Community Commonwealth Forum promote LGBTQ+ rights IDAHOBIT: National human rights bodies join forces to promote LGBTQ+ rights across the Commonwealth By Contributor • 1 min read
Business News IKEA to sell Rainbow Flag version of iconic FRAKTA bag with 100% of profits going to local LGBTQ+ causes IKEA to sell Rainbow Flag version of iconic FRAKTA bag with 100% of profits going to local LGBTQ+ causes By Contributor • 2 min read
Community News Don’t Stew – Get together for a brew, say Samaritans Beat ‘Blue Monday’, often referred to as the most depressing day of the year, by getting together for a friendly cuppa while raising funds for Samaritans to continue providing emotional support. By Besi • 2 min read
Community News FEATURE: Sam Trans Man Dr Samuel Hall on why we should be talking about depression, often and widely. As I write we are enjoying unseasonably good weather with temperatures on the weekend of the Brighton Marathon reaching the low 20ºs. Marvellous. I can anticipate the lifting of my mood as the trees begin to bud and the c By Sam Hall • 4 min read
Features & Longread MENTAL HEALTH FEATURE: Depression Do not confuse ‘being depressed’ with the medical syndrome of the same name, this would be like misunderstanding the difference between sleep and a coma. No one who has suffered from depression harbours any doubt that they were seriously ill as this account of his illness by my friend Mike Wall will By Contributor • 4 min read
Community News Gay Star News helps LGBT+ people ‘be who you are’ Equalities Minister and Mayor of London welcome new initiative from Gay Star News. Snickers and Gay Star News launch campaign to help LGBT+ people ‘be who you are’. Gay Star Support, a new part of the Gay Star News site, will provide resources for anyone in the community who is struggling and tellin By Besi • 3 min read
Features & Longread FEATURE: Talking Heads – encouraging men with mental health issues to open up Just how honest can two men with mental health issues be? Through their new venture MenTalkHealth, local gents Damian Friel and Davey Shields certainly try to be just that. Craig Hanlon-Smith met up with them both to chat about their new venture. Davey describes himself as a snowboarding, shirt lift By Craig Hanlon-Smith • 5 min read
General News More men with mental health issues commit suicide than women New research published today shows the disproportionate impacts of mental health issues on men in the UK. Men are less likely than women to talk to anyone about being depressed, and more likely to exhibit risk-taking behaviour, reveals a report launched ahead of International Men’s Day by The Huffin By Besi • 3 min read
Community News Brighton LGBT+ projects receive five-year Big Lottery funding MindOut the LGBTQ mental health service run by LGBTQ people for LGBTQ people and Allsorts Youth Project have launched an advocacy service for LGBTQ people aged 16 to 25 (Allsorts) and 18 upwards (MindOut) with a grant of £389,599 from the Big Lottery Fund’s Help through Crisis fund. The grant will f By Besi • 2 min read
Health Homeless hotels from hell – Daniel’s story! After three years, Brighton and Hove Council have overturned their earlier decision not to home Daniel Harris and accepted they have a care of duty to him and he is in priority need. By Besi • 3 min read
General News Council pledges its ‘Time to Change’ Brighton and Hove City Council to support Time to Change, England’s biggest campaign to end stigma and discrimination faced by people with mental health problems. By Gary Hart • 1 min read
Health METRO charity with PACE win funds to support LGBTQ young people’s mental health METRO Charity in partnership with mental health charity PACE, has been awarded project funding from the Government to support lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) young people’s mental health. METRO has been awarded nearly a quarter of a million pounds to work with PACE to pro By Besi • 2 min read
