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Day: June 24, 2015

Ella Henderson to play Brighton Pride

Posted on by Graham Robson

Platinum selling artist Ella Henderson will be making an exclusive Brighton Pride main stage appearance on August 1.

Ella Henderson

ELLA Henderson will be joining the main stage line up at the Brighton Pride Festival in Preston Park on Saturday, August 1 for her only UK Pride show of 2015.

Since the release of her debut, million-selling single Ghost, Ella has received two BRIT nominations for Best British Female and Best British Single, seen her debut album Chapter One hit #1 in the UK and reach platinum status. She has also crossed the Atlantic as one of the new wave of British artists breaking into the States.

Her album and single have hit the American charts and she has wowed audiences on David Letterman, The Ellen DeGenres Show and Good Morning America.

Her incredible voice and style have earned her a celebrity fanbase which ranges from Pharell to Adele to Cher.

Ella has just been a special guest on Take That’s massive arena tour and now she is bringing her down-to-earth, gloriously gutsy, defiantly soulful voice to Brighton for an exclusive show to help Brighton celebrate 25 years of Pride.

Event: Pride Brighton & Hove 2015

Where: Preston Park, Preston Road, Brighton

When: Saturday, August 1

Time: noon – 10pm

Tickets: Early Birds / £16.00 (first release) / Advance £18.50 (second release) Sold out £21.00 now available (£25.00 on the day)

To book tickets online, click here:

Obituary: Peter Lindars

Posted on by Contributor

July 2, 1970 – April 20, 2015

Peter Lindars 2.7.1970 - 20.4.2015
Peter Lindars 2.7.1970 – 20.4.2015

Peter Steven Lindars passed away on April 20, 2015 and was laid to rest on Tuesday, May 12 following a service to celebrate his life at St Andrews Church, Waterloo Street, Hove attended by hundreds of people.

He was born to Maeve Lindars and the late Michael Cheevers on July 2 1970, at North Middlesex Hospital in Edmonton.

He attended Chesterfield Junior and then Enfield Grammar schools, before leaving school to work for Bairstow Eves Estate Agency in London.

Having worked in the estate agency business for a number of years, first in London then more recently in Brighton. Peter changed direction with his career in 2004 and became co-owner of The Iron Duke Hotel on Waterloo Street in Hove entering into business first with Bob Evans, then with Gerald Featherstone, before successfully running the pub and hotel on his own for the last few years.

He entered into a civil partnership with Greg Clark in 2011, and they had lived together in Hove since 2004.

Peter was a keen runner and ran more than ten half and full marathons in the last eighteen months of his life, both as a personal goal and to raise money for various charities he supported.

He was a great supporter and friend of the Actually Gay Men’s Chorus who rehearsed and gave performances in St Andrew Church in Waterloo Street and used the Iron Duke for social purposes after choir rehearsals.

He leaves an older brother, Mike Cheevers, and a younger half-sister, Emma Lindars.

If you would like to make a donation to charity in memory of Peter Lindars, please go to Virgin Giving online and search for Peter Lindars to donate to Mind and Epilepsy research, charities that Peter had himself been involved in raising money for.

On Saturday, July 4 starting at 7pm you are invited to join friends and colleagues of Peter at the Dukebox Theatre in the Iron Duke, 3 Waterloo Street, Hove for an evening of music, comedy and much more.

The Peter Lindars Memorial Cabaret Fundraiser will be raising money for Epilepsy Research UK and Mind UK and will include performances from The Actually Gay Men’s Chorus and a DJ set from Peter von Sleaze. Entry will be by donation.

Event: The Peter Lindars memorial Cabaret Fundraiser

Where: The Dukebox Theatre, 3 Waterloo Street, Hove, East Sussex BN3 1AQ

When: Saturday, July 4

Time: 7pm

Tickets: Entry by donation

Are You A Boy Or Are You A Girl?

Posted on by Gary Hart

Writer and transgender community advocate, Sarah Savage got tired with children being put into pink and blue boxes when it came to gender issues.

Are You A Boy Or Are You A Girl?

377 backers agreed with her and pledged over £5,5oo to help Sarah publish and print her book Are You A Boy Or Are You A Girl?

Sarah said: “One of the most common stories I hear from my trans friends is how they first realised that something about their gender was different to other children at an early age, typically between four to seven years old. We start learning what being a boy or a girl is all about, not just the physical but also the roles, expectations and stereotypes that exist in society.

“There is often little to no education to help kids who are gender variant, the grown ups who have never had cause to even in passing question their own gender are presented with someone who breaks the mould and it can be difficult to know what to do to support the child in the best possible way.

“After a successful Kickstarter crowd funding campaign and beautifully illustrated by Fox Fisher, ‘Are You A Boy Or Are You A Girl?’ has been crafted as a tool to help talk about gender creatively with children and to assist parents, family and teachers in giving them the space to express themselves fully and grow into healthy adults.

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“This book is not just for children who may be trans or gender variant, I have written it with everybody in mind in the hope of breaking down these out-dated ideas of putting our children in pink and blue boxes. Parents who want to teach their kids that gender is a wide spectrum and open to be explored with fun will be able to use this book as a springboard for discussion.

“We are all unique and every child deserves to be taught how to cherish and celebrate what makes them different and to be proud of who they are. Hopefully my book will help some children realise that they can be whoever they want to be.”

Are You A Boy Or Are You A Girl? is available from Amazon, Good Reads and all good book stores.

Author, Sarah Savage and illustrator, Fox Fisher
Author, Sarah Savage and illustrator, Fox Fisher

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