Business News Centre Stage Brighton chooses Sussex Beacon as its preferred charity Centre Stage Brighton is the jewel set between two LGBTQ+ – venues Charles Street Tap and Legends. The bar is all about having a good time with top-flight tunes, live music, drag and more By Graham Robson • 1 min read
News Tottenham Hotspur supports Football v Homophobia Month of Action Tottenham Hotspur FC supported Football v Homophobia Month of Action, a campaign that aims to tackle homophobic discrimination in football, at the club’s home match against Southampton yesterday By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News Allsorts Youth Project will be visiting The Nest in Hastings on Thursday, February 17 Allsorts would like to invite all LGBT+ young people and their families along to socialise, meet the Allsorts team, find out what Allsorts does and take part in shaping the future service, and enioy free cake and refreshments! By Graham Robson • 1 min read
News Stonewall FC v Clapton Community Football Club on Saturday, February 12 The match will be Stonewall FC’s dedicated Football v Homophobia fixture taking place during the campaign’s annual month of action By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Business News Brighton & Hove City Council announces £175,000 apprenticeships boost for city Brighton & Hove City Council is making nearly £175,000 available to local businesses, schools and charities to help boost take-up of apprenticeships in the city. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Fundraising News Dame Kelly Holmes MBE (mil) announced as race starter for Brighton Half Marathon The race starts for runners at 9am on Madeira Drive before winding its way around some of Brighton’s most iconic sites including the Palace Pier, the Grand Brighton, the Royal Pavilion, the West Pier, Brighton Marina, and the colourful Hove Beach Huts. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Health Have Your Say on Mental Health and Housing Plan for Brighton & Hove Brighton and Hove City Council, in partnership with NHS Brighton & Hove Clinical Commissioning Group, is developing a Mental Health & Housing Plan for the city, which aims to identify what works well and what they can improve on in the future. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Health Heterosexual HIV diagnoses overtake those in gay men for first time in a decade – signalling changing shape of epidemic as National HIV Testing Week launches For the first time in a decade the number of new HIV diagnoses among heterosexuals are higher than in gay and bisexual men, according to new figures for England from the UK Health Security Agency as National HIV Testing Week launches today (February 7) By Graham Robson • 4 min read
Pride Day at the Downs, Bristol Pride 2019 News Bristol Pride Festival to return in June and July 2022 The popular festival’s return will span two weeks from Saturday, June 25 – Sunday, July 10. During the two weeks, the festival’s exciting programme of events will take place in venues across Bristol bringing the city alive with Pride By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Health Get your 1st, 2nd or booster jab at the Rainbow Hub up at St James’ Street Not had your first Covid vaccine yet? Due your second or booster jab? On Saturday, February 12, you can get your vaccine from the Rainbow Hub in their brand new home at the Ledward Centre By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Fundraising News Revenge announces fundraising event: ‘Pink With Envy: A Celebration of the Life of Blair Envy’ Revenge, who recently suffered the sad loss of one of its members of staff, have put together a celebration of life event – Pink With Envy: A Celebration of the Life of Blair Envy – which will take place from 8pm on Sunday, February 13 By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Fundraising News Switchboard launches Crowdfunder to help LGBTQ+ community recover from impact of Covid-19 The charity is asking people to mark LGBTQ+ History by investing in LGBTQ+ futures By Graham Robson • 2 min read
News Pride at the Ironworks raises over £24,000 for the Brighton Rainbow Fund during the pandemic For the past two years, Brighton & Hove Pride has unable to hold its usual fundraising events, but has delivered an online digital Pride festival that raised over £14,000 as well as the Pride at the Ironworks season that has raised £10,400 By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News London’s design community comes together to furnish new LGBTQ+ Community Centre In December last year, the long-awaited London LGBTQ+ Community Centre opened the doors to its pop-up premises, a stone’s throw from Tate Modern beside Blackfriars Station By Graham Robson • 3 min read
News Trans Pride Brighton seeks performers for 2022 event on Saturday, July 16 If you’re a musician, spoken word artist or performance artist, Trans Pride Brighton would love to hear from you! By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News LGBT History Month: Queer Walking Tour to explore Brighton’s LGBTQ+ past, present and future Join University of Brighton lecturers Dr Nick McGlynn (Human Geography) and Dr Rebecca Searle (Contemporary History) for a Queer Walking Tour on Wednesday, February 23 as part of LGBT History Month, free for all. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News Birmingham Pride launches new, official Facebook page Birmingham Pride, which returns on Saturday, September 24 and Sunday, September 25, has launched a new, official Facebook page after a “malicious, highly coordinated cyberattack” locked them out of their original page By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Fundraising News Organisers of the Brighton Half Marathon – the main fundraiser for the Sussex Beacon – are seeking volunteers to help out on race day on Sunday, February 27. Always a rewarding morning, volunteering offers the opportunity to be part of the unique buzz of race day By Graham Robson • 1 min read
News Todrick Hall added to main stage line-up at Brighton & Hove Pride on Saturday, August 6 Todrick Hall to perform on the main stage at WE ARE FABULOSO, Brighton & Hove Pride’s official fundraiser for the Brighton Rainbow Fund, in Preston Park on Saturday, August 6 By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News To mark LGBT History Month, all Brighton & Hove Libraries’ February storytimes will feature stories that promote equality and celebrate diversity! Storytimes take place at Jubilee Library, Jubilee St, Brighton BN1 1GE from 10.15am every Tuesday and Thursday during term time plus Wednesday, February 9 and Wednesday February 23. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Fundraising News Walk/run to raise funds for Louise and Sussex Cancer Centre on February 13 Starting next week Lou’s friends will begin running and walking (some of them crawling, probably) the streets to raise money for Lou and the Cancer Centre (20% of everything raised will be donated) By Contributor • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Earl’s Court Pride 2022 – an event to celebrate the fabulous ‘Gay Hey Day’ decades of Earl’s Court Earl’s Court Pride 2022, an evening to celebrate the golden Earl’s Court ‘Gay Hey Days’ with film, fun, friendship, music, memories, drag queens and celebrities, is to take place at the Bolton Kensington, 326 Earls Court Road, London SW5 9BQ on Saturday, February 26 from 6pm. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Health National HIV Testing Week returns for 2022 The campaign runs from Monday, February 7 to encourage everyone to get tested and give HIV the finger By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts LGBTQ+/Pride anthem relaunched to support Terrence Higgins Trust To mark the 40th anniversary of HIV/sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust, Richard ‘Ricky’ Palmer’s LGBTQ+/Pride anthem is being relaunched in July 2022. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
