LGBTQ Choirs Love music? Enjoy singing (even if it’s just in the shower)? Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus announces New Members’ Evening on September 10 Love music? Enjoy singing (even if it’s just in the shower)? Want to meet other like-minded people to socialise and make lasting friendships? Brighton Gay Mens Chorus (BrightonGMC) would love to welcome you to their no-commitment, audition free New Members’ Evening on Tuesday, September 10! Brighton By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Book launch and exhibition for Sculpting Colour, a monograph of Romany Mark Bruce, the designer and creator of the Brighton & Hove AIDS Memorial A book launch, and exhibition, is to take place at Encounters Artspace in Hove for new book Sculpting Colour, a monograph of Romany Mark Bruce, the designer and creator of the Brighton & Hove AIDS Memorial (TAY). Written by Alex Leith, the biography details Romany’s life growing up in Ireland, and h By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Health “PrEP means I can enjoy sex without thinking about HIV” PrEP is a pill taken by HIV negative people that protects you against HIV. It has been a life-changer for me because it gives me confidence and lets me just enjoy sex. It’s important that we take our sexual health seriously. Not everyone feels like this though. Especially in the Black queer communit By Contributor • 2 min read
Politics Sarah McBride set to become the first openly trans person to be elected to Congress Sarah McBride, who is expected to become the first openly trans person elected to Congress in November, told LGBTQ+ delegates to the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, August 21 that her candidacy marked a milestone for trans representation. McBride, a candidate for Delaware’s US House sea By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Penguin who captured our hearts as one half of a world-famous same-sex couple has died in Australia Tributes have poured in after a penguin that was one half of a world-famous same-sex couple died in an aquarium in Australia. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Exhibitions Lavender Boy: Drag portrait exhibition from Greg Bailey at Helm Gallery, Brighton explores Pride, colour and inclusivity in the LGBTQ+ community Pop along to Helm Gallery in Brighton for portrait photographer Greg Bailey‘s drag portrait exhibition, which explores Pride, colour and inclusivity in the LGBTQ+ community. Lavender Boy is a carefully curated collection of vividly coloured photographs, which represent a timeline of Bailey’s career By Graham Robson • 3 min read
LGBTQ+ News “Only Madonna Can Judge Me”: RuPaul’s Drag Race star Bimini designs new T-shirt with profits going to support work of National AIDS Trust RuPaul’s Drag Race star Bimini has designed a new slogan T-shirt with profits going to support the work of National AIDS Trust to fight HIV stigma and end new transmissions. Available to purchase from Everpress, this collaboration, part of the National AIDS Trust’s #DragRaise campaign, is “a dream c By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Transgender News WellBN, the Brighton-based NHS surgery, officially launches its Trans Health Hub Outreach pathway WellBN, the Brighton-based NHS surgery, has officially launched its Trans Health Hub Outreach pathway, which allows the practice to partially register trans and non-binary (TNBI) patients so they can access Hormone Replacement Therapy through WellBN – while staying with their usual GP for all their By Graham Robson • 3 min read
LGBTQ+ News Council of Europe “deeply concerned” after Bulgaria’s parliament passes ban on the “promotion” of “non-traditional” sexual orientation and/or gender identity The Council of Europe’s human rights commissioner, Michael O’Flaherty, has said he was “deeply concerned” by an LGBTQ “promotion” ban passed by Bulgaria’s parliament, urging President Rumen Radev “not to sign it”. Earlier in August, the Balkan state, which does not recognise same-sex marriage or civ By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Russia “absolutely sure” its people won’t be affected by Mpox outbreak due to country’s “traditional values” Russia, which in 2023 ruled the LGBTQ+ movement to be “extremist”, before outlawing it in the country, has said it’s “absolutely sure” that the spread of Mpox is “not something we need to be afraid of” because gays don’t exist in the country. The alert declaring Mpox a clear and present danger to th By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News High Wycombe church under fire after erecting rainbow flag as part of town’s Pride celebrations All Saints Church, a 900-year-old church in High Wycombe, has been branded as ‘unbiblical’ after they erected the rainbow flag as part of the town’s Pride celebrations on Saturday, August 17. Two friends, with one of them visiting High Wycombe on Saturday, believe the actions were ‘not correct’, and By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Television Ria Zmitrowicz (The Power) to join cast of BBC drama Sherwood as a queer Sheriff of Nottingham Ria Zmitrowicz (The Power) is to join the cast of BBC drama Sherwood as a “young, queer and female” Sheriff of Nottingham to help modernise the idea of the role. The TV series, set in a Nottinghamshire mining village, is inspired by real events where show creator James Graham grew up, and also stars By Graham Robson • 1 min read
