The Candy Bar Brighton Years 2001-08

I wrote a blog for Queer Heritage South about our Candy Bar Brighton years. A reflection of an epic lesbian scene moment in which we played a small part – 12″s and all. Which is nice. There are photos and memories and name checks and things. The memories may be a little blurry, the tunes a little less banging nowadays, but the Candy connections we … Continue reading The Candy Bar Brighton Years 2001-08

QHS Community Champion blog

I wrote a blog about lesbians for @queerinbrighton website. Like you do. Read it, like it, share it. To round up the year, our community champions are sharing their thoughts on the project so far, what drew them to QHS, and what they want to do next! Kate, our older lesbian Community Champion, has shared photos from one of their ‘Rebooting Our Archive’ events. The series of … Continue reading QHS Community Champion blog

My Queer Museum: Wildblood and Queenie

So it’s finally happened. We’ve ended up where we belong, in a museum. Yep, we’re that old. Wildblood and Queenie – archived for the nation thanks to My Queer Museum as we babble on about basslines past, discos done and lesbian adventures had. It’s all here. Every grown breaking moment of history you’d expect from two old queer disco dears as we donate to the … Continue reading My Queer Museum: Wildblood and Queenie

Re-booting our archive – Our tales of Lesbian Brighton & Hove [2ND EVENT]

Overthought and forever rejection expectant I was blown away by the support for our first Re-Booting The Archive Queer In Brighton event at Ironworks Studio and my debut outing as QHS Live Archive Lesbian Community Champion (Get me!!) Watching what I will now forever call our joyous colony of lesbians (the plural name for a bunch of beavers apparently – I looked it up) gather and want to talk … Continue reading Re-booting our archive – Our tales of Lesbian Brighton & Hove [2ND EVENT]

Wildblood and Queenie’s 1BTN Shameless Hussies Special 21.01.22

Happy 2022 everyone. And what a better way to start a new year than with some downright shameless behaviour. It’s been thirty years since a club night called Shameless Hussies completely changed our lives. It brought us together. Less Jack more Jo, Shameless Hussies marked the moment we created a club night and started a love affair with house music, the Brighton queer club scene … Continue reading Wildblood and Queenie’s 1BTN Shameless Hussies Special 21.01.22