Business News R-Bar redesign “inspired by Miami nostalgia with a hint of Brighton beach”! One of Brighton’s most iconic queer spaces, R-Bar (formerly known as Bar Revenge), is poised to be redesigned by award-winning hospitality design agency, DesignLSM. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Queer films and narratives at Genesis Cinema’s inclusive Fragments Festival Fragments Festival, an inclusive film festival created by London’s Genesis Cinema, is to run September 29 – October 2. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts Sedos to present LGBTQ+ re-telling of Shakespeare classic, ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ London-based amateur theatre company and charity Sedos is to bring its production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream to Bridewell Theatre in central London from September 14-24, 2022. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Back to Books fundraising to sustain their radical and representative bookselling Back to Books is a Digbeth-based independent bookshop that first began in May 2019, when its founder Alexia was struggling to find an independent bookshop in her new home city of Birmingham. By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
Features & Longread FEATURE: Queer Love – Keep The Fire Burning “It can take just a few years for fiery relationships to go a little colder. This does not have to happen to you, so long as you take a few key steps to keep your passion alive.” By Contributor • 3 min read
Arts Ladypat and Boogaloo Stu present ‘QUEER HEARTS’ The year-long project which will encompass a joint exhibition of new artworks, plus workshop events, and concluding in May 2023 with a cultural exchange between the artists’ home locations of the Isle of Wight and Brighton. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Exhibition at Walsall Art Gallery explores untold stories of gay and trans communities HERE&QUEER is a new exhibition at the New Art Gallery Walsall which “aims to show there is no one definitive queer experience, just as there is no one straight experience, we are all complex and multi-faceted human beings and we hope that the displays give the opportunity for people to gain new insi By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
Community News Introducing The Queery – Brighton’s newest queer venue The Queery is not only Brighton’s newest queer venue; it is also a venture with a mission. It serves as a multifunctional sober space that centres around the value of empowering the queer community. The founders have transformed two entirely stripped rooms into a vegan café come art gallery and a qu By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts Elska Magazine commemorates seven years of celebrating beautiful, ordinary men from across the globe Last month Elska Magazine celebrates its seven year anniversary. Over these years the project has been dedicated to showcasing a diverse range of beautiful, ordinary men from LGBTQ+ communities around the world. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts FREE YOURSELF! #DaleyPop shares his Pride jukebox! From Jessie Ware to SEB, Dale Melita aka #DaleyPop shares his favourite POP tracks in the run up to Brighton & Hove Pride By Contributor • 4 min read
Arts Queer poetry event with Simran Uppal, mandisa apena and Jinhao Xie The event, on Thursday, July 28, will be an evening of poetry readings hosted by Jacob Sam-La Rose and featuring Barbican Young Poets Simran Uppal, mandisa apena and Jinhao Xie, to celebrate the new poetry anthology ‘Articulations for Keeping the Light In’ By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Strictly star Johannes Radebe swaps his dancing shoes for overalls to transform LGBTQ+ community shelter, centre and domestic abuse refuge, The Outside Project Strictly Come Dancing star and LGBTQ+ advocate Johannes Radebe has joined forces with MADE.com to completely transform LGBTQ+ community centre, The Outside Project. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
