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JUNE 2016
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FEATURES
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BRIGHTON BELLE
Morgan Fabulous chats to a Brighton Icon, Dolly Rocket
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SONG FOR A NEW WORLD
Craig Hanlon-Smith celebrates Jason Pimblett’s ten years as
musical director of the Actually Gay Men’s Chorus
QUEENS ARMS
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HOW TO CURE A QUEER
Craig Hanlon-Smith talks to author Dr Tommy Dickenson about
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Dance Music
DJ Profile: Peter Castle
Geek Scene
Shopping
Craig’s Thoughts
Charlie Says
Wall’s Words
Gay Socrates
Sharp Words
Golden Gays
Hot Gossip
Sam Trans Man
Twisted Gilded Ghetto
LGBT Police Liaison
his new book Curing Queers
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LEGENDARY SISTER SLEDGE
TO APPEAR AT BRIGHTON PRIDE
) Global superstars Sister Sledge are the latest
addition to the main stage line-up at the Brighton
Pride Festival on August 6. The Grammynominated queens of disco, with worldwide record
MEMORIAL SERVICE TO
CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF
CHRISTOPHER MARTYN COOKE
sales of more than 15 million, will bring the Pride
Festival Finale to a pulsating climax, performing with a
full live band. During a spectacular career Sister Sledge
have performed alongside a galaxy of megastars
including Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Public
Enemy, Andrea Bocelli and wowed festival goers on
Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage and Bestival.
Sister Sledge will join international artists Carly Rae
Jepsen, DJ Fresh, Fleur East, Alesha Dixon, The
2Bears, Pam Ann, Jordan Gray, Seann Miley
Moore and many more for what is set to be the best
line-up of performers at Brighton Pride to date. Book
tickets online at: www.brighton-pride.org/tickets/
NEW PLEASURE GARDENS FOR PRIDE FESTIVAL WEEKEND
) Brighton Pride Festival is set to get even bigger
in 2016 with the creation of a new Festival Zone and
Community Cultural Hub in the centre of the City.
The Pride Pleasure Gardens will run over three days
across Old Steine and Victoria Gardens and feature
the Pride Community Stage with special
performances over the weekend. Entry is free all
weekend apart from a special ticketed benefit concert
for The Rainbow Fund, featuring Heather Peace and
Lucy Spraggan on Friday 5 August from 6pm.
He tragically died earlier this year following a
fire at his flat in Kemptown. He was a great
campaigner for the people of Kemptown,
especially those living in and around St
James’s Street and a formidable supporter of
LGBT/HIV community organisations.
hosted by Absolute magazine and plenty of bars
especially designed to enhance your Pride experience
Pride will be working alongside Street Diner,
throughout the festivities. The Pride Pavilion venue
Brighton’s hottest street food market who always ensure inside the gardens will feature off the wall cabaret and
you arrive hungry and leave happy, to create the Pride
disco madness with among others Dynamite
Food Village. Street Diner at Victoria Gardens will
Boogaloo, Sink The Pink and English Disco Lovers.
deliver the best in locally sourced food allowing you to
Tickets may be purchased in advance. Entry to the Old
relax and recharge in the centre of the city. Add
Steine Pleasure Gardens will be free (apart from during
entertainment courtesy of the Pride Community Stage
Pride Village Party times when wristbands will be
and Bar and Victoria Gardens will sparkle throughout
required or for Pride Pavilion ticketed events.
the Pride celebrations.
The Old Steine will be transformed into an exotic Pride
experience with Pleasure Gardens and Pride
Pavilion featuring entertainers, street performers and a
kitchen area destined to dazzle your taste buds with
food stalls and seating. They’ll also be a VIP area
The Pride Pleasure Gardens, will bring the best of
Brighton’s community and culture to the heart of the city
for your Pride pleasure.
For more details of events and to book tickets, view:
www.brighton-pride.org/pride-pleasure-gardens/
SUSSEX POLICE SUPPORT HIGH DEPENDENCY UNIT AT PRIDE
The HDU features include a hydraulic lift, changing
bed, full-length mirror and basin with running water
allowing people to change in the park, who might
otherwise be too fearful to dress publicly for the first
time. More people are expected to use the HDU this
summer and LGBT people who otherwise would feel
unable to access the event will now able to do so.
) Brighton & Hove Police have donated £1,500 to
fund the hire of a High Dependency Unit (HDU) at
Brighton Pride on August 6. Last summer over 300
people used the HDU, paid for by Sussex Police,
including children, people with medical needs,
attendees with physical and hidden disabilities and
those needing a safe place to change their clothes.
) There will be a memorial service on
Sunday, June 19 from 3pm at St Mary’s
Church, St James’s Street, Kemptown to
celebrate the life of community activist
Christopher Martyn Cooke.
Billie Lewis, Chair of the LGBT Community Safety
Forum, said: “It’s brilliant that the Police have again
decided to support the access needs of the community
at Pride. The HDU will play a significant role within the
community area at Preston Park ensuring that those
who need our support the most will get it. It will also
change the way people access their Pride on the day.
The facility at the Access Tent shared with the Trans*
Chris was a lovely person and far too young
to be lost to his community. A proud activist,
and very decent man, he loved nothing better
than seeing practical and positive
improvements to St James’s Street
and Kemptown, especially if it was achieved
after he had fought on behalf of others who
had decided something was needed to
improve the area.
Following his family’s request for a private
funeral a memorial service to celebrate his life
has been organised by friends and colleagues
on Sunday, June 19 from 3pm at St Mary’s
Church, Kemptown. The Brighton Gay Men’s
Chorus will be singing and the service will be
led by Father Andrew Woodward.
Community Area and the Family Area will draw
different people together again this year. We’re
passionate about this project and thank the Police for
their support.”
Rory Smith, LGBT Liaison for Brighton & Hove
Police, said: “I’m thrilled that for a third year Sussex
Police are able to contribute to the accessibility of
Pride by supporting the financing of a HDU at the
Access Tent. Pride is a place for all LGBT to be open
and celebrate who they are”.
The donation comes from the Police Property Act
Fund (PPAF), made up of monies received by the
police from property confiscated by order of the court
and then sold. To register for the Accessibility Matters
Pride Access Plan: www.lgbt-help.com/pride2016/sign-up/
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BRIGHTON BEAR WEEKEND
Just in case you haven’t noticed, Brighton Bear Weekend (BBW)
takes place this month from June 16 to 19.
THURSDAY JUNE 16
• 7pm: Pub Quiz at the Camelford Arms with
great prizes and a bonus raffle! Arrive early to be
sure of a table. and have dinner if you wish. A
wonderful relaxed way to kick off the weekend.
FRIDAY JUNE 17
• 7-11pm: Welcome Night and cabaret at A Bar.
Fun, games and music with the delectable
Mysterry. Collect your clothing and wristband
orders from the BBW team. Free entry.
SUNDAY JUNE 19
• Noon: Sunday Roast at the Camelford Arms.
Replenish yourself with one of the pub’s famously
massive roast lunches and a beer or three.
• 12-4pm: Alternative Sunday Roast at Brighton
Sauna. Get your energy back with a good soak
and steam.
• 3-6pm: Ca-bear-et at Legends. Cabaret with
Lizzy Drip. Sea Serpents rugby players featured
on cover of June Gscene will be auctioned for
Rainbow Fund! Free entry.
• 6-9pm: Bear Bash and Raffle Draw at the
Camelford Arms. Free entry.
• 11pm-late: Uproar at Envy. Dance the night
away with DJ Bozzy Bear and DJ Rob C. £4
entry with wristband, £6 without. £2 pints with
wristband.
• 9pm-late: Underbears at Subline. Boxers or
briefs? Get your kit off at Subline’s legendary
Sunday night underwear party. (No dress code, but
it’s warm down there so you’ll probably want to
whip ’em off!) £4 entry with wristband, £6 without.
SATURDAY JUNE 18
Events like Brighton Bear Weekend cost money to
stage. You can support them and their fundraising
activities by buying a wrist band which gives you
venue discounts all over the weekend or buy some
merchandise from Prowler in St James Street or
online at http://brightonbearweekend.com/shop/
• 1-5pm: Bear-B-Que Picnic in Dorset Gardens.
Delicious barbecue prepared by Lunch Positive
the weekly lunch club and treat yourself to a drink
from Gin & Bear It while you’re there? Free entry
with food and drinks available at reasonable
prices.
• 8pm-2am: Woofer at Latest Music Bar. DJs
Rob C & Josh the Barber on two floors. £4 entry
with wristband, £6 without. Additional £1 discount
for entry before 10pm.
• 11pm-late: SubWoofer at Subline. Booze,
cruise and explore dark corners in the
subterranean cavern. In association with
Leathermen South (but there’s no dress code).
£4 entry with wristband, £6 without.
Graham Munday, Chair of
Brighton Bear Weekend said: "We
want to thank in advance all the
participating venues, the people
who kindly donated raffle prizes,
and all our supporters in the
community. Without them, this party wouldn’t
happen. Most of all we want to thank everyone that
comes to Brighton & Hove, to have a good time and
most importantly help us raise money for the
Rainbow Fund. The whole of the Brighton Bear
Weekend team wish you the most brilliant, fantastic,
fun time, stay safe, look after each other and have a
wonderful and memorable few days in Brighton.”
GRAHAM MUNDAY
• 10am-noon: Breakfast at the Camelford Arms.
Get your Full English and socialise with the bears!
£8.50 all in with wristband, £10.50 without.
Unisex
Hairsalon
18 St Georges Road, Kemptown, Brighton BN2 1EB
01273 623 408
RECORD NUMBERS
VOTE IN GOLDEN
HANDBAG AWARDS
) West End star Mark Inscoe, will appear at the
Golden Handbag Awards on June 12. Mark, one of
the most in demand leading men in musical theatre,
recently played Captain Von Trapp in The Sound of
Music, William Desmond Taylor in Mack & Mabel
with Michael Ball, and he played Dean Martin at the
Savoy Theatre in The Ratpack Live from Las Vegas.
MARK INSCOE
) BBW organisers will be welcoming bears and
their friends from near and far to enjoy Brighton and
Hove's annual Bear Celebration. Highlights include:
He will be joined on stage by Ceri Dupree, the best
drag queen in the business; Elesha Paul Moses,
Whitney Houston impersonator and contestant on The
Voice; and Miss Jason at the Hilton Brighton
Metropole Hotel on Sunday, June 12 for the most
glamorous evening on the LGBT community calendar.
The Awards will be hosted by Lola Lasagne, the
lady with the sharpest tongue in Brighton.
All VIP tables have sold out. There are a few nonreserved tickets costing £20 available from Prowler,
112-113 St James’s Street. Prowler don’t charge a
booking fee so you have to pay cash in person in the
shop to obtain your tickets. Call 01273 683680 to
check availability.
Voting in this year’s Awards were the highest ever
with last year’s total of votes cast being passed after
just eight days of voting.
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BULLDOG UP FOR SALE
) Brighton's longest established gay bar the Bulldog in St James Street has been
put up for sale. The owner, Dean Homes, has decided to sell after a prolonged
battle with the licensing team at Sussex Police. The parties ended up in Court
following an appeal by Sussex Police for a review of the Bulldog licence which was
heard by City Councillors in September 2015. Sussex Police and the Bulldog both
appealed to City Magistrates the decision of the Council’s licensing panel which
was made up of elected Councillors and chaired by Cllr Mo Marsh, the Labour
Councillor for Mouslecoomb & Bevendean.
DEAN HOLMES
The Council’s original licensing decision of September 2015 included reducing the
Bulldog’s hours at weekends till 2am with one hour drinking up time (affecting their
busiest time for trading) and reducing opening hours on Sunday to Thursday from
11am to midnight with a closing time of 1am. Under the new agreement the
Bulldog gained an extra drinking hour on Friday and Saturday nights to 3am with a
closing time of 4am and in return agreed to install an ID scanner which will be
implemented when door staff are on duty.
Dean Holmes, owner of the Bulldog, said: “I deeply regret that
I have had to put my business up for sale after running a highly
successful gay business for nearly 20 years. The outcome of the
recent police review has severely damaged my reputation and
respect in the gay community.
STREAMLINE TAXIS DONATE
DEFIBRILLATOR TO NEW STEINE HOTELS
) Streamline Taxis donated a
defibrillator to the New Steine and
Gulliver’s Hotels as a thank you for
their custom. Dave Smith, Streamline
Chair, and John Streeter, Vice Chair,
personally delivered a top of the
range defibrillator to Herve Guyet,
owner of New Steine and Gulliver's
Hotels in New Steine Gardens, as a
thank you for their custom over the
last year.
Staff at the hotel will be trained to
use the machine and other hotels in
the area will be notified that the life
saving piece of equipment is
available for use 24 hours a day to
help anyone suffering a heart attack.
A defibrillator delivers a therapeutic
dose of electrical current during a
heart attack and can buy many life
saving minutes while awaiting the
arrival of an ambulance.
Streamline Taxis are the largest taxi
service south of the Thames
employing 48 people in their offices.
HERVE GUYET (LEFT), JOHN STREETER (CENTRE BACK) &
DAVE SMITH (FAR RIGHT)
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They have 360 cars in their fleet
with 700 drivers.
Herve Guyet said: “What a
wonderful gesture for Streamline to
donate this lifesaving piece of
equipment to benefit everyone in
the local community. At the New
Steine Hotel we operate a 24 hour
porters service so no matter what
time the machine is needed it will
be accessible at all times of the
day and night.”
MARINE TAVERN SMASH FUNDRAISING
TARGET FOR ROCKINGHORSE
“Due to months of bad press and the damage I have done to my own reputation in a
desperate attempt to save my threatened licence, I imposed extremely strict
methods on my regular customers upsetting so many who used to enjoy the
Bulldog's facilities on a daily and weekly basis. I am confident that under new
ownership the Bulldog can regain respect from its lost customers and thrive again
as one of the longest running gay bars in the UK.”
POPULAR COMEDY NIGHT
MOVES TO DR BRIGHTON’S
) Smiley Sunday, the hugely successful stand-up comedy night, is moving to
Dr Brighton's to bring nights of laughter to the award-winning seafront venue. The
first one is on Sunday, June 19 at 7.30pm when six or
seven acts will get up on stage and get your Sunday
night smiling. Entrance is £3 per person, which all goes
to the Rainbow Fund. There will be a charity raffle
supported by local businesses and of course happy hour
prices extend all night long, including buy-one-get-onefree cocktails. Go along and see the Doctor, make
yourself smile and support the Rainbow Fund who give
grants to local LGBT/HIV organisations providing effective front-line services to
LGBT people in the city. This is what Sunday nights are made for!
The charity fundraiser Dr Brighton's held for ride4rhinos.org in May raised over
£1,200 for the charity.
