International News International Olympic Committee accused of hypocrisy New Campaign attacks IOC ‘hypocrisy’ in selection of Sochi as host city for the 2014 Winter Olympics. An international campaign to highlight “hypocrisy and contradiction” within the International Olympic Committee is to unfold across primary social media channels for the duration of the 2014 Winter By Besi • 3 min read
International News World’s first ‘protest beer’ highlights Russian anti-gay laws A new beer called Hello My Name is Vladimir mocks Putin’s discriminatory LGBT legislation ahead of the Winter Olympics in Sochi. By Besi • 3 min read
General News Former head of diversity for London Olympics 2012 speaks out In Stephen Frost’s new book The Inclusion Imperative: How Real Inclusion Creates Better Business and Builds Better Societies he explains how the London Olympics did diversity and delivered inclusion, whereas the Sochi Games don’t. He writes: “If the London Olympic and Paralympic Games were a trium By Besi • 2 min read
International News Pride House for Sochi Olympics in Hove tonight BLAGSS the LGBT sports society are holding a Pride House during the Sochi Olympics to show solidarity with LGBT Atheletes and the wider Russian LGBT Community. The event will take place on Tuesday, February 11 at the Grosvenor Bar in Hove. People are asked to meet from 6.30pm at the Grosvenor where By Besi • 1 min read
Health Drag Queen to run for Sussex Beacon Drag Queen Sonia Marmite will be running with the Bear Patrol in the Brighton Half Marathon later this month. This years Brighton Half Marathon is on Sunday, February 16 and Sonia Marmite aka Paul Brown will be running with the Bear Patrol to raise money for the Sussex Beacon. If he gets pledges of By Besi • 1 min read
International News National Student Union calls for end to “deep injustice for LGBT community” in Russia The National Union of Students (NUS) held their very own Sports Gay today – a protest to highlight Russia’s woeful human rights record in the lead up to the Sochi Winter Olympics. They staged a traditional sports day with an LGBT twist outside the Russian embassy in London rallying LGBT people and a By Besi • 1 min read
General News Run for the Alzheimer’s in Bupa London 10,000 charity run The Alzheimer’s Society needs supporters to run and raise money for them in the Bupa, London 10,000 annual charity on Sunday, May 25. The Bupa London 10,000 is an annual charity run that started in 2008. The race passes many London landmarks and finishes just by Buckingham Palace. The Alzheimer’s So By Sarah Green • 1 min read
International News Mayor of Sochi says “no gays in Sochi” In an interview with BBC reporter John Sweeney for the current affairs programme Panorama, Anatoly Pakhomov, the Mayor of Sochi, claimed there were no gay people in Sochi. Pressed on Russia’s law on ‘gay propaganda’ and the international calls to boycott the games, Pakhomov said homosexuals were wel By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Queer Tango Brighton Queer Tango Brighton are running a five week tango course for absolute beginners on Thursdays, from 7-9pm, starting February 27 to March 27 at The Dock Cafe, Wilbury Villas, Hove. Queer Tango is for those who are interested in dancing the Argentine Tango without the constraints of traditional gender By Besi • 1 min read
General News Torvill & Dean to skate Bolero in Sarajevo Skating legends Torvill & Dean return to Sarajevo on February 13, 2014 to perform their breath-taking Bolero routine – 30 years on from their historic gold medal-winning performance at the 1984 Winter Olympics. Following a joint invitation from the Mayors of Sarajevo and East Sarajevo to visit the c By Besi • 2 min read
International News German athletes to wear rainbow-colored uniforms at Winter Olympics in Sochi The German Olympic Team attending the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia have unveiled the uniforms they will wear at the opening ceremony in Sochi on February 7. The uniforms, consist of a blue, white, yellow and green jacket — paired with white pants for male athletes, and bright red and orange pant By Besi • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Trans* Swimming Sessions Is your gender expression keeping you from the swimming pool? If so there is a ten week pilot scheme for trans* people at St Luke’s swimming pool (near Queens Park), St Luke’s Terrace, Brighton on Friday evenings between 8pm-9.30pm starting from February 7 to April 11. Tickets are £2.55 a session. T By Besi • 1 min read
