October 2017 – Page 8 – Scene Magazine – From the heart of LGBTQ+ Life

BBC reveals positive impact of Gay Britannia season on UK audiences

Posted on 11/10/201710/10/2017 by Besi

Today is National Coming Out Day (NCOD), an LGBT+ community awareness day observed each year on October 11.

To mark NCOD, the BBC has revealed the impact the recent Gay Britannia season has had on UK audiences, showing a high level of campaign awareness amongst both the LGB community and others – offering new insight whilst driving a sense of connection and conversation.

Gay Britannia, a season of programming across the BBC marked the 50th anniversary of The Sexual Offences Act, providing audiences with bold and provocative stories exploring how far we’ve come since being gay was a crime in Britain.

The season ran from late July to early August, led by programming on BBC Two and BBC Four, with other content across BBC radio and online.

♦ There was 43% awareness of the season amongst all UK audiences, rising to 75% amongst lesbian and gay audiences

♦ A quarter (25%) of those who watched Gay Britannia agreed that it taught them “something they didn’t know before”

♦ This was highest amongst older groups (55-64 at 36%, 65+ at 28%) – and 37% amongst LGB audiences

♦ 57% of LGB audiences who watched Gay Britannia felt the season ‘connected them with their experiences’

♦ Younger audiences (16-34) who watched Gay Britannia claimed the season helped them to ‘feel closer to other people’ (29%) and ‘think about doing something new’ (17%)

♦ Overall, one fifth (21%) of those who watched said it made them “feel closer to other people / understand other people better”

The season continues the BBC’s long history of tackling LGBT subjects and a commitment to representation and portrayal; with significant moments including, in 1987, the first ever kiss between men on a British soap (EastEnders).

Feedback received from anonymous survey respondents highlighted the positive impact the season had on LGBT+ and wider audiences.

“It made me more proud of being Gay and also an appreciation of how lucky I am” – male, 36

“It opens your eyes to someone else’s world” – female, 19

“It helped persuade me to finally come out to a… homophobic parent, who quite surprisingly accepted it” – male 31

“It created more awareness of wider issues that people might not have known about, as well as personal struggles and prejudice about being gay” – male, 24

“I’m thankful for the gay friends I have in my life, that they can live the lives they want openly without fear” – female, 50

“As a gay man of 77 I remember what it was like prior to the part decriminalisation, but I wasn’t aware of the horrific attack that some gay persons have experienced in the last few years” – male, 77

David Bunker, Head of Research Projects at BBC, said: “We can see from our evaluation of this important season of programming that there was a very high awareness amongst audiences, with nearly two-thirds of the LGB community consuming some content from it.

“But it seems to have had an even wider impact: delivering new insight, sparking conversation and driving a sense of connection between people across the country on the issues the LGB community have faced in the past, and still face today”.

LGBTI people face health service barriers

Posted on 10/10/2017 by Besi

New research by a consortium including the University of Brighton has uncovered inequalities, barriers and discrimination faced by LGBTI people when accessing health services.

Researchers, experts, and activists in lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) health conducted a state-of-the-art review study and ran 12 focus groups in six EU Member States in a €500,000 EU-funded pilot project Health4LGBTI.

The continuing study aims to understand better health inequalities experienced by LGBTI people and the barriers faced by health professionals when providing care to these groups.

The University of Brighton’s research team, led by Dr Nigel Sherriff with Dr Laetitia Zeeman, Professor Kath Browne, and Dr Nick McGlynn, is part of a consortium contracted by the European Commission to explore health needs and challenges faced by LGBTI people and to analyse barriers faced by health professionals when providing care for LGBTI people.

Dr Sherriff said: “There is strong evidence demonstrating the existence of health inequalities experienced by LGBTI people that impact on health. These are multiple and complex – they are also are unjust and preventable.”

“The consortium is providing European health professionals with the appropriate tools with the aim of overcoming these barriers and reducing these inequalities.”

Countries involved in the study were Belgium, Bulgaria, Italy, Lithuania, Poland and the UK.

Findings revealed health inequalities, barriers, and discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics of LGBTI people. The results will be used to develop training for health professionals.

