with a series of events celebrating the queer histories in the collection and the communities they work with. By Graham Robson • 3 min read
LGBTQ+ News LGBTQ+ History Month “another powerful reminder to stand up for equality for all,” say Greens Green councillors have marked the end of LGBTQ+ History Month with a call for continued joint work to promote equality in the city and tackle multiple discrimination people face. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts Everyman Cinema marks LGBT+ History Month with artist exhibition in aid of Stonewall The exhibition will draw to a close on Thursday, February 24 with Everyman hosting a charity gala night auctioning the artwork to attendees in aid of LGBTQ+ rights charity, Stonewall. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts REVIEW: The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me Brian Butler is blown away by Outlander’s John Bell in his stage debut By Brian Butler • 3 min read
