As part of the B RIGHT ON LGBT+ Community Festival, the volunteers of the Brighton & Hove LGBT+ Community Safety Forum are hosting a day of HIV events and Stories on Saturday, April 14.
THE event is organised in collaboration with The Sussex Beacon, Brighton & Hove Hankie Quilt, Speaking Volumes and The Martin Fisher Foundation.
They will be screening digital reminiscing of HIV/AIDS in the 80s & 90s as well as The Martin Fisher STIGMA films project and during the event the Hankie Quilt will be displayed and restored with the help of a professional trained LGBT embroider and quilter who will also be leading a restoration workshop, All materials and workshop tools will be provided, all you need it enthusiasm, and a desire to help care and preserve this fabulous community record.
Workshop and Event is funded by the Rainbow Fund and hosted by the B-Right-On Festival.
Speaking Volumes, a recorded storytelling project that allows the voices of hidden, stigmatised and marginalised people to be heard will also be present.
A FREE HIV self testing machine will also be available on entry to the Phil Starr Pavilion and the community Café and Bar will be open all afternoon.
If you have any access requirements email access@lgbt-help.com or call 01273 855620 and select option 4
The B Right On LGBT+ Community Festival celebrates LGBT+ history, lives and culture, is organised by the volunteers of the Brighton & Hove LGBT Community Safety Forum and takes place at the Phil Starr Pavilion – a multi functional, fully accessible, heated performance, conference and community space with a licensed bar which is located on Victoria Gardens, Brighton.
Event: HIV Stories
Where: Phil Starr Pavilion,
When: Sunday, April 14
Time: 11am – 2pm
Cost: This is a free event
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