LGBTQ+ News The Pride Rainbow Rooms The Rainbow Rooms at New Steine Gardens will be an oasis of calm in a sea of celebrations over the Brighton Pride and Village Party weekend. Situated in the heart of the Gay Village, The Rainbow Rooms will give local residents and Pride guests a chance to eat, enjoy fine wines and champagne or a […] By Besi • 2 min read
Cabaret Queens Arms install cabaret stage in George Street for Pride Village Street Party The Queens Arms are pulling out all stops to make this years Pride Street Party a pleasurable and safer experience for their regular customers and visitors to the city alike. A cabaret stage will be erected in George Street outside the Queens Arms and a line up of singers has been programmed for Sat By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Fun runners raise money for local LGBT/HIV organisations Around 90 runners entered the inaugural Brighton Pride, 5km Rainbow Fun Run on Sunday, July 27 at Preston Park as part of this years Brighton Pride fundraising campaign. Many of the registered runners joined in the spirit of the occasion, dressing in 70s disco and super heroes fancy dress attire. Ho By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Brighton Pride ‘Welcome Centre’ opens its doors The Pride Welcome Centre is now open at Envy, upstairs from the Charles Street bar, to welcome Pride-goers to this year’s events. Tickets and wristbands to both the Pride Park Festival and the Pride Village Party can be purchased there. Residents and businesses in the St James Street area who live o By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Record numbers march at Norwich Pride Trans* woman and her two grandchildren lead Norwich Pride Parade. Organisers are claiming the sixth Norwich Pride, which took place on Saturday, July 26, was the biggest and best to date, attracting record crowds to the city centre parade. The sun shone throughout the day as an estimated five thousa By Besi • 4 min read
Arts Rainbow Tesco: Artists needed to paint Tesco hoardings for Pride With Pride weekend literally days away, LGBTQ artists are urgently needed to paint ‘rainbow murals’ on the hoardings surrounding the Tesco and Superdrug stores on the corner of Dorset Gardens and St. James St. A mural was painted on one side of the Tesco store for the Village Street Party in 2012 (s By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Brighton Pride to close with a ‘Celebration of Love and Life’ Brighton Pride will stage a unique Celebration of Love and Life at New Steine Gardens in the heart of the Gay Village by the Aids Memorial on Sunday, August 3. Brighton and Hove’s LGBT communities are invited to come together, celebrate Pride and remember friends and loved ones at a very special can By Besi • 1 min read
gay pride dog waving a rainbow flag Community News Rainbow Run today Calling all Disco Divas! Brighton Pride’s inaugural 5 km. fun run, picnic and community sports day takes place in Preston Park today, July 27. Every omi and polone is invited to pull on some revealing lycra, sexy leg warmers and troll along to Preston Park to vada the talented totty and bona bods as By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Trans* Pride in the Park attracts thousands of supporters to New Steine Gardens Following the huge success of the first Trans*Pride in 2013 this year’s event had much to live up to. Organisers excelled themselves and delivered a carefully choreographed community event which had something for everyone. Crowds flocked to New Steine Gardens all day, helping create a wonderful carn By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Thousands join first Trans* Pride Parade Thousands of Trans* people, their friends, allies and supporters joined the first ever Trans* Pride Parade today, bringing St James’ Street to a stop. The Parade started at The Marlborough in Princess Street just after noon and made its noisy way up St James’ Street to New Steine Gardens. People lin By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News The Old Ship Hotel dresses for Pride The Old Ship Hotel on Brighton seafront unveils its Pride decorations. Gscene joined the Older and Out social network group for older LGBT people for their cruise on a pleasure boat from Brighton Marina today and took the opportunity to photograph the magnificent rainbow banners on the front of the By Besi • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Weather looks good for Trans*Pride today Trans*Pride 2014 opened last night with the Trans*Pride Film Night at the Duke of York’s Cinema presented by Eyes Wide Open and My Genderation. The main celebrations start today (Saturday 26) with a parade up St James Street to the festival site at New Steine Gardens. The parade starts from outsid By Besi • 2 min read