For more info about Dr Brighton's, view: http://doctorbrightons.co.uk or ‘like’
Doctor Brighton’s on Facebook.
) Customers and staff at the
Marine Tavern in Broad Street raise
£1,543.22 for Rockinghorse the
official fundraising arm of the Royal
Alexander Children's Hospital.
The money was partly raised during
this year’s Rockinghorse Dragon
Boat Festival at Brighton Marina on
Sunday, April 24 by the Marine
Taverners’ rowing team. Drag queen
Stephanie von Clitz was the
drummer on the boat. In the evening
Candi Rell hosted an open mic drag
night at the Marine Tavern, which
involved a raffle and auctioned
kisses with Craig Harwood who
organised the fundraiser.
Craig said: “When I was younger, I
suffered a potentially life-changing
injury and it resulted in needing
emergency surgery in the middle of
the night. With the help of all those
at the Children's Hospital, the
surgeons who were woken up
and the support staff, I wish to show
my thanks for bringing me back to
full health and making it possible for
me to live a normal lifestyle.”
Craig and the team at the Marine
Tavern smashed their target of £600
raising a fantastic total of £1,543.22.
You can still donate money at
www.justgiving.com/MarineTaverners
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PEOPLE WITH HIV CAN HELP
THOSE LIVING WITH THE
CONDITION AFTER THEY DIE
IAN GREEN
) Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) are urging everyone living with HIV to consider
becoming an organ donor and register on the NHS Organ Donor Register. It has
recently been reported that a small number of people with HIV in the UK have helped
benefit patients living with HIV after their deaths by donating their organs. Organ
transplants from donors with HIV to recipients living with the long-term health
condition are now possible thanks to the improvements in the management and
treatment of HIV. As with any organ transplant, NHS Blood and Transplant carefully
evaluates potential donors and surgeons use this information to weigh up whether or
not to accept offered organs for their patient. It’s important that organs donated can
be safely used and will not cause harm to the recipient. For someone with HIV to
become an organ donor their condition needs to have been responding well to
treatment and there should not be evidence of secondary complications of the
condition. In total, donations from three HIV-positive solid organ donors in the UK
have led to organ transplants, all within the last five years. Two of them donated their
liver and these were both transplanted. The other donor donated two kidneys and
both were transplanted.
Ian Green, Chief Executive at THT, said: “The fact that there have
been successful HIV positive organ donations resulting in organ
transplants here in the UK is pioneering. Some illnesses are seen
more frequently in people living with HIV than in the general
population, including liver disease caused by hepatitis viruses B or
C, and these can result in the need for a transplant. People with
HIV in need of an organ transplant can benefit enormously from a donated organ.
PROF JOHN FORSYTHE
“For some time patients with HIV have benefitted from donated organs from donors
without HIV. If people living with HIV can receive organs from donors who also had
HIV, there is potential benefit for everyone. The imperative now, is making sure that
people living with HIV realise that their organs can be used after they die. We would
encourage people to consider donating their organs, and ensure they share the
decision with their families.”
Professor John Forsythe, Associate Medical Director for Organ
Donation & Transplantation at NHS Blood & Transplant, added:
“It’s exciting that some people with HIV in the UK have helped
benefit patients with HIV after their death by donating their organs.
In the UK there is a shortage of organ donors and on average three
people a day die in need of an organ transplant. While organ
transplants from donors with HIV are limited to recipients with HIV infection,
innovations like this open up the possibility of donation where it did not previously
exist and will help to reduce the shortage of donor organs. We hope the news that
there have been a small number of transplants in the UK from donors with HIV will
inspire people living with the condition to join the NHS Organ Donor Register.”
Register on the organ donor register at: www.organdonation.nhs.uk/register-todonate/
BIZARRE BAZAAR RETURNS
along to Subline nightclub downstairs
at 129 St James Street in Brighton,
or preferably to the Sussex Beacon
shop, also at 129 James Street, no later
than June 18.
) The legendary Bizarre Bazaar
Fetish Sale, now in its 14th year, will
be hosted at Subline club on Sunday
June 26 from 2–5pm. If you’re
looking for a new pair of chaps or just
a nice leather jacket, check out this
unique jumble sale. Go along and see
the customary variety of fetish
clothing, leather goods, sex toys and
equipment on offer. All proceeds from
the event will be donated directly to
the Sussex Beacon. Donations of
items are very welcome. Take them
The Sussex Beacon charity offers
specialist care and support for men,
women and families living with HIV.
Open 365 days a year, they help people
manage the everyday realities of living
with this life-long condition that has no
cure. Their inpatient and outpatient
services help people living with HIV
related illnesses, initiating new drug
therapies or struggling with extreme side
effects of HIV medication. The Sussex
Beacon supports the whole person by
addressing the physical, mental and
social impact of HIV.
www.sussexbeacon.org.uk
NEW TRUSTEE AT LUNCH POSITIVE
) Rosemary Faulkner Mitchener
has joined the Board of Trustees at
Lunch Positive, the weekly HIV club.
Rosemary brings a wealth of wideranging skills, knowledge and
experience, which includes working in
the Adult Social Care team at the
Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals
Trust, supporting people with HIV, the
Learning Disability Service, the Civil
Service, as a school governor and a
member of a church council.
Rosemary says: "I’m
delighted to have
taken on this new
role. I’ve always had a
strong passion for
supporting my local
community, and I look forward to
applying my skills to Lunch Positive and
the important work that it does.”
As part of their 7th birthday celebrations
Lunch Positive are holding an alfresco
community buffet for supporters, friends
In addition to the usual responsibilities and the local HIV & LGBT communities
and duties of a trustee, Rosemary has on Saturday, June 11 from 12-3pm in
Dorset Gardens Peace Park in
taken on the role of secretary of the
Kemptown. Everyone is invited to share
charity. This role has particular
hot and cold food, teas, coffee and cold
importance, at a time when Lunch
drinks. There’s no charge, but donations
Positive continues to develop as an
are welcome. Tables and chairs will be
organisation, supporting growing
provided and volunteer support for
numbers of people with HIV, and
anyone with mobility needs. For more
looking to the future to develop its
info view: www.lunchpositive.org
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NEW GROUP FOR LGBT
CARERS MEETS MONTHLY
IN WORTHING
SAMARITANS: VOLUNTEER
AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE
) National Volunteering Fortnight
will take place from June 1-12.
Samaritans in Brighton & Hove are
using the occasion to encourage people
to become volunteers, whilst at the same
time dispelling the myth that you have to
be a listener to volunteer with them.
) Carers Support West Sussex (CSWS) support family and friends carers
living in West Sussex who look after a family member, relative or friend who
can not manage without them. Their services to carers include over 50 support
groups across the county, including the new LGBTQ Carers Support Group
which started in March and is held on the second Thursday of each month
from 2-3.30pm at Carers Support West Sussex Offices, Pavilions Room, 19
Liverpool Gardens, Worthing, BN11 1RY.
Carers often put the needs of others before their own resulting in a carer’s own
physical and mental wellbeing being compromised. Carers often become
isolated, stressed, tired, having less time to themselves and rarely having the
opportunity to have a break from caring. Attending a support group is one way
carers can talk about and share their experiences while accessing support and
advice.
DANIEL CHEESMAN
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Daniel Cheesman,
Brighton & Hove
Branch Director, said:
“Whilst we rely on
volunteers to keep our
phone lines open at all
times we recognise
that listening isn’t for everyone. At
Samaritans we have a range of roles to
suit people with different skills and we are
particularly looking to fill two roles at the
moment. We need a special someone to
work with us to put together a publicity
strategy so that we can promote
Samaritans across the City; and we also
want to hear from someone who might be
able to lead our fundraising efforts.”
Brighton, Hove and District Samaritans is
one of the biggest Samaritan branches in
the UK and currently has just over 200
volunteers who respond to more than
It is widely acknowledge that LGBTQ carers are more likely to attend a group,
openly share their experiences and ask for support when it is offered in a safe,
non-judgmental environment, amongst peers who share similar experiences.
The LGBTQ Carers Support Group is run by both LGBTQ and non-LGBTQ
facilitators. There’s no need to call or book in advance. If you’re free, just go
along and join in. The group is open to carers who either live in West Sussex
or the person they care for lives in West Sussex and are part of the LGBTQ
community.
• Calling their support and information line on 0300 028 8888
Available Monday-Friday 9am-5pm (until 7pm on Wednesdays)
If all support workers are taking calls, leave a message on the 24-hour
answer phone. CSWS aim to return your message within 48 hours.
All of the telephone support workers will be happy to help you.
However, if you would like to speak to an LGBTQ specialist worker, then ask
for Amanda Evans or Bee Harradine-Miles to call you back.
• Emailing a specialist worker with your enquiry: [email protected]
CSWS aim to respond to emails within 5 working days.
• Messaging CSWS via Facebook at Carers Support West Sussex
• Direct messaging CSWS via Twitter @CarersWSussex
HOW TO REFER TO THE SERVICE:
If you are working with a carer who may want support, referring is easy.
Just call or email using the contact details above with the carer’s name and
contact details. You must have the carer’s consent to make the referral.
To find out more about all LGBT services on
offer to carers, view:
www.carerssupport.org.uk/allcarers/lgbt-communities/lgbt-needs-met
Daniel added: “Our volunteers reflect the
demographics of our City, and we have a
number of volunteers who identify as
LGBT. It is really important to us that we
continue to work with community to raise
the profile of Samaritans, as a gay man
myself this is something that I feel
particularly passionate about.”
If you’re interested in finding out more
about volunteering with Samaritans call
them on 03705 627282 or email them at
[email protected]
Samaritans is available round the clock,
every single day of the year providing a
safe place for anyone struggling to cope,
whoever they are, however they feel,
whatever life has done to them.
If you need to speak to Samaritans you
can call for free any time, from any phone,
on 116 123 (this number won’t appear on
your bill), or 01273 772277 (local call
charges apply). For more info view:
www.samaritans.org/volunteer-us
LUNCH POSITIVE VOLUNTEERS TRAINED
IN SUBSTANCE MISUSE AWARENESS
If you’d like to find out more about the group first or all of the services they
offer carers, then do not hesitate to get in touch.
CARERS CAN CONTACT THE GROUP DIRECTLY BY:
46,000 calls for every year.
) In April, 18 volunteers from Lunch
Positive, the weekly lunch club for
people with HIV, received training in
understanding substance misuse. The
training was provided by Pavilions, the
organisation providing drug and alcohol
treatment and recovery services for
people in Brighton & Hove.
Lunch Positive has developed a close
link with Pavilions through regular
outreach from the LGBT Brief Intervention
worker, Gary Smith. The training has
helped volunteers better understand the
reasons and impact of substance
misuse.
Lunch Positive volunteers provide a
‘listening ear’ to people who come to the
HIV lunch club, and aim to support
people to help themselves, and to find
specialist services if needed in times of
difficulty. Gary Pargeter, Lunch Positive
Service Manager, said: “This was an
incredibly useful piece of training and
has also strengthened our links with
Pavilions. We know from our ongoing
contact with the LGBT Brief Intervention
service that people with HIV who also
have substance misuse issues really
benefit from greater understanding and
empathy. This learning will help us
continually improve and provide that.
"HIV remains a complex challenge for
many people, and other issues and life
challenges can greatly affect how well
HIV is managed. We’re hugely grateful to
have such a diverse group of people
who use the lunch club, and hope this
will make it even more useful for them.
“Thanks also need to go to our fantastic
volunteers for their interest and
commitment. It was a great training
session and we have been talking about
what was learned and how to best use
this ever since.”
The training was planned and
undertaken with the support of Awards
for All funding awarded to Lunch
Positive.
For more info about Lunch Positive view:
www.lunchpositive.org
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For more info visit: lgbt-help.com
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PUBLIC MEETING
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- GET INVOLVED!
DO YOU FEEL SAFE IN THE CITY? HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED HOMOPHOBIA,
TRANSPHOBIA, BIPHOBIA, HIV STIGMA OR RACISM WHILE LIVING IN OR
VISITING THE CITY? Come along and share your experiences or tell us about
any safety concerns you may have. This is your opportunity to have your say
in a safe, public and inclusive environment.
Previous topics: Homelessness, Policing, Licencing, Hate Crime, Housing
If you don’t feel confident enough to speak directly at the meeting
you can submit your question/concern in advance to [email protected]
If you have any access requirements please email [email protected]
or call 01273 855620 Option 3
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ALRIGHT MATE?
LUNCH POSITIVE – EMERGENCY FOOD
PANTRY FOR PEOPLE WITH HIV
Albion goalkeeper supports men's suicide prevention
campaign
) Lunch Positive, the weekly lunch
club for people with HIV, has started a
new initiative, building on its previous
emergency food parcels given to
people with HIV in financial crisis. The
Friday Pantry offers a weekend’s
worth of healthy food stocks for people
until they’re able to access more
specialist support during the week
ahead. The charity also offer advice on
where to find financial and welfare
advice and debt support, budgeting
support, and referrals to food banks.
People can access the pantry service
by contacting Lunch Positive, or if
supported by other HIV organisations
contacting them and be signposted or
referred.
) A new campaign to help prevent suicide in the city was launched during
Mental Health Awareness Week last month. In Brighton & Hove, the council’s
Public Health team is working with Brighton-based charity Grassroots Suicide
Prevention and Brighton, Hove and District Samaritans to raise awareness about
male suicide rates and the services available to those in need.
Young and middle-aged men are roughly three times more likely to take their own
lives than women. Suicide is the single biggest killer of men aged under 49 in the
UK, with 76% of all suicides in 2014 being men. Figures show that 1 in 40 think
about suicide over the course of a year. Locally Brighton & Hove has had a higher
rate of deaths by suicide than the
national average for more than a
century. Current rates are the ninth
highest among local authority areas in
England with Brighton & Hove ranked
136 of 144 local authorities.
The service is being led by one of
Lunch Positive’s volunteers, Phil, who
says: “At Lunch Positive we’ve met
The new campaign focuses on
encouraging male friends to look out
for each other and it aims to foster
open and direct conversations about
any concerns, including thoughts of
suicide.
Cllr Caroline Penn, lead councillor for
mental health, undertook the suicide
awareness training course safeTalk run
by Grassroots Suicide Prevention and
said: “The course taught me that we
can all play our part in supporting those experiencing suicidal thoughts. If we talk
and most importantly listen, we can work together to keep our friends, family and
community safe. For anyone worried about someone they know, there is help out
there through the Samaritans, Mental Health Rapid Response Service and the
#StayAlive app.”
DAVID STOCKDALE
David Stockdale, Brighton & Hove Albion goalkeeper,
is supporting the campaign by joining in with
#OKselfie, a social media campaign which is growing
in popularity. David said: “We can all help by just
talking. I'm supporting the #OKselfie, all you need to do
is ask ‘you alright, mate’?”
