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Museum of Transology to hold Trans Pride archiving day at Brighton’s Trans Pride Centre this weekend

Graham Robson April 25, 2024

The Museum of Transology has been collecting items from Trans Pride Brighton & Hove over the last ten years. This weekend – Saturday, 27 April – they are holding an archiving day at the Trans Pride Centre (93 St James Street, Brighton BN2 1TP) and you’re invited! Pop along to see the collection and help […]

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Arts

Komedia to celebrate 30th birthday in May

Graham Robson April 19, 2024

This May, the Komedia will celebrate its 30th birthday. From humble beginnings at a small venue on Manchester Street in Kemptown in 1994, to their home for the last 26 years on Gardner Street in the North Laine, Komedia has been through its ups and downs but has managed to weather the storm, in an […]

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Community News

Brighton & Hove Rainbow Run to return for third fabulous year in August

Graham Robson April 19, 2024

Rapidly becoming an essential part of the Brighton & Hove Pride weekend, the Brighton & Hove Rainbow Run – a 5K fun run raising money for local LGBTQ charity, the Brighton Rainbow Fund – returns to Hove Park on Friday, August 2 at 7pm. This year promises to be bigger, better, louder and prouder! Organised […]

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Queer Heritage South awarded National Lottery Heritage Fund grant to develop new strategy for LGBTQ+ heritage across Brighton & Hove

Graham Robson April 11, 2024

Queer Heritage South – run by the team from queer producing company Marlborough Productions – has announced initial support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund for the development of its project Queer Heritage South: Live Archive, which aims to create a city-wide, long-term strategy for the collection, archiving, and sharing of our city’s rich LGBTQ+ […]

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Brighton loneliness charity, Together Co, to help The Grand Hotel celebrate 160 years with 160 afternoon teas

Graham Robson April 10, 2024

On Monday, April 22, Brighton’s Grand Hotel will join forces with Brighton-based loneliness charity Together Co to mark the hotel’s 160th anniversary with a community-focused afternoon tea. In a celebration of togetherness, the Spring Tea will celebrate 160 years of The Grand, with 160 afternoon teas, while guests get to know each other and listen […]

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Transgender News

Brighton & Hove City Council raises concerns on government’s draft school and colleges guidance for gender questioning children

Graham Robson April 9, 2024

Brighton & Hove City Council (BHCC) has raised serious concerns in a response to a consultation on the government’s draft Guidance for Schools and Colleges: Gender Questioning Children. The national consultation, which closed 12 March, asked for views on the content of the guidance and whether it will help support schools and colleges, teachers and […]

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Politics

Candidates confirmed for Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner election and Queen’s Park and Kemptown by-elections

April 8, 2024

Elections for the Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner will be taking place on Thursday, 2 May. The candidates standing for election have been confirmed: Jamie Bennett – Liberal Democrats  Katy Bourne – Conservative Party  Jonathan Christopher Kent – Green Party  Paul Adrian Richards – Labour and Co-operative Party Find out more about the 2024 Sussex […]

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Community News

Sunshine and Solidarity: Brighton’s LGBTQ+ community shines at AIDS Memorial clean-up

April 6, 2024

On a bright and sunny April morning, members of our LGBTQ+ community of Brighton came together to show their support and care for one of the city’s most poignant landmarks – the AIDS Memorial. Volunteers from the local queer scene rolled up their sleeves and donned their marigold gloves to scrub away the winter’s grime, leaving the […]

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Books

Authors Neil Bartlett and Nathan Evans to discuss publishing, writing novels, and queer past, present and future at Brighton’s Jubilee Library this weekend

Graham Robson April 5, 2024

For its first event of 2024, Brighton LGBTIQ+ History Club will be joined by Coast Is Queer and Jubilee Library for a special event on Sunday, April 7 at Jubilee Library as they welcome two special guests on a journey through queer literature and queer history. Neil Bartlett and Nathan Evans will discuss publishing, writing […]

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