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Reclaim Brighton & Hove Pride: We’ve just gotta work harder, for the future, together

As word filtered through of Pride in Brighton & Hove revealing combined debts of over £200,000, I have to admit my first reaction was one of resignation. Can I really be arsed with a sad saga that keeps on keeping on? Well two coffees later and my resignation has been replaced by indignation. The debt is bigger than Brighton & Hove City Council were told. … Continue reading Reclaim Brighton & Hove Pride: We’ve just gotta work harder, for the future, together

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I love Dungeness: No Lorries No Quarries

I first discovered Dungeness through the words of Derek Jarman and it has had a special part in my heart ever since. It’s beauty is simple. It does it for me in so many ways. Random yet wonderful, still yet strong, queer yet straight, it demands reflection and adoration. It is one of the many reasons why I will always be a seaside girl. The … Continue reading I love Dungeness: No Lorries No Quarries

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Alan Turing: Time for a hero without conviction

There are few figures from history we can say really did do right by the world. Alan Turing, the Second World War Enigma code breaker, is one of those few. And the UK has done him wrong. Having served his country with such genius, Turing was convicted in 1952 for ‘gross indecency’ and sentenced to chemical castration – the forced injection of female hormones. For … Continue reading Alan Turing: Time for a hero without conviction

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It’s time to GetUp! and fight for equal rights

Not since Christian the Lion (cheers Wayne) has a video got to me like this one. Often I end up ‘discussing’ the need for Pride, for equality, for acceptance with my father. Pray for the sinner and all that. And he just doesn’t get it. And I guess he never will. Hence his absence at my favourite day when that fine sweet queen of mine … Continue reading It’s time to GetUp! and fight for equal rights

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URGENT Defend the voices of Russia’s LGBT citizens now!

On Wednesday, political leaders in St. Petersburg are voting on a new law that will make it illegal to speak in public about being gay, lesbian or transgender. Think about the implications of that for a moment. Thinking about how you would feel if your sexuality meant you lost your right to a voice. A broad coalition in Russia are doing everything they can to … Continue reading URGENT Defend the voices of Russia’s LGBT citizens now!

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Keeping it Fruity and decent: The Wild Fruit Red Party 2011

Here we go Fruity ones. The party we wait for all year. Yes the Red fest we love is back as Wild Fruit present The Red Party 2011 Circus of the Absurd on Sunday 4th December. Its a time to fundraise, local and international. Its a time when the entire Brighton queer scene join forces to produce a night like no other. Take Monday off, … Continue reading Keeping it Fruity and decent: The Wild Fruit Red Party 2011

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No To Hate Crime – Brighton Candlelight Vigil Friday 28th October

A candlelit vigil is to be held at the Old Steine Fountain in Brighton on Friday 28th October as the local community unites on the International Day against Hate Crime. The second event was marked last year in the city by 200 people meeting at Old Steine to ‘express their concern and anger and to commemorate those who had been victims of hate crime’. This … Continue reading No To Hate Crime – Brighton Candlelight Vigil Friday 28th October

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We need Brighton and Hove LGBT Switchboard and now they need you – Donate now

I’ve used Switchboard. You’ve used Switchboard. At some point we’ve all used Switchboard. Well us souls lucky enough to find ourselves of the lesbian, gay, transgendered or bisexual persuasion anyway. Today, like many services we rely on Switchboard need us to make a fuss and raise £20,000 before April 2012 if they are to continue supply our city with counselling and information services. A quid … Continue reading We need Brighton and Hove LGBT Switchboard and now they need you – Donate now

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This weekend we’re all GAY, GAY, GAY!

I’m expecting gays. Thousands of them. Loved ones and random ones. Dancing ones and drinking ones. Happy ones and very happy ones. Gays, gays, gays. Cos guess what its Brighton GAY Pride. It’s Brighton LESBIAN Pride. It’s Brighton BISEXUAL Pride. It’s Brighton TRANSGENDER Pride. Just so you know. The signs in my city announcing the fact the gays are coming to town have been lacking … Continue reading This weekend we’re all GAY, GAY, GAY!

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Shaken by the power of nature – Red Cross Japan Tsunami Appeal

Words and pictures aren’t failing the global population as they witness the unfathomable force of Friday’s earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The world’s reaction has been one of dropped jaws and words of disbelief. And today as I write the story is only half told, if that. To watch your world float away in a sea of mud and debris must be heartbreaking. My thoughts … Continue reading Shaken by the power of nature – Red Cross Japan Tsunami Appeal

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