#OKselfie raises awareness of the importance of speaking out and being open
about suicide by people taking a photo of themselves, making the OK symbol then
posting their picture online using #OKselfie. People are encouraged to look out for
campaign information around the city about how to be open, direct and honest
when talking about suicide. For more details about the campaign view:
www.prevent-suicide.org.uk/alright_mate_mens_suicide_prevention.html
Daniel Cheesman, Director Brighton, Hove & District Samaritans, added: “We’re
really enthusiastic about working in partnership on this campaign as it is essential
that we continue to find ways of encouraging men to talk about their feelings and
reach out for help. We need to get the message out there that it’s okay to talk about
suicide and this campaign is just one of the ways that we are doing that.”
Gary Pargeter,
Service Manager,
added: “Even in our
seemingly affluent
city, food poverty still
exists, and impacts
hard on people with HIV and chronic
illness. No one should be embarrassed
about asking for support where it’s
provided and we hope people with HIV
who are going hungry and in financial
crisis will come to us if needed.
“The Pantry will help address these
periods of crisis, and support people to
find longer term help and solutions.
We’d like to thank our many supporters
who have helped stock the pantry,
including FareShare Sussex for ongoing
food donations, BLAGSS, and Coop
Funeral Care who raised a much
needed £210 to start-up the service.”
For more info about Lunch Positive,
view: www.lunchpositive.org or
email: [email protected]
LOCAL CAMPAIGNER NOMINATED
FOR NATIONAL DIVERSITY AWARD
Daniel said: “In the last 12 months,
despite my addictions, being diagnosed
Bipolar, and being homeless, I’ve taken
control of my life and used my voice to
inspire, educate and evoke change.”
DANIEL HARRIS
Grassroots works in the community, teaching suicide prevention skills to
organisations and individuals, with the vision that no one should have to
contemplate suicide alone. Miranda Frost, Grassroots chief executive officer,
said: “We firmly believe that open, direct and honest conversations about suicide
are the key to its prevention. We hope this campaign will encourage people to check
in with their male friends and be prepared to offer help if someone is thinking about
suicide. Together we can help Brighton & Hove become safer from suicide.”
increasing numbers of people who find
themselves in financial crisis, we really
want to help and ensure no one should
ever be deprived of food that they need.
I’m really looking forward to getting the
Friday Pantry off the ground and
supporting our community.”
GARY PARGETER
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If you’d like to nominate Daniel, view:
https://nominate.nationaldiversityawa
rds.co.uk/nominate/endorse/30068
) Local activist, Daniel Harris has
been nominated for a Positive Role
Model - LGBT Award in this year’s
National Diversity Awards. In the last
year, while overcoming many personal
obstacles, Daniel has spoken out
against wrongdoings locally in the city.
He successfully petitioned Brighton &
Hove City Council to improve the
standard of the Emergency
Accommodation they offer the most
vulnerable while at the same time
facing his own demons and attempting
to move on with his own life. He has
worked to raise awareness around
mental health while promoting the
rights of the wider LGBT communities.
The National Diversity Awards celebrate
the achievements of grass-root
communities that tackle the issues in
today's society, giving them recognition
for their dedication and hard work. This
year’s awards will be held in Liverpool
on September 16. There are several
award categories including Positive
Role Model and Community
Organisation Awards, which will be split
into five categories including Race &
Religion/Faith, Age, Disability, Gender
and LGBT. Other awards include
Entrepreneur of Excellence, Diverse
Company of the Year and Lifetime
Achiever.
www.nationaldiversityawards.co.uk
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THE IMPORTANCE OF
DIVERSITY IN SPORT
Imagine if Brighton was the go-to venue for LGBT sports in the South East - what
an achievement that would be. We’ve a long way to go, but the annual Brighton
Pride Diversity Games are a step in the right direction. By Viv Woodcock-Downey
So why do BLAGSS dream of hosting a major
championship? It's all about encouraging LGBT
people to take part in competitive sport, and
working to remove the barriers to participation.
In an LGBT tournament, LGBT people are free to be
themselves and to be the best they can be at their
chosen sport.
LGBT people are interested in sport, but many have
been put off by negative experiences at school, in
clubs and at sporting events. This can create a
perception that sport is an unsafe and unpleasant
) BLAGSS, the local LGBT sports organisation,
environment for LGBT people. In fact sport is a
have a dream that one day Brighton will host a
great thing to do – it’s great for fitness and for
major LGBT tournament such as the Gay Games,
the gay olympics which take place once every four health and also for mental wellbeing. Sophie Cook,
years, where the best and the beginners from across a trans activist who lives in Hove, was quoted in a
recent Guardian article: “Sport is such a great thing
the world join together to celebrate LGBT sport. In
to do through transition, as it’s very empowering,
2018 the Gay Games will be held in Paris
and it’s great for mental health, which can also be
(www.paris2018.com). Imagine 15,000 LGBT
an issue”.
athletes, swimmers, footballers, runners, bowlers,
golfers, and many more sports people, descending Brighton Pride, BLAGSS and Trans Can Sport
on Brighton for a week of sporting fun and games.
have a shared belief that sport can be and is a
That’s something we could all be proud of.
positive activity in the lives of LGBT people. That’s
This year the Brighton Pride Diversity Games
will be held over the weekend of July 22-24. On
Friday, July 22, there will be a big Welcome
Party, giving all participants a chance to meet each
other, have a bit of fun, and dance the night away
before the games start.
On Saturday, July 23, a number of sporting
tournaments will take place across the city. On the
seafront, the Brighton & Hove Petanque Club
(/bhpetanque.org) will be hosting a Petanque
tournament. On the Downs, at Hollingbury Golf
Course, BLAGSS will be hosting the Pride Shield
and the Rainbow Challenge tournaments. At
Sussex University Sports Ground there will be
tournaments in football, rugby, tennis,
badminton and cricket.
On Sunday, July 24, the focus moves to Preston
Park where you can watch or take part in the
Rainbow Run, a 5km Fun Run open to everyone,
and the Pride Diversity Games FunDay (think
school sports day) where Brighton’s LGBT
Community Groups will be hopping, running,
bouncing and stumbling their way to the finish line
and to the glory of being the City’s FunDay
Champions. It’s all in aid of the Rainbow Fund,
which funds LGBT/HIV organisations providing
effective front-line services to the LGBT community
in Brighton & Hove. The Park will be a market place
of all types of sports and wellbeing activities:
pilates, tai chi, beat the keeper and many more – all
free to spectators!
why everyone is working hard to develop a
tournament that is a more open and inclusive
environment to encourage LGBT people to take part
in sport.
SEA SERPENTS GAY
RUGBY TEAM GETS
NEW PLAYING STRIP
) Owners of the Camelford Arms presented the
city's first gay rugby team, the Brighton & Hove Sea
Serpents RFC, with a new kit for the 2016-17 season
in front of a busy and lively Sunday crowd at
the Camelford Arms in Camelford Street, Brighton.
The kit, in green and blue, to match the seafront
railings in Brighton & Hove, illustrates that the club is
open to all residents of the city.
IAN CHAPLIN
)
BLAGSS are proud to have developed a partnership
with Brighton Pride, Sussex FA, Sussex Cricket and
look forward to working with other professional and
LGBT sports associations and groups throughout
Brighton and the south east in the coming years to
create an annual competitive sporting weekend,
where people can be themselves and reach their full
potential.
How are BLAGSS making it happen? Costs have
been kept to a minimum, the games have to pay for
themselves. Pride are not making a profit, but any
surplus will be donated to the Rainbow Fund to
distribute through their grants programme to
organisations providing effective front-line services
to LGBT people in the city.
BLAGSS are aiming for the highest level of
inclusion and they’re trying to remove any
unnecessary barriers to participation. They have to
follow the rules for the various sports and are
working with local experts such as Sussex FA,
Sussex Cricket, the Brighton and
Hove Petanque Club and the Brighton & Hove Sea
Serpents Rugby Club to organise the tournaments.
To register for the Pride Diversity Games, view:
www.brighton-pride.org/pride-diversity-games/
Ian Chaplin, chairman of the
Brighton & Hove Sea Serpents
RFC, thanked Tony Groom and
Alistair Mackinnon-Musson,
owners of the Camelford Arms, for
their generous donation to the club
adding all the players at the club were happy to be
customers at the Camelford Arms.
Ian continued: “The security of a kit will allow us to
focus on our playing prowess. Funds raised from our
upcoming fundraising night at Envy Nightclub above
Charles Street on June 11, will help fund our playing
expenses, in particular, allow us to take part in the
European gay and inclusive rugby tournament, the
Union Cup, to be held in Madrid in May 2017.”
ALISTAIR MACKINNON-MUSSON
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Alistair MackinnonMusson, said: “Tony and I
feel that the club's
inclusive nature matches
our customer base here at
the Camelford, where
everyone is welcome.”
After their team photo was
taken, the players went
inside the pub to show the
customers what the new kit looked like and club
captain Byron Todd presented Tony and Alistair with a
framed shirt as a thank you from the club for their
generous support.
For more information about Brighton & Hove Sea
Serpents RFC, view:
www.pitchero.com/clubs/brightonandhoveseaser
pents
BRIGHTON & HOVE LGBT
TRUST & CONFIDENCE SURVEY
YOUR COMMUNITY YOUR SAFETY
YOUR SAFETY IN YOUR HANDS
COUNTING ON YOU
TO TELL US WHAT MATTERS
The idea for a 'Trust and Confidence Survey' came out of Brighton & Hove LGBT
Community Safety Forum public meetings during 2012.
With a message from LGBT groups that hate crime was a significant factor in the City,
where higher than average numbers of the LGBT community live and socialise, the
groups wanted a survey to measure the baseline levels of trust and confidence in
police and council services, to deal with this situation.
They were also mindful of a recent Police Survey: 'Sexual Orientation and Transgender
Related Incidents - Understanding Under Reporting' and the 'Count Me In Too' survey
report from 2007.
To take part in th Trust & Confidence Survey visit: lgbt-help.com/survey
For support completing the survey please CALL 01273 855620 Option 4
or email [email protected]
SURVEY
FUNDED BY:
SURVEY
SUPPORTED BY:
Brighton & Hove LGBT Community Safety Forum is a member of The LGBT Community Small Groups Network and is part funded by the Rainbow Fund.
This advert was paid for with a grant from the Rainbow Fund.
BRIGHTON & HOVE
LGBT COMMUNITY
GROUPS NETWORK
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LOCAL DENTAL HYGIENIST
TAKES HPV VACCINATION
CAMPAIGN TO THE PYRENEES
) Following her epic 500-mile walk
from Kirriemuir in Scotland to
Brighton in June 2014, which raised
£25,000 for mouth cancer
awareness, local dental hygienist,
Christina Chatfield, is presently
engaged on another epic adventure
as part of the Moveit4smiles
campaign, an oral health initiative
wanting to get more people directly
involved in raising money in the
fight against mouth cancer.
MARINE TAVERN ARE TOP OF
THE CLASS AT GOLDEN QUIZ
) The Marine Tavern took the first Golden Handbag of the season coming top
of the class with 85 points at the annual Golden Quiz staged at Charles Street
on April 26. Twenty-three teams battled it out to find out which bar or organisation
has the finest LGBT brains in the city.
Last year’s champions, Charles Street, came a close second with 84 points and
former holders of the title, Subline, came third with 81 points.
Charles Street Bar was packed to the rafters for what has become one of the most
popular events in the LGBT calendar. Teams making an appearance for the first
time included Dr Brighton’s, BLAGSS Football, Brighton & Hove Sea Serpents and
Anscombe Production Associates.
Thanks to Lola Lasagne, who kept the troops in order all night; James Brooks,
who compiled the quiz; Huw Edwards and Nicki Delmage, who marked the
papers and made sure there was no cheating; and all the staff at Charles Street.
£627.60 was raised for the Rainbow Fund to distribute through their grants
programme in September to LGBT/HIV organisations in Brighton & Hove, providing
effective front-line services to LGBT people in the city.
£2,300 RAISED FOR SUSSEX BEACON
AT DANNY’S BIRTHDAY PARTY
) Cllr Pete West, the Mayor of Brighton & Hove, was among the guests at
Danny Dwyer's 41st birthday party held at Brighton Race Course on
Saturday, May 21. £2,300 was raised during the evening for the Sussex
Beacon to replace the summer house in their garden.
grandsons and nephews will pass
through to adulthood unprotected.
The HPV vaccine helps protect
against mouth, vaginal, penile, anal
cancer and genital warts. The cost of
treating genital warts alone over the
next five years will be £56 million, let
alone the cost of treating other HPV
cancers. HPV vaccinations for boys
not only makes financial sense, but
Christine says that morally and
ethically it should be done now.
HOW YOU CAN HELP:
CHRISTINA CHATFIELD
20
On May 20, Christine started to
walk more than one million steps of
the Camino de Santiago, crossing
the Pyrenees, from the French town
of Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Pont. She will
arrive in the Camino de Compostela
on the Spanish coast, 490 miles
later on June 24.
The Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)
kills people every year. There is a
vaccination available, but presently
it is only given to girls because of
proven links with cervical cancer.
Indications are that the vaccination
will be available to be prescribed to
boys in 2020. Until then a
generation of our sons, brothers,
Make a donation to support
Christina’s campaign:
www.Moveit4smiles.org/donate
Sign the HPV Action's petition for
gender neutral vaccinations:
www.hpvaction.org/
Send a letter to your MP. Download a
template letter at:
www.moveit4smiles.org/action/
Christina owns and works from the
Dental Health Spa, 14-15 Queens
Road, Brighton, BN1 3WA,
Tel: 01273 710831
More info about Moveit4smiles:
www.moveit4smiles.org
FORMER LICENSEE ACCEPTS
RESTRAINING ORDER
) James Greenaway, former
owner of the Poison Ivy on St
James Street, pleaded not guilty at
Brighton Magistrate Court on April
11 to a charge of 'Harassment
Without Violence' against Jason
Sutton, aka Miss Jason. A trial date
was set for Monday, May 16.
On May 16 the case was dismissed
after Mr Greenaway in pre-trail
discussions accepted responsibility
and a 12-month restraining order
which read: This order hereby
prohibits the defendant from: 1:
Contacting directly or indirectly
Jason Sutton and 2: Posting any
social media posts referring to
'Teddies for Thailand'.
The order lasts until May 15, 2017.
If the defendant does not obey any
part of this order he will commit an
offence and may be sent to prison
for up to five years.
Teddies for Thailand is a project
started by Mr Sutton to send teddy
bears to orphans in Thailand.
Mr Greenaway stood accused
of allegedly harassing Mr Sutton on
Facebook and in Legends Bar on
Brighton seafront.
