LGBTQ+ News Brighton LGCM and Changing Attitude Sussex Carol Service 2013 The Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement and Changing Attitude Sussex are holding their Christmas carol service on Friday, December 20 at St Georges Church, Kemptown starting at 7.30pm The preacher will be the Rev David Clues. Everyone is welcome to attend and mulled wine and mince pies will be served By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus: Music Review Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus (BGMC) pull another cracker out of the hat. BGMC staged their third annual Christmas Show Pull A Cracker at the Brighton Dome last night, Saturday, December 8. The event was raising funds for the Sussex Beacon who offer specialist care and support for men, women and familie By Besi • 4 min read
Photograph by Nick Ford Community News Claire Sweeney guest stars with Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus tonight at the Dome Actress and West End star Claire Sweeney will be appearing with the Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus at their Pull A Cracker Christmas show at the Brighton Dome tonight, December 7. Claire Sweeney, originally known for her TV role as Lindsey in Brookside, has had a long and varied stage career, playing som By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Brighton DJs head up Friday nights on Gaydio radio Local DJ’s Jonesy and lil Alex take up residency on Gaydio every Friday night between 8pm and 10pm starting Friday, December 6. The station’s relaunch of Friday nights is the latest in a series of changes to both the image and sound of Gaydio over the past year. Jonesy and lil Alex are renowned for By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Brighton’s LGBT choirs perform together on World Aids Day For the first time ever all of Brighton’s LGBT Choirs came together yesterday, Sunday, December 1 at St Mary’s Church, Kemptown to perform a concert of the very highest quality on World Aids Day. It has taken many years to have a single event to celebrate World Aids Day, but the wait was well worth By Besi • 2 min read
Arts WORLD AIDS DAY CONCERT: ‘We all live together’: Sunday December 1 Tomorrow for the first time ever, all the local LGBTQ music groups (and a few of their friends) will be performing together in a concert on World Aids Day at St Mary’s Church in Kemptown, in support of Lunch Positive, the HIV charity and lunch club who provide a healthy lunch for positive people onc By Besi • 2 min read
Arts ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’ auditions A new production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch is being planned during next year’s Fringe Festival at the New Venture Theatre. Told as an extended monologue by Hedwig during one of her concerts, she recounts her metamorphosis from the young East German “slip of a girly-boy” Hansel to the tragic Hedwi By Besi • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Brighton Gay Radio, World Aids Day 24 hour broadcast Brighton Gay Radio the 24 hour local community radio station will be running a 24 hours World Aids Day broadcast special on Sunday, December 1. They will be playing music of remembrance and hope for the future, messages from celebrities, recordings of people talking of stigma and life experiences an By Besi • 1 min read
Arts HALBWELT KULTUR: Review Halbwelt Kultur is musical cabaret opening with a wonderfully engaging chorus and using the lives of seven dynamic and sensual women from the Weimer republic to highlight the tensions between freedom of expression and oppressive conformity. By Eric Page • 5 min read
Arts Brighton Goes Gospel Brighton Goes Gospel, Brighton’s acclaimed community choir bring their Christmas Concert, Christmas Joy to Hove Town Hall on Saturday, December 7. Now coming to the end of their 13th year bringing music to the city, this gospel choir promises to deliver an uplifting festive performance with special By Besi • 1 min read
Community News A Fairytale of Kemptown on Saturday The Rainbow Chorus, Brighton’s only LGBT choir present A Fairytale of Kemptown at St Georges Church in Kemptown on Saturday, November 30 when they will be singing a magical mix of winter favourites and contemporary songs to warm your heart and soul. Musical Director Aneesa Chaudhry will transport yo By Besi • 3 min read
Arts Satyagraha: ENO: Review Satyagraha: Phillip Glass: English National Opera: Review Following the early life of Gandhi in South Africa and his non violent campaigning against segregation and racism and named after his word for Non-violence (for which there is no word in any language in the whole word, which is worth noting.) By Eric Page • 5 min read
