News Brighton & Hove Pride adds £300,000 to the fundraising pot and tops almost £1.25 million raised for local good causes to date! Brighton & Hove Pride 2022 raised over £300,000 which will be distributed to essential local charities, community groups and projects through the Brighton Rainbow Fund, the Pride Social Impact Fund and Pride Cultural Development Fund By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Community News TransSober seeks donations TransSober, the drug and alcohol community peer support group for trans and non-binary communities, is seeking donations for new wellbeing recovery bags to give to people who attend its peer support group or use its services By Graham Robson • 1 min read
International News Shooting outside Slovakian LGBTQ+ venue leaves two dead and one injured A shooting outside a Slovakian LGBTQ+ bar has left two dead and a further person – believed to be an employee at the venue – injured. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
FILE PHOTO: Test tube labelled “Monkeypox virus positive” is seen in this illustration taken May 22, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Health Terrence Higgins Trust withdraws support for government’s ‘lacklustre’ monkeypox strategy Due to appropriate actions not being taken and the lacklustre monkeypox communication strategy, THT has decided to withdraw from monkeypox communications meetings for England. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
National News Home Office under Suella Braverman MP declines to provide a statement to support for National Hate Crime Awareness Week 2022 17-24-30 NationalHCAW – one of the country’s leading anti-hate crime charities and the founders of National Hate Crime Awareness Week – has made clear its disappointment that the Home Office, currently under the charge of Suella Braverman MP, has declined to offer a statement of support for this yea By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Third Queer Night Pride demo to take place at the Cock Tavern in London this Friday The third Queer Night Pride demonstration will take place in London on Friday, October 14 in response to a rise in reported hate crimes against LGBTQ+ people. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
In The South No new sponsor for beleaguered Brighton tourist attraction i360 The British Airways i360 will become known as ‘Brighton i360’ from Tuesday, November 1 By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Book REVIEW: Beneath the Streets by Adam MacQueen MacQueen’s first novel gives us an alternative history based around corrupt 1970’s England and the dark London underbelly of sex for sale and political intrigue By Eric Page • 2 min read
News Department for Education removes trans rights charity Mermaids from mental health and wellbeing resources for schools DfE removed a reference to the Mermaids advice line from its list of mental health and wellbeing resources for schools or those working with children and young people. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Does living in Brighton make for LGBTQ+ happiness? New research paints a mixed picture of life in Britain’s ‘gay capital’ A collaborative study between the Centre for Transforming Sexuality and Gender at University of Brighton and LGBTQ+ mental health charity MindOut has revealed a ‘sometimes complex’ response by LGBTQ+ people to living in the UK’s ‘gay capital’. By Graham Robson • 3 min read
LGBTQ+ News STAMMA launches new group for people who stammer in the LGBTQ+ community and its allies “This is a safe place where we can meet, celebrate, network, have open conversations, and support and learn from each other in a non-judgemental environment. As the group evolves, we hope it can expand and catch up more regularly online or in person.” By Graham Robson • 1 min read
News Kick It Out teams up with retail partner Fanatics to launch two-week work placement The selected candidate will spend the placement working with Fanatics’ PR and Communications team at their offices in Manchester. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