Terrence Higgins Trust,
61 Ship Street, BN1 1AE
www.tht.org.uk/brightontests
Walk in service.
No appointment required.
Mon - Fri 10am - 8pm
Tel: 01273 764 200
Email:[email protected]
SHAC East (Claude Nicol Centre)
Abbey Rd Entrance
Eastern Road
Brighton BN2 5BE
Tel: 01273 664722
Weds 5pm - 8pm
brightonsexualhealth.com/services
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IDAHOBIT
POLICE CHIEF REASSURES LGBT COMMUNITY
) Chief Superintendent Nev Kemp, Brighton & Hove Police Commander and
LGBT champion at Sussex Police reassured everyone attending International
Day Against Homophobia (IDAHOBIT) last month that Sussex Police take all
forms of Hate Crime seriously.
The Commander was speaking at the opening of the Brighton & Hove IDAHOBIT
event at New Steine Gardens on May 17. His comments came following two
recent and separate violent homophobic attacks on young men in the city. He
explained how the police attended the incidents quickly and arrests had been
made. He thanked his officers, the public and the door staff at local venues for their
help and said that any form of Hate Crime in the city would not be tolerated by
Sussex Police. He urged people to always report all homophobic incidents to the
police and if they did not want to talk to the police to report to the Brighton &
Hove LGBT Community Safety Forum.
CHIEF INSPECTOR NEV KEMP
IDAHOBIT commemorates the day in 1990 when the World Health Organisation
removed homosexuality from the International Classification of Diseases.
This year's event drew a larger crowd than usual to New Steine Gardens, where in
the shadow of the Brighton Aids Memorial, Tay, Cllr Pete West, The Mayor of
Brighton & Hove, assured everyone of the council's determination to ensure that
people from all of the city's diverse communities are able to live safely and with
respect.
In her speech, Maria Baker, the Brighton & Hove Community Safety Forum BME
representative encouraged people to report! report! report! all homophobic
incidents to either the police or LGBT Community Safety Forum.
The gloriously talented poet, Alice Denny, performed three of her poems; Sochi,
Normal and the powerful Universal Ugly Trans and following a minutes noise, the
Rainbow Chorus, Brighton's LGBT Community Choir brought the event to a close
with rousing renditions of Hava Nagila, Shosholoza, Pokarekare, True Colours and
The Rhythm of Life.
MAYOR OF BRIGHTON & HOVE
MARIA BAKER
Politicians present included Cllr Pete West, The Mayor of Brighton & Hove; Peter
Kyle, the Labour MP for Hove & Portslade; Cllr Warren Morgan the Labour leader
of Brighton & Hove City Council and Phelim Mac Cafferty the Convenor of the
Green group of councillors on Brighton & Hove City Council. Ivor Caplin, former
Hove MP and Minister for Veterans at the Ministry of Defence, was also present.
Warm drinks were provided by Lunch Positive, the HIV lunch club and volunteers
from Samaritans were on hand to offer a listening ear.
INFORMATION
) If you are the victim of a Hate Crime call Sussex Police on 101 (non
emergency) or in an emergency 999.
) If you do not want to report direct to the police you can report to the
Brighton & Hove LGBT Community Safety Forum in complete confidence on
01273 855 620 press option 2.
) If you wish to talk to someone for advice and support you can call the
Samaritans 24 hours a day on 08457 90 970 90.
RAINBOW CHORUS
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) 7 Pegler Way, Crawley, RH11 7AG, Tel: 01293 511177, www.7crawley.co.uk
) OPEN Sun, Tue & Wed 6pm–12.30am, Thur–Sat 6pm–2.30am
) DRINK PROMOS Sun get 2 VS for £5, 2 bottles of Carlsberg for £5, go large on
) 10 Steine Street, BN2 1TE, Tel: 01273 609777, www.barbroadway.co.uk
) OPEN Mon-Thur 6pm-1am, Fri 5pm–3am; Sat 4pm-3am; Sun 4pm–1am. Open
till 2am on Sun (12) for the Post-Golden Handbags Party!
house spirits for £1.50, 2 bombs for £5 and fishbowls to share for £9.50.
) ONE FOR THE DIARY Wed is OPEN MIC BAR BROADWAY, hosted by Voice of
Broadway 2015 winner Jason Thorpe and a changing host each month from 9pm.
People think of an open mic as someone with an acoustic guitar reworking a classic
song, but Bar Broadway’s Open Mic has a twist. Not everyone can play the guitar, so
backing tracks are available online of your favourites and with many different versions.
Select yours, bring it down, and let everyone hear your talent. Your voice is what Bar
Broadway want to hear, so show that off to its full potential.
If you have a guitar and want to perform that way, please feel free. Performers get a
free drink, so come on down and show what you’ve got!
Shirley Bassey don’t miss KARAOKE every Sun with Jane
from 8pm with drink deals. Bar 7 crew say: “We have a
massive collection of songs ready for you. We reckon singing
is good for the soul so come on down and get on the mic!
We don't judge; it's all about the good times!”
) REGULARS Fri is 7 UPSTAIRS with DJs spinning tunes all night from 9pm.
) Sat is 7 SINS with DJs from 9pm, free entry before 11pm.
Information is correct at the time of going to
press. Gscene cannot be held responsible for
any changes or alterations to the listings
WEDNESDAY 1
l BAR 7@CRAWLEY Fresh!: DJ Jazzy
Jane 9pm
l BAR BROADWAY Sweetie Darling
Comes Again 8pm
l BAR REVENGE Lip Sync for Your Life:
Crystal Lubrikunt & cash prize 9pm
l BASEMENT CLUB@LEGENDS Ice: DJ
Claire Fuller 11pm
l BRIGHTON SAUNA Naked Day 11am
l CAMELFORD ARMS Seniors’ lunch 23.30pm
l CHARLES STREETDrag With No Name’s
Silly Willy Wednesdays 9pm
l DTM Men Only 8pm
l MARINE TAVERN Linda Bacardi’s
Marine Misfortunes Game Show 9pm
l PATTERNS Teen Creeps: Ocean Wisdom
7.30pm; Out of Office with Stick it On 6pm
l QUEEN’S ARMS An Audience With Sally
Vate 9.30pm
l SUBLINE Happy Hump Day 9pm
THURSDAY 2
l BAR 7@CRAWLEY Total Request
Thursdays: DJ FRESH Princess 9pm
l BAR BROADWAY 24-Hour Musical Day
One: Spice, Sally Vate & Miss Treated 9pm
l BAR REVENGE FOMO warm-up 9pm
l BOUTIQUE Groovy Boutique 10pm
l CAMELFORD ARMS £300 Big Cash
Quiz 9pm
l CHARLES ST Mad Cow’s Tea Party: Ms
Joan Bond, DJs Lee Jeffery & Ruby Roo 9pm
) REGULARS Sunday FIREPLACE SESSIONS has the best local and national
GILLY B
JANE
) ONE FOR THE DIARY Whether you're a shower singer or
talent performing on stage at 8.30pm: Corinne Williams (5); special Fireplace
Sessions from 10pm; Post-Golden Handbags Party then till
2am (12), Gilly B (19) and Trio (26).
Gilly B, (Sun 19), says: “I do a real party repertoire so if
your readers are celebrating anything in particular Bar
Broadway is one of the top places to go! I sing anything from
1950s rock & roll to the latest tunes like Uptown Funk, and I
love to get people up dancing and having a good time.”
l GROSVENOR BAR Sally Vate’s Bona
Bingo 8.30pm
l DTM clubT: T-girls & admirers 8pm
l MARINE TAVERN Euro Cup live football
- England 7.45pm; DJ Jim’s 80s Disco 9pm
l PARIS HOUSE live music: Fleur de Paris
8pm
l PATTERNS Teen Creeps: King Khan & The
Shrines 7pm; Midnight Funk Association:
MFA selectors 10pm
l QUEEN’S ARMS Cabaret: Miss Jason
9.30pm
l REVENGE FOMO: DJs 11pm
l SUBLINE Brace Yourself 9pm
l THREE JOLLY BUTCHERS Quiz: £150
jackpot 7.30pm
FRIDAY 3
l BAR 7@CRAWLEY 7 Upstairs 9pm
l BAR BROADWAY Jukebox 4pm; 24-hour
musical: Spice, Sally Vate & Miss Treated 8pm
l BAR REVENGE Pop Tartz warm-up 9pm
l BASEMENT CLUB@LEGENDS Glitter:
DJ Steve Lush 11pm
l BOUTIQUE i-Candy: DJ Franco, give
aways & BBQ on roof terrace 10pm
l CAMELFORD ARMS Friday Club 6pm
l CHARLES ST Fruity Friday Fix: DJ Leeroy
9pm
l DR BRIGHTONS House Rules: DJ Nick
Hirst 9.30pm
l DTM Men Only 8pm
l GROSVENOR BAR Mysterry’s karaoke
8.30pm
l MARINE TAVERN Friday Night Project:
Stephanie Von Clitz & guest 8.30pm
l PATTERNS LOUT Promotions Episodes
(EP Launch): Episodes, Sweetmates, Fur &
Jacob Aaron 7pm; Worried About Henry: DJs
dBridge B2B Fracture, KXVU B2B Illidge &
Danny Jaqq Stature X Kast 11pm
l QUEEN’S ARMS Cabaret: Saucy Sophie
9.30pm
l REVENGE Pop Tartz: DJs 10.30pm
l SUBLINE Club Silencio 9pm
l THREE JOLLY BUTCHERS live music:
The Informers 8pm
l ZONE Cabaret: Miss Jason 10pm
SATURDAY 4
l BAR 7@CRAWLEY 7 Sins 9pm
l BAR BROADWAY Sweety Darling Comes
Again 3pm & 8pm; Jukebox 4pm
l BAR REVENGE Club warm-up 9pm
l BASEMENT CLUB@LEGENDS Fusion:
DJ Peter Castle 11pm
l BOUTIQUE Summer Roof Terrace warm-
PICS FROM BOUTIQUE + BRIGHTON SAUNA
GSCENE OUT & ABOUT 29
JUNE
LISTINGS
BOUTIQUE
BRIGHTON SAUNA
) 2 Boyces St @ West St, BN11AN, 01273 327607 www.boutiqueclubbrighton.com
) OPEN daily from 1pm–very late. Cocktail masterclasses from £15pp for an hour
) 75 Grand Parade, BN2 9JA, Tel: 01273 689966 www.thebrightonsauna.com
) OPEN Mon–Thur 10–1am; Fri 10am then 24 hours through till 1am on Mon
and a half. Karaoke suites ideal for staff parties, birthdays, whatever! Contact Rebecca
on 07583 028735 to book one today!
) FOOD all day, every day till midnight
) DRINK PROMOS Mon–Fri, bottles of Moet £50 & Veuve £60. Fri & Sat: five JBombs for £5 and 2-4-1 selected cocktails.
DJ KLIPZ
) ONE FOR THE DIARY Sun (12) is the Golden Handbags After Party with
sister companies Three Jolly Butchers, Paris House and the Camelford Arms
from 10pm; open to the public, free champers on arrival.
) REGULARS Edge back into the working week on Mon (20) & (27) with AFTER
HOURS OFFICE PARTY, free cocktail with every 1st drink from 6pm. ) Thur is
GROOVY BOUTIQUE 1960s/70s/80s tunes all night with a twist! ) Fri is i-CANDY
with DJ Franco, giveaways/themes: Summer Warm-Up BBQ on roof terrace (3 &
24), Summer Terrace Party with cocktail giveaways (10) quote Gscene on the door
for free entry and shot on arrival (17). Free b4 10pm, £3 till
11pm, £5 after. ) Sat is Club se-XXY with superstar DJ
Klipz, free shots at 1.30am & 2.30am, and giveaways/
themes: Summer Roof Terrace Party Warm Up, rainbow
shots & Rainbow Party, free karaoke for groups of 6 or more
– call Becky 07583 028735 (4); Saturday Shake Up (11),
free till 10pm, £3 till 11pm, £5 after; live bands & special
guests on the roof terrace all day (18); Terrace Party with DJ set all day (25).
) Sun (19) FATHER’S DAY MADNESS, free drinks for dad with every drink bought.
up & Rainbow Party 6pm; se-XXY summer
cocktail party: DJ Klipz & giveaways 10pm
l CHARLES ST Fierce: DJs Lil Alex, Grant
Knowles, Leeroy 9pm
l DR BRIGHTONS Sexy Saturday: DJ Tony
B 9.30pm
l DTM Men Only 8pm
l GROSVENOR BAR cabaret: Lascel
Woods 9.30pm
l LEGENDS BAR pre-club DJs 7pm
l MARINE TAVERN Saturday Club 9pm
l PARIS HOUSE live jazz 4pm; TC’s Joyful
Noise: DJ Kenny 9pm
l PATTERNS Dog Haus Summer Sizzler
terrace party: Marinate DJs 2pm;1st floor
Spencer Parker B2B Ryan Elliott: DJs
Spencer Parker, Ryan Elliott, Charles Green &
James Dodd 11pm
l QUEEN’S ARMS cabaret: Mary Mac
9.30pm
l REVENGE Sweet Revenge: DJs Missy B
& Patch level 1, vocal house level 2 10.30pm
l SUBLINE Men’s Room: DJ Screwpulous
9pm
l ZONE Cabaret: Sally Vate 10pm
SUNDAY 5
l BAR 7@CRAWLEY Jane’s karaoke 8pm
l BAR BROADWAY Fireplace Sessions
pres: Corrine Williams 8.30pm
l BAR REVENGE Sunday Funday with
Micklos & karaoke 9pm
l BASEMENT CLUB@LEGENDS
Pop!Candy: DJ Claire Fuller 11pm
l BRIGHTON SAUNA Naked Day 12pm
l CAMELFORD ARMS Bear Bash, free
food & raffle 5pm; roasts & select menu
12pm–till gone
l CHARLES ST Cabaret: La Voix 7.30pm;
Sally’s Rock & Roll Bingo 8.30pm
l DR BRIGHTONS Showtune Sunday 1pm
l DTM Afternoon Cruise 4pm
l LEGENDS BAR Cabaret: Lola Lasagne
3.30pm; roasts 12–3pm
l MARINE TAVERN Sunday roasts 126pm; Open Mic Drag with Stephanie Von
Clitz 9pm
l PATTERNS Sunday Social: Wildblood &
Queenie’s Home Service with guest James
Kendall from 6pm
l QUEEN’S ARMS Cabaret: Kara Van Park
It may be hot outside but it’s even hotter in the Brighton Sauna, who aim to bring you
the best sauna experience with a smile and friendly attitude! People ask the Brighton
Sauna boys all the time if they'll be safe if they're young or inexperienced, if someone
will show them around, if they'll fit in if they're bigger or hairy or older. Friendly staff
will greet you and make sure you know where everything is. TBS is modern and clean,
with a 12-man jacuzzi, cinema, free hot drinks, smoking area, spacious steam room,
private cabins, filtered water, towels, lockers, computers, super-fast WiFi, large lounge
with 70” TV, masseurs and cafe and licensed bar. You’ll be safe at all times, and won't
be pushed into anything you don't want to. The Brighton Sauna boys promise: “No
matter what size, age or type you are, this is a no-attitude venue where everyone fits in,
and you'll feel comfortable and relaxed. Our staff are on hand to give advice and help
look after you. You won't regret a visit to a sauna for men, and you can't start at a better
place than ours. Be brave, take the plunge, and come and see us. You won't regret it!”
