Miss Jason will lift up her skirts to host exclusive trips to todays Isle of Wight PrideOn the Beach with Hovertravel.
ICONIC drag persona Miss Jason will meet, greet and entertain hovercraft passengers travelling to this unique event located on Ryde beach on the Isle of Wight, which this year is also the national UK PRIDE.
“I enjoyed myself so much last year, both on the hovercraft and being carried across the sands by the crew, that I thought I should extend my act to all the people hovering over the Solent,” explains Miss Jason, “And the hovercraft is the most stylish way to arrive, just ten minutes of super quick flight and then landing directly on the beach.”
Miss Jason will be bringing her own style to Hovertravel today, Saturday July 21, adding colour, wit and the opportunity for a selfie with one of Pride’s favourite performers.
Isle of Wight Pride 2017
As official UK Pride host, Isle of Wight Pride has a fabulous line-up including include Eurovision Song Contest winner Conchita Wurst, Gok Wan who is DJing, Lady Gaga and Dolly Parton tribute acts and award-winning cabaret artist Danny Beard.
Conchita Wurst
Best of all, this festival is on the beach where the Pride Village offers food, drinks and market stalls, as well as an acoustic stage and family friendly areas.
Miss Jason will be hosting hovercraft flights to Ryde from Southsea starting from 11am as well as flights directly to the festival venue on the beach from both Lee-On-Solent at 1300 and Southsea at 1405.
Hovertravel has also organised extra services to fly Pride fans back to the mainland after the event, with the last craft leaving Ryde at 2315.
For more details and information on how to book click here:
Trans Pride 2018 features a comprehensive series of events culminating in Saturdays’ March and the main event in Brunswick Gardens, Hove.
AS a grassroots, non-commercial community event, run entirely by unpaid volunteers, Trans Pride depend on donations, grants and community contributions to secure the infrastructure they need to make Trans Pride happen each year.
Trans Pride’s mission is to promote equality and diversity, advance education and eliminate discrimination against trans, intersex, gender variant and queer people for the public benefit by raising awareness of the issues affecting the Trans communities by organising and staging an annual Trans Pride festival.
Trans Pride Brighton & Hove is a registered charity in England & Wales (number 1162738).
Brighton and Hove Green Party will march in solidarity with the city’s trans communities today, August 21, at the annual Trans Pride Brighton March.
Brighton Trans Pride 2017: Image: Hugo Michiels Photography
TRANS Pride Brighton is now in its sixth year with the number of attendees growing year on year. Last year over 2,500 people marched to promote equality and celebrate gender diversity.
The Green Party will march in solidarity to demonstrate their continued support for trans people, and that Brighton & Hove will not tolerate messages of hate against the LGBT+ communities.
With the slogan Putting the T First, the annual protest march highlights that trans rights are human rights and seeks to eliminate any discrimination that trans people face. In 2017, more than a third of all trans people in the UK were victims of a hate crime, and it is thought that many more incidents go unreported.
Caroline Lucas MP for Brighton Pavilion
Caroline Lucas, Co-leader of the Green Party and MP for Brighton Pavilion, said:“I’m sorry I can’t be with you in person to mark Trans Pride in Brighton. However, I am very much with you in solidarity. Together, we can continue to challenge stigma and eliminate discrimination against trans, non-binary, intersex, gender-variant, and gender-queer people.
“With the media continuing to demonise trans people, as well as fuelling misunderstanding in the debate around the Gender Recognition Act, even in Brighton where we’re known for our acceptance and for embracing diversity, it’s more important than ever to be visible. More important than ever to champion trans rights and to celebrate the brilliance, the value, and the courage of the trans community.
“The “Nothing About Us Without Us” message behind Trans Pride this year is especially important. Trans voices must be heard. Only by truly working together can we successfully overcome fear about gender identity and challenge prejudice, discrimination and exclusion. The need for change is urgent and today we celebrate what’s been achieved so far, as well as look to the future.
“I wish you all a fabulous, bold, and beautiful Trans Pride 2018.”
Cllr Phélim Mac Cafferty
Councillor Phélim Mac Cafferty, Convenor of the Green Group of Councillors, who will be attending the march, said: “For the sixth year running, we will be proud to march with the trans communities at this year’s Trans Pride. The Green Party has a long tradition of proudly supporting our trans communities and will continue the call for equality and an end to discrimination.
