Community News BRIGHTON PRIDE FESTIVAL: Sheila McWattie Women’s Performance Tent line-up announced The Sheila McWattie Women’s Performance Stage at Brighton Pride is a fitting tribute to a much-loved local women’s rights activist, campaigner and pioneer. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
New York Pride In The South New York to host 2019 LGBT global travel convention New York City will host the International Gay & Lesbian Travel Associations (IGLTA) Annual Global Convention in 2019 as well as World Pride in conjunction with the 50th Anniversary of Historic Stonewall Uprising. By Gary Hart • 2 min read
Community News Welcome to Exmouth Pride! Following their first successful Pride last year, Exmouth Pride returns today with a much bigger event. The entertainment kicks off at noon in Manor Gardens hosted by Radio Exe’s Ashley Jeary and the programme will include: By Gary Hart • 1 min read
Community News Brighton Pride Parade and Park Grant Fund opens Brighton & Hove City Council launches its annual Brighton Pride Parade and Park Partnership Fund for 2016. Pride is the city’s annual Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender festival and these grants are to support third sector partners in delivery of a safe and accessible community celebration as part By Graham Robson • 1 min read
In The South Team UK booed at Euro Games opening ceremony in Helsinki Teams from all over the world descend on Helsinki in Finland to take part in the Euro Games from June 29 – July 2. The opening ceremony was marred by a very small section of the crowd in the VIP area booing Team UK when they entered the arena where the opening ceremony was being staged, chanting Bre By Besi • 2 min read
Features & Longread Putting the ‘T’ in LGB at Brighton Pride 2002 Thanks to years of dedicated activism and pressure from Europe, in the UK transgender people can now choose to be fully legally recognised. We’ve made great strides in achieving such equality following a long history of being invisible, marginalised, and stigmatised. By Natasha Thoday • 3 min read
Arts PREVIEW: ‘London to Brighton’ featuring fine LGBT choirs from London and Brighton Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus and London Gay Men’s Chorus join forces to celebrate Brighton Pride in style. The two largest gay men’s choirs in the country will perform their concert, London To Brighton on Friday, August 5 at All Saints Church in Hove. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
In The South Star of ‘Back to Jamaica’ to co-compere Trans Pride In January of this year a BBC Newsbeat documentary followed two transgender friends on a life changing journey to one of the most transphobic and homophobic countries in the world. By Craig Hanlon-Smith • 3 min read
Community News Doncaster Pride gears up to celebrate tenth anniversary Plans are well underway for the tenth Doncaster Pride which will take place on August 20 in the heart of the town centre. The event, started from humble beginnings in the Market Place in 2007 with an audience of around a thousand. By Gary Hart • 3 min read
Community News Trans Pride moves to Brunswick Square in Hove Trans* Pride takes place from Thursday 21 to Sunday 24 of July with a much longer and visible Parade route along Brighton seafront to Brunswick Gardens in Hove for the main park event. By Besi • 2 min read
Letters LETTER TO EDITOR: Remove ‘hate sound’ from London Pride Parade Copy and paste the email below, along with your own comments and concerns added if you wish to the Mayor of London and Commander Mak Chishty of the Metropolitan Police asking for it to be brought to the attention of the Gold Commander for the Pride March, Commander Dave Musker and the Mayors office By Contributor • 3 min read
Community News New research shows LGBT+ people lie about their sexuality or gender Three-quarters of LGBT+ people still feel the need to lie about their sexuality or gender identity, according to new research published ahead of Pride in London. By Gary Hart • 3 min read
