Arts REVIEW: Books: First Come Love by Tom Rasmussen We are asked to consider marriage, as an achievement, a compromise, a selling-out, a practical solution and given experiences of authentic lives of what marriage means to a range of people across the spectrum of sexuality and class, and what the future looks like for this most historic and universa By Eric Page • 2 min read
Community LGBTQ+ Vaccine Session at the Rainbow Hub Saturday The Rainbow Hub is hosting their second walk in jab session for LGBTQ+ commented sin the city, so if you’re in town and need your first jab or second ( and it’s 8 weeks since you had your first) then pop in and get it sorted. By Scene Editorial Team • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Get ready for Seahaven Pride! Seahaven Pride & Family Festival is gearing up for its big day on August 29 at the Martello Fields in Seaford from 11am-9pm, with a stellar line-up of well-known local acts and world-renowned tribute artistes By Jaq Bayles • 1 min read
General News Report: Majorities in 10 countries support legal protections for trans rights The Williams Institute has found the majority of people in 10 countries support the notion of non-discrimination policies for trans people. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
General News Russian MP says LGBTQ+ people should be ‘sterilised’ Vitaly Milonov has been criticised by the country’s Human Rights Council after saying that gay people should be “sterilised”. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
General News Two men victims of homophobic attack in Bishop’s Stortford Two men, aged 22 and 25, were beaten in a Waitrose car park on August 8 in the town of Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
General News 33rd trans person killed in the US Tierramarie Lewis, a black trans woman, is the 33rd known trans or gender non-conforming person to have been killed in the US this year. By Rachel Badham • 2 min read
Arts Elliot Page receives Annual Achievement LGBTQ+ award Actor and trans rights advocate, Elliot Page, has won the Annual Achievement Award at the Outfest LGBTQ+ film festival in Los Angeles. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
Arts REVIEW: Books:The adventures of Isabel by Candas Jane Dorsey Not to be confused with the Ogden Nash poem, although very much in the bonkers celebratory style of his prose and radically mind popping daftness this is a delightful entertaining book from author Dorsey who adores words, pokes, tickles, makes them perform these incredibly funny feats of phraseolog By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts Bitten Peach at Brighton Pride Formed in 2019, Bitten Peach is “the UK’s only Pan-Asian cabaret collective.” You can catch them at Brighton Pride in August at the Ironworks. By Alex Klineberg • 4 min read
General News Two gay men attacked in Edinburgh Three people have been arrested after two gay men, who are thought to be a couple, were violently attacked on Edinburgh’s Leith Street. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
Books Hungary imposes further restrictions on LGBTQ+ children’s books New regulations in Hungary will require the sellers of any LGBTQ+ children’s book to package the books in “closed wrapping”. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
