Community News Celebrating the vibrant LGBTQ+ history of Brighton & Hove and beyond The Coast is Queer LGBTQ+ Literature Festival and Queer Heritage South are joining forces on Saturday, May 24 to present an interactive archiving workshop that celebrates the vibrant LGBTQ+ history of our city and beyond. Inspired by a fascinating display of gay newspapers and lesbian pulp fiction, By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News Revealing St James’s Street with drag icons Alfie Ordinary, Alex Fincher and Billie Gold Drag icons Alfie Ordinary, Alex Fincher and Billie Gold have dug deep into the history books and listened to all the juicy gossip, to create a walking tour of the places and spaces that make up the beating heart of queer Brighton & Hove. Revealing St James’s Street is a project about bringing the qu By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts “Bold, bright and totally queer.” Marlborough Productions celebrates 15 years with scintillating spring 2025 programme In their 15th anniversary year, Marlborough Productions has programmed an offering of live performance featuring trailblazers from the UK’s queer arts scene including Emma Frankland and Subira Joy. Alongside a dynamic lineup of live work, Marlborough Productions continues to lead the way as makers a By Graham Robson • 4 min read
Community News Queer Heritage South awarded National Lottery Heritage Fund grant to develop new strategy for LGBTQ+ Heritage across Brighton & Hove Queer Heritage South, a programme of Marlborough Productions, an LGBTQ+ producing cultural organisation, has announced initial support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund for the development of the project Queer Heritage South: Live Archive. Made possible by National Lottery players, as well as By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Community News Free event to explore vibrant trans, non-binary and intersex history of Brighton & Hove On Saturday, December 7, join Queer Heritage South and the Clare Project at Ironworks Studios in Brighton to explore the vibrant trans, non-binary and intersex history of Brighton & Hove and contribute to a growing digital community archive! For more than 10 years, Queer Heritage South has been cele By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Marlborough Productions celebrates 15 years of pioneering intersectional queer culture and performance This September, Marlborough Productions celebrates 15 years of creating and supporting boundary-pushing, cutting-edge queer performance, parties, heritage and radical gatherings. A catalyst for queer culture and community, Marlborough Productions has worked alongside writers, performers, activists, By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Re-booting Our Archive: Our Tales of Lesbian Brighton & Hove Words by Kate Wildblood, Community Champion for Queer Heritage South‘s Live Archive project Re-booting Our Archive: Our Tales of Lesbian Brighton & Hove. What we did mattered. It always has. Lives lived, changes created, connections made. And if you were like me back in the late ’80s / early ’90s – By Contributor • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Queer Heritage South double bill at Preston Manor on September 1 to include Alf Le Flohic sharing the story of a secret queer disco in Kent Queer Heritage South’s LGBTQ+ History Club is travelling to Preston Manor & Gardens, BN1 6SB for a double bill on September 1. The event will include a tour inside the house of new interactive experience Shadows of Empire: Taking Tea at Preston Manor, which features hands-on interactive puzzles, pre By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News A Queer Night at Hove Museum on Thursday, August 1 Join Queer Heritage South for a pre-Pride celebration at Hove Museum of Creativity on Thursday, August 1. Queer Heritage South joins Days of Wonder for a night of music, talks, performances, video projections, and art, to explore the queer legacy of Hove Museum’s film & media collection. The event w By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News Queer Heritage South awarded National Lottery Heritage Fund grant to develop new strategy for LGBTQ+ heritage across Brighton & Hove Queer Heritage South – run by the team from queer producing company Marlborough Productions – has announced initial support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund for the development of its project Queer Heritage South: Live Archive, which aims to create a city-wide, long-term strategy for the coll By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts Brighton Queer History Club Presents: A Brighton Dome Special Join Brighton Queer History Club in the Museum Lab in Brighton Museum & Art Gallery on Sunday, October 30 for a journey into the rich history of LGBTQ+ culture of Brighton Dome since it became a concert hall in 1867. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Queer Heritage South launch a Queer Digital Museum Queer Heritage South launch A Queer Digitial Museum tomorrow! By Alex Klineberg • 3 min read