The findings were corroborated by focus groups involving LGBTI people and health professionals in the six Member States. Their stories and experiences revealed a wide variety of ongoing inequalities and barriers, regardless of whether equality for LGBTI people is supported at the political level or not.

LGBTI people and healthcare professionals involved agreed that mandatory training around LGBTI issues is needed by all staff in healthcare services.

The study, part of a 24-month project launched in 2016, is funded by the European Parliament and is being carried on behalf of the European Commission.

Key findings include:

Root causes likely to contribute to the experience of health inequalities by LGBTI people are: i) still prevailing cultural and social norms that assume people are non-LGBTI by default; ii) minority stress associated with sexual orientation, gender identity and sex characteristics; iii) victimisation; iv) discrimination (individual and institutional), and; v) stigma.
Significant mental and physical health inequalities exist for LGBTI people. For example, LGBTI people are at significantly higher risk of poor mental health compared to the general population which includes higher incidence of suicidal thoughts, substance misuse, anxiety, and deliberate self-harm.
LGBTI people face barriers when accessing healthcare. Examples include prejudicial attitudes and discriminatory behaviour of healthcare staff; unequal treatment; needs not being recognised; fear of disclosure of gender identity, sexual orientation, or sex characteristics. Cases were reported where LGBTI people see themselves being refused healthcare services due to their sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex characteristics.
Many health professionals lack knowledge and cultural competence concerning the lives and healthcare needs of LGBTI people. Firstly, medical literature regarding LGBTI people needs to be updated, secondly health professionals’ assumptions can be a barrier to LGBTI people seeking healthcare. These include assumptions that people are non-LGBTI by default; that being LGBTI is irrelevant; and that LGBTI people do not experience significant discrimination. Thirdly, they can find it difficult to challenge anti-LGBTI attitudes from both colleagues and patients.
Specific groups within LGBTI (particularly bisexual, trans and intersex people) encounter their own specific barriers, and healthcare professionals’ knowledge of these groups is limited.
Although scarce, in some Member States, examples of promising practice in meeting the needs of LGBTI people are evident.

The study revealed significant gaps in research on the topic and limited research with trans and intersex people to better understand their general health profile, experiences, and physical and mental health needs in relation to service provision. Similarly, further research that adopts an intersectional perspective on health inequalities experienced by LGBTI people is required.

Where research does exist, it showed that living in rural areas, being a migrant, refugee, and/or asylum seeker, being on a low-income, being young or old, and living with disabilities can contribute to health inequalities for LGBTI people and have implications for access to health services.

Findings and feedback about training needs are being used to develop a new training package for healthcare professionals across the EU. This modular training package will expand healthcare professionals’ skills regarding LGBTI people’s healthcare, in order to help address the barriers and inequalities identified.

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More people recycling in Brighton & Hove

Posted on 10/10/2017 by Gary Hart

Recycling rates in Brighton & Hove are improving thanks to initiatives such as new wheeled bins for recycling, garden waste collections and recycling street sweepings.

Rates in the city have increased to just over 29% from 26.7% last year.

Announcing the new figures at the Environment, Transport and Sustainability Committee today (Tuesday, October 10), Chair, Cllr Gill Mitchell said: “For the first quarter of this financial year, April to June, our rates have increased by 2.46% on the same period last year.

“We’ve delivered 45,000 new recycling wheelie bins in the city and they are proving popular. This, coupled with our new garden waste collections scheme which costs residents just £1 a week, is giving people more opportunities to recycle.”

The council is also responding to areas in the city where residents have difficulty storing larger recycling bins.

Cllr Mitchell added: “We are taking the time to look at what works best for residents in areas such as Poets Corner to ensure those that would prefer smaller bins get them as quickly as possible.

“There is no one size fits all, and anyone who is unable to store a wheeled bin has the option to continue using black boxes. Our aim is to make it easy and convenient for people to recycle more and I’d like to thank residents for taking the time to recycle.”

In 2015 around 4,000 households in Hangleton and Portslade took part in a wheeled bin trial that led to a 4% increase in recycling.

