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Give local services a fighting chance: Labour issue budget challenge to other parties

Labour fight to stop savage cuts to the Pride Parade, the Mayoralty and the Women’s Refuge. The Labour group on the city council are challenging the Greens and Tories to put aside party politics and unite around a budget that is best for Brighton and Hove at the annual Council meeting to set the bud

By Besi • 2 min read

Community News

Brighton Pride publishes Interim Annual Review 2014

Brighton Pride is a Non for Profit Community Interest Company (CIC), who give profits generated by the annual Pride event and Village Street Party, to benefit the LGBTQI community in Brighton & Hove. Brighton Pride operates with transparency and openness at the heart of everything it does, giving re

By Besi • 1 min read

LGBTQ+ News

Women’s Performance Area at Brighton Pride to be named after community activist, Sheila McWattie

The popular Women’s Performance Area will be returning to Brighton Pride at Preston Park on August 1 and will be named after community activist Sheila McWattie who suddenly passed away last week. Sheila, a journalist and proud supporter of the Brighton Women ‘s Centre helped organise the Women’s Per

By Besi • 2 min read

LGBTQ+ News

RadioReverb to curate ‘Alternative Stage’ at 25th Anniversary of Pride Festival

RadioReverb will be co-ordinating the Alternative Stage at Brighton Pride 2015 for the festival’s 25th Anniversary in August. RadioReverb is Brighton’s independent local radio station, run and led entirely by local volunteers, and supporting LGBT causes and Brighton Pride all year round.

By Besi • 2 min read

LGBTQ+ News

Brighton Pride community meeting – date change

The Brighton Pride community meeting scheduled for Tuesday, February 24 has been rescheduled and will take place at Envy above Charles Street on Wednesday, March 4, starting at 7pm. The original meeting clashed with the annual BLAGSS Bowling Extravaganza at the Bowlplex in Brighton Marina which most

By Besi • 1 min read

LGBTQ+ News

Health will be on the agenda at South West’s biggest Pride event

Preparations are well in hand for the seventh Exeter Pride on May 16, which promises to be the biggest, most colourful event, to date, with more than 2,000 people expected to take part in the largest rainbow flag parade the city has ever seen. Health and well-being advice and information will be fou

By Besi • 2 min read

LGBTQ+ News

Kiss-in protest launches ‘Freedom to Kiss’ campaign at Eros

Britain’s first ever Valentine’s Day public kiss-in took place today on the steps of the Eros statue, Piccadilly Circus in London, launching Pride in London’s campaign for freedom to kiss in public – whatever your sexuality. The public kiss-in protest was held in response to new research conducted b

By Besi • 3 min read

International News

Brighton Pride shortlisted for prestigious international events award

Brighton Pride and their production team Wilde Ones have been nonimated in the Best Public Event category at the prestigious Event Productions Awards. The awards celebrate the UK’s top suppliers, manufacturers, teams and individuals from the past year and take place at The Lancaster Hotel in London.

By Besi • 2 min read

Features & Longread

Celebrate a Big Day for the LGBT Community in Philadelphia

Famously nicknamed the City of Brotherly Love, Philadelphia is well-known for its links to the gay community, which stem back to the principles that the city was founded on more than 300 years ago: equality and freedom of expression. In the 1960s Philadelphia was home to some of the first gay rights

By Alice Blezard • 3 min read

LGBTQ+ News

Community Village placed at the heart of the Brighton Pride celebrations

Following feedback from the local community, the Pride Community Village will be placed at the centre of the celebrations on Preston Park in August with local LGBTQI organisations including MindOut, Allsorts, Lunch Positive and LGBT Community Safety Forum playing an important role on the day. The Pr

By Besi • 1 min read

LGBTQ+ News

Registration opens for Brighton Pride LGBT Community Parade, 2015

2015 marks 25 years of Pride in the City and this year’s event is anticipated to be one of the biggest Pride celebrations the city has ever seen. To mark this important milestone, and in recognition of Brighton’s diverse community, the theme chosen for Pride 2015 is Carnival of Diversity.

By Besi • 2 min read

LGBTQ+ News

Pride Campsite 2015 under new management

The Pride Campsite has become a popular part of Brighton Pride since its return in 2013, making the event more financially accessible, not to mention fun for those wanting to avoid hotel costs over Pride weekend. Under new management for 2015, plans are underway to improve the on-site facilities and

By Graham Robson • 1 min read