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Trans Pride Hastings to bring trans joy to the town on 27 and 28 July

Trans Pride Hastings to bring trans joy to the town on 27 and 28 July

Trans Pride Hastings came into being in February 2023. Victoria and Zed are the company co-directors and co-organisers and in July 2023 they worked with a team of volunteers to deliver 15 events across eight days focusing on community building, support and celebration. This year’s Trans Pride Hastin

Words for Wellbeing Workshops – Living with HIV with Lunch Positive and Simon Maddrell

Words for Wellbeing Workshops – Living with HIV with Lunch Positive and Simon Maddrell

Local HIV charity Lunch Positive is launching a pilot programme of six wellbeing workshops for people living with HIV in Sussex. Facilitated by writer, editor and educator, Simon Maddrell, a member of Lunch Positive who also lives with HIV in Brighton & Hove, the series of six workshops will run fro

Queens, Kings and in betweens assemble! The Next Drag Superstar to kick off in Brighton this week

Queens, Kings and in betweens assemble! The Next Drag Superstar to kick off in Brighton this week

After nine successful seasons in London, the Next Drag Superstar competition starts this week in Brighton for the first time. Brighton-based Felix Le Freak, co-producer and head judge, told me: “The London event has grown into a community of LGBTQ+ performers, working together in cabaret, panto and

Organisers of Pride in Luton “more defiant and determined than ever” after vandals destroy Pride banner for the third time

Organisers of Pride in Luton “more defiant and determined than ever” after vandals destroy Pride banner for the third time

Pride in Luton, the LGBTQ+ charity which has organised the annual Pride event in the town since 2022, has announced a banner promoting this weekend’s upcoming Pride festival has been destroyed for the third time. Rosie Besnu and Jess Bryce, co-chairs of the charity, said in a statement it has made t

INTERVIEW: Alison Child and illustrator Shanni Collins on their new collaboration

INTERVIEW: Alison Child and illustrator Shanni Collins on their new collaboration

Local author Alison Child and artist Shanni Collins talk about the story behind the story of their new book “Gwen & Norah, Stoll & Moss: A story of music and love”

Man found guilty of deadly shooting during Oslo Pride celebrations

Man found guilty of deadly shooting during Oslo Pride celebrations

A Norwegian court has found a man guilty of carrying out a deadly shooting at a gay bar during Oslo Pride celebrations in 2022. Zanier Matapour killed two people and seriously injured nine others after opening fire into a crowd outside the London Pub, a popular gay bar in the Norwegian capital. The

Brighton Railway Club to raise funds for Sussex Beacon at Pre-Pride Special with Davina Sparkle and Tabitha Wild

Brighton Railway Club to raise funds for Sussex Beacon at Pre-Pride Special with Davina Sparkle and Tabitha Wild

Brighton Railway Club is to raise funds for local HIV charity the Sussex Beacon at its Pre-Pride Party on Friday, August 2 from 7.30pm. This year, dynamic duo Davina Sparkle and Tabitha Wild will be entertaining the crowd, getting everyone well and truly in the mood for this year’s Brighton & Hove P

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