Switchboard CEO to speak at Village MCC

Posted on 10/10/2017 by Besi

Village Metropolitan Community Church host Daniel Cheesman as their guest speaker on October 15.

Daniel is the current CEO of Brighton and Hove LGBT Switchboard having taken up the role in April 2017.

Prior to this Daniel has a long history of both working and volunteering within the community. He has been a listening volunteer with Samaritans since 2008 and from 2014-2017 was Branch Director of Brighton and Hove Samaritans, during which time he made sure that the profile of Samaritans was increased within the LGBT+ communities.

Daniel has an MA in Gender and Queer Studies and has researched ‘importance of a truly inclusive Church to a gay Christian’ and ‘the experiences of partners of gay clergy (titled In the Shadows)’.

Nowadays Daniel defines himself as a ‘lapsed Baptist’ and is passionate about making a difference to the lives of others and ‘doing his bit’ in working towards a truly inclusive community.

The Village MCC Brighton and Hove is a church that was created by LGBT+ Christians, their families, friends, and allies. It’s a Metropolitan Community Church called to support the LGBT+ communities in whatever ways it can offering a safe space where anyone can feel at home, fully affirmed in their sexuality and gender identity.

They worship together at 6pm every Sunday evening at Somerset Centre, 62 St James’s St, Brighton.

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World Mental Health Day – L’Eau de Chris? No, ludicrous!

Posted on 10/10/2017 by Besi

Love Island star, Chris Hughes reveals true story behind ‘L’Eau de Chris’ bottled water – as he becomes Ambassador for the Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) on World Mental Health Day.

Just 24 hours after revealing he was about to launch a new bottled mineral water infused with his own tears, Love Island star Chris Hughes has revealed that L’Eau de Chris was, in fact, Ludicrous and a practical joke.

At an event hosted this morning to mark World Mental Health Day, Chris admitted that L’Eau de Chris and his shoot with world-renowned photographer, RANKIN, was designed to symbolise the fact 84% of UK men say they bottle up their emotions (YouGov), and to raise awareness for CALM, the male suicide prevention charity for which Chris is now an Ambassador.

To mark his new ambassadorship, Chris is today joining forces with CALM and TOPMAN to launch the #DontBottleItUp campaign to show it’s ok for men to open up rather than bottle it up.

Speaking at the event in TOPMAN’s central London HQ, Chris said: “Yesterday everyone was shocked that I had literally bottled my emotions in a water bottle infused with my tears. And as the L’Eau de Chris name suggested, doing that would have been ludicrous; yet this is what men across the UK are doing every single day.

“What’s really ludicrous is that suicide is still the single biggest killer of young men in the UK. We live in a culture that encourages men to ‘man up’ and bottle things up. That’s why I’ve become an Ambassador for CALM and why together with TOPMAN we want to show men across the UK that it’s okay to open up instead of bottling it up. I’ve got personal experience of the benefits of opening up and expressing emotion, which is why I want to work with this incredible charity in its mission to making life less miserable for men across the UK. Our message to all guys is: however, you open up, just #DontBottleItUp.”

The #DontBottleItUp campaign aims to highlight how men across the UK often bottle up their emotions at the expense of their mental health.

It comes as new research by CALM shows that 84% of men in the UK say they bottle up their emotions with nearly half saying they suppress their emotions often or at least once day. This even more stark for younger men, with almost two in three (63%) 18-24 year olds saying they regularly hide their true feelings.

The most common reasons men cited for not opening up about their emotions were not wanting to worry anyone (43%) and preferring to sort it out themselves (49%). Men were also found to be much less likely than women to open up face-to-face (63% v. 72%), over the phone (16% v. 27%) or by text (17% v. 27%) about their feelings.

The research also shows many men are feeling the pressure to ‘man up’ and bottle up their emotions, despite the fact the majority of people (52%) feel comfortable when a man opens up to them about his emotions, and half of us say we’re glad that a man has opened up to us. This shows just how ludicrous it is for men to bottle it up.

Together, Chris, CALM and TOPMAN are calling on evveryone to show support for the #DontBottleItUp campaign by sharing the #DontBottleItUp film shot by RANKIN on World Mental Health Day.

