OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Community News Concerns raised about safety in city taxis at LGBT Community Safety Forum public meeting Concerns about personal safety in city taxis were raised by entertainer Dave Lynn at the quarterly meeting of the Brighton & Hove LGBT Community Safety Forum at the Queens Hotel last month. He told the meeting about an incident he experienced in a taxi when he felt threatened and demanded the driver By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Venues celebrate a job well done! A partnership of LGBT+ venues have raised £2,186.30 to purchase memorial benches in memory of two former employees. Managers at Bar Revenge, Charles Street, Legends, Revenge and Queens Arms came together from March 30 – April 2 for a UNITY Fundraiser Weekend in memory of Gary ‘Gloria’, Swan who work By Besi • 2 min read
Business News Venues unite to honour former employees this weekend Bar Revenge, Charles Street, Legends, Queens Arms and Revenge join forces for Brighton Unity Weekend, Thursday, March 30 – Sunday April 2, 2017. Michael ‘Mouse’ Burton aged just 37 and Gary ‘Gloria’ Swan 58 were two very different people that had one thing very much in common, they were richly, dese By Contributor • 2 min read
Community News Toddography raises £311 for Guide Dogs for the Blind West End director and choreographer Carole Todd drew a full house to her show Tales of Toddography (Showbiz Facts & Fiction) last month at the Queens Arms. By Besi • 2 min read
In The South PICTURE DIARY: Queens Arms Pride Village Street Party Crowds packed into George Street for both days of the Pride Village Party, 2016. Captain Cockroach captured the highlights on film for Gscene. By Captain Cockroach aka Graham Hobson • 1 min read
Cabaret Friends to celebrate life of popular nurse at Queens Arms Alan Phillips a 45-year-old clinical nurse at the Claude Nichol Centre, died in the early hours of Saturday morning, July 2. By Besi • 1 min read
Barry Nelson (left) and Chris Gull, Chair of the Rainbow Fund Fundraising News Queens Arms raises over £1,000 for Rainbow Fund Barry Nelson, manager at the Queens Arms on George Street, hands over a cheque for £1,044.00 to Chris Gull, Chair of the Rainbow Fund. The money was raised during Barry’s Birthday Bash at the Queens Arms on Sunday, January 31. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
In The South New monthly LGBTQ pub crawl round the gay village A new monthly LGBTQ Pub Crawl visiting some of Brighton’s famous gay bars and pub’s, meets at the Marine Tavern every third Friday of the month from 8pm. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts ‘First LGBT Poet Laureate’ appointed To help promote LGBT poetry, Camden LGBT Forum have created the post of First LGBT Poet Laureate. The recipient of the title “First LGBT Poet Laureate” which will be formally announced during LGBT History Month in February is Trudy Howson. By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Fundraising News Capt Baz birthday bash to benefit the Rainbow Fund Former Lollipop Girl and landlady at the Queens Arms, Barry Nelson, will be celebrating his birthday with a bevy of friends and the cream of Brighton’s entertainers at the Queens Arms on Sunday, January 31. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Phil Starr Tribute Night Ten Years on from the death of the legendary Phil Starr, friends and colleagues will be celebrating the life of one of the finest drag queens ever at the Queens Arms tomorrow night, Saturday, October 16. By Besi • 1 min read
Fundraising News Queens Arms raise over £1,150 for work of the LGBT Community Safety Forum A cabaret fundraiser organised by the Queens Arms in George Street on Sunday, September 27 raised a magnificent £1,153.32 for the work of the Brighton and Hove, LGBT Community Safety Forum. By Gary Hart • 1 min read
