General News From fence laying to hedgerow cutting……offenders put to work in Brighton parks From fence laying to hedgerow cutting, rangers from Brighton & Hove City Council’s countryside team have been working with a team from Kent, Surrey and Sussex Community Rehabilitation Company (KSS CRC) to improve the city’s parks and open spaces. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Stage Door with Spice on Radio Reverb Local performer and gender discombobulator Spice is taking to the airwaves! Spice has launched a new weekly radio show focusing on Brighton’s cabaret and drag scene. Stage Door features music from the stage and screen, interviews with local performers, and plenty of laughs! By Besi • 1 min read
General News Soho go slow – council leader demands update on Aquarium Terraces Cllr Warren Morgan, Leader of Brighton & Hove City Council has today (October 24, 2017) written to the leaseholder of the Aquarium Terraces site, Richard Franklin of Brighton Seafront Regeneration (BSR) Ltd asking for an urgent update on the lengthy delay to works on site. By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Gay Men’s Chorus raise over £1,000 for Rainbow Fund In recent years, during Brighton & Hove Pride, Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus have supported the Rainbow Fund. This year was no exception! Their Showtime concert raised £1,025.85 for this vital not-for-profit grant giving organisation. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Pop-Up Pink Season – A creative queer fortnight Pop-Up Brighton, a community initiative creating free opportunities for up-and-coming local artists, has announced its Pink Season for the LGBT+ community at LAB, a new gallery and maker space near the i360, at the end of November 2017. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Brighton Fringe seeks budding artists! Brighton Fringe announces details of its 2018 Family Guide cover competition. Children from across Brighton and Hove are being invited to design the cover of the 2018 Brighton Fringe Family Guide. Children under 11 years of age are being challenged to create a piece of original cover art inspired by By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Blanche Street – where all the neighbours are a nightmare! Blanche Street: where all the neighbours are a nightmare is Gscene columnist, Glenn Stevens new collection of ten urban gothic tales, ranging from the macabre to the downright strange. This limited edition book (200) has an exhibition at Jubilee Library foyer until Sunday, October 29, 2017, to give By Besi • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: TWINKLE Little Star @Queens Hotel Jason Sutton aka the drag entertainer Miss Jason is to play the role of Harold Thropp in a new production of Philip Meeks’s TWINKLE Little Star. The play started life many years ago as an Edinburgh Fringe show and has been seen in a number of theatres since, being performed by a list of dame-playing By Besi • 2 min read
Community News LETTER TO EDITOR: Thanks for helping us make Brighton safer for all LGBT+ people On behalf of the service users, volunteers and working partners of the Brighton & Hove LGBT Community Safety Forum I would like to take the opportunity to thank the Trustees, Grants Panel and Fundraisers of the Rainbow Fund. By Contributor • 2 min read
Community News Bobo Bear designs new BBW logo Organisers of Brighton Bear Weekend (BBW) reveal the Italian artist and designer Bobo Bear will design their 2018 logo. Bobo Bear whose designs feature at bear events across the globe will design the new BBW logo for 2018. Bobo who attended last year’s event in Brighton, has a huge number of followe By Besi • 1 min read
In The South LETTER TO EDITOR: Thank you Rainbow Fund I would like to thank the Rainbow Fund for awarding Brighton and Hove LGBT Switchboard a grant in this year’s awards to set up The Rainbow Café a new initiative for LGBT+ people living with dementia and their friends, families and carers. By Contributor • 1 min read
Community News Isle of Wight Pride wins right to host UK Pride in 2018 Isle of Wight Pride beat off stiff competition at the UK Pride Organisers Network conference to win the right to host UK Pride in 2018. After a successful UK Pride Organisers Network conference held in Blackpool this weekend, the Isle of Wight was voted to be the host for UK Pride in 2018. By Besi • 3 min read
