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Day: March 17, 2014

Legends win Boyz Scene Award

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Miss Jason presents Legends with the award for Best Bar Brighton and The South Coast that they won at the annual Boyz Scene awards last week.

MIss Jason presents Jenna with Legends Boyz Award
MIss Jason presents Jenna with Legends Boyz Award

Before Miss Jason took the stage at her weekly Monday Madhouse at Legends this evening (March 17) she presented Legends with the award she collected for them at the 22nd annual Boyz Scene Awards staged at the Two Brewers in Clapham, London last Thursday (February 13).

Other Brighton winners included Brighton Pride who received the award for the Best Pride, Festival or Outdoor Event in the Country and Paul Kemp director of Brighton Pride CIC also received a long term achievement award for his nationally recognised Club Night Wild Fruit which has been running for the last 23 years.

For full list of winners, CLICK HERE:

 

Why Pride Matters to Simon Fanshawe

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Broadcaster Simon Fanshawe explains why Pride Matters to him.

Simon Fanshawe
Simon Fanshawe

I walk out of my front door with not a care. I am a known homo in lots of my life. It never scares me. I live in Brighton and work in London, Manchester, Edinburgh…….all over the UK. I am free to live.

But in 76 states in the world we are not free to live. This is not even about love or sex. It’s about going to the shops to get milk and being safe. It’s about meeting your friends and feeling safe. It’s about reading any book that I want without the police using it as evidence.

It’s about the everyday moments of everyday life. It’s about the everyday freedoms that, as individuals, we take for granted. The freedom to live free of threats, violence and harassment are basic human rights. Every time you buy milk…. shout it out. I have the freedom to live, I want others in the world to have it too.

To fight for that freedom is something to have PRIDE in.

Support Pride for a reason!

Support Kaleidoscope and support those abroad to have the freedom to live.

Simon Fanshawe OBE is a journalist & Broadcaster works to create effective change in organisations and in the world. He is also a founding trustee of the The Kaleidoscope Trust, that campaigns so that others may have the same freedom to live !

Pride tickets go on sale in gay venues

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Early bird tickets for Pride 2014 are now on sale in a number of venues in the Gay Village.

The World's a Disco

A limited number of tickets at £9 are available, when they have sold ticket prices rise to £12.50.

Venues include:

• Doctor Brightons: 16-17 Kings Rd, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 1NE

• A-bar: 11-12 Marine Parade, Brighton, East Sussex BN2 1TL

• Bar Revenge: 5-7 Marine Parade, Brighton, Brighton, East Sussex,BN2 1TA

• Charles Street: 8 Marine Parade, Brighton, East Sussex BN2 1TA

• Legends: 31-34 Marine Parade, Brighton, East Sussex BN2 1TR

• Nice N Naughty: 32 St James’s St, Brighton, East Sussex BN2 1RF

The World’s a Disco community parade will highlight not only the diversity of the world’s dancefloors but the plight of those across the globe whose basic freedom to live is denied.

Campaigning under the theme Freedom To Live, the parade will include 78 placards representing those countries where homosexual acts are illegal as Pride Brighton & Hove stands beside our global LGBTQ brothers and sisters.

For more information, CLICK HERE:

 

 

Heaven nightclub to stage Britain’s biggest ‘Equal Marriage’ party

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Stonewall the national equality charity joins forces with G-A-Y and Ben & Jerry’s to throw Britain’s largest party to celebrate marriage equality on Friday, March 28.

Stonewall

The event will take place at Heaven nightclub in London ahead of the first same-sex marriages on Saturday March 29. Ben & Jerry’s will join the celebrations and scoop their special marriage equality ice-cream, Apple-y Ever After for revellers.

Live screens in the club will countdown the minutes and seconds to midnight when history is made and marriage equality becomes a reality in England and Wales.

The moment will be celebrated at midnight with a wedding cake and confetti with all attendees invited to join Stonewall, Ben & Jerry’s and G-A-Y founder Jeremy Joseph for a souvenir on-stage photo to mark the occasion.

Ruth Hunt
Ruth Hunt

Stonewall’s Acting Chief Executive Ruth Hunt said: “On 29 March history will be made as every lesbian, gay and bisexual person will be equal under the law for the very first time. That’s a significant moment in our history and something worth celebrating. We’re incredibly excited to be able to mark this special moment with G-A-Y and Ben & Jerry’s.”Jeremy Joseph, founder of G-A-Y said: ‘G-A-Y is so proud to be doing this night with Stonewall & Ben & Jerry’s – this is a part of gay history. As an old romantic I also get very excited when I hear about couples who have met at G-A-Y, so if anyone actually proposes on the night & gets photographed with the cake & confetti, then that will be the icing on the equality wedding cake!’

Jeremy Joseph
Jeremy Joseph

Jeremy Joseph, founder of G-A-Y added: “G-A-Y is so proud to be doing this night with Stonewall & Ben & Jerry’s – this is a part of gay history. As an old romantic I also get very excited when I hear about couples who have met at G-A-Y, so if anyone actually proposes on the night & gets photographed with the cake & confetti, then that will be the icing on the equality wedding cake!”

Doors at the event will open at 11pm and entry is free to those with wristbands, available at G-A-Y bar on Old Compton Street. 

For more information, CLICK HERE:

 

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