The limited edition promotional run of L’Eau de Chris water bottles created for Chris’s campaign launch will now be auctioned at thecalmzone.net/dontbottleitup, with all proceeds going to support the charity.

Additionally, TOPMAN has committed to donate £2 from every pack of TOPMAN boxer shorts sold from October 10-31 to CALM, in support of the #DontBottleItUp campaign.

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James Scroggs, Chair of CALM, said: “Both on and off-screen, Chris has been widely praised for opening up about his emotions. As an Ambassador for CALM and the face of the #DontBottleItUp campaign, Chris will use his profile to help us to challenge a culture that prevents men from opening up and seeking help when they need it. With suicide continuing to be the single biggest killer of young men in the UK, it’s vital that we show that it’s okay to open up and ask for help if you need it.”

Jason Griffiths, Marketing Director of TOPMAN, added: “Men’s mental health is a hugely important issue and it’s ludicrous that so many British men find it so hard to talk about their feelings. As a brand with a unique connection to the nation’s men, TOPMAN is proud to have worked with Chris in support of this initiative, as part of our long-standing partnership with CALM.”

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Barclays LGBT employees raise £130k for THT

Posted on 09/10/201710/10/2017 by Besi

£130k raised to support HIV positive people back to work at Barclays Spectrum Dinner.

Barclays Spectrum, the bank’s LGBT+ employee network, raised over £130,000 to support HIV charity Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) at its annual fundraising dinner on Friday, October 6 at The Savoy in London.

X Factor and The Voice Finland star Saara Aalto performed at the event, which was hosted by radio and television presenter Paul Gambaccini.

The money raised will support THT’s Work Positive programme, which supports unemployed people living with HIV back to work.

Saara lent her support to the cause, performing hits including her new track, No Fear.

She said: “I’m so happy to be here this evening and to be involved with the Work Positive Programme. Hearing people speak tonight about how the programme has helped them is so inspiring – I want to raise as much as we can tonight to help Terrence Higgins Trust in the amazing work it’s doing!”

One of the highlights of the night was hearing from Rebecca, who was diagnosed with HIV over 20 years ago and found herself unemployed. Before starting Work Positive, Rebecca was one of the quarter of people living with HIV who are currently unemployed.

Rebecca said: “I felt quite helpless and, in my late 50’s, I didn’t think there was much chance of coming off benefits and back into the work place.

“But then I started my internship at THT with Positive Voice, where people living with HIV go into schools and businesses to share their stories and help bust stigma and myths around HIV. Through this project I found my voice which helped me deal with my own stigma around HIV.

“THTs Work Positive Programme, which is run using the funds raised at the Barclays Spectrum dinner, provides work experience, mentoring, and employment coaching to people with HIV who are unemployed, giving them the skills and confidence to help them get back on their feet.

“Today I’m working as a Health Advice Officer,” added Rebecca. “To get this job I had to go through an interview and I was tutored by Work Positive and Ben Tooke, who heads up Positive Voices, on interview skills.

“I feel so much more confident now and the future looks really good.”

Jes Staley, Group CEO of Barclays, who attended the event, said: “Inspiration comes from many places. Barclays is proud to sponsor THT’s Work Positive programme which recognises role models who inspire change, improve culture in the workplace and make inclusion a reality for all.”

Event host Paul Gambaccini said: “My 30-year association with the Terrence Higgins Trust has been one of the most profound relationships of my life. It was an honour to host this year’s Spectrum Gala. Being in the Savoy is always special, but even more important on this occasion was the chance to raise funds for the Work Positive Programme, which helps unemployed people living with HIV get back to work.”

Ian Green, Chief Executive of Terrence Higgins Trust, added: “Thank you to both Barclays and Barclays Spectrum for their ongoing support for Terrence Higgins Trust. We work hard to empower people to live well with HIV and our ‘back to work’ programme, Work Positive, is a key part of this.

“Stories like Rebecca’s are incredibly humbling and we want to keep providing this opportunity to other people who want to get back to work and enjoy a fulfilling career, but need support to get there.”