) BRIGHTON BEAR WEEKEND Reenergise with a good soak and steam on Sun
(19) at the ALTERNATIVE ROAST from 12–4pm.
) REGULARS NAKED DAYS are Wed from 11–1am and due to popular demand,
every Sun 12pm–close. You'll be given a small towel for drips and a regular towel to
shower, but NO towels can be worn at all on Naked days. The Brighton Sauna boys
say: “Some customers try to hide their bits behind the small towel! Seriously guys,
nobody cares. It's about letting it all hang out, and feeling free! What better way to chill
out at the end of the weekend - give it a try, it's a fantastic day.”
6pm & 9.30pm
l SUBLINE Guilty Pleasures: DJ
Screwpulous 9pm
l THREE JOLLY BUTCHERS Jazz Roast
3pm; Sunday roasts 1-6pm
l ZONE Live music: Sarah Harris 6.30pm
& Juice Launch Party 11pm
l THREE JOLLY BUTCHERS Film Night:
fantasy/sci-fi 8pm
WEDNESDAY 8
Jane 9pm
l BAR BROADWAY Open Mic with Jason
MONDAY 6
Thorpe 9pm
l BAR BROADWAY The Just After Work
Big Showbiz Quiz: Ross Cameron 6.30pm
l CHARLES ST Studio 150 10.30pm
l LEGENDS BAR Miss Jason’s Mad
Claire Fuller 11pm
Monday 9.30pm
l MARINE TAVERN Monday Madness 8pm l BRIGHTON SAUNA Naked Day 11am
l CAMELFORD ARMS Seniors’ lunch 2l PATTERNS LOUT Promotions pres The
3.30pm
Hunna 7pm
l CHARLES ST Drag With No Name’s Silly
Willy Wednesdays 9pm
TUESDAY 7
l DTM Men Only 8pm
l BAR 7@CRAWLEY Crewsday: DJ Lewis l MARINE TAVERN Linda Bacardi’s
Osborne 9pm
l BAR REVENGE Karaoke with Liz 9pm
l PARIS HOUSE Live music: Nigel
l MARINE TAVERN Quiz & Curry 7.30pm Broderick & The Latin Project 8pm
l REVENGE DJs Toby & Trick 11pm
l PATTERNS Dirty Bare Burlesque 6pm;
Vate 9.30pm
Teen Creeps pres YAK & Cabbage 7pm; Gin l SUBLINE Happy Hump Day 9pm
PICS FROM CAMELFORD’S 6TH BIRTHDAY + CHARLES STREET & ENVY
JUNE
LISTINGS
CAMELFORD ARMS
CHARLES STREET BAR
) 30-31 Camelford St, BN2 1TQ, Tel: 01273 622386, www.camelfordarms.com
) OPEN daily from 12pm. The most dog-friendly pub in town.
) FOOD Mon–Sat 12–9pm; Sunday roast & select menu 12pm–till gone; Wed
) 8 Marine Parade, BN2 1TA, Tel: 01273 624091, www.charles-street.com
) OPEN daily from 12pm. ) FOOD Mon–Sat 12–8pm.
seniors' lunch 2–3.30pm, two courses £7.50.
MYRA DUBOIS
Graham Munday from Brighton Bear Weekend says “The
Camelford Arms, now in its 7th year, has always been the
natural home for bears whether local or from afar. We’re very
pleased that they’re hosting us this year. Events at the
Camelford include Saturday Breakfast, Sunday Lunch and the
fantastic raffle is being drawn during Bear Bust early Sunday
evening. Not only are the Camelford hosting us the’re offering
wristband deal of 10% off Fosters and a guest ale. To take advantage, a wristband is
only £5 and available behind the bar and will give you discounts in all our venues,
local gay bars and shops. They are also donating £100 to the Rainbow Fund who we
are proudly supporting this year. Always good beer, good food and friendly staff!”
) ONE FOR THE DIARY Sun (12), the Camelford takes part in BARK IN THE
PARK at Queens Park - catch them in the Pimms & Beer Tent from 11am.
ENVY @ CHARLES STREET
) REGULARS Sun is the BEAR BASH with free food and a raffle from 5pm.
) Thur is the BIG CASH QUIZ with a £300 cash prize, free sarnies and great
atmosphere from 9pm. ) The FRIDAY CLUB is from 6pm.
THURSDAY 9
Quiz 9pm
l CHARLES ST Mad Cow Tea Party: Joan
Bond, DJs Lee Jeffery & Ruby Roo 9pm
Bingo 8.30pm
l MARINE TAVERN DJ Jim’s 80s Disco
9pm
l PATTERNS Eyes & Ears 7pm; Midnight
Funk Association: DJs MFA selectors 10pm
l QUEEN’S ARMS Cabaret: Miss Jason
9.30pm
l REVENGE FOMO: DJs 10.30pm
jackpot 7.30pm
) 8 Marine Parade, BN2 1TA, Tel: 01273 624091, www.charles-street.com
FRIDAY 10
l BAR BROADWAY Jukebox 5pm
DJ Steve Lush 11pm
l BOUTIQUE i-Candy: DJ Franco,
giveaways, summer roof-terrace party 10pm
9pm
l DR BRIGHTONS Funky Friday: DJ Nick
Hirst 9.30pm
l DTM Men Only 8pm
8.30pm
l MARINE TAVERN pre-Scrum drinks 9pm
l PATTERNS Deadbeats 11pm
l QUEEN’S ARMS cabaret: Rose Garden
9.30pm
l REVENGE Pop Tartz: DJs on level 1; Love
Shack: DJ Claire Fuller on level 2 10.30pm
DJ BOZZY BEAR
GRAHAM MUNDAY
) BRIGHTON BEAR WEEKEND Thur (16)–Sun (19) sees the Camelford host a
weekend of fun-filled furry festivities, great drink deals and fundraising for the
Rainbow Fund! ) Thur is the £300 BIG CASH Bear Weekend Quiz & Charity
Raffle at 9pm. ) Sat is BEAR WEEKEND BREAKFAST; get there early for a mansized portion 10am–12pm. ) Sun is with BEAR-SIZED Sunday Roasts from
12pm; Bear Bust with free food & a charity raffle from 5pm.
) TWO FOR THE DIARY Sat (11) is the QUEEN’S DRAG BALL for the Queen’s
90th Birthday from 9pm. Do you dare to Drag? Sun (19) at 7.30pm is CABARET
with ‘Rotherham’s Least Celebrated Daughter’ acid-tongued Myra Dubois, who acts,
sings, dances and pours a decent pint! After spending time as a dominating presence
in Rotherham’s thriving bohemian amateur-dramatic scene, Myra moved to the bright
lights and over-priced drinks of the capital in 2008 and the rest, as they say, is history!
Myra says: “My story in a nutshell: I’m from South Yorkshire
and cut my teeth on the pub and club scene as a glass
collector. I moved into amateur dramatics, which is all your
favourite West End shows done very, very badly. Then I moved
to London to be a star. You can read all about it in my
autobiography A Taste Of Vinegar...
I let the audience feel like they’ve spent an hour in my
company, because they haven’t. As soon as I step on that stage I mentally check out
and play old Tom and Jerry cartoons in my mind. But by gosh if that audience don’t
think I’m with them from beginning to end. Then, I do a little party trick, I’ll announce
my last song, but it won't be, it will in fact my SECOND to last song and so when I
come back on and sing another HIT the audience think they’'ve had second helpings.
But they haven’t, I planned it all along. It’s called an encore and I think it’ll really take
off… If you want to hear forgotten classics like Cabaret, I Know Him So Well, Part Of
Your World and other obscure treasures, come and hear me! There’ll be laughs galore!
Hopefully some of them intentional…”
) BRIGHTON BEAR WEEKEND Fri (17) is UPROAR with
the finest tunes from DJs Bozzy Bear & Rob C from 11pm,
£4 entry with wristband, £6 without, £2 pints with wristband.
DJ Bozzy Bear says: “I joined the Brighton Bear Weekend
team in 2012 and fundraise throughout the year by Djing,
hosting quiz nights and selling our merchandise. BBW have a
great team and we have fun raising money for great causes at
the same time. At Uproar you can expect a hairy beary atmosphere with a chance to
catch up with familiar faces and to welcome new ones. See you all soon!”
l SUBLINE Big Scrum sportskit night 9pm l CHARLES ST Queen’s Drag Ball 9pm
l ZONE Live music: Lascel Wood 10pm
B 9.30pm
l DTM Men Only 8pm
SATURDAY 11
l GROSVENOR BAR cabaret: Sally Vate
8.30pm
l BASEMENT CLUB@LEGENDS Fusion: - England 8pm; Saturday Club 9pm
l PARIS HOUSE Live jazz 4pm; TC’s
l BOUTIQUE se-XXY Saturday Shake Up
Joyful Noise: DJ Kenny 9pm
with DJ Klipz 10pm
PICS FROM DTM + DOCTOR BRIGHTONS
JUNE
LISTINGS
DTM
DOCTOR BRIGHTONS
) 75a St George’s Rd, BN2 1EF Tel: 01273 911910 www.donttellmama.co.uk
) OPEN Wed & Thur 9pm–1am, Fri & Sat 9pm–2am, Sun 4–11pm. Why not
) 16-17 Kings Rd, BN1 1NE, Tel: 01273 208113 www.doctorbrightons.co.uk
) OPEN Mon–Thur 3pm–midnight; Fri & Sat 1pm–2am; Sun 1pm–midnight.
) HAPPY HOURS all day Sun–Thu; 1pm till close Fri; 1–7pm on Sat. Cocktails
hire out the venue for your private party? Contact Serge for info and competitive rates.
BOGOF all day Sun–Fri and till 7pm on Sat. Free pool with every round every day.
) ONE FOR THE DIARY Sunday is AFTERNOON
) ONE FOR THE DIARY Sun (19) is SMILEY SUNDAY, a
night filled with the best stand-up comedians raising money
for the Rainbow Fund with laughs guaranteed at 7.30pm.
) REGULARS Wed, Fri & Sat are MEN ONLY nights with
free entry for members, £3 otherwise. Expect 100% men,
100% of the time! Thur is clubT, a night dedicated to T-Girls
& Admirers from 8pm, all members are welcome, free entry.
Serge, DTNM host, says: “Welcome to 'Cheers' with a twist! DTM offers a friendly,
relaxed atmosphere... just come as you are!”
l BOUTIQUE Golden Handbag after party
with sister companies Three Jolly Butchers,
Paris House & Camelford Arms 10pm
l CAMELFORD ARMS Bear Bash, free
food & raffle 5pm; roasts & select menu
12pm–till gone
l CHARLES ST cabaret: Lucinda Lashes
7.30pm; Sally’s Rock & Roll Bingo 8.30pm
l LEGENDS BAR cabaret: Lisa Q Jones
SUNDAY 12
l BAR 7@CRAWLEY Jane’s karaoke 8pm l MARINE TAVERN Sunday roasts 12l BAR BROADWAY Fireplace Sessions
6pm; Open Mic Drag with Stephanie Von
Special 10pm; post-Golden Handbags party Clitz 9pm
till 2am
l PATTERNS Sunday Social: Everything
Sunday 12pm; Sounds Familiar music quiz
6pm
l QUEEN’S ARMS cabaret: Miss Penny
6pm & 9.30pm
party: Faro & Friends + Marinate DJs 2pm;
DJ set: Ame 11pm
l QUEEN’S ARMS cabaret: Sandra 9.30pm
& Patch on level 1; Vocal House on level 2
10.30pm
9pm
l ZONE Cabaret: Kara Van Park 10pm
DJ NICK HIRST
SERGE
CRUISE with free entry from 4pm, men only.
) REGULARS FUNKY FRIDAY is with DJ Nick Hirst
spinning the coolest tunes on the block from 9.30pm. Fri (3)
is HOUSE RULES with DJ Nick Hirst spinning decadent
house from 9pm. Fri (24) is BLAST OFF with DJ Josh the Barber & tunes to get you
moving from 9pm. ) SEXY SATURDAY sees DJ Tony B hotting up your weekend
from 9.30pm. ) SHOWTUNES SUNDAY is every Sun from 1pm. ) The charity
fundraiser Dr Brighton's held on May 2 raised over £1,200 for ride4rhinos.org.
l SUBLINE Guilty Pleasures: DJ
Screwpulous 9pm
l ZONE Live music: Jason Prince 6.30pm
MONDAY 13
TUESDAY 14
l BAR 7@CRAWLEY Crewsday: DJ Lewis
Osborne 9pm
l MARINE TAVERN Quiz & Curry 7.30pm
l PATTERNS One Inch Badge: Samaris
7pm; Gold Teeth’s Great British Drake Off
11pm
rom-com/anime 8pm
l BAR BROADWAY Just After Work Big
Showbiz Quiz: Ross Cameron 6.30pm
Monday 9.30pm
l MARINE TAVERN Monday Madness 8pm
WEDNESDAY 15
l PATTERNS Houses in Motion: Still
Parade & Sea Moya 7pm
Jane 9pm
PICS FROM GROSVENOR
GROSVENOR
) 16 Western Street, Hove, BN1 2PG, www.thegrosvenorbar.com
) OPEN daily from noon–late.
) HAPPY HOURS Mon–Thur all spirits £2.70 including house doubles and large
wine £4.10.
SALLY VATE
) ONE FOR THE DIARY Thur is Sally Vate’s BONA
BINGO with prizes, games, camp chat and songs from
8.30pm. Sally says: “The prizes are shite, but you'll have a
camp old night! Play for shots and a choice from the pile of
shite, including bingo merchandise and the coveted signed
framed photo of me. In the final game, Lucky Handbag,
there’s the chance to win the rollover cash prize! Plus there’s
sing-a-song of bingo, where I sing as I call the number - when you’re not expecting it!
This runs from 8.30pm so you’ll be home on a school night at a sensible time!”
