Community News New trustee at Lunch Positive Local HIV charity Lunch Positive appoint new trustee to the board. Lunch Positive provides a weekly peer-led community lunch club for people with HIV every Friday at Dorset Gardens Methodist Church, Kemptown. In joining the board at Lunch Positive, Richard Jeneway, who co-founded the HIV charity Pee By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Manchester Pride event – How to have a one woman show Superbia curates unique celebration of women in performance. Manchester Pride’s year round calendar of cultural events, Superbia, is holding a unique Q&A event with some of the city’s most talented female performers and theatre-makers. By Besi • 1 min read
Community News LETTER TO EDITOR: Our Pride has a purpose Having had to resign from Pride as a content writer and curator late last year due to health reasons, I find myself in an interesting position today. By Contributor • 1 min read
Community News Heroes Run returns this summer in aid of RISE It’s back! Brighton’s much-loved HEROES RUN returns on Sunday, May 13 in aid of the children’s therapy service at local domestic abuse charity RISE. Participants are encouraged to dress in their favourite hero costume and run along Hove seafront in aid of charity. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Take a queer bus tour at National Student Pride This year you can hop on board a queer bus tour of London hosted by a queer performer. National Student Pride’s massively discounted bus tour is an exclusive – with the route being especially created for National Student Pride. By Besi • 3 min read
Arts Britney Spears to headline Brighton Pride Legendary pop icon Britney Spears, one of the most successful and celebrated entertainers in pop history with nearly 150 million records sales worldwide, will be the headline act for Brighton and Hove Pride on Saturday, August 4 2018! By Besi • 2 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: First Year Out by Sabrina Symington It’s an honest story of the day to day experiences of transition, from the extraordinary to the mundane, depicted with humour, fortitude and intuition. Depicting her experiences from coming out right through to gender reassignment surgery, Lily’s story provides vital candid advice on the social, em By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts Nile Rodgers & CHIC to headline new ‘LoveBn1Fest’ on Pride Sunday Grammy-winning composer, producer, arranger, guitarist Nile Rodgers and his multi-platinum selling band CHIC are confirmed to headline Brighton Pride’s ‘LoveBN1Fest’ on Sunday, August 5 in Preston Park. By Besi • 2 min read
General News Celebrities support Barnardo’s urgent carer appeal Celebrities are backing a Barnardo’s campaign highlighting the importance of having someone to support you in aid of the charity’s urgent campaign to find thousands of foster carers to look after the UK’s most vulnerable children. By Besi • 4 min read
General News Homophobic terminology and religious profanity commonly appears online New research reveals religious profanity and homophobic terminology among most common swearwords used online. Religious swearwords and homophobic phrases are among the most common profanity used in online blogs, new research suggests. By Gary Hart • 2 min read
Features & Longread Illinois Office of Tourism renew Gay Star News partnership Gay Star News (GSN) and Illinois Office of Tourism renew partnership, now in second year, to deliver campaign welcoming LGBT+ tourists to the American state. The new campaign will take a pioneering new direction in having a dedicated page delivering exclusive Illinois content on the GSN website. By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Survey for LGBTQ people affected by cancer launched Macmillan Cancer Support and Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboard are working together to engage with the local communities to learn about the experiences and needs of LGBTQ people in Brighton and Hove and Sussex who are affected by cancer. By Besi • 3 min read