PREVIEW: Hundred Watt Club – Burlesque and Cabaret

Posted on 09/10/2017 by Contributor

An intimate night of vintage inspired, raucous entertainment!

The Death Do Us Part Danger Show: Photo Louise Cantwell

Don your finery and enjoy an evening of vintage inspired entertainment by the sea. Hundred Watt Club returns with another dazzling, giggling, glittering burlesque and cabaret show on December 2! Perfect for a festive night out with a difference!

Starring the UK’s no.1 Marilyn Monroe impersonator Laura Nixon as your host, and boundary breaking husband and wife vaudevillians The Death Do Us Part Danger Show.

With flirtatious, bejewelled neo-burlesque artist Lena Mae, hot tapping comedienne Josephine Shaker and international tassel-twirling showgirl Cherry Shakewell.

Also introducing curvy and verve-y burlesque starlet Bonnie Knockers!

Producer Lena Mae, says: “I adore our bi-annual trips to Brighton, the crowds really get into the spirit of things. I’m so excited about this naughty and very, VERY nice line-up!”

Admission is strictly over 18s. Not for the faint hearted, adult themes employed and embraced!

Hundred Watt Club produces theatre shows, club nights and pop up shows featuring some of the best UK and international burlesque and cabaret artists. Founded in 2008 by Lena Mae, a Surrey based burlesque dancer, the first event in an intimate theatre was a sell out and the show continues to go from strength to strength with events across the country!

For more information about Hundred Watt Club, click here:

Event: Hundred Watt Club – Burlesque and Cabaret

Where: Old Market, 11a Upper Market St, Brighton BN3 1AS

When: Saturday, December 2, 2017 Time: 8pm

Cost: £15

To book tickets online, click here:

Or telephone the box office on 01273 201 801.

PREVIEW: X Factor Live Tour is back in 2018!

Posted on 09/10/201709/10/2017 by Contributor

Arena audiences will choose a new winner…every night!

The X Factor Live Tour returns for 2018 and for the first time ever the audience will choose their own winner…each and every night!

The X Factor digital host, Becca Dudley, will be on the road with the contestants and presenting the tour competition each night. At the end of each show, the audience will then become the judges – and choose the winner!

The X Factor Live Tour 2018 kicks off in Belfast on February 16 and will travel across the UK, visiting Belfast, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Cardiff, Dublin, Leeds, Liverpool, Glasgow, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Sheffield and finishing at the Brighton Centre on Sunday, March 4.

Tickets go on general sale at 10am on Friday October 13, with an exclusive pre-sale on Wednesday October 11 at 10am with Ticketmaster.

The X Factor Live Tour has thrilled more than three million people since it began 13 years ago, making it one of the UK’s most successful annual arena tours.

Live dates in 2018:

Friday, February 16 Belfast The SSE Arena

Saturday, February 17 Dublin 3 Arena

Monday, February 19 Cardiff Motorpoint Arena

Tuesday, February 20 Manchester Arena

Thursday, February 22 Newcastle Metro Radio Arena

Friday, February 23 Nottingham Motorpoint Arena

Saturday, February 24 London The SSE Arena, Wembley (matinee and evening)

Sunday, February 25 Birmingham Genting Arena (matinee)

Tuesday, February 27 Bournemouth, BIC

Wednesday, February 28 Liverpool Echo Arena

Thursday, March 1 Glasgow The SSE Hydro Arena

Friday, March 2 Sheffield FlyDSA Arena

Saturday, March 3 Leeds First Direct Arena

Sunday, March 4 Brighton Centre

Event: X Factor Live Tour 2018

Where: Brighton Centre, King’s Rd, Brighton BN1 2GR

When: Sunday, March 4

Time: 7.30pm

Cost: Tickets from £20 (plus booking fee)

To book online, click here:

Or telephone: 0844 811 0051 / 0844 826 2826

Polish couple make video of honeymoon trip

Posted on 09/10/2017 by Besi

Gay couple Jakub Kwiecinski and Dawid Mycek married in Madeira on June 9 because they could not marry in Poland.

They filmed their honeymoon trip through Scandinavia and have made a music video backed by a new Roxette song, Good Karma.