) REGULARS Sat is CABARET at 9.30pm with local and national stars of the
stage: Lascel Woods (4), Sally Vate (11), Jason Lee (18) and Cassidy Connors
(25). Cassidy Connors is one of the UK’s top drag artists with fine comedy timing
and show-stopping vocals! Known for her witty and clever impersonations of artists
such as Cher, Tina Turner, Liza Minnelli and many more she delivers a show quite like
no other. ) Fri is KARAOKE with the ever-glamorous Mysterry from 9pm.
Thorpe 9pm
Claire Fuller 11pm
l DTM Men Only 8pm
l PARIS HOUSE live music: Aurora 8pm
l PATTERNS Out of Office stick it on 6pm
Vate 9.30pm
l THREE JOLLY BUTCHERS Open Mic
with Leo Gibbs 7.30pm
PICS FROM LEGENDS BAR & BASEMENT CLUB LEGENDS
JUNE
LISTINGS
LEGENDS BAR
LEGENDS BASEMENT CLUB
) 31-34 Marine Parade, BN2 1TR Tel: 01273 624462, www.legendsbrighton.com
) OPEN daily from 11am–5am
) FOOD Mon–Sat 12–5pm; Sunday lunch served 12–3pm
) 31-34 Marine Parade, BN2 1TR Tel: 01273 624462, www.legendsbrighton.com
) OPEN Wed & Fri–Sun from 11pm.
) DRINK PROMOS Wed selected bottles £2, house spirit & mixer £2.50
LIZZY DRIP
Lizzy says: “My show is real old school drag ie miming
dressed as larger than life characters and never trying to fool
the audience into thinking it's a real woman. It's a quickchange show, a pastiche of famous divas using animated
costumes and some audience participation. Hopefully it just
gives the folks a good laugh!
“I left drama school in the mid-1970s and did really well
performing straight roles. Then after doing panto in Bridlington, a camp old queen in
the cast said 'you should put a drag show together'. I did and entered a talent show in
Blackpool, won my heat and the final and the prize was an 18-week summer season
at the Lion Cabaret Bar in Walsall. I've worked ever since and now in my 36th year!
“Legends is one of my favourite venues, in fact anywhere I’ve worked in Brighton has
been great. The audience are so welcoming and really appreciate the entertainment.
Legends attract a lovely crowd and it gets packed! I like it when people who have seen
my SOS (same old… show!), lots of times bring along Lizzy 'virgins' and watch their
reactions! I look forward to seeing all those furry guys in Brighton!”
MISS JASON
) REGULARS Hit the week running with Miss Jason’s
MAD MONDAYS every week from 10pm. Awarding-winning
Miss Jason (many times Golden Handbag winner) has been
entertaining the crowds across the UK and Europe for over
17 years. With a huge following her comedy wit and timing
goes down well for any adult audience. Renowned for
‘Bringing the camp to a venue near you’ with her iconic
phrase ‘Yes Dear’, this is one Miss not to be missed!
THURSDAY 16
l BAR BROADWAY Cabaret: Monroe &
Russell (Laura Nixon & Kara Van Park) 9pm
Bear Weekend Quiz & charity raffle 9pm
l CHARLES ST Mad Cow Tea Party: Ms
Bingo 8.30pm
- England 2pm; DJ Jim’s 80s Disco 9pm
l QUEEN’S ARMS cabaret: Miss Jason
9.30pm
jackpot 7.30pm
FRIDAY 17
DJ Steve Lush 11pm
DJ CLAIRE
) BRIGHTON BEAR WEEKEND Sun (19) is a CA-BEAR-ET SPECIAL with stage
siren Lizzy Drip bear-ing her soul, tearing up the stage and auctioning off hunky Sea
Serpents rugby players in aid of the Rainbow Fund from 3pm.
) ONE FOR THE DIARY The weekends are all about having
fun so make the most of it at GLITTER with resident music
maestro DJ Steve Lush mixing up a storm and taking you
through a musical wonderland of chart, classic tunes and
shiny new anthems!
) REGULARS Every Wed is ICE with DJ Claire melting the
dancefloor with chart house r&b. Drinks promos include selected bottles £2, house
spirit & mixer £2.50. ) Sat is FUSION with DJ Peter Castle bringing you up and
away with a healthy dose of chart & club mixes.
l BOUTIQUE i-Candy: DJ Franco &
giveaways 10pm
l CHARLES ST Fruity Friday Fix: DJ
Leeroy 9pm
l DR BRIGHTONS Funky Friday: DJ Nick
Hirst 9.30pm
l DTM Men Only 8pm
l ENVY@CHARLES ST Bear Weekend:
Uproar: DJs Bozzy Bear & Rob C 11pm
8.30pm
l MARINE TAVERN LGBTQ Pub Crawl
8.30pm
l PATTERNS Houses in Motion pres
Khruangbin 11pm; Tukshop Summer
Brighton Launch: DJs Manu & Ando, Tappa,
Rubycon & Mentu 11pm
l QUEEN’S ARMS Cabaret: Danny Beard
9.30pm
l REVENGE Pop Tartz DJs on level 1; Fat
Lip: DJ Fifi on level 2 10.30pm
l SUBLINE Bear Weekend: Pre-Fur Men
9pm
l ZONE Live music: Gabriella Parish 10pm
SATURDAY 18
l BOUTIQUE Live bands on roof terrace
with special guests 1pm; se-XXY Saturday
Shake-Up: DJ Klipz & giveaways 10pm
l CAMELFORD ARMS Bear Weekend
Breakfast 10am
Knowles, Leeroy 9pm
B 9.30pm
l DTM Men Only 8pm
l GROSVENOR BAR Cabaret: Jason Lee
9.30pm
l PARIS HOUSE live jazz 4pm; TC’s
Joyful Noise: DJ Kenny 9pm
terrace party: El Train & Marinate DJs 2pm;
Vanishing Point: DJs Dixon Avenue
Basement Jams, Denis Sulta, Teamy,
Matthew Balaam 11pm
l QUEEN’S ARMS cabaret: Mrs Moore
9.30pm
& Patch on level 1; Vocal House on level 2
10.30pm
l SUBLINE Bear Weekend: Sub Woofer
after party with Leathermen South 9pm
l ZONE cabaret: Sally Vate 10pm
SUNDAY 19
pres: Gilly B 8.30pm
l BOUTIQUE Father’s Day Madness 1pm
GSCENE 35
)
PICS FROM MARINE TAVERN + HOME SERVICE @ PATTERNS
JUNE
LISTINGS
MARINE TAVERN
PATTERNS
) 13 Broad St, BN2 1TJ, Tel: 01273 905578, www.marinetavern.co.uk
) OPEN daily from 12pm. England Euro Cup matches shown live: Thur (2) at
) 10 Marine Parade, BN2 1TL, Tel: 01273 894777 www.patternsbrighton.com
) OPEN Tue & Wed 4pm–1am, Thur 4pm–3am, Fri 4pm–4am, Sat 12pm–4am
7.45pm, Sat (11) at 8pm, Thur (16) at 2pm and Mon (20) at 8pm.
and Sun 12pm–12am. Closed Mon (available for private hire).
) FOOD The Dog Haus gourmet hot dog restaurant open Tue–Fri from 4–10pm
and Sat–Sun from 12–10pm, Bottomless Boozy Brunch on Sat & Sun from
12–4pm, £15 for a hot dog and unlimited prosecco or bloody marys, or try the full
english breakfast hot dog, a veggie avocadog or the Sunday roast inspired dog!
) DRINK PROMOS daily from 4–9pm.
) FOOD Daily from 12-9pm; Sunday roasts served 12–6pm, £5.95 each or two
for £10; Tue is Curry Night with curry for £1 served 7.30–9pm.
game show with a twist MARINE MISFORTUNES, with a
big cash prize, a free drink of your choice for taking part and
free nibbles fro. Linda says: “It’s a game show with a twist so
get those cogs turned on and pop on down! With the chance
to win a rollover cash jackpot, plus other prizes, you'd be silly
to miss it! It! Make mine a stiff one.”
) ONE FOR THE DIARY Dust off your flip-flops for the DOG HAUS SUMMER
SIZZLER Terrace Parties every Sat from 2pm, Dog Haus BBQ, free suncream,
cocktails, sun-visors, ping pong, table Fußball, free entry and food & drink offers from
12pm. The weekly rotation of the city's best DJs playing sunny sessions: Funk &
Soul Club’s top tunes/classics (4), DJ Faro & friends deep house/disco/soulful jams
(11), El Train hip-hop/r&b/electronic beats/US west coast beats (18) and Marinate
playing reggae/West African funk/Brazilian disco and everything in between (25).
) REGULARS Sun at 9pm is OPEN MIC DRAG with Stephanie Von Clitz. If you
think you have the wow-factor then contact the bar to sign up! Stephanie says: “Open
Mic Drag is a chance for artistes, professional or amateur, to try out new material and
it’s also a platform for newer artistes to perform. It's on a Sunday, which is always a
good day for cabaret, so if you want a fun enjoyable night out and would like to see a
variety of talent then don’t miss it!”
l BRIGHTON SAUNA Bear Weekend:
Alternative Sunday Roast 12pm
l CAMELFORD ARMS Bear Weekend
Bash, free food & charity raffle 5pm; roasts
& select menu 12pm–till gone
l CHARLES ST cabaret: Myra Dubois
7.30pm; Sally’s Rock & Roll Bingo 8.30pm
l DR BRIGHTONS Smiley Sunday: standup & fundraising for Rainbow Fund 7.30pm
l LEGENDS BAR Bear Weekend Cabaret &
Charity Auction: Lizzy Drip 3pm; roasts
12–3pm
Clitz 9pm
l PATTERNS Sunday Social Club: Real
Rock Reggae Show 12pm; Loose Joints & LJ
Soundsystem 6pm
l QUEEN’S ARMS cabaret: Davina Sparkle
6pm & 9.30pm
l SUBLINE Underbear Bear Weekend
closing party: underwear party 9pm
l ZONE Sophie Causbrook 6.30pm
MONDAY 20
l BAR BROADWAY Just After Work Big
Showbiz Quiz: Ross Cameron 6.30pm
l BOUTIQUE After Hours Office Party 6pm
Monday 9.30pm
- England 8pm
PARIS HOUSE
) 21 Western Rd, BN3 1AF, Tel: 01273 724195, www.parishousebrighton.com
) OPEN daily from 12pm.
) FOOD daily from 12pm–close.
) ONE FOR THE DIARY Thur (2) live CHANSON from 1930s–50s with Fleur de
Paris at 8pm, free.
) REGULARS Wed is LIVE MUSIC from 8pm: Nigel Broderick & The Latin
Project (8), Aurora (15), the Tim Wells Trio (22) and Terry Seabrook (29). Sat
is live jazz at 4pm; TC'S JOYFUL NOISE with DJ Kenny at 9pm, free entry.
WILDBLOOD & QUEENIE
LINDA BACARDI
) ONE FOR THE DIARY Wed at 9pm is Linda Bacardi’s
) REGULARS SUNDAY SOCIAL with monthly HOME
SERVICE (5) DJs Wildblood and Queenie and guest James
Kendall playing a vintage soundtrack of electronica, slo-mo/
disco/soul/funk/house/80s electro/pop plus live cartooning!
) Wed is OUT OF OFFICE with Stick It On, spin some
tunes, play a spot of Ping Pong, Fußball & retro games from
6pm. Food and drink offers 4–9pm. The Patterns crew say:
“You’ve successfully scaled over moody Monday and the terrible Tuesdays as you now
stand at the top of the mountain with the weekend in sight. Tackle the mid-week
struggle with our after work hang out that caters for all, be it a quiet catch up or
something a little bit more involved…”
3.30pm
l BAR 7@CRAWLEY Crewsday 9pm
l BAR BROADWAY Spice pres Beautiful
l DTM Men Only 8pm
Thing - 20th Anniversary 7pm
l MARINE TAVERN Quiz & Curry 7.30pm l PARIS HOUSE live music: Tim Wells Trio
l PATTERNS Brighton Film Club 7pm
8pm
thriller/horror 8pm
Vate 9.30pm
TUESDAY 21
WEDNESDAY 22
l BAR 7@CRAWLEY Fresh! 9pm
Thorpe 9pm
Claire Fuller 11pm
l CAMELFORD ARMS Seniors’ lunch 2-
THURSDAY 23
Quiz 9pm
7 GEORGE STREET BRIGHTON
01273 696873
http://thequeensarms.wix.com/thequeensarms
WEDNESDAY 9.30PM
AN AUDIENCE WITH
SALLY VATE
THURSDAY 9.30PM
MISS JASON
SATURDAYCABARET 9.30
PM
4 JUN MARY MAC
11 JUN SANDRA
18 JUN MRS MOORE
25JUN SON OF A TUTU
CABARET
FRIDAY CABARET 9.30 SUNDAY DOUBLE
AT 6 & 9.30
PM
3 JUN SAUCY SOPHIE
10 JUN ROSE GARDEN
17JUN DANNY BEARD
24JUN MAISIE TROLLETTE
PM
PM
5 JUN KARA VAN PARK
12 JUN MISS PENNY
19JUN DAVINA SPARKLE
26JUN TBC
2 Cocktails FOR £8
5PM -9PM Tues-Sat
PICS FROM QUEENS ARMS + BAR & CLUB REVENGE
JUNE
QUEENS ARMS
BAR REVENGE
) 7 George St, BN2 1RH, T: 01273 696873, www.thequeensarms.wix.com/thequeensarms
) OPEN from 4pm Wed–Fri; from 2pm Sat & Sun.
) 5-7 Marine Parade, BN2 1TA, Tel: 01273 606064, www.revenge.co.uk
) OPEN Sun-Wed 12pm-1am, Thur 12pm-2am, Fri & Sat 12pm-6am.
) DRINK DEALS 2 for £8 Cocktails between 5–9pm Tue–Sat.
Buy a drink on Thur, Fri & Sat to pick up discounted entry passes for Club Revenge.
) ONE FOR THE DIARY Sat (18) sees Mrs Moore, "the voice of a thousand fags"
and Drag Idol Winner, take to the stage with husky vocals and outrageous one-liners
from 9.30pm.
) ONE FOR THE DIARY LIP SYNC FOR YOUR LIFE every Wed from 9pm with
John Moore, creator of Mrs Moore, says: “In my mind Mrs
Moore is just a camp extension of myself. I often forget that
people don't see it like that; I assume everyone in the
audience knows me! That can be a good or bad thing!
“Mrs Moore is a child of the 1970s brought up on light
entertainment and the throwback of vaudeville. I describe
myself as Marti Caine on acid. Now there was a woman who
could stand and sing a beautiful song followed by a terrible joke and then do another
number surrounded by backing dancers. That's what I try to do (without the dancers,
the budget don't stretch that far); daft jokes and silly banter and then for a few
moments draw you in with a bit of theatre.
