Gay man Robert Brown, who has has been selected as Liberal Democrat candidate for the Kemptown Ward by-election, talks to Scene magazine about the state of Brighton’s ‘gay village’ and the future of Brighton & Hove Pride street parties on St James’s Street. Since standing in the May 2023 local elections, Robert has been working […]
Brighton & Hove Pride has announced its first ever sober dance tent at this year’s 2024 FABULOSO event at Preston Park, Brighton on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 August. Serving the new face of sobriety, the dance tent will provide a sober and safe space for festival goers to enjoy the most of what the […]
Late March is the Lesbian Lives Conference in Brighton, which aims to highlight the ongoing struggles against homophobia, transphobia and misogyny across the globe. The idea of lesbianism and womanhood, how the two interconnect, has always fascinated me. I always felt that my experience of womanhood was completely altered by my attraction to women. Due […]
Local queer artist Ladypat has designed FABULOSO artwork for this year’s Brighton & Hove Pride to celebrate queer identities and the rich diversity and flamboyance of the LGBTQ+ community. Beginning in 2001, Ladypat (a name challenging notions of gender, class and punctuation) has always utilised technological advances as mediums to develop their twisted DIY pop-art […]
Queen Josephine’s You. Me. Them. Us. original 2023 artwork for Paul Smith’s Pride Project is now available as limited edition A3 and A4 prints on GCLI textured fine-quality art paper. A celebration of what Pride means to Queenie – it’s always about the people – this incredible original artwork, commissioned by Paul Smith for MindOut, […]
A brief history of how the LGBTQ+ community has kissed, danced, and laughed down our city’s beaches and roads
Brighton & Hove city councillors are set to agree plans to deliver the annual Brighton & Hove Pride festival and events for the next five years. A report is going to the council’s Culture, Heritage, Sport, Tourism & Economic Development Committee next week to agree the running of the Community Parade, Pride Village Street Party […]
All photos by Michael Stone from Nick Ford Photography On Monday, October 16, Ironworks Studios was the venue for the 2023 event to announce the grants that have been approved by the Brighton Rainbow Fund (BRF) independent grants panel. BRF distributes funds raised within the community as grants to local LGBTQ+ and HIV projects. This […]
Plans are well underway for another stunning weekend of Love, Protest and Unity with the FABULOSO celebration right at the heart of it all.
Lead Pic: Pedal People and Sussex GLF, courtesy of Elly Hargreave Brighton & Hove Pride in 2023 was certainly memorable, and not just for the atrocious weather. The first ‘Gay Pride’ here took place in 1973, organised by the Sussex Gay Liberation Front. Fifty years later, members of the group were at the front of the […]
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