Community News Woof, the men’s dance tent and bears zone returns to Brighton Pride If you go down to Preston Park on August the 2 you’ll be sure of big bear surprise! Yes the Brighton Pride Men’s Zone, supported by Brighton Bear Weekender, is back; bigger, better and more Bear-tastic than ever before. 2014 will see the return of the much loved, Men’s Dance Tent with the scene’s be By Besi • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Barclays becomes headline sponsor of this year’s Pride in London Barclays has signed up to be the headline sponsor of this year’s annual Pride festival held in the capital to champion the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community. The agreement makes Barclays, which was again named as one of the best employers in Britain for LGBT people in this yea By Besi • 4 min read
Community News Council launch Pride Grants Brighton & Hove City Council has today launched its Pride Parade and Park Grants Programme for 2014. Grants usually up to £500 are available to local community groups and voluntary sector organisations that are planning parade or park activities on August 2. In exceptional circumstances with accompa By Besi • 1 min read
Brighton Pride 2014 Community News 78 Countries Countdown to Brighton Pride Brighton and Hove’s campaigning theme for 2014 is Freedom To Live and highlights the plight of those LGBTQ communities living across the globe in countries where homosexuality is criminalised. There are 78 countries, many within the Commonwealth, who currently have a form of state sponsored homophob By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Manchester Pride feels the love Parade applications are now open for Manchester Pride Parade. Applications are now open for the Manchester Pride Parade, which will take place at 1pm on Saturday August 23, 2014. The theme for 2014 is LOVE and will be rolled out across the festival, whether it be to honour the same sex marriage act, By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Legends cabaret tent returns She’s back and she’s more fabulous that ever! Legends Cabaret Tent is back on Preston Park this August, hosted by the evergreen Lola Lasagne with a star studded line-up that will guarantee Pride 2014 sees only the top cabaret acts working on the scene, appear in Preston Park. Sponsored by Tony Chapm By Besi • 1 min read
Community News “There’s a real community buzz” as Zoe Lyons launches Rainbow Fund grants programme Over 70 representatives from a range of local LGBT voluntary sector community groups gathered last night to hear Rainbow Fund Patron Zoe Lyons launch this year’s main Grants Programme at the Emporium venue on London Road. Speaking at the event, Zoe wished the groups luck in their funding application By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Rainbow Fund main grants programme for 2014 timed around this year’s Brighton Pride The Rainbow Fund is launching its 2014 main grant funding round tonight, thanks to the financial support of Brighton Pride the Brighton Bear Weekender and the fund’s other donors. Local eligible LGBT and HIV community groups are being invited to apply for grants of up to £5,000. Last year £53,550 wa By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Brighton Pride and Rainbow Fund supports work of the LGBT Community Safety Forum A Rainbow Fund grant helps the busy volunteer-led LGBT Community Safety Forum respond to 12 calls for help a day. The LGBT Community Safety Forum is an established independent LGBT forum of volunteers working with the LGBT Community to address and improve safety issues throughout Brighton & Hove. Th By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Young Trans* lives transformed by Rainbow Funding Reductions in suicide and self harm achieved by inspirational Trans* youth project funded by the Rainbow Fund, thanks to Brighton Pride and the Bears Weekender fundraising. Fifty four young people have accessed an inspiration Trans* youth project, funded by the Rainbow Fund following donations by gr By Besi • 2 min read
Jo O’Meara Community News Oxford Pride announce main stage line-up The Oxford Pride Festival is a 10-day long celebration of lesbian, gay, bi, trans and queer (LGBTQ) life in Oxfordshire with the main event in Oxpens Field on Saturday June 7. This year, the festival highlights LGBTQ role models, both within the community, and the wider world including people who in By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Brighton Pride: Calabash brings diversity to Preston Park Brighton Pride is the sum of all its glorious parts and none is more fabulous or popular each year than the Calabash area. Calabash returns once more in 2014 to celebrate Freedom to live at The World’s a Disco extravaganza on Preston Park. Affy Go Bang one of the organisers of Calabash, said: “As th By Besi • 2 min read