“In 2012 Greens established the first Trans Equality Scrutiny Panel in the city. The work was ground breaking – shining a light on the issues that trans people face, from bullying in schools to hate crimes, housing, health and employment. Six years on and that work has led to some significant change: the first health action plan to include the trans community; a toolkit for our city’s teachers to educate pupils about transphobia; working with Sussex Police to improve hate crime reporting.
“Trans people still face a totally unacceptable level of discrimination, prejudice and ignorance and there’s still a lot of work to do if we are to achieve equality for trans people. We need to improve access to medical services and strengthen hate crime laws to tackle harassment. Greens remain fully committed to making trans equality a reality and with the trans community we will push together for a fairer future.”
Stonewall figures show the challenges that trans people still face in UK society – eight of ten young trans people self-harm or attempt suicide and 41% have experienced hate crime based on their gender identity in the last year.
Keith Taylor MEP
Keith Taylor, Green Party MEP for the South East said:“But progress is being made. After the stellar work of trans rights activists, starting right from the beginning with Marsha P Johnson – the World Health Organisation has this year finally changed its classification system to confirm that trans people are not suffering from mental illness. And, while we should most certainly celebrate this achievement, there remains much hard work to be done – there are still 14 countries across Europe that require sterilisation when legally registering gender change, despite this being in violation of European human rights law.
“Through my work in the cross-party group for LGBT+ rights in the European Parliament, I will fight protect, uphold and enhance trans rights across the South East and beyond.”
To join with the Greens on the Trans Pride March gather this Saturday, July 21 at the Marlborough Pub and Theatre in Brighton at 11:30am to hear some speeches from trans rights activists and campaigners.
At midday, participants will begin the 1.3 mile march towards Brunswick Square, where the Trans Pride park event will take place, featuring music, spoken word, poetry and community stalls.
NHS England and local authorities must ensure PrEP is routinely available for HIV prevention by April 1, 2019, says a coalition of 32 organisations.
A GROUP of thirty two charities and community groups, including Terrence Higgins Trust (THT), National AIDS Trust, PrEPster and Stonewall have come together to demand NHS England and local authority commissioners ensure Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) is routinely available in sexual health clinics by April 1, 2019 ‘at the latest’.
A large-scale PrEP trial is currently taking place providing access to 10,000 people over three years.
However, within just eight months of this three-year trial starting, over 7,000 places have already been filled. A number of clinics have now closed any further recruitment of gay and bisexual men, who form one of the most at-risk groups of HIV transmission including in Brighton and Hove.
In June 2018, NHS England announced they were considering adding a further 3,000 places to the trial.
While welcome, according to the statement, “it only provides temporary relief. With continuing high demand for PrEP”, it continues, “clinics will again be full and turning people away within a few months”.
The group also calls out “a clear equalities deficit” within the PrEP Impact Trial, citing “limited efforts” to engage the likes of trans people and BAME communities.
According to the group, which includes LGBT Foundation, George House Trust and London Friend, “a national PrEP programme will not only meet actual need but also provide welcome assurance to those currently accessing PrEP through the IMPACT trial that they will be able to continue to access PrEP once the trial ends.
“Both NHS England and local authority commissioners should agree and disseminate as soon as possible a timetabled roadmap of the necessary decision-making process.
“In the meantime a solution must be found to mean no one in need of PrEP is turned away.”
The statement suggests that “there is nothing to prevent the trial continuing even while, in parallel, routine provision of PrEP begins.”
Furthermore it explains:“The trial is asking valuable questions and both interim analysis later in 2018 and then further results can inform ongoing planning decisions.”
Metro, NAZ and the African Advocacy Foundation have also co-signed the statement, which closes by reiterating: “NHS England must honour its commitment to commission PrEP in a national programme. The trial was never proposed by NHS England as a means to only partially meet need.
“PrEP has to be planned by NHS England and local authorities working collaboratively.
It will be as important for local authorities to plan the PrEP service to ensure it is integrated with other vital prevention and testing efforts, and is promoted to all those at risk of HIV, whether gay and bisexual men, trans people, BAME communities, women or heterosexual men.”
