Community News Pride & Protest: We raid the Queer Heritage South archives With the annual Brighton & Hove Pride march cancelled for a second year due to the pandemic, Queer Heritage South let us raid its archives to bring you a look back at Brighton & Hove’s long history of campaigning By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Community News Pride & Protest: Brighton Pride 1973 After Gay Brighton Past found a trove of never-used pictures from the original 1973 Gay Pride march in Brighton, Alf Le Flohic managed to track down some of the people involved and get their stories By Alf Le Flohic • 7 min read
Arts University of Sussex celebrates Brighton & Hove Pride in its absence The University of Sussex expresses its support and solidarity with Brighton & Hove Pride on the eve of the weekend where its absence will be felt strongly in the city By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Community Guillaume Vandame on the history of the Pride flag We caught up with visual artist Guillaume Vandame to discover the history of the Pride flag. His works is being shown at the 10th edition of Sculpture in the City. By Alex Klineberg • 6 min read
Arts Lola Lasagne to perform at Brighton Railway Club The event, on Friday, August 6, is to raise vital funds for The Sussex Beacon and also includes a DJ spinning top tunes By Graham Robson • 1 min read
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Arts Black Rock renovation offering opportunity for two local art commissions The Brighton and Hove City Council is planning to commission two local artists as part of the transformation of the Black Rock site where The Bushes are… By Rachel Badham • 2 min read
General News Trans woman killed in New Jersey Shai Vanderpump, a 23-year-old black trans woman, is the 32nd known trans person to have been violently killed in the US this year. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
Community Brighton and Hove Pride update The Brighton and Hove Pride organisation has shared a message ahead of what would have been the weekend of the annual parade and festival. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
Bonner Arts Alan Bonner to bring ABBA classics to The Brunswick Celebrated singer/songwriter Alan Bonner will be bringing his unique twist on the ABBA classics to The Brunswick in Hove on Sunday, August 29 at 7pm By Graham Robson • 1 min read
New Zealand Pride General News New Zealand set to ban conversion therapy New Zealand has introduced a national bill that would prohibit LGBTQ+ conversion therapy in nearly all contexts. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
General News Laurel Hubbard makes history as the first trans Olympian Despite not winning a medal, Laurel Hubbard has made Olympic history by becoming the first-ever out trans athlete to compete in the event. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
