Arts Voting closes at midnight in the 2017 Golden Handbag Awards There is just over 24 hours left to vote in this years Golden Handbag Awards. Voting closes tomorrow night, Monday, May 29 at midnight when the countdown begins to the winners being announced at the Golden Handbag Show on Sunday, June 11 at the Brighton Metropole Hilton starting at 7.30pm sharp. By Besi • 3 min read
Community News Green MEP tells Tories “There is no cure for love” Following last weeks revelations that the prospective Conservative candidate for Hove had links to a “gay cures” church network, Keith Taylor, the Green MEP for the South East condemns both the Conservative candidates for Hove and Eastbourne for their links to the organisation. By Besi • 3 min read
General News City appoints new Mayor Councillor Mo Marsh was appointed Mayor of the City of Brighton & Hove at a meeting of the full council on May 18. She replaces the present Mayor Cllr Pete West and will serve the city for the next 12 months. Cllr Marsh has been a Labour councillor since 1995, balancing her civic life representing t By Besi • 3 min read
Arts BRIGHTON FRINGE REVIEW: Agent of Influence In this Dick Barton style cheap spy thriller monologue Rebecca Dunn as Times newspaper fashion and gossip columnist Lady Pamela, conjures up a world of high society, smart clothes, Nazis and the abdication of Edward VIII. By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Features & Longread FEATURE: A sight for sore eyes Is our use of poppers impacting our ability to see the wood for the trees? By Craig Hanlon-Smith – My own introduction to poppers back in 1993 was of a completely non-sexual nature. I arrived at a late night (straight) party in the back streets of deepest south London, to find a packed living room c By Craig Hanlon-Smith • 5 min read
In The South Who’s the boss behind the bar @Velvet Jacks? Morgan Fabulous chats to Jackie Perry, the co-owner and manager of Velvet Jacks on the border of Brighton and Hove about what makes it the perfect place to relax and have a cocktail. Velvet Jacks is a small and quirky independent bar with both friendly staff and customers, it’s the kind of place you By Morgan Fabulous • 3 min read
Features & Longread OPINION: Transitioning with Sugar – Looking Forward by Ms Sugar Swan Today sees me one week post op of my fourth, and hopefully last, hair transplant surgery. Back in late February I headed to Latvia after a long search for a surgeon who would take on my hair restoration case. A tricky one due to the very advanced state of my balding. In April’s Gscene I covered the By Ms Sugar Swan • 4 min read
Community News New Chair and relaunch for Peer Action Peer Action, the HIV peer support and social group charity for people living with HIV in Brighton & Hove have appointed a new chair and announced they are re-launching the charity. New Chair Gareth Lloyd previously worked in the city. He brings with him business and legal experience and currently wo By Besi • 1 min read
Community News BAR BOY PROFILE: Matt Richards @Bedford Tavern The first person many LGBT+people meet when they first 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 scene. Gscene finds out a bit more about them and what makes them By Besi • 2 min read
Health THT to host ‘growing older with HIV conference’ Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) are to host a professional conference on supporting the first generation growing older with HIV. One in three people with HIV is now aged over 50, and new diagnoses among older people have nearly doubled in the last decade – meaning health and social care sectors are en By Besi • 3 min read
Cheek2Cheek at Brighton Pride Arts Learn to dance ballroom and latin at ‘Cheek2Cheek’ Cheek2Cheek is unique, in that it is the only LGBT+ ballroom and latin dance club in Brighton & Hove. Originally set up in 1998, it continues to provide an alternative to the commercial gay scene with a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere. By Besi • 2 min read
Features & Longread FEATURE: MindOut – We need to talk about…..suicide Many of us will have considered suicide at some point in our lives. Many of us will be living with a degree of suicidal distress, some on a daily basis. Many of us will have seriously considered acting on those feelings. Many of us will have tried to kill ourselves. Many of us will know someone who By Contributor • 4 min read