“I love Brighton, it's my second home outside of London. It’s always a joy to perform
and socialise by the seaside and to perform at the Queens Arms is a real treat. So pop
down on Sat 18, if you’re lucky I might buy fresh tights!”
) REGULARS Wed at 9.30pm is AN AUDIENCE WITH
SALLY VATE
lip-sync assassin Crystal Lubrikunt, a £50 cash prize and the chance to win a paid
gig on the Powder Room stage alongside RuPaul’s Drag Race royalty. Crystal says: “In
its third season, Lip Sync For Your Life is a night where anyone who's anybody can take
centre stage for the chance to win a cheeky £50, a free ticket to the Powder Room and
the opportunity to perform in our Grand Finale on 3rd August where each week's winner
will battle it out for a paid gig alongside a RuPaul's Drag Race superstar at the Powder
Room! It’s karaoke, without the singing! And you get free shots for taking part! So come
on down, move those lips and shake them hips with me!"
THE SALLY VATE, ‘maid to make your mouth water. Sally
answers your questions, sings some songs and has a jolly
good laugh. A good all rounder with the liver of a house
brick, Sally has lived in the south for 15 years, firstly in
Bournemouth where she developed her trade by hosting,
DJing, then singing, which has developed into a powerful
tool! Sally says: “What are you waiting for? Join me for a unique evening; you’ll never
the same show twice - only because I can never remember what I did! Life can be
tough, so let's have a laugh!”
Bingo 8.30pm
9pm
9.30pm
jackpot 7.30pm
FRIDAY 24
DJ Steve Lush 11pm
l BOUTIQUE i-Candy: DJ Franco,
giveaways & Summer warm up BBQ on roof
terrace 10pm
9pm
l DR BRIGHTONS Blast Off: DJ Josh the
Barber 9pm
l DTM Men Only 8pm
8.30pm
l MARINE TAVERN Jukebox Disco 8pm
l PATTERNS Neighbourhood with Ben
Sims, Randomer & Tasha 11pm
l QUEEN’S ARMS cabaret: Maisie Trollette
9.30pm
REVENGE
) 32-34 Old Steine, BN1 1EL, Tel: 01273 606064, www.revenge.co.uk
) OPEN Tue from 11pm, Thur, Fri & Sat from 10.30pm.
KIM CHI
MRS MOORE
LISTINGS
) ONE FOR THE DIARY Fri (24) from 7.30pm, the
POWDER ROOM presents stand out star, finalist and fan
favourite, Kim Chi, from RuPaul’s Drag Race series 8. Born in
the US, raised in South Korea, and currently based in
Chicago, the ever-evolving Kim is a cultural hybrid with a
preternatural understanding of style and conceptual fashion.
She’ll be bringing her signature conceptual fashion and Korean charm to Revenge’s
brand new Powder Room stage! Tickets, including meet & greet, are available online.
l REVENGE The Powder Room: RuPaul’s
Drag Race star Kim Chi 7.30pm; Pop Tartz on
level 1 10.30pm
l SUBLINE Filth: mixed fetish party 9pm
l ZONE cabaret: Gilly B 10pm
SATURDAY 25
l BAR REVENGE club warm-up 9pm
l BOUTIQUE roof terrace party, DJ 1pm;
se-XXY: DJ Klipz, shot drops/giveaways 10pm
Knowles, Leeroy 9pm
B 9.30pm
l DTM Men Only 8pm
l GROSVENOR BAR cabaret: Cassidy
Connors 9.30pm
l PARIS HOUSE live jazz 4pm; TC’s Joyful
Noise: DJ Kenny 9pm
terrace party: Marinate DJs 2pm; Norman Jay
(MBE), Mehtola & Faro 11pm
l QUEEN’S ARMS cabaret: Son of a Tutu
9.30pm
l REVENGE Sweet Revenge: DJs Missy B &
Patch level 1, vocal house level 2 10.30pm
9pm
l ZONE cabaret: Spice 10pm
SUNDAY 26
pres: The Close Shaves 8.30pm
l CAMELFORD ARMS Bear Bash, free food
& raffle 5pm; roasts & select menu
12pm–till gone
PICS FROM SUBLINE + ZONE BAR
JUNE
LISTINGS
SUBLINE
ZONE BAR
) 129 St James' St, BN2 1TH, Tel: 01273 624100, www.sublinebrighton.co.uk
) OPEN Wed–Sun from 9pm.
) 33 St James’ St, BN2 1RF, Tel: 01273 682249, www.zonebrighton.co.uk
Graham Munday from BBW says: “Subline is like a second home to us. Steve and
all the staff are so easy to work with, supportive, professional and always there with a
warm welcome. This year we are thrilled to be down in Subline again with two main
events that will be a sell out. Sub Woofer is our Saturday night after party, which will
ram packed with men hunting for meat. It will be a fur-filled cavern of delights! Sunday
we will have our closing party, UnderBear - a pants only party to unwind and relax with
some of the best men around. It will be busy but don't forget to buy your wristband for
cheap drink deals in Subline all weekend and cheap entrance fee. Wristbands are for
sale in Subline, our website and other gay shops and venues.”
) ONE FOR THE DIARY Sun (26) is BIZARRE BAZAAR Charity Sale for the
Sussex Beacon at 2pm, all over 18s welcome. Stock up on your leathers and have
fun with the lights switched on with an array of kinky books, DVDs, underwear, leather
& rubber things and toys… basically all fetishes catered for and all for a great cause!
l CHARLES ST cabaret: Drag With No
Name 7.30pm; Sally’s Rock & Roll Bingo
8.30pm
l LEGENDS BAR cabaret: Miss Jason
Clitz 9pm
l PATTERNS Sunday Social Club with
Monthly Milk 12pm; Musical Bingo 6pm
l QUEEN’S ARMS Cabaret: TBA 6pm &
9.30pm
l SUBLINE Bizarre Bazaar charity sale for
Sussex Beacon 2pm; Cum In Your Pants
9pm
l ZONE Live music: JP Christian 6.30pm
MONDAY 27
l BAR BROADWAY The Just After Work
Big Showbiz Quiz: Ross Cameron 6.30pm
l BOUTIQUE After Hours Office Party 6pm
Monday 9.30pm
l MARINE TAVERN Monday Madness
8pm
TUESDAY 28
l BAR 7@CRAWLEY Crewsday: DJ Lewis
Osborne 9pm
l MARINE TAVERN Quiz & Curry 7.30pm
l PATTERNS QM Records: DJs Normanton
Street 8pm
musical 8pm
WEDNESDAY 29
Jane 9pm
Thorpe 9pm
cocktails: 5-8pm Mon-Sat and 8pm-close on Sun.
) ONE FOR THE DIARY Sun (19) Sophie Causbrook brings your weekend to the
SOPHIE CAUSBROOK
) BRIGHTON BEAR WEEKEND Fri (17) is PRE-FUR
MEN warm up for the BBW, entry £3 for members or £5.
Sat (18) is SUB WOOFER After Party with booze, cruise
and the folks from Leathermen South, entry £4 with a
wristband, £6 without, donated to the Rainbow Fund. Sun
(19) sees Subline’s legendary underwear party go beary with
the UNDER-BEAR BBW Closing Party from 9pm. Do you
dare to bare? Entry is £4 with wristband, £6 without. No
dress code but underwear encouraged!
) OPEN Sun-Fri from 11am, Sat from 10am
) DRINK DEALS all day Sun-Thur & till 7pm on Fri & Sat. Two-for-£10 selected
perfect close with a sensational mix of pop, classics and
musical theatre at 6.30pm. Sophie says: “If you walk through
the door halfway through one of my sets you’ll see everyone up
dancing, singing and making the most of their weekend. I want
you to feel like you can join in, because a great audience
makes my show that little bit more special and that’s why I love
Brighton. Everyone is up for a laugh and a great night!”
) REGULARS Sat is LIVE ENTERTAINMENT with local and national stars from
10pm: Sally Vate celebrating 10 Years at the top (4), Kara Van Park (11), Sally
Vate (18) and Spice (25). Selected Euro 2016 & Wimbledon matches played on the
big screen all through June!
Claire Fuller 11pm
l DTM Men Only 8pm
l PARIS HOUSE Live music: Terry
Seabrook 8pm
Vate 9.30pm
THURSDAY 30
Quiz 9pm
Bingo 8.30pm
9pm
9.30pm
jackpot 7.30pm
THREE JOLLY BUTCHERS
) 59 North Rd, Brighton, BN1 1YD, Tel: 01273 608571, www.3jollybutchers.com
) OPEN 12pm on Mon–Sat, 1pm on Sun. Private function room available.
) FOOD Mon–Sat 12–9pm; Sunday roasts 1–6pm.
) ONE FOR THE DIARY Fri (3) is LIVE MUSIC with The Informers from 8pm.
) REGULARS Tue is now the FREE FILM NIGHT from 8pm with a fantasy/sci-fi
(7), a rom-com/anime (14), a thriller/horror (21) and a musical (28). ) Thur is
QUIZ NIGHT at 7.30pm with a £150 cash prize, all welcome! ) Sun is the JAZZ
ROAST at 3pm, free entry.
PICS FROM LONDON HOTEL SOUTHAMPTON GSCENE OUT & ABOUT 41
SOLENT
LISTINGS
PORTSMOUTH
l HAMPSHIRE BOULEVARD
1 Hampshire Terrace, Southsea
TEL: 2392 297509
l OLD VIC 104 St Paul’s Rd, Southsea
TEL: 02392 297013, www.oldvicportsmouth.co.uk
SOUTHAMPTON
l ISOBAR 100c St Mary’s St
TEL: 02380 222028
l LONDON HOTEL 2 Terminus Terr, SO14 3DT
TEL: 02380 710652, www.the-london.co.uk
Friendly bar with regular cabaret, DJs & food
OPEN: Mon-Wed 12-11pm, Thur 12-12.30am,
Fri & Sat 12-1.30am, Sun 12-11.30pm
FOOD: Mon-Sat 12-3pm; Sun roasts 12-3.30pm
l TITANIC Simnel St, SO14 2BE
TEL: 023 8021 1879, www.thetitanicpub.co.uk
OPEN: daily fom 12pm
l EDGE Compton Walk, SO14 0BH
TEL: 02380 366163, www.theedgesouthampton.com
WEDNESDAY 1
SOUTHAMPTON
l EDGE Bar 150: DJs & karaoke 10pm
THURSDAY 2
THURSDAY 9
PORTSMOUTH
l HAMPSHIRE BLVD karaoke till 2am
l OLD VIC karaoke 8pm
SOUTHAMPTON
l EDGE Pop!: DJ 11pm
l LONDON HOTEL Karaoke Cruising with
Martha D’Arthur 8.30pm
FRIDAY 10
PORTSMOUTH
l HAMPSHIRE BLVD DJ till 3am
SOUTHAMPTON
l EDGE Get Some: DJs 10pm
l LONDON HOTEL Fairylea Friday: DJ Ruby
Roo 8.30pm; cabaret: Elesha Moses as Whitney
& Tina 10.15pm
SATURDAY 11
PORTSMOUTH
l OLD VIC DJs all night
SOUTHAMPTON
l EDGE The Big One: DJs 10pm
l LONDON HOTEL Guilty Pleasures: DJ
Lucinda Lashes 9pm
SUNDAY 12
PORTSMOUTH
SOUTHAMPT--ON
l LONDON HOTEL Karaoke Cruising: Martha
D’Arthur 8.30pm
PORTSMOUTH
SOUTHAMPTON
l EDGE Pounded: DJ 11pm
l LONDON HOTEL London Podium: Mary Mac
& Drag With No Name 8pm; roasts 12-3.30pm
FRIDAY 3
MONDAY 13
PORTSMOUTH
SOUTHAMPTON
Roo 8.30pm; cabaret: Miss Tiara Thunderpussy
10.15pm
SATURDAY 4
PORTSMOUTH
SOUTHAMPTON
l LONDON HOTEL Guilty Pleasures: DJ Neil
Sackley & the X-Factor’s 2 Shoes 9pm
SUNDAY 5
PORTSMOUTH
SOUTHAMPTON
l EDGE DJs 11pm
TUESDAY 14
PORTSMOUTH
l OLD VIC Quiz 8pm
SOUTHAMPTON
l EDGE video jukebox 11pm
WEDNESDAY 15
SOUTHAMPTON
THURSDAY 16
PORTSMOUTH
SOUTHAMPTON
l LONDON HOTEL London Podium: Mrs
Moore & Lola Lasagne 8pm; roasts 12-3.30pm
PORTSMOUTH
SOUTHAMPTON
MONDAY 6
FRIDAY 17
PORTSMOUTH
SOUTHAMPTON
l EDGE DJs 11pm
TUESDAY 7
PORTSMOUTH
l OLD VIC Quiz 8pm
SOUTHAMPTON
WEDNESDAY 8
SOUTHAMPTON
PORTSMOUTH
SOUTHAMPTON
Roo 8.30pm; cabaret: Rose Garden 10.15pm
SATURDAY 18
PORTSMOUTH
SOUTHAMPTON
l LONDON HOTEL Guilty Pleasures: DJ Tiny
9pm
LONDON HOTEL
SOUTHAMPTON
) 2 Terminus Terr, SO14 3DT, Tel: 02380 710652, www.the-london.co.uk
) OPEN daily from 12pm.
) FOOD Mon–Sat 12–3pm; Sunday lunch 12–3.30pm.
) ONE FOR THE DIARY Sat (4) is Guilty Pleasures from 9pm with DJ Neil
Sackley spinning tunes to get you moving and a live PA from X-Factor act 2 Shoes.
) REGULARS Fri is FAIRYLEA with DJ Ruby Roo spinning high camp/pure cheese
at 8.30pm; CABARET is at 10.15pm: Miss Tiara Thunderpussy (3), Elesha
Moses as Whitney & Tina (10), Rose Garden (17) and Vicki Vivacious (24). ) Sat
is GUILTY PLEASURES with DJs from 9pm: Lucinda Lashes (11), Tiny (18) and
Dazza (25). ) SUNDAY NIGHT ON THE LONDON PODIUM is with guest host Mrs
Moore (5), Mary Mac (12) and Kara Van Park (19 & 26) from 8pm and guest
CABARET at 9pm: Lola Lasagne (5), Drag With No Name (12), Tanya Hyde (19)
and Lucinda Lashes (26). ) Thur is KARAOKE CRUISING with host Martha
D’Arthur from 8.30pm.
