LGBTQ+ News Date for Brighton Pride 2014 announced Tories fight on to reinstate Pride grant! Pride 2014 will be on Saturday, August 2. Brighton & Hove Council granted Landlord’s Consent last week to Brighton Pride Community Interest Company (BPCIC) to use Preston Park for the weekend starting Friday, August 1 to Sunday, August 3, 2014. The council h By Besi • 5 min read
Community News Rainbow Fund announces record funding for local LGBT and HIV groups thanks to Brighton Pride In what will be seen as a significant end of year boost to the local LGBT and HIV voluntary sector, the Rainbow Fund has announced its autumn grants round, giving out over £46,000 in grants to the community groups who need it most locally. Brighton Pride made a significant donation to the fund of ov By Besi • 4 min read
Photo: Geoff Stafford LGBTQ+ News Protest planned outside offices of Manchester Pride today A protest is planned outside the offices of Manchester Pride today, Monday November 11 at 12.15am. Manchester Pride had indicated they would announce how much money had been raised for local LGBT charities from the 2013 event last Friday, November 8, but no announcement was forthcoming raising conce By Besi • 3 min read
Cllr Geoffrey Theobald Community News Conservatives to support Pride in bid to retain annual £25,000 grant Following a meeting with the directors of Brighton Pride CIC, the Conservative group on Brighton and Hove council have announced they will support Pride’s bid to have the annual grant of £25,000 reinstated by the Green administration. Plans by the Greens to withdraw the annual grant were highlighted By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Pride…a deeper love : by James Brookes Why should we have a Pride? There are times when I think about Pride and wonder what it is all for. The mere thought of it all is enough to make me crumple with exhaustion. Whether it’s a solitary weighing up the pro’s and con’s in my head, the obligatory wine-fuelled debate triggered by “have […] By Contributor • 8 min read
Community News Council puts future of Pride Parade in doubt The future of the Brighton Pride Community Parade in 2014 has been put in doubt by the Green administrations decision to withdraw the annual £25,000 grant to the organisers of Brighton Pride, a not for profit Community Interest Company (CIC). Following reports in the Daily Mirror on Monday, Septembe By Besi • 8 min read
Julia Grant in a 70 minute interview for the website g7uk.com. Recorded on 10 July 2011. Link to the video and further information: http://g7uk.com/go/v009 Letters LETTER TO EDITOR: Manchester Pride This open letter has been circulated to the following organisations in Manchester by Julia Grant. Editor Manchester Evening News: Alan Ross Mancurian Matters: Richard Lees Manchester City Council: Drew Stokes Marketing Manchester: The Board of Manchester Pride Limited: The gay businesses in Manchest By Besi • 3 min read
Community News Pride in our communities MindOut is immensely proud of Pride. As a ‘mental health’ event, what could be finer than a celebration of our lives, our difference, our contributions to the world, to Brighton & Hove, to each other. It’s a chance to show off, to get together, to be creative, to learn, to share and to belong. This By Besi • 2 min read
Letters LETTER TO EDITOR : Cost of a ticket for Pride As I waited in the queue to get into Preston Park at Pride I chatted with the lady next to me. She said she had paid £1 for her ticket. I had paid £17.50 for my ticket and asked why she had got hers so cheap. She was not sure. She said she used to volunteer for a voluntary group but that was […] By Contributor • 2 min read
International News Curaçao Pride judged a success by organisers The Caribbean island of Curaçao has always been welcoming to LGBT tourists offering great accommodations, events and attitude. Hundreds of residents and visitors to the Island celebrated the island’s very first Pride Week last month from September 25-29, 2013 raising the island’s commitment to the L By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Pride organiser nominated in Argus awards Paul Kemp, one of the directors of Brighton Pride Community Interest Company, has been nominated in the ‘Achiever of the Year’ category of this years Argus Achievement Awards 2013. The awards take place this Sunday, October 6, 2013 in the Theatre Royal, Brighton at a glittering award ceremony to cel By Besi • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Brighton loses National Student Pride in 2014 National Student Pride, the annual weekend LGBT Festival have announced they are moving the 2014 event from Brighton to London claiming the cost of hiring the Dome complex to stage the event in Brighton have become prohibitive. After five successful years in Brighton, Student Pride which draws stude By Besi • 3 min read
