In The South From Manchester with Love Thomas Cook Airline and Manchester Airport mark sponsorship of The Big Weekend with a Rainbow Heart. Marking Thomas Cook Airlines and Manchester Airport’s joint headline sponsorship of Manchester Pride’s The Big Weekend, the airline has adorned one of its fleet – an A321 operating short-haul routes By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Local businesses raise over £4,600 for The Sussex Beacon during Pride week Money has been counted and local businesses raised over £4,600 for The Sussex Beacon during Pride week at the beginning of August. The total raised so far is £4675, with a few more donations still to be submitted. By Besi • 2 min read
Community News PRIDE VOICES: AJ Patterson to speak this evening Village MCC Brighton and Hove host AJ Patterson this evening as part of their PRIDE VOICES series. AJ who describes herself as “Just a girl with a story of life” is known by many for her work at the LGBT+ Community Safety Forum, and RISE who offer advice, advocacy, support and crisis accommodation f By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Independent review publishes damning report on Pride in London 2017 Pride in London’s Independent Community Advisory Board (CAB) has released a highly critical annual report on the 2017 Pride in London events. This year’s report focuses heavily on diversity and intersectionality and raises serious concerns about failings by the current Pride organisers to fully ackn By Paul Gustafson • 5 min read
In The South Win VIP hospitality tickets to Pride Cymru’s Big Weekend August Bank Holiday weekend is only a week away, so if you haven’t already made plans, take a trip to Cardiff and take in its three-day Gay Pride extravaganza – Pride Cymru’s Big Weekend. It’s a landmark year for the Pride Cymru organisers as they move to a new city centre location at Cardiff City H By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Legends raise £3,650.75 for Rainbow Fund during Brighton and Hove Pride Legends annual Brighton Pride cabaret fundraiser on Sunday, August 6 raised a fantastic £3,650.75 for the Rainbow Fund. By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Village MCC members raise £300 for the Peter Tatchell Foundation Members of The Village MCC Brighton and Hove (Village MCC) raised £300 for the Peter Tatchell Foundation during Brighton Pride. Peter was the guest speaker at their annual Pride service at the Somerset Day Centre on Sunday, August 6, part of the Pride Voices series of speakers. By Besi • 1 min read
Community News LETTER TO EDITOR: Eleven year old thanks Accessibility Matters Eleven years old Ronaldo and his two daddies travelled from the West Country for Ronaldo to experience the Pride community parade, enjoy the Access facilities on Preston Park and see his idols the Pet Shop Boys perform on the main stage. By Contributor • 2 min read
Fundraising News Lunch Positive thank Pride after raising £4,465 Lunch Positive, the local HIV charity that provides a weekly HIV lunch club hosted a Community Café at Brighton Pride, on Saturday, August 5. This was the sixth year Lunch Positive have provided the café, which was situated in the Community Village on Preston Park. By Gary Pargeter • 2 min read
Community News LETTER TO EDITOR: Thank you Accessibility Matters We just want to say a massive thank you for the support we received from Accessibility Matters and the Access Team at Brighton Pride, who demonstrated excellent organisation skills in making our day very special. To not put too fine a point on it, I was in a right old mess wondering how it was all By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts REVIEW: ‘Love Actually’ – Actually Gay Men’s Chorus Love Actually – the contribution by Actually Gay Men’s Chorus to this years Brighton Pride celebrations was the perfect way to mark the 50th Anniversary of the partial repeal of the Sexual Offences Act 1967 in England and Wales. By Besi • 3 min read
Photo: Lisa O’ Malley Community News LETTER TO EDITOR: Thank you Pride – Rainbow Chorus On behalf of the Rainbow Chorus I’d like to say a huge thank You you to both Dulcie Weaver and Paul Kemp for organising a brilliant Brighton Pride, 2017 and for giving us a place near the front of the parade. By Contributor • 1 min read