Jakub and Dawid shot to international attention a year ago when they made a coming out video lip synching to the Roxette song Some Other Summer.

The video found it’s way to the legendary Swedish group, who loved it and shared it on their official site.

The video went viral but in their own country, Poland, the couple suffered from hate reprisals and homophobic attacks.

The boys decided they wanted to get married. Same sex marriage and civil unions are not legally recognised in Poland so they arranged a wedding ceremony in Madeira, Portugal.

They set off on honeymoon to Scandinavia straight after the wedding where they made their new video.

Dawid said: “It was totally different than when we recorded our first video. This time we obtained official permission from Roxette to make the video which made us very nervous in the knowledge that such a legendary band were going to watch it”.

During their honeymoon the couple visited four countries travelling 8.000 kilometres across Scandinavia, filming all the way. They even climbed the famous rocks Trolltunga and Pleikestolen to film some remarkable footage.

Everything went well for the pair and Roxette love the video, sharing it once again on their official fan site.

Jacob said: “It’s a bit like ‘deja vu’, but it’s really great to be fans of such a great band who support LGBT+ rights. Even during our wedding ceremony we listened to “Listen to your heart”. I think it’s the perfect way to end our music video story, we have now come full circle on our journey and its time to grow up.”

Poland remains the largest EU country were same-sex marriages and civil unions aren’t legally recognised.

Brighton & Hove to get Kids Free Little Library

Posted on 09/10/2017 by Besi

Brighton & Hove’s first Little Free Library is to launch at Norfolk Square with storytelling from CBeebies presenter Sid Sloane and others on Friday, October 20 from 11am.

The colourful beach hut-shaped wooden box, on a plinth in the middle of the square, will stock free children’s books with the invitation to “take a book, leave a book”.

Children and families will be encouraged to browse the books, borrow any that takes their fancy, stay and read the books together in a new reading zone, and share a children’s book they love by leaving it in the library for others to enjoy.

Local resident Michelle Pauli, who dreamed up the idea and is donating the initial stock, said: “The idea of a Little Free Library will inspire anyone with a fondness for books. I love the idea of children and families making a point of passing through Norfolk Square regularly, stopping by to drop off books they’ve finished, seeing if new books have been added and sitting on little tree trunk seats to browse through them and explore their stories and illustrations. Nestling between the trees, it has an enchanted feel to it.”

Little Free Libraries started in the US in 2009 and there are now tens of thousands across the world, all aiming to encourage reading and a love of books.

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Month: October 2017

BBC reveals positive impact of Gay Britannia season on UK audiences

Today is National Coming Out Day (NCOD), an LGBT+ community awareness day observed each year on October 11.

LGBTI people face health service barriers

New research by a consortium including the University of Brighton has uncovered inequalities, barriers and discrimination faced by LGBTI people when accessing health services.

More people recycling in Brighton & Hove

Recycling rates in Brighton & Hove are improving thanks to initiatives such as new wheeled bins for recycling, garden waste collections and recycling street sweepings.

Switchboard CEO to speak at Village MCC

Village Metropolitan Community Church host Daniel Cheesman as their guest speaker on October 15.

World Mental Health Day – L’Eau de Chris? No, ludicrous!

Love Island star, Chris Hughes reveals true story behind ‘L’Eau de Chris’ bottled water – as he becomes Ambassador for the Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) on World Mental Health Day.

Barclays LGBT employees raise £130k for THT

£130k raised to support HIV positive people back to work at Barclays Spectrum Dinner.

PREVIEW: Hundred Watt Club – Burlesque and Cabaret

An intimate night of vintage inspired, raucous entertainment!

PREVIEW: X Factor Live Tour is back in 2018!

Arena audiences will choose a new winner…every night!

Polish couple make video of honeymoon trip

Gay couple Jakub Kwiecinski and Dawid Mycek married in Madeira on June 9 because they could not marry in Poland.

Brighton & Hove to get Kids Free Little Library

Brighton & Hove’s first Little Free Library is to launch at Norfolk Square with storytelling from CBeebies presenter Sid Sloane and others on Friday, October 20 from 11am.

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