Arts PREVIEW: One Man Play for Newcastle Pride Tea with the Old Queen, a one-man play based on the fictitious secret diaries of the Queen Mother’s real-life page and steward, will be staged as part of Newcastle Pride 2014. The play will be performed at the North East Mining Institute, Westgate Road, Newcastle on Saturday, July 5 from 7.30pm. The By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Housing organisations support Newcastle Pride One of the UK’s leading LGBT festivals is proving there’s no place like home, thanks to support from three of the North East’s top housing organisations. Gentoo Group, South Tyneside Homes and The Gateshead Housing Company have joined forces to support Newcastle Pride, which returns to the region on By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Pride in our community Brighton Pride is our Pride, a Pride with purpose, an event run first and foremost for the benefit of the city’s diverse LGBT communies. Pride is more than a celebration, more than a day out, more than a party! Pride is a unique opportunity to raise much needed funds for LGBT/HIV organisations acros By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Brighton Trans*formed exhibition trail The Brighton Trans*formed Exhibition trail tells the stories of 23 Brightonian trans, gender queer and intersex people through photography, audio and object installations. The multi-media, multi-venue trail, runs in the city from July 24 – August 4 and reflects the diversity of lives in our diverse By Besi • 3 min read
Community News Three ways to support the Rainbow Fund right now The Rainbow Fund benefits from high profile community-based fundraising events including August’s Brighton Pride and Village Street Party and this month’s Brighton Bears Weekend. By buying tickets or wristbands to these events you help raise vital funds for volunteer-led LGBT community groups who re By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Pride performances by the Actually Chorus to support training for anti LGBT bullying in schools In the spirit of this year’s Brighton Pride theme, Freedom to Live, Actually Gay Men’s Chorus and cabaret star Miss Jason are taking to the stage for two performances of I Feel Love. The chorus will be raising money for Inclusion For All (IFA), the award winning training strategy working across the By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Pride Village Party is go go go! Plans have been given the green light by Brighton & Hove Council and Sussex Police for this years Pride Village Party to go ahead as a ticketed event for a one year trial. The organisers of Brighton Pride are promising two days of fabulous community celebrations in a safe and welcoming environment t By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Katy B joins Pride main stage line-up Queen of the dance floor, Katy B will be appearing at Brighton Pride on August 2. Katy B, a singer songwriter on a mission, will perform numbers from her Mercury Award nominated 2013 album, Little Red and her critically aclaimed 2011 debut album On a mission. She will be bringing her unique mix of a By Besi • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News DJ duo ‘Done & Dusted’ to play Brighton Pride Done & Dusted the DJ duo currently taking clubland by storm will be headlining the Men’s Zone Dance Tent at Brighton Pride in August. Comprising of the legendary scene DJ Alan X and newcomer Louis Lennon, Done & Dusted have lit up the dancefloors of many clubs and festivals including East Bloc, Tonk By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Heather Peace brings a ‘Rainbow Crossing’ to Madeira Drive Actress, musician and local resident, Heather Peace unveils Europe’s first Rainbow Crossing on Madeira Drive in Brighton today. Created overnight by local artists, the rainbow stretches across the road at the artists’ quarter of Madeira Drive and is hoped to attract hundreds of people keen to see Eu By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Sam Bailey stars in The Brighton Pride Finale Show Diva extraordinaire and current X Factor winner Sam Bailey will be performing on the main stage at Brighton Pride. Having captured the hearts of the nation with her spellbinding X Factor audition rendition of Beyonce’s Listen, Sam went on to win the tenth series in 2013. Since then Sam has topped th By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Why ‘Pride Matters’ to David Harvie from Brighton Bear Weekender David Harvie explains why Pride Matters to him. “I joined a group in Brighton about four and a half years ago and nervously went along to meet them at the start of the pride parade to wish them well. Some friends from the group insisted I march along with them and I reluctantly agreed. It […] By Besi • 1 min read
