Arts B BRIGHT ON Festival: Village MCC host LGBT+ Mind, Body, Spirit Fair The Village MCC is once again hosting the LGBT+ Mind Body Spirit Fair at this year’s B Right On Festival. This year’s Fair approach will allow visitors to wander around all the offerings from the varied groups including Radical Faeries, Pagans, Christians, Muslims, and many others. By Besi • 2 min read
Business News Independent finance firm gives helping hand to children’s disability charity Shoreham-based Pembroke Financial Services donates £3,500 to support Brighton children’s disability charity Whoopsadaisy. By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Queens Arms to stage fundraiser for Martin Fisher Foundation Queens Arms to host fundraising event in aid of Martin Fisher Foundation on Friday, March 2. The theme of the evening is M and F (dress up as something beginning with M or F) and staff from both the Sexual Health and Contraception (SHAC) and the Lawson Unit will be dressing accordingly for a fun nig By Besi • 1 min read
In The South Lib Dem leader calls for trans inclusion at LGBT+ Conference Vince Cable, leader of the Liberal Democrats, highlights reform of the Gender Recognition Act as a priority for the Liberal Democrats in 2018, in a video message to the party’s LGBT+ Winter Conference in London. Mr Cable also highlighted the party’s historic and ongoing support for LGBT+ equality, i By Besi • 1 min read
In The South OPINION: Wall’s Words by Mike Wall 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
Arts Melanie C to spice up the main stage at Glasgow Pride Pride Glasgow, Scotland’s largest celebration of LGBT+ equality will be headlined this year by international superstar Melanie C. The weekend festival which takes place on Friday, July 14 and Saturday, July 15 attracted over 18,000 people in 2017. The 2018 festival moves from Glasgow Green to the ic By Besi • 1 min read
Arts REVIEW: Jack & His Big Stalk @Sallis Benney Theatre Starring the crème de la crème of Brighton’s drag royalty, this year’s offering from the Alternative Panto company is stacked high as a beanstalk with innuendo, double takes and downright honest to goodness rudery. By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Community News OBITUARY: Roy Davis 1935 – 2017 Roy Davis passed away suddenly, unexpectedly and peacefully on November 30, 2017, in the company of close friends, at the Sussex County Hospital, having suffered a stroke at the age of 82. He maintained many friendships throughout life, and was a dear friend to many in the LGBT+ communities of Brigh By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Brighton Bear Christmas Quiz raises £278.73 for Rainbow Fund The annual Brighton Bear Christmas Quiz organised by Brighton Bear Weekend at the Camelford Arms raises £278.73 for Rainbow Fund. The Camelford was so busy for the annual quiz people were perched on the bar and sat in the Moroccan garden out the back to play. By Besi • 1 min read
Community News LGBTQ stop smoking campaign launched LGBT Switchboard, through the LGBT health improvement project (HIP), has been working in partnership with Brighton and Hove City Council to launch a new campaign encouraging LGBTQ people to quit smoking. By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Homeless Pride community blanket donated to Brighton MCC Following Homeless Pride last summer, organisers needed to find a home for the Community Blanket that was woven on the day by those attending. Homeless Pride 2017, a free family event to enable the homeless, members of the public and service providers to come together, took place at The Level on Sun By Besi • 2 min read
In The South OPINION: I have a phobia by Ray A-J Okay, so I have a phobia. I’m not the only person either. Around 6-8% of people in the West suffer from the excruciatingly debilitating hold of a phobia. Previously we established the unrelenting pain and suffocating effect an intense fear can have on its victim, and I think it’s only fair that the By Ray A-J • 4 min read
