LGBTQ+ News Metropolitan Police releases images of man wanted in connection with Two Brewers double stabbing The Metropolitan Police Service are appealing for information following a homophobic, double stabbing outside LGBTQ+ venue the Two Brewers at Clapham High Street, London on Sunday, August 13, 2023. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Theatre Homo Promos, Britain’s oldest LGBTQ+ theatre company, to premiere its latest production, 1944: Home Fires, in London in September This 50-minute chamber opera is based on a possibly-true story of when Welsh icon Ivor Novello, the darling of the West End, was imprisoned in 1944 for fiddling his wartime petrol coupons. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Features & Longread FEATURE: Making healthcare safer for the LGBTQ+ community Members of the healthcare industry have an opportunity to improve patient safety for everyone. But as studies and stories have shown, minority groups do suffer in the attempt to receive general healthcare. By Contributor • 3 min read
Fundraising News Jonny Ratcliffe to swim English Channel in aid of LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall The 21-mile route will see him take on deceptively powerful tides, cross one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes and dodge an unwelcome number of jellyfish. Often dubbed ‘The Everest of Swimming’, it is among the most challenging open water swims in the world. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Pride Award-winning photographer Chris Jepson needs you for The Identity Project – Seahaven Edition If you’re based in Newhaven, Peacehaven or Seaford and would like to take part, sign up here. The invitation is extended to friends, family members and acquaintances. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News New project seeks people to contribute to a resource for care homes on LGBTQ+ inclusion in care Creating Inclusive Residential Care for LGBTQ+ Elders (CIRCLE), a new project led by Dr Jolie Keemink from University of Kent which aims to support residential care providers to be more inclusive towards older LGBTQ+ people, is seeking people to contribute to a resource for care homes on LGBTQ+ incl By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Opinion FEATURE: Sex Education goes hand in hand with the LGBTQ+ community “For a large part of my adolescence, queer sex was shrouded in taboo and uncertainty.” By Xantippe Steele • 5 min read
LGBTQ+ News Sing it, say it, show it – this is your moment! Pride Classical’s new initiative, My Pride Song, features contributions from Dame Joanna Lumley, Julie Hesmondhalgh and Danny Beard My Pride Song is calling upon as many LGBTQ+ community members and allies as possible to contribute a video message with the story behind their choice, the importance of the song, and why the music of Pride matters to them. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Two men stabbed outside the Two Brewers in suspected homophobic attack London’s Metropolitan Police are investigating after two men, aged in their 20s and 30s, were stabbed outside the Two Brewers in Clapham High Street on Sunday evening in what is being treated as a homophobic attack in southwest London. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Pride Paws up! Brighton & Hove Pride’s Annual Community Day and Dog Show to take place at Preston Park on Sunday, August 27 Get ready for a day of fun and barking frolics as Brighton and Hove Pride’s Community Day & Dog Show will be taking place on Sunday, August 27, in partnership with Coastway Vets. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News The Sussex Beacon unveils window display to honour 90th birthday of David Raven aka Maisie Trollette There was great excitement in St James’s Street last Thursday afternoon, when local charity the Sussex Beacon’s shop window was transformed into a birthday present, bearing a stunning, large bow. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ Choirs Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus: shoulder to shoulder with community groups at Brighton & Hove Pride BrightonGMC’s parade float took to heart the Pride organisers’ call: Dare to be Different. Using the pink triangle and black text stylings of the campaign to abolish Section 28, the float celebrated 20 years since the law change which legalised being different in UK education. By Contributor • 2 min read
