Arts Winter edition of The Pink Humanist ready to download In the latest issue Peter Tatchell writes on the importance of putting LGBT rights on the agenda of the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), which takes place in the UK in April, 2018. By Besi • 2 min read
In The South COMPETITION: Final chance to win a flight for two on the British Airways i360 on Valentines Day Gscene have a pair of tickets to give away for the Drag me up! Valentine’s Day Drag Queen Flight with Dave Lynn on Wednesday, February 14. Love is in the air, with breath-taking views by day, big-sky sunsets and a carpet of twinkling lights below after dark, a flight on the British Airways i360 pod By Graham Robson • 2 min read
In The South Barnardo’s launch training for staff to support LGBT refugees fleeing oppression Barnardo’s is to offer new training for its frontline staff to help them better identify refugees fleeing oppression and discrimination due to their sexuality. By Besi • 2 min read
Features & Longread TRAVEL: Brighton Pride 2017 Highlights from this years Brighton and Hove Pride with Jonesy, Amy and Torsten. Featuring Boogaloo Stu, Queerama, cabaret, the Pride Parade and plenty of action from the park. By Contributor • 1 min read
In The South OPINION: Wall’s Words So apparently the new word for a gay uncle is guncle. Am I happy to be called guncle? Well in short, no-ish. I’m gay and I’m an uncle but the word guncle makes me sound somehow strange. By Contributor • 2 min read
Business News Who’s the Boss behind the bar? @Legends Legends, for many years a stalwart of the commercial gay scene in Brighton and Hove, and one of the few late night bars left in the gay village offering great value drinks until 5am in the morning, has two new managers. By Morgan Fabulous • 3 min read
Image: Richard Davenport Arts PREVIEW: ‘TESTOSTERONE’ by Kit Redstone Drawing on autobiographical experiences, this is the true story of transgender writer-performer Kit Redstone’s first entrance into a male gym changing room at the age of 33. What first appears as a routine ritual of four men changing after a work out, then transforms into an epic coming-of-age ques By Contributor • 2 min read
In The South BAR PERSON PROFILE: Jamie Lee Jones @Bar Broadway The first person many LGBT+ folk meet when they arrive in the city is the bar person at their local LGBT+ venue. These gatekeepers to the community provide an important role both befriending and signposting new arrivals to the city. Gscene finds out a bit more about them and what makes them special. By Contributor • 2 min read
In The South OPINION: A patchwork family by Michael Steinhage Desmond at work is one of those butter knife blunt people, somewhere on the high-functioning spectrum many say, but I’ve always found him refreshingly direct and honest. A valid question, is it not? Most people want to ask. Most people are too polite to. But most people want to know whether I had se By Michael Steinhage • 2 min read
Health New campaign to help eliminate HIV The University of Brighton is working on a national campaign which aims to help eliminate HIV within a generation. In partnership with clinicians and researchers, the campaign’s goal will be to improve the nation’s knowledge and understanding of HIV, and by doing so reduce the stigma associated with By Besi • 3 min read
Arts Author Cath Lloyd shines spotlight on trans issues Truth, honesty, anger, acceptance and love were some of the themes under discussion when author Cath Lloyd spoke to college students about her life with her transgender father. The writer, lifestyle coach and stress-relief expert shared her first-hand experiences with more than 150 learners at West By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: 45 Minutes of organ music 45 Minutes of Music @The Meeting House, University of Sussex, Brighton. The increasingly successful series of 45 Minutes of Music @ the Meeting House continues on February 28. There are four monthly concerts on the last Wednesday (except March) of each month till May. All start at 12 noon (March’s By Besi • 2 min read
