LGBTQ+ News LGBT Safety Forum to organise ‘Access Tent’ at Pride 2014 The Brighton and Hove LGBT Community Safety Forum (LGBT CSF) will be organising and facilitating the Access Tent at this years Brighton Pride. It is the first time an LGBT organisation has provide the service for quite some years. Discussions are underway to finalise the improved service and these w By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News A Pride House in Hove BLAGSS the LGBT sport group created a Pride House at the Grosvenor Bar on Tuesday night. During the evening those present held hands in support of the Same Sex Hand Holding Initiative (#SSHHI). #SSHHI was launched by Pride House International on August 14, 2013 and calls on everyone in Sochi – athle By Besi • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Why Pride Matters to Kate Wildblood Writer, artist and campaigning blogger Kate Wildblood explains why Pride Matters to her. Kate alongside Karol Michalec created the Brighton Supports LGBT Russia campaign. “Recently I was asked by a relative trying to understand my sexuality why does there need to be Pride? Why parade and why, as t By Contributor • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Pride community feedback meeting moved to Charles Street Help choose the theme for the Pride Community Parade in 2014. Following Pride’s first community engagement meeting at Charles Street in December, they will now hold monthly meetings to listen to the community up until June 2014. The umbrella theme for Pride 2014 is ‘Freedom to Live’. The theme of th By Besi • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Why Pride matters to the trans* community Dr. Sam Hall explains why Pride Matters to the Clare Project “Pride is an important feature in the lives of the LGBT community, and provides a space for trans groups such as Clare Project to raise our profile as well as encouraging trans people to be out and proud alongside our LGB brothers and sist By Contributor • 1 min read
International News ‘FAIR Day’ Australia sends a message of LGBTQI solidarity to the world 70,000 people stage a mass hand-holding moment in Sydney to send a defiant message to President Putin and love to LGBTQI people in Russia. Yesterday, Sunday, February 9, FAIR Day in Sydney, Australia became an international vehicle for Australians to show solidarity with LGBTQI people in Russia and By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Why Pride Matters to the Conservative MP for Hove and Portslade Mike Weatherley the Conservative MP for Hove and Portslade explains why Pride Matters to him. “Pride is an incredibly important event for Brighton & Hove and this year we have more to celebrate than ever. Voting last year for Same-sex Marriages was a huge leap for LGBT equality in this country and P By Contributor • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Why Pride Matters to the Leader of the Labour Group on the city council Councillor Warren Morgan, Leader of the Labour and Cooperative group on Brighton & Hove City Council explains why Pride Matters to him. “The Pride parade is one of the highlights of the year for me, a celebration and a great community event that brings the whole city on to the streets to enjoy the a By Contributor • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Pride Matters Why do we need a Pride? Surely the most frequently asked question when it comes to Pride. James Brooks who is lead contributor for Pride Matters, said: “Given the huge improvement in equalities over the last decade with protections written into law and a legal recognition of our relationships, then By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Winter Pride UK Art Awards 2014 The inaugural Winter Pride UK Art Awards 2014 launch at Tobacco Dock in London on February 8, 2014. The awards have attracted widespread interest from artists across the UK, with entries being submitted from London to Edinburgh. Stephen Fry, who has been nominated as the Winter Pride UK LGBT Luminar By Besi • 3 min read
LGBTQ+ News Manchester Pride early bird tickets frozen at 2013 prices Early bird tickets for the Manchester Pride Big Weekend go on sale tomorrow, Friday, January 31, priced at £16 for the four day weekend. Ticket prices will rise to £20 from February 28. Manchester’s annual LGBT Festival is now in its 24th year and consists of four elements: Pride Fringe; The Big Wee By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Nominations open for Pride 2014 Ambassadors Following the outstanding success of the Pride Ambassadors Program in 2013, nominations have opened today for electing Ambassadors for 2014 to help deliver the Pride umbrella theme of Freedom to live. By Besi • 1 min read
