General News New LGBT+ student dating site Connect2Students.com is a new social network based in Brighton that helps students connect with each other for a variety of purposes including help with finding a date. By Besi • 2 min read
Features & Longread Gay men’s experiences of masculinity When people ask why I chose to study ‘gay masculinities’ for my PhD, I think back to the time my car broke down on the A23, and the rescue service sent along this good-looking, thirty-something man to help: a knight in fluorescent armour. The car was fixed promptly, but as I headed home, I couldn’t By James Ravenhill • 4 min read
In The South Free places for ‘Echoes of Fascism’ conference at Sussex University University of Sussex are offering a limited number of free places for local activists and organisations to attend the exciting Sussex University conference Echoes of Fascism in Contemporary Culture, Politics and Society. By Besi • 1 min read
General News Sussex University offer free housing law advice to local communities University of Sussex launches free legal clinic to give expert housing advice to local people. The City’s residents will be able to contact the Sussex Law School and receive legal support at no cost on a wide range of housing issues including evictions/possession, disrepair, anti-social behaviour/ n By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: 45 Minutes of Organ Music with D’Arcy Trinkwon The series is performed by the University Organist, D’Arcy Trinkwon – the internationally acclaimed concert organist regarded as one of the outstanding virtuoso musicians of his generation. D’Arcy is also organist of Worth Abbey. These fascinating, relaxed and informal concerts include interesting v By Besi • 1 min read
Arts ‘Rights of Passage’: A presentational talk by Clare Summerskill Renowned lesbian celebrity and playwright Clare Summerskill talks about her work with the play Rights of Passage. Rights of Passage is a play by Clare Summerskill, created from interviews with LGBT asylum seekers in the UK. This production toured to theatres nationally earlier this year over a six w By Besi • 2 min read
General News University of Sussex extends Syrian refugee scholarship Following wide consultation with UK government agencies and third sector organisations, the University of Sussex has extended the reach of The Sussex Refugee Scholarship, announced last year, and will welcome its first students onto campus in early 2017. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts OPERA PREVIEW: Alcina produced by Opera Alumnus Turn on, tune in and drop out – but don’t fly off the Händel with Opera Alumnus’ psychedelic production of Alcina. By Contributor • 2 min read
General News Student satisfaction rises at University of Sussex Student satisfaction rises at the University of Sussex for the second year running, according to the results of the 2016 National Student Survey (NSS). By Gary Hart • 2 min read
Features & Longread Crispin Blunt’s poppers speech: a brave acknowledgment of awkward truths Crispin Blunt, the Conservative MP for Reigate, Surrey, offered the British media a late Christmas present when he admitted to being a user of the drug amyl nitrite, more commonly known as “poppers”, during a House of Commons debate on the Psychoactive Substances Bill, which would see them banned. By Sharif Mowlabocus • 3 min read
Arts Lives of gay and lesbian migrants explored in Brighton exhibition The Queer Crossings exhibition, running from September 7-18 at the Brighthelm Centre in Brighton, will shed light on the difficulties encountered by gay, lesbian or transgender refugees who flee to South Africa from other parts of the continent to escape persecution. By Contributor • 2 min read
Film Same-sex parents wanted for documentary University of Sussex master’s degree student seeks same-sex parents and older children for a documentary. Diêgo Lôbo, a Brazilian human-rights activist, has worked in Brazil, South Africa, Kenya and India. For the last three years he has coordinated an advocacy programme on children’s rights. As par By Besi • 2 min read