Matthew Riley, 25, has been taking PrEP via NHS England’s IMPACT trial for six months.
He said:“I started PrEP after doing a lot of research. It gives me control over my sexual health and gets rid of the shadow that HIV, as a gay man, casts over my sex life. Being more comfortable with yourself and your health essentially means healthier, better sex.
“Financially, I wouldn’t have been able to buy PrEP for myself because I just don’t have the disposable income. Without the PrEP trial I wouldn’t have been able to access PrEP and it’s awful that other people, just like me, are being turned away.”
Yusef Azad
Yusef Azad, director of strategy at NAT (National AIDS Trust), said:“Some people attempting to access the trial have been turned away from clinics with no places left, and gone on to acquire HIV. Those people will now be on medication for life when they could have been given a cost-effective prevention pill for shorter-term risk.
“There is no good reason to delay routine commissioning of PrEP so it can be accessed by all who need it.”
Ian Green
Ian Green, chief executive at Terrence Higgins Trust, said:“We have been clear that a 10,000 place trial was never going to accurately meet demand for PrEP – a highly effective way of preventing HIV. We know that some trial sites are full, some are yet to open and that eligible people are now being turned away.
“There is a clear moral, political and economic rationale for providing PrEP on our NHS to those who need it and that’s why a routine programme for PrEP on the NHS must happen as a matter of urgency.”
Will Nutland, co-founder of PrEPster, said:“With almost three-quarters of trial places taken, it is imperative that we now have a road-map for implementation of routine commissioning of PrEP. We know that PrEP works: now’s the time to make sure it’s available for everyone who needs it.”
The full list of signatories is:
♦ National AIDS Trust
♦ Terrence Higgins Trust
♦ PrEPster
♦ African Advocacy Foundation
♦ Avert
♦ BASHH
♦ BHA
♦ BHIVA
♦ CAPS (Catholics for AIDS Prevention and Support)
Navigate is a group for transgender men, trans masculine people, genderqueer people, non-binary people, those assigned intersex and/or female at birth that fit somewhere else on or off the spectrum or those who are questioning their gender identity.
NAVIGATE provide an accessible social space, support, advice and co-ordinate local campaigns relevant to those they support.
Navigate is a confidential group, hold their meetings in a sober space and welcome all members from 18 upwards.
Inclusion is important to everyone at Navigate. Their aim is to be a diverse group, whether intend to transition or not, and regardless of surgery or hormone use.
They hold regular meetings on the first Wednesday of every month and have different discussion topics every month with the occasional meeting open to SOFFAs (significant others, friends, family and allies).
Meetings start at 7pm until 9pm at Possability Place, 14 Windlesham Avenue, Hove, BN1 3AH
This year the Pride Community Village, supported by American Express, has grown in to a brand new enhanced area, becoming a hub for our charities and community groups.
OPEN from 12.30pm until 7pm on Pride Saturday (August 4), the Village will host the Family Diversity Area, the Trans Tent, the Well Being Tent with yoga and massage. The all new Rotunda Ballroom will feature cabaret from the divine Cocoa Butter Club, as well as Zumba classes from the Fitness Hub and community stalls ensuring everyone has a fabulous afternoon in the park. Lunch Positive will be serving a delicious array of healthy food and there will be a fully stocked bar.
Following community feedback indicating that not everyone wanted to attend the main area or the dance tents and to accommodate those who just want to visit and support local charities and community groups, Pride have introduced a special Community Village pass that is available for just £5 – all of which goes directly to the Rainbow Fund.
This ticket DOES NOT get you access to the main Pride Festival in Preston Park but will allow you to soak up the delicious sights, sounds and entertainment of the new Community Village where good causes have been put right at the heart of Brighton Pride. The community groups present will also have a number of free passes for guests.
OPEN from 12.30pm until 7pm on Pride Saturday (August 4), the Village will host the Family Diversity Area, the Trans Tent, the Well Being Tent with yoga and massage. The all new Rotunda Ballroom will feature cabaret from the divine Cocoa Butter Club, as well as Zumba classes from the Fitness Hub and community stalls ensuring everyone has a fabulous afternoon in the park. Lunch Positive will be serving a delicious array of healthy food and there will be a fully stocked bar.
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