Features & Longread Activism, Brighton and me: We campaign on Brighton’s roads, we kiss on the beach, we embrace on the Pier, we dance down the streets. Growing up queer in an age of political division, it is very easy in today’s current climate to get swallowed up into a black hole of fearful journalistic pieces. We are surrounded by hollering headlines on war, violence, corruption, greed and selfishness. It appears that the world has become a syst By Xantippe Steele • 4 min read
Fundraising News Winter Warmer at The Two Brewers to raise funds for LGBTQ+ homelessness charity, akt Winter Warmer – an all-star fundraising extravaganza for akt, the UK’s LGBTQ+ youth homelessness charity, in association with The Two Brewers, London – is to take place on Thursday, November 23 from 7pm. Hosted by Miss Chamonix Aspen, Winter Warmer is an evening of variety entertainment featuring th By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News Change Grow Live: Helping overcome drug and alcohol challenges At times, living life as a LGBTQ+ person can seem like the most wonderful thing. A diverse community where we can find acceptance, to support each other, to know that others understand who we are. However, sometimes life can throw challenges our way. Some of these are unique to our diverse community By Contributor • 2 min read
Community News Lunch Positive – all about community! At Lunch Positive we’re so pleased that the global theme of this year’s World AIDS Day is Let Communities Lead. It speaks to everything we are as a charity, and all of our ways of working. Our work is the much needed continuation of support by and for people living with HIV that started when HIV fir By Gary Pargeter • 4 min read
Interviews Scene talks to Romany Mark Bruce, sculptor and painter responsible for the Brighton & Hove AIDS Memorial and the James Ledward Friendship Bench Romany Mark Bruce, Ireland born and Brighton-based, is a highly accomplished sculptor and painter whose work has attracted both national and international acclaim. Romany is responsible for creating and designing the striking TAY sculpture, the Brighton & Hove AIDS Memorial, which has now become an By Graham Robson • 3 min read
HIV The Sussex Beacon – A Year In Review It has been a busy year for the Sussex Beacon, the Brighton-based charity supporting and caring for people living with HIV. The Beacon’s Inpatient Unit remains very much in demand, adapting to meet the changing needs of service users over the years. Meanwhile, its Community Services Team has been ex By Contributor • 3 min read
Travel International LGBTQ+ Travel Association Foundation publishes report on future of LGBTQ+ travel in Europe Shaping the Future of LGBTQ+ Tourism in Europe is the outcome of IGLTAF’S first virtual Think Tank and offers concrete steps toward a more inclusive and welcoming future of LGBTQ+ travel By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News “Be the representation you never had.” Dannii Minogue calls on LGBTQ+ young adults to volunteer for Just Like Us’ Ambassador Programme Pop star Dannii Minogue has called on LGBTQ+ young adults across the UK to volunteer with Just Like Us, the LGBTQ+ young people’s charity. Just Like Us’ Ambassador Programme allows LGBTQ+ young people to benefit from a range of opportunities, like career mentoring, skills workshops, media opportunit By Graham Robson • 2 min read
A participant holds up a placard during the International Transgender Day of Visibility rally in Shibuya district of Tokyo on March 31, 2023. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP) (Photo by YUICHI YAMAZAKI/AFP via Getty Images) International News Supreme Court of Japan makes ‘landmark decision’ ruling surgery not required for legal gender change The Supreme Court of Japan has today (October 25) issued a ruling in a family law case, declaring that the stipulation of the Special Law on Gender Identity Disorder, which mandates surgical sterilisation as a prerequisite for gender reassignment, is unconstitutional in Japan. This decision was base By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Theatre Drag race star Kate Butch to battle Zombies and Vampires alongside Crudi Dench at Pleasance Theatre Kate Butch, who is currently appearing in RuPaul’s Drag Race UK series 5, sharpens her stake as Fringe hit shows Drag Queens vs Vampires and Drag Queens vs Zombies invade the Pleasance Theatre in Islington for a special double bill. The comedy queen, who has won over fans in the latest series of the By Graham Robson • 1 min read
HIV World AIDS Day: HIV Hour – the time is now! Perhaps one of this city’s best, (or depending on your view, worst), kept secrets, is that we host the only radio programme dedicated to people living with HIV, and it is also for people affected by HIV. Doesn’t that mean everyone? Yes, we think so. By Contributor • 2 min read
LGBTQ Choirs London’s Diversity Choir to embark on a ‘Nautical Adventure’ with Sea & Voyages concert in December London’s LGBTQ+ chamber chorus Diversity Choir has announced a brand new repertoire for its winter concert – inspired by the sea. The evening concert at St Giles Cripplegate, takes in Cecilia McDowall’s Shipping Forecast, Ludwig van Beethoven’s Meeres Stille und Glückliche Fahrt, Cole Porter’s Blow, By Graham Robson • 1 min read
