Community Hate Crimes at record high, new figures from Home Office reveal. Statistics released by the Home Office have revealed that hate crime has hit its highest level on record with 105,090 hate crimes recorded in 2019/20, up 8% compared with 97,446 offences in 2018/19. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts The Old Market receives funding as part of the government’s Culture Recovery Fund Brighton venue The Old Market receives funding as part of the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund (CRF) to help face the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic and ensure they have a sustainable future. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Authors sign open letter in solidarity with the trans community World famous writers including Margaret Attwood, Stephen King and Neil Gaiman have signed an open letter in support of trans and gender non-conforming people. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Live theatre comes back with a vengeance Brian Butler looks forward to a veritable feast of live theatre By Brian Butler • 3 min read
Community Allsorts Youth Project announce FREE LGBTQ+ inclusion programme Allsorts Youth Project announce applications are now open for cohort 2 (November 2020- March 2021) of The Allsorts Safer Spaces Award (TASSA). By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Community Brighton & Hove Pride awarded £643,100 as part of government’s Culture Recovery Fund Brighton & Hove Pride awarded £643,100 as part of the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund (CRF) to help face the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic and ensure they have a sustainable future. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
General News Four arrested after decorating Russian government buildings with rainbow flags Four members of Russian feminist collective and punk rock art group, Pussy Riot, have arrested after decorating government buildings with LGBTQ+ flags on Vladimir Putin’s birthday. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
Arts City Council: Madeira Terrace designs get the go ahead for next steps City Council: Madeira Terrace designs get the go ahead for next steps By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts Women’s prize for fiction nominee speaks out against cisnormativity Non-binary writer Akwaeke Emezi, longlisted for the women’s prize for fiction with her novel Freshwater, said they would no longer be submitting entries due to a lack of gender non-conforming inclusivity. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
General News 2023 European Games to be held in Polish LGBTQ+ free zone European politicians have criticised the Olympics committee over the decision to let Kraków, Poland host the third international European Games after the city has become one of the country’s so called ‘LGBTQ+ free zones’. By Rachel Badham • 2 min read
Community World Rugby rules against trans players World Rugby, the global union for the sport, published a new series of guidelines on Friday 9 October preventing transgender women competing at the highest levels of the game. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
General News First LGBTQ+ nominee for California’s supreme court Martin Jenkins, 66, has been nominated for the position of Justice in California’s supreme court; if successful, he would become first openly gay member of the court. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
