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Still Here: Helmut Metzner reflects on memory, politics and LGBTQ+ rights

Scene’s podcast Still Here continues with a new episode featuring Helmut Metzner, Chair of the Magnus Hirschfeld Federal Foundation in Berlin. Following our launch episode with Craig Jones, this latest instalment takes the conversation to Germany. Recorded in German, the interview explores Metzner’s long political career, his life

Balls Deep… With Laughter: Brighton’s new queer comedy night finds its voice

Balls Deep… With Laughter: Brighton’s new queer comedy night finds its voice

There’s something quietly electric about arriving at a comedy venue just before doors open. The room hums with anticipation, chairs still warm from being stacked, microphones tested one last time, and somewhere backstage a performer is reminding themselves to breathe. That was the atmosphere at The Brunswick in Hove

Inside Brighton Birdcage: Where Glitter, Drag Art, and Community Meet

Inside Brighton Birdcage: Where Glitter, Drag Art, and Community Meet

Walking into Brighton Birdcage feels a little like stepping backstage before a show that never quite ends. There is glitter in the air, wigs perched mid-transformation, heels lined up with purpose, and an unmistakable sense that something important happens here every day. Not just drag. Not just fashion. Something human.

Coffee, Sea Swims and Connection: Meet Tonic! Gay Sober Socials

Coffee, Sea Swims and Connection: Meet Tonic! Gay Sober Socials

What happens when sobriety meets community - and why more and more people are looking for exactly that. There’s a quiet shift happening in LGBTQ+ social life - one that doesn’t revolve around last orders, blurry nights, or needing a drink just to feel part of the room.

Inside The Pod: How Crawley LGBT+ Is Building Community, One Conversation at a Time

Inside The Pod: How Crawley LGBT+ Is Building Community, One Conversation at a Time

Sometimes, the most meaningful LGBT+ spaces are not the loudest or the flashiest they are the ones that quietly hold people together. That was the feeling that settled in almost immediately upon stepping into The Pod, a welcoming community space run by Crawley LGBT+, tucked into the heart of Crawley.

Dyke Mart: Where Brighton’s creativity takes centre stage

Dyke Mart: Where Brighton’s creativity takes centre stage

Walking into Daltons Brighton during Dyke Mart felt less like entering a venue and more like stepping into a living, breathing statement. The room hummed with conversation, laughter and movement, each corner alive with colour, craft and confidence. Covered for Scene Magazine, Dyke Mart revealed itself not simply as a

A Decade of Pride, Power and Rugby: Celebrating 10 Years of the Brighton & Hove Sea Serpents RFC

A Decade of Pride, Power and Rugby: Celebrating 10 Years of the Brighton & Hove Sea Serpents RFC

When I walked into the Sea Serpents’ 10th anniversary celebration, at The Old Ship Hotel in Brighton, the atmosphere was instantly electric - the kind of buzz that only happens when a community comes together to honour something bigger than sport. This was a room filled with history, pride, friendship

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