Community News Crawley Pride 2022 needs you! If you’re an act or would like volunteer or have a stall at this year’s Crawley Pride, applications are now open on their website By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News Get your running shoes on for the Sussex Beacon! The Brighton Half Marathon is one of the biggest events in the city’s calendar and the Sussex Beacon want YOU to join them as an exclusive runner and fundraiser for #TeamBeacon on Sunday, February 27! By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Arts BIPOC-led hybrid life drawing class to launch in Soho this month 2B or Not 2B Collective works with BIPOC models, LGBTQ+ models, models with disabilities, and models of all creeds and colours. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Business News ‘Queer the Marly’ campaign succeeds in keeping the Marlborough pub in the hands of the queer community “The Marlborough is an indispensable community asset for Brighton’s innumerable queers and their wonderful allies.” By Graham Robson • 1 min read
International News Amnesty responds to ‘Rainbow Halo’ case in Poland Amnesty International has responded to what it calls a ‘witch-hunt’ against Polish LGBTQ+ activists after ‘Rainbow Halo’ case By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts The Centre for Transforming Sexuality and Gender to host free online event with Dr Tina Sikka Dr Sikka’s recent work, ‘Sex, Consent and Justice: A New Feminist Framework’, reflects research around increasingly fraught debates about sex, consent, feminism, justice, abolition, and gender relations that have taken centre stage in academic, journalistic and social media circles in recent years. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News Supper Group with Lunch Positive tonight The event will be an opportunity to enjoy an informal supper and socialise, share peer support, and find information and advice By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Business News Lloyd Russell-Moyle, MP for Brighton Kemptown, calls on Parliament to guarantee support for nightclubs and other businesses According to the Labour MP, one in six in ten patrons of Revenge nightclub have come down with the Omicron variant and the club isn’t receiving support it needs By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News Switchboard launches new LGBTQ+ Domestic Abuse service Brighton and Hove LGBT Switchboard has launched a new LGBTQ domestic abuse service for the city, which will support LGBTQ+ victims and survivors in an inclusive and affirmative community-led space By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Community News Healthwatch seeks new Chair The independent champion, which works to ensure people across Brighton & Hove have a say in how local health and social care services develop, is searching for a successor to Fran McCabe, who currently leads its board and will be stepping down at the end of March after eight years in the role By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News The Ledward Centre launches its first fundraising campaign! The Ledward Centre is looking looking for ‘models’ from EVERY part of our diverse community to represent the diversity and intersectionality of our communities in the promotion of that campaign By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News Have Your Say: Survey to investigate safety of women and girls in Brighton & Hove Brighton & Hove City Council is carrying out a survey investigating how safe all women and girls feel in Brighton & Hove By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Arrest made following the assault of a police officer in Birmingham’s gay village The female neighbourhood police officer was left with fractured ribs after an incident on Hurst Street in Birmingham’s LGBTQ+ village on New Year’s Eve By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
Features & Longread Getting Older? Getting Fitter, Getting Stronger! Personal trainer Catherine Duffy on getting fitter and getting stronger By Contributor • 4 min read
Community News Conservatives say Brighton Christmas Festival should be moved for future years The Conservatives have today said that the Brighton Christmas Festival should be moved away from Valley Gardens and Old Steine Gardens in future years, after 2021’s maiden edition By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Community News Trans 101 course with MindOut This training is an introduction to trans awareness with an aim of helping participants to develop more trans-inclusive practice. help increase knowledge and develop inclusive practice By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Lost in Music with Kathy Sledge Sister Sledge formed in 1971. They achieved global success with their 1979 album We Are Family. By Alex Klineberg • 4 min read
Arts Rainbow Chorus, Brighton’s LGBTQ+ choir, announces New Members’ Night The Rainbow Chorus, the friendly, fully inclusive LGBTQ+ choir, has announced its New Members’ Night for Monday, January 24 By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News Revenge launches crowdfunder for The Clare Project Revenge Bar & Club launches crowdfunder for the Clare Project, which offers support to the trans community in Brighton, after the sad passing of one of its staff members, Blair Envy By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Health Trans woman. Fitness trainer. Advocate for the LGBTQ+ community Liz Ridgway talks to Jaq Bayles about her journey to trans woman, fitness trainer and advocate for the LGBTQ+ community By Jaq Bayles • 7 min read
Features & Longread Don’t Postpone Joy Lisa McGarva, educator, yoga therapist, counsellor and volunteer at the Rainbow Hub in Brighton, on introducing healthy moments of joy into your life By Contributor • 3 min read
Community News Allsorts achieves Investing in Children Award The Award recognises and celebrates examples of imaginative and inclusive practice with children and young people By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News Terrence Higgins Trust to run Chemsex Awareness Training The free, interactive sessions will be on Zoom on Wednesday, January 12 or Wednesday, February 23 By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News The Rainbow Hub to move to The Ledward Centre The Hub, which is a local point of contact for LGBTQ+ people, will be moving to Brighton’s new LGBTQ+ community and cultural centre on Friday, January 7 By Graham Robson • 1 min read
