Arts PREVIEW: Two LGBTQ+ choirs bring Christmas cheer Brian Butler previews some queer choir news to bring us all cheer By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Arts The Rainbow Chorus announces exciting plans for Christmas! The shows will be crammed with musical stocking fillers – from chorus classics and brand new songs to sing-along festive faves! By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Trans Day of Remembrance – a message of solidarity from the Rainbow Chorus As the choir is unable to join in physical union for TDoR and stand in solidarity with the trans community, they have come together online to produce a stirring video dedicated to those trans lives lost. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Rainbow Chorus marks National Hate Crime Awareness Week Rainbow Chorus, Brighton & Hove’s LGBTQ+ choir, mark Hate Crime Awareness Week with a recording of Keane’s ‘Somewhere Only We Know’. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Business News Rainbow Chorus Open Trans Pride Brighton & Hove with heart-warming video concert. Rainbow Chorus Open Trans Pride Brighton & Hove with heart-warming video concert. By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts Mayor of Brighton & Hove opens B RIGHT ON LGBT Community Festival The Mayor of Brighton & Hove, Councillor Mo Marsh officially opened the 2018 B RIGHT ON LGBT Community Festival last night (February 16) celebrating Brighton’s contribution to LGBT History Month. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Sing for fun with RC+ RC+ (Rainbow Chorus Plus) is a community initiative from the Rainbow Chorus, Brighton’s long-standing LGBT choir. The ‘plus’ is there to highlight the fact that the group is an extension of the main choir and is open to the entire LGBT+ communities, embracing cis, trans and non-binary members with a By Besi • 3 min read
Community News LETTER TO EDITOR: Stand with Pride! I was glad to see Gscene report a further batch of tickets for Brighton Pride will go on sale on Monday morning exclusively for BN residents.I’ve been concerned about some of the negative comments on social media about Pride and wanted to say ‘Thank you’ to Brighton Pride for its ongoing and increas By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts World AIDS Day concert raises over £3,000 for HIV charity World AIDS Day Charity Concert – Together We Stand raises over £3,000 for Lunch Positive, the HIV lunch club. The Church of St Mary the Virgin in Kemptown was, once again, the venue for the sell-out annual World AIDS Day concert which brings together LGBT+ music groups from Brighton and the surround By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Rainbow Chorus Christmas Concert Nothing marks the start of the Christmas season proper as clearly as a festive concert, and the Rainbow Chorus certainly declared the season well and truly open on Saturday night (December 9). By Andrew Kay • 2 min read
Arts Local LGBT+ singers come together for World AIDS Day concert tonight (December 1) Actually Gay Men’s Chorus, Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus and Rainbow Chorus join forces once again to organise the annual fundraising concert for World AIDS Day. Funds raised from the concert will be donated to Lunch Positive, the HIV lunch club, who will be on hand serving mulled wine and mince pies on By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Rainbow Chorus Chair to speak at The Village MCC this Sunday Finola Brophy, the retiring chair of the Rainbow Chorus will be the guest speaker at The Village Metropolitan Community Church on Sunday October 29. Finola lives in Worthing with her partner of nearly 30 years, Liz, though she spends a lot of time and energy in Brighton committed to improving Bright By Besi • 1 min read