Arts COMPETITION: Win a pair of tickets for War Horse at Brighton Centre Gscene has a pair of tickets to give away in a competition for The National Theatre’s acclaimed production of War Horse which comes to the Brighton Centre from January 25 – February 10. By Gary Hart • 2 min read
Arts FILM PREVIEW: HUGO XO, a film by Dale John Allen Specifically aimed at the queer viewer, Hugo, XO explores societies ‘shame culture’ surrounding sex and is designed to reflect societies prudish, damaging and shaming obsession with sex, gossip, rumours and prejudice. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts MUSIC REVIEW: Steven Taetz – too cool for your yule? A look at Canadian Jazz-pop singer Steven Taetz’s newest work, just in time for Christmas. It may not be Christmas yet, but when I sat down to listen to Canadian Jazz-pop singer Steven Taetz’s new Christmas E.P it certainly felt like it. Straight away an uptempo rendition of the old favourite Cool Y By Ray A-J • 8 min read
Community News Mayor of Brighton & Hove leads the reading of the names on World AIDS Day On Friday, December 1, in the shadow of the Brighton AIDS Memorial, The Mayor of Brighton & Hove, led city dignitaries in the reading of the names of those who had died from HIV/Aids in the city since the start of the pandemic. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts MUSIC REVIEW: Bananarama @The Brighton Centre Ladies, you’ve been gone too long! Flashing devil horns and baggy dungarees collided as the darlings of chaotic 80s pop, Bananarama, skidded into the Brighton Centre as part of their Original Line-Up Tour – the first, and possibly last, live tour featuring the three founding members! By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Health UK moves towards elimination of HIV transmission NAM, NAT, BHIVA and BASHH issue a joint statement welcoming new data from Public Health England that gives hope that HIV can be conquered. By Besi • 5 min read
Health Prime Minister and party leaders unite against HIV stigma on World AIDS Day Video messages from Theresa May, Jeremy Corbyn, Nicola Sturgeon and Vince Cable, were release to mark World AIDS Day on December 1. By Besi • 3 min read
Health National AIDS Trust tackle HIV fake news A review of UK media coverage of HIV revealed that myths and stigma, reminiscent of the ignorance of the 80s, are still rife in the press. NAT examined 400 online news stories from recent months. 13% of national stories contained misinformation or stigmatising language. And in local news, more than By Besi • 2 min read
Health People and Parliament: Remembering 30 Years of HIV and AIDS Thirty years since the outbreak of the HIV epidemic, the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt has been on public display in Westminster Hall from November 27 to December 2. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Pink Punk coronates a new Queen Up-and-coming LGBT pink punk band Queen Zee and the Sasstones released their newest single Idle crown on November 24 – two months after their debut album Eat my Sass. With their 2018 tour alongside the Mamozets, the Liverpool gang are breaking down gender barriers, sharing their dysphoria with the By Ray A-J • 1 min read
Community News Mayor of Brighton & Hove lunches at Lunch Positive on World AIDS Day Lunch Positive, the HIV lunch club, marked World AIDS Day 2017 with an extra special lunch club session attended by the Mayor of Brighton Hove, Cllr. Mo Marsh.The Mayor, fifty-four lunch club members, together with the entire volunteer team shared friendly social time together over a freshly cooked By Besi • 2 min read
Health 1 in 5 Brits uncomfortable wearing a red ribbon to mark World AIDS Day Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) reveals on World AIDS Day (December 1) the extent to which stigma, prejudice and fear still surround HIV. Their YouGov survey of 2,049 people found that 20 per cent of British adults would feel uncomfortable wearing a red ribbon on this day to show support and raise awar By Besi • 3 min read
