Community News Been bereaved by suicide and need support? Free support groups for people bereaved by suicide set up by Samaritans and Cruse Bereavement Care have been running in Brighton and Hove since October 2016. Facing the Future groups – each with a maximum of eight participants – are free of charge and available to anyone over 18 who has been bereave By Besi • 2 min read
General News TUC march for new deal for working people on May 12 Calls for members of GMB Union to mobilise for the TUC march and rally for A new deal for working people in London on May 12. GMB are supporting the TUC’s national march and rally for ‘a new deal for working people’ as part of its TUC Great Jobs Agenda campaign. By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Outright Action International calls for people NOT to boycott Bermuda Last week, Bermuda became first in the world to legalize and then revoke same-sex marriage legislation. Same-sex couples no longer have equal rights to marry and are only able to access a civil union – a step backwards for equality. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: TWINKLE @ Phil Starr Pavilion Harold Thropp is a very tired very angry panto dame. Arriving at a down at heel Northern town – probably Sunderland – he discovers that Widow Twankey has been reduced to a tiny cupboard of a dressing room in what he describes as the “cellar “. By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Star of ITV’s Transformation Street takes to the stage in ‘Dead and Breathing’ Actress Kim Tatum aka Mzz Kimberley stars in ‘Dead and Breathing’ By Chisa Hutchinson, at The Albany (London), February 19 – March 3, 2018. Transformation Street is a three part ITV documentary following the staff and patients in a London gender clinic. The show follows gender reassignment speciali By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Open your garden this summer for Macmillan Cancer Support Organisers of the Macmillan Coastal Garden Trail are seeking more gardens to be added to their 2018 garden trail. partnership between the Sussex Cancer Fund, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust and Macmillan Cancer Support. By Besi • 1 min read
Community News B RIGHT ON LGBT Community Festival: SuicideTALK – Suicide awareness-raising sessions If you work face to face with members of the LGBT community then SuicideTalk is for you. A one-hour exploration and awareness-raising session suitable for all individuals and groups within all communities. By Besi • 1 min read
Community News B RIGHT ON LGBT Community Festival: Cream tea with LGBT Switchboard Pop along to the Phil Starr Pavilion and have a cream tea with the LGBT Switchboard Team. Learn more about LGBT Switchboard including the Older Persons Project over a cream tea! By Besi • 1 min read
Arts B RIGHT ON LGBT Community Festival: Paul Diello – EPICENE Award winning singer songwriter Paul Diello brings his gender-blending extravaganza ‘Epicene’ to the B Right On LGBT Community Festival after a sold out success at Brighton Fringe. Paul Diello invites you to his gender-blending celebration of iconic women in music. After a run of three sold out, fiv By Besi • 2 min read
Community News B RIGHT ON LGBT Community Festival: Outside Out: Rough Sleeping and Homelessness in the LGBT Community Brighton and Hove has a reputation as a safe space for all and many people come here seeking to live a life unhindered and as part of an all embracing community. The city also has a serious housing crisis with no drastic solutions in view for people who have lived here their whole lives or for those By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Mayor of Brighton & Hove opens B RIGHT ON LGBT Community Festival The Mayor of Brighton & Hove, Councillor Mo Marsh officially opened the 2018 B RIGHT ON LGBT Community Festival last night (February 16) celebrating Brighton’s contribution to LGBT History Month. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts B RIGHT ON LGBT Community Festival: TWINKLE starring Miss Jason To celebrate LGBT HISTORY MONTH for one night only Jason Sutton (aka Miss Jason) stars in Philip Meeks’s one man play: TWINKLE. Following recent performances in Brighton, which delighted audiences and critics alike, TWINKLE now plays for one night only in the Phil Starr Pavilion at the B RIGHT ON LG By Besi • 3 min read
