Features & Longread OMing and Ahhing with Brighton Buddhist Centre Jaq Bayles talks to Amalabandhu, who runs the Brighton Buddhist Centre’s Gender & Sexual Diversity Group By Jaq Bayles • 4 min read
Features & Longread Standing Up To The Odds Andi Derrick tells Jaq Bayles how a life-changing experience transformed her approach By Jaq Bayles • 5 min read
Health Trans woman. Fitness trainer. Advocate for the LGBTQ+ community Liz Ridgway talks to Jaq Bayles about her journey to trans woman, fitness trainer and advocate for the LGBTQ+ community By Jaq Bayles • 7 min read
Community Eastern Flavours Band raises cash for Rainbow Fund Aneesa Chaudhry has donated to the Brighton Rainbow Fund £60 raised from her Eastern Flavours Band concert at The Brunswick Pub on December 5. By Jaq Bayles • 1 min read
Community Big Give Christmas Challenge 2021 FareShare Sussex is taking part in Christmas Challenge 2021 to raise £10,000 in one week. These funds will be used to provide 40,000 meals for people in need. By Jaq Bayles • 1 min read
Community HIV Allies project launched by University Hospitals Sussex Today, World AIDS Day 2021, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust is launching an ‘HIV Allies’ project to become a stigma-free hospital Trust. By Jaq Bayles • 3 min read
Community News Federation of Gay Games comes to Brighton Brighton is to host the annual Federation of Gay Games (FGG) Annual General Assembly next week (November 8-12) as Covid travel restrictions forced a change of venue from Hong Kong, where the next Games are to be held in 2023, postponed from 2022 By Jaq Bayles • 2 min read
Arts Burlesque Express Big wigs, lavish costumes and plenty of skin in the game. Ebullient burlesque performer Violet Delights strips down the essence of the art for Jaq Bayles By Jaq Bayles • 7 min read
Arts What’s Cookin’? Jaq Bayles meets Woody Cook, whose new media company aims to ‘give back’ and create a community By Jaq Bayles • 4 min read
Community Covid Report from Switchboard A crucial Health & Inclusion Project by Switchboard has just been released. Jaq Bayles looks into the results Brighton & Hove Switchboard has conducted a major survey into the impact of Covid-19 on LGBTQ+ people in Brighton & Hove, revealing high levels of depression and isolation, along with drug a By Jaq Bayles • 6 min read
Arts Rebels with a Cause Jaq Bayles visits the stunning Rebel Dykes Art & Archive Show, and looks back at the Lesbian Avengers as their famous handbook is re-released with bonus content. Rebel Dykes, Lesbian Avengers – the activists from the ‘80s and ‘90s with major attitude are back. The fact that an important new art show By Jaq Bayles • 6 min read
Competition Win tickets to ‘Bottom’ With a cracking soundtrack, Willy’s funny, honest and open-hearted storytelling yanks the lid off the queer experience. This is for anyone who hates making the first move. Anyone who thinks they are unlovable. Anyone that’s ever tried to be someone they’re not. By Jaq Bayles • 2 min read
