Arts B RIGHT ON LGBT Community Festival: LGBT Restorative Circle As part of the B RIGHT ON LGBT Community Festival, the Brighton & Hove LGBT Community Safety Forum (B&H LGBT CSF) present an LGBT Restorative Circle workshop in partnership with the Brighton & Hove City Council Workers Forum. By Besi • 2 min read
Community News LETTER TO EDITOR: Thank you Brighton Pride This week sees the launch of the Rainbow Café, a new project of Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboard. Rainbow Café will support LGBTQ people living with memory loss and dementia, their friends, families and loved ones. This, much-needed, community service is made possible thanks to Brighton Pride and th By Contributor • 1 min read
Community News Joiners Arms campaigners launch project to open London’s first community-run LGBT+ pub Public meetings have been announced for Saturday, March 10 and Wednesday, March 14 to begin work on opening London’s first community-run LGBT+ pub. The Friends of the Joiners Arms, who fought for 3 years to protect the legacy of the legendary Hackney Road LGBT+ pub, are holding public meetings to in By Besi • 3 min read
Arts DJ PROFILE: Claire Fuller We’ve survived January and are still coping with all the rubbish this crazy world seems determined to chuck at us. So it must be time for a bit of healing, particularly when Cupid’s set to twang that arrow. By Queen Josephine • 2 min read
Arts Sing for fun with RC+ RC+ (Rainbow Chorus Plus) is a community initiative from the Rainbow Chorus, Brighton’s long-standing LGBT choir. The ‘plus’ is there to highlight the fact that the group is an extension of the main choir and is open to the entire LGBT+ communities, embracing cis, trans and non-binary members with a By Besi • 3 min read
Health 56 Dean St offers generic PrEP outside NHS trial 56 Dean Street, Europe’s largest sexual health clinic introduces new private prescription service for the HIV prevention drug PrEP. Having filled its allocated number of places in the current NHS trial of the same drug this new service launches on Monday, February 12. By Besi • 2 min read
In The South Barnardo’s celebrate success of anti-homophobic bullying schools programme Barnardo’s celebrates success of their anti-homophobic bullying programme in LGBT History Month. Barnardo’s, the UK’s largest children’s charity, has supported more than 3,500 people through anti-homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying programmes in schools across Yorkshire & Humberside in jus By Besi • 2 min read
Arts ‘Transworkers’ exhibition celebrates LGBT History Month The Transworkers photographic exhibition curated by photographer Stella Michaels will be displayed in the Phil Starr Pavilion during The B Right On LGBT Community Festival from February 16 – March 3. By Besi • 2 min read
Health MindOut Counselling Service deliver unique training opportunity Dr Meg-John Barker will be presenting a workshop for counsellors and psychotherapists on March 10. in Brighton for MindOut the LGBT mental health service. The workshop will cover the new BACP guidelines written by Meg-John Barker for working with Gender and Sexual Relationship Diversity. By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Worthing Pride announce main stage line up Organisers reveal main stage line up for Worthing Pride on July 14 at launch party at the Libertine Bar on Thursday, February 8. Entertainment at the launch was provided by Spice and Miss Disney with speakers from the two nominated charities Worthing Pride are supporting this year Allsorts Youth Pro By Besi • 2 min read
Community News “Coming out at genderqueer liberated me”, says Courtney Act Drag queen legend and winner of Celebrity Big Brother Courtney Act tells Evan Davis about her relationship with Andrew Brady – and why his self-confidence is something we should all aspire to have. By Besi • 2 min read
Community News New charity to raise funds for LGBTQI causes worldwide A new charity raising funds for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex (LGBTQI) causes worldwide has been established in the UK. GiveOut will enable individual donors to give to a range of LGBTQI activists and organisations in a simple and engaging way. By Besi • 2 min read
