LGBT+ History Month event: My Secret Love Quiz at Jubilee Library on Sun, Feb 16
Queen honours top librarian
The head of Brighton & Hove’s library service has been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. Sally McMahon, Head of Libraries and Information services, has been awarded the British Empire Medal for her services to libraries.
Green Convenor to march in Belfast for equal marriage this weekend
Green Convenor, Councillor Phélim Mac Cafferty will join the march for equal marriage in Belfast, Northern Ireland this Saturday, May 18. Tomorrow, Friday May 17 he will attend the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia & Transphobia (IDAHOBIT) event outside Jubilee Library in central Brighton, to call for renewed efforts to stamp out hate in the UK and abroad.
Hidden Stories: why we don’t talk about our invisible conditions
Brighton arts charity Root Experience publishes new book about what it’s like to live with an invisible condition, which it’s donating to local communities in Sussex and beyond.
Two Brighton and Hove Camera Club exhibitions at Jubilee Library
The Brighton and Hove Camera Club are staging two exhibitions at the Jubilee Library in February. The first is to commemorate the life and work of the late Bill Wisden MBE and Honorary Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society, who passed away last year.
February is LGBT History month!
To mark the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprisings in New York, and the birth of the modern Pride movement, the theme of LGBT History Month in February is CATALYST: 50 years of activism. Brighton joins the celebrations with a variety of events and exhibitions.
Celebration of local victim support services
Support services from across Sussex and victims of crime joined together last week, at the Jubilee Library Brighton, to celebrate the Sussex PCC, Katy Bourne’s ‘A Life More Ordinary’ campaign.
Photographic exhibition – #ALifeMoreOrdinary
#ALifeMoreOrdinary, a photographic exhibition showcasing six portraits of Sussex women standing together to raise awareness of local support services that have helped them overcome violence, assault and abuse, will be open to the public at Jubilee Library in Brighton from January 14–20.
Pride Cultural Development Fund supports two local schools
Local schools receive £1,000 from Pride Cultural Development Fund. As part of their community engagement through the Pride Cultural Development Fund, Brighton & Hove Pride challenged all local junior and primary schools to create an A4 artwork that represented what they loved about Brighton & Hove.
Today Saturday May 19: Bird la Bird’s Travelling Queer People’s History Show
To mark IDAHOBIT – International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOBIT) – in the city this year, the Brighton & Hove City Council LGBT Workers Forum (BHCC LGBT WF) and Jubilee Library present this innovative and entertaining rereading of Queer history.
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