Saturday, January 24, 2009
LGBT History Ball at the Old Ship Hotel
An LGBT Ball is being hosted in February by the LGBT Workers Forum, and gay domestic violence charity, Broken Rainbow, to celebrate LGBT history month.The Ball will have a 1940s/50s theme and will be held in the Paganini Ballroom at the Old Ship Hotel.
Entertainment will include music and cabaret from The Burlettes, Fats 45 and Zoe Lewis’ Rubber Band. There will also be free dance lessons before the evening starts from ballroom dancing specialists to give the night a traditional feel.
Rita Hirani, Consultant CEO of Broken Rainbow said of the Ball:
"It celebrates LGBT History Month which is something that shouldn't be forgotten. It's only with the self sacrifice of those that have gone before us that allow LGBT people to have the rights we sometimes take for granted; and it's these rights that have allowed charities such as ours to get funding from the Home Office to raise awareness and support the LGBT communities around their experience of domestic violence. So, yes, it's a time to celebrate, to remember and to look forward as a community."
The event whilst celebrating the LGBT community, also coincides with Broken Rainbow’s ‘Rainbow Ribbon Campaign,’ which aims to bring attention to LGBT issues around domestic violence and to have it placed on the national agenda.
The Ball begins at 8pm on Saturday, February 21. Tickets are £5 and are available from lgbt@brighton-hove.gov.uk and the Booklovers Store, Jubilee library.
