LGBTQ+ News UN renews crucial human rights expert mandate on sexual orientation and gender identity The UN Human Rights Council has reaffirmed its commitment to combating discrimination and violence on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Coventry and West Midlands Festival of freedom for all is promised as Pride House Birmingham announces events schedule Inclusion venue at Commonwealth Games set to welcome thousands of visitors from Friday, July 22. By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Health Sussex Beacon awarded over £370,000 for three years from National Lottery Community Fund Local HIV charity the Sussex Beacon has announced it has been awarded over £370,000 for three years from the National Lottery Community Fund towards the charity’s Community Services By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Komedia to host MindOut for the Laughs on Wednesday, August 3 Join LGBTQ+ mental health charity MindOut for a bumper night of pre-Pride entertainment – a hilarious comedy cabaret fundraiser – at the Komedia on Wednesday, August 3 from 7.30pm. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
In The South Brighton & Hove city councillors to reconsider new terms for loan made to the i360 A report prepared for the next Policy and Resources committee on Thursday, July 7 details proposals that aim to get Brighton & Hove City Council’s loan repaid as quickly as possible while “giving the business a sustainable future”. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Brighton’s Crudi Dench WINS Dabbers’ Next Top Bingo Caller 2022 Crudi won over the crowds by bringing a unique breath of fresh air and pure comedy to the role of bingo caller. Excitement, sass and entertainment is now on the menu! By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Fundraising News The Bedford Tavern raises £1,165 for the Sussex Beacon The Bedford Tavern on Western Street in Hove raised an incredible £1,165 for local HIV charity the Sussex Beacon at its Summer Christmas event. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Health Whitehawk and Dulwich Hamlet football clubs launch their pre-season campaigns with mental health fundraiser The ‘SHOUT OUT FOR MENTAL HEALTH’ cup takes place at Whitehawk FC on Saturday, July 9 from 1.30pm By Graham Robson • 2 min read
News IN PICTURES: Elderly veterans of the first UK Pride march in 1972 led two Pride parades Elderly veterans of the first UK Pride march in 1972 led two Pride parades at the weekend: one on Friday, July 1, which was the exact 50th anniversary of the first UK Pride, and another during the official Pride in London parade on Saturday, July 2. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Health Martin Fisher Foundation: AIDS is over, if you want it Martin Fisher Foundation tells us about a new HIV animation By Contributor • 1 min read
News Dismissed LGBTQ+ veterans to March with serving Armed Forces at Pride 50 LGBTQ+ military charity Fighting With Pride has announced that LGBTQ+ Armed Forces veterans have accepted an invitation to march with the Defence Group which includes the uniformed Armed Forces, at Pride 50 tomorrow in London. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Fundraising News Season of Pride 2022 celebrates LGBTQ+ gaming this month Funds raised from event streams will support charities The Trevor Project, Trans Lifeline, Minus 18, Mermaids UK, GaymerX, Black Girls Code, Women in Games International, and Girls Who Code. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
News Brighton & Hove Pride announces Yahoo as Headline Sponsor for 30th Anniversary event Brighton & Hove Pride, the UK’s biggest Pride Festival, has announced that Yahoo will be the headline partners for WE ARE FABULOSO, the official Pride fundraiser for the Brighton Rainbow Fund. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
News Elderly veterans of the first UK Pride march in 1972 to lead two Pride parades this weekend Elderly veterans of the first UK Pride march in 1972 will lead two Pride parades: one this Friday, July 1, which is the exact 50th anniversary of the first UK Pride, and another during the official Pride in London parade on Saturday, July 2. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
News LISTINGS: Trans Pride Brighton to return in July – find out what’s on and where! Trans Pride Brighton returns in July with a march and park event planned for Saturday, July 16, and much, much more besides! By Graham Robson • 2 min read
News UEFA Women’s Euro 2022 set to ‘raise awareness of LGBTQ+ in sports’ The 2022 UEFA European Women’s Football Championship is set to be an exemplar of LGBTQ+ inclusion and could encourage more sportspeople to come out, benefitting public attitudes towards issues of sexuality, according to University of Gloucestershire’s Dr Rachael Bullingham. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
News Transport for London shines spotlight on LGBTQ+ stories in its biggest poster exhibition to commemorate 50 years of Pride Transport for London (TfL) is celebrating the 50 years of the Pride movement with a collection of LGBTQ+ community and people-focused posters across the public transport network By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Community News Macmillan Coastal Garden Trail to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support in July Visit 17 eclectic and individual gardens between Brighton and Seaford over the weekend of Saturday, July 23 and Sunday, July 24. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Fundraising News The Sussex Beacon’s ‘Bizarre Bazaar’ at The Curzon on Saturday, July 9 It’s sexy, risqué, raunchy and definitely for adults only By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Join Trans Pride Brighton for Annual Trans Pride Film Event, curated by Fox Fisher, at Duke of York’s on Friday, July 15 This event features curated short films in every genre, featuring trans themes, from all over the world. This is a fundraising event, with all profit going back to Trans Pride Brighton, a registered charity. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
News TransSober community support group to launch at new Trans Pride Centre TransSober is an exciting new peer support drop in group for the the TNBI community by the TNBI community. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Health UK Civil Aviation Authority announces landmark changes for pilots and air traffic controllers living with HIV The UK Civil Aviation Authority, with the support of Terrence Higgins Trust, the National AIDS Trust and the British HIV Association, has issued a landmark package of measures for pilots living with HIV to support them flying and continuing with their careers. By Graham Robson • 3 min read
News Channel 4 to spread Pride nationwide in ‘Proud All Over’ campaign Channel 4 is marking the 50th anniversary of the Pride movement by celebrating over 80 Pride celebrations around the nation By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Amazon Prime bans queer sex comedy, ‘Saint-Narcisse’ Saint-Narcisse, which is a darkly comic psycho-sexual thriller, was reviewed favourably in Scene when it first got a screening at the prestigious Iris Prize Film Festival last autumn By Brian Butler • 1 min read