SUNDAY 19
PORTSMOUTH
SOUTHAMPTON
l LONDON HOTEL London Podium: Kara Van
Park & Tanya Hyde 8pm; roasts 12-3.30pm
MONDAY 20
PORTSMOUTH
SOUTHAMPTON
l EDGE DJs 11pm
TUESDAY 21
PORTSMOUTH
l OLD VIC Quiz 8pm
SOUTHAMPTON
WEDNESDAY 22
SOUTHAMPTON
THURSDAY 23
PORTSMOUTH
SOUTHAMPTON
FRIDAY 24
PORTSMOUTH
SOUTHAMPTON
Roo 8.30pm; cabaret: Vicki Vivacious 10.15pm
SATURDAY 25
PORTSMOUTH
SOUTHAMPTON
l LONDON HOTEL Guilty Pleasures: DJ Dazza
9pm
SUNDAY 26
PORTSMOUTH
SOUTHAMPTON
l LONDON HOTEL London Podium: Kara Van
Park & Lucinda Lashes 8pm; roasts 12-3.30pm
MONDAY 27
PORTSMOUTH
SOUTHAMPTON
l EDGE DJs 11pm
TUESDAY 28
PORTSMOUTH
l OLD VIC Quiz 8pm
SOUTHAMPTON
WEDNESDAY 29
SOUTHAMPTON
THURSDAY 30
PORTSMOUTH
SOUTHAMPTON
42 GSCENE
DANCE MUSIC
BY QUEEN JOSEPHINE & KATE WILDBLOOD
ALBUMS
) The sun is out, the beats are
beautiful and we are loving life in
our seaside city. Yes summer has
truly arrived so here’s a few
wonders to perfectly soundtrack
those rays.
The first
longplayer to get
us hot under the
collar this month
is the delightful
Body Language
Vol. 18 by Tim Green on Get
Physical. Whether you require lush
pianos, compelling grooves and
vocals or unhinged, tough, crisp
tech and
churning
technoid grooves
Mr Green will see
you right. As will
the mighty BPM’s
of Tiefschwarz’s label and their 10
Years of Souvenir Compilation,
Flavia Lazzarini’s tasty Italian
Aubergine on Zig
Zag, the Detroit
flavours of fabric
88 Ryan Elliot,
the delightful
electronica of
Nick Monaco’s Half Naked on Crew
Love, and the remix wonders that
ensure Damian
Lazarus & The
Ancient Moons
Remixes From
The Other Side
on Crosstown
Rebels is a summer must play.
As for our June favourites we’re
loving the various artists mixed to
utter perfection for Moda Black
Vol IV mixed by
Jaymo & Andy
George, the
ever on-thebutton sounds
of Remixed as
Skream’s impeccable label Of
Unsound Mind deliver house of the
bleeping brilliant kind.
And as for our favourite favourite?
It has to be
house and
techno queen
Cassy and her
goosebumpinducing album
Donna on Aus. We. Are. Not.
Worthy.
Catch Wildblood & Queenie at
Home Service at Patterns,
RadioReverb and The Girls Dance
Tent and Sunday Sundae Pride
Reunion at Brighton Pride 2016.
perfectdistractions.com
DJ PROFILE: PETER CASTLE
As it’s summer and those evenings are just crying out for a bit of a
sashay, Queenie catches up again with the lovely Peter Castle; a man
guaranteed to have your weekend (or indeed your special occasion)
filled with the greatest of dance-tastic grooves
It’s been ages since we talked so remind us where we can catch you
DJing... You can catch me on Saturday nights in Legends Basement Club,
where I am now in my 10th year as the Saturday resident DJ. (Is this the
longest current DJ residency in Brighton I wonder?)
Any new projects in your life? Lots! Friday nights at OhSo, which
started in May, called Sun, Sea & OhSo where DJ MakD and I play back to
back 7pm-2am. It will be a mix of 1980s groove with dance remixes to
start off the weekend party by the sea. Also a private hire service called
PM-Entertainment with MakD, BenC and myself catering for all private
functions. www.pm-entertainment.co.uk.
What kind of music are you playing these days? Anything that keeps
the crowed going; mainly chart dance remixes, house and dance classics.
Fave song of all time? It’s still Finally by Ce Ce Peniston, and yes I still
want it at my funeral - ha ha (finally it's happened to me!)
Tune that fills your dancefloor? Well Show Me Love by Robin S wouldn't
go amiss, but there are quite a few others too.
WILDBLOOD & QUEENIE’S JUNE JOLLIES
) HIFI SEAN Ft Bootsy Collins Atomium Plastique Recordings
Our bearded king of the disco returns and all is atomic.
) IMPOSSIBLE BEINGS Too Late (Too Latex dub) End Recordings
Contender for most addictive track of 2016.
) DAREN NUNES Al Needs Dogmatik
Deep, nasty and sexy perfections from Nune’s Savage Nomads EP.
) STEREOGAMOUS ft Shaun J Wright Don't Fight It (Alinka remix) Twirl!
Another sound remix from the queen of right proper house.
) XINOBI & LAZARUSMAN See Me Discotexas
A lesson in spoken word house. Yes you heard it here first!
) LA FLEUR Waves Watergate Records
Class delivery from our Watergate favourite.
) EARL JEFFERS Gloria Ten Thousand Yen
Twisted disco to keep you grinning till dawn.
) LEMY LEOPARD & SIMBAD Vibin City Fly
Deep house with a sweet soulful edge.
) DENNEY Visualise (Luke Solomon remix) Crosstown Rebels
Jumpin’ Chicago grooves to keep Jack jumping all night.
) FOMO ft Chaka Khan/Taka Boom/Mark Stevens House Of Love Shaboom
Sometimes in life you need a lot of divas. And we mean A LOT!
What’s so good about playing in Brighton? People want to have a
good time and there’s still enough choice of venues to go to, and
because I can adapt my music styles there are many choices of venues
that I can play at.
Your dream gig? Well I played on the main stage at Pride last year and
I’ve played at some great large venues, but my fave will always be
Busbys in Redhill in the 1980s, which was Rank's flagship club.
Tune you wish you’d never played?Like A Virgin by Madonna - it was
top of the charts at the time and it was a wedding but I didn't know the
bride was pregnant. Oooops!
Describe yourself in three words I hate this question, I’ll let others
describe me... answers on a postcard please, bet they are all rude :-)
DJ PETER CASTLE’S CURRENT TOP SIX
) YEARS & YEARS ft Tove Lo Desire (Extended radio mix) Polydor
) BLONDE & Craig David Nothing Like This (Extended mix) FFRR
) DNCE Cake By The Ocean (Riddler Extended mix) Republic
) FREEJAK You Got The Destination (Radio Edit) Freejak
) SIA ft Sean Paul Cheap Thrills (Le Youth remix) RCA
) HERVE Bang The Drum (Extended mix) Skint
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Boy George, Madonna, Marylyn Monroe, Tina
Turner, Prince and Michael Jackson to name a
few. They were semi-residents at the club
Coasters back in the early 1980s (now Prism and
The Seven Stars, on the corner of West Street
and Kings Road). They were regulars at The
Hippodrome in London’s West End when Peter
Stringfellow owned it, as well as Le Beat Route,
Bootleggers, Stringfellows and others.
Dolly has performed in front of amazing crowds,
including an outdoor festival in South Africa and
at Gay Prides in Brighton, London and Bristol.
She shared hilarious stories from her travels - one
involving a king size waterbed and an expensive
new keyboard at The Zanzibar (now Subline) that
resulted in her peeing herself on stage.
From 1992–2009, Dolly was part of a group
called Dynamite Boogaloo, along with
Boogaloo Stu and Dynamite Sal. They
dominated Brighton’s club scene with their
outlandish shows and parties. The name Dolly
Rocket was created for Dynamite Boogaloo, it
was adapted from a popular 1950s song Dolly
Rocker which her mother used to play. Dynamite
Boogaloo sporadically reunite for shows around
Brighton, the next one is a special Brighton
Fringe show on June 4, at Brighton Spiegeltent.
BRIGHTON BELLE
Morgan Fabulous spends time in the world
of the multi-talented Dolly Rocket.
) Brighton born and bred, Dolly real name
Karen Sharman, went to a local Church of
England school in Brighton. She explained that
even though Brighton is known for its relaxed
attitude to diversity, that’s not what she
experienced at school in the 1960s. She faced
institutional discrimination and bullying due to
her multicultural background and unmarried
status of her mother. By the time she got to
secondary school (Margaret Hardy, then an allgirls school) her difference became even more
apparent. She developed a sharp and quick wit
that made her popular with the bullies and a
bit of a nightmare with the teachers.
Young Dolly’s unbreakable spirit and
determination to be whatever she wanted led
to many adventures in the years to come.
Throughout her adult life Dolly has struggled
with crash-dieting and extreme weight loss and
gains, also trying to juggle her career with her
personal life, which has been affected. She
explained that she loves her career and
wouldn’t change it for the world but watching
her friends settle down with children and get
married sometimes makes her think about an
alternative version of her life. But now Dolly’s
comfortable in her own skin and has to come
to terms with the fact she’ll always struggle
with complications. Dolly wants to set a good
example to women by embracing who she is,
putting herself out there and standing up for
what she believes in. She’s been inspired by
many people around her that have found the
courage to fully embrace themselves and by
people who walk their own path in life despite
what others think of them.
Dolly’s career started in her late teens, when
she and a few other clubkid friends were
approached by a Brighton promoter to provide
an opening act for a band that he’d booked to
play. They threw something together and
despite the chaos the crowd loved it. They
realised they had something and so Liquorice
Allsorts was born. Within a short time they
got a big London agent with over 40 speciality
acts on his books. It was the 1980s and
nightclub entertainment was at its peak so the
next few years were spent touring the UK,
Ireland, Norway and Germany, with many
international engagements worldwide.
The Liquorice Allsorts were a skilled lip-syncing
cabaret act, paying tribute to all the big pop
acts of the 1980s and 1990s by impersonating
them. No one was safe from their caricatures:
Dolly spends her time working and socialising
amongst the gay community, promoting
awareness and acceptance of diversity and is a
firm supporter of gay rights and many charities.
She feels she has matured mentally from
everything she has experienced over the years,
good and bad, and it’s made her a better person.
Dolly currently performs at Proud Cabaret in
Brighton, as well as special performances in
Brighton and around the UK. Recently I had the
pleasure of seeing her perform in Brighton at
Patterns (formally Audio) at Dragtastic, an
event by Dirty Bare who run monthly themed
evenings. Having spent a little time with Dolly
that week, I got to see a different side to her
stage persona. Sometimes we forget that the
people we see on stage have lives offstage
which don’t differ that much from our own and
that’s the beauty of a great performer like Dolly.
When she’s on stage it’s all eyes on her, with her
elaborate costumes and perfect theatrical makeup she captivates the crowd and uses all her
blessings to her advantage. It was a fantastic
night and so well put together, with spectacular
acts and Dolly holding the night firmly together
with charm, crowd interaction and performance.
However cabaret isn’t Dolly’s only talent; she
also starred as The Iron Lady in 9 Dead Gay Guys,
a British comedy film from 2002 that won two
major awards. She’s dabbled in the adult
entertainment industry featuring in magazines
and movies. She’s also modelled for fashion
photographer David Bailey and was featured in
Bailey’s Stardust exhibition in London in 2014.
) Dolly will be performing alongside
Duncan James on Friday October 28,
2016 in a spectacular circus of thrills
themed show in aid of The Sussex Beacon.
To book tickets: www.sussexbeacon.org.uk
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ARTS
B Y MIC HA E L HO O TMA N
The Gods, 10 Steine St, Brighton
) MONROE & RUSSELL (9pm, Thu
16). Laura Nixon and Kara Van
Park bring vintage glamour and
glitz with a modern twist to
Upstairs At The Gods. Tickets £10.
Sebastian and his beautiful sister
Julia. Adapted from the novel by
Evelyn Waugh.
88 LONDON ROAD
88 London Road, Brighton
Box office: 88londonroad.com
) PINOCCHIO (May 30–Jun 3).
Gepetto, the old carpenter, makes
toys all day but when a mischievous
puppet called Pinocchio comes to
life, adventure and wonder are not
far behind! Join award-winning
Brighton storytellers Bard &
Troubadour on a truly magical
journey for all ages, as Pinocchio
faces scoundrels, setbacks and sea
monsters on his quest to become a
BENT DOUBLE
real boy. In this loving recreation
Komedia, Gardner St, Brighton
of the classic Italian fairytale,
Box office: 08452 938480
expect music, puppets - and plenty
) BENT DOUBLE (Sun 5). A gay
friendly, irreverent night of fun and of audience participation!
) PETER PAN: A MUSICAL
frolics hosted by Zoe Lyons. With
ADVENTURE (Jun 14–Jul 3). Stiles
Angela Barnes, Sofie Hagen and
& Drewe's acclaimed musical
Sarah Keyworth.
Theatre Royal, New Rd, Brighton
Box office: 08448 717650
) BRIDESHEAD REVISITED (Tue
7–Sat 11 ) During the midst of
WWII, Captain Charles Ryder finds
his past and present blur as he
confronts memories of his first
youthful encounter with the
Marchmain family at Brideshead
Castle. Falling under the spell of
their privileged lives, Charles looks
back at the way his own life would
be changed forever by the summers
spent with the seemingly charming
BRIDESHEAD REVISITED
BRIDESHEAD REVISITED
NEW STEINE HOTEL
11 New Steine, Brighton
) ROMANY MARK BRUCE (11am9pm, till June 5). Romany, creator
of the Brighton AIDS Memorial, is
exhibiting a new collection of
vibrant abstract paintings, inspired
by ecclesiastical items he’s
collected over 20 years.
) GREGOIRE AUBERT QUEER SIDE
STORY (8pm June 3 & 4, 5.30pm
June 5). West Side Story revisited
with a queer twist! What would it
be like if the musical were told as a
gay story? Tolerance, love, fun and
drama, is there anything gayer?
That’s what you’ll find out through
the exploration of the most
beautiful songs ever written, with
passionate dancing, exquisite
costumes, banter, laughter and
emotion! Tickets £10.
RUFUS WAINWRIGHT
BAR BROADWAY
adaptation joins Peter and the
Darling family as they are whisked
away to the famous land full of
colourful characters including the
Lost Boys, Tiger Lily and, of course,
the dastardly Captain Hook. With a
spectacular mix of swashbuckling
adventure and an infectious score,
Peter Pan is sure to bring forth
your inner child.
) NOWHERE (8pm, Sun 26). In
collaboration with Dreamland
Cinema, this New Queer Cinema
gem Nowhere (Gregg Araki, 1997)
is an anarchic 24 hours in the lives
of a group of Californian teenagers
preparing for the party of the year.
Prepare for your inauguration into
a world of bisexual desire,
polyamorous relationships, drugs,
sex, and aliens. And you also get a
free Tiger beer with your ticket now that's totally bitchin'.
MARK ROMANY BRUCE
Oaklands Park, Chichester, Box office: 01243 781312
) ROSS (Fri 3–Sat 25). Arrogant, flippant, withdrawn and with a
talent for self-concealment, the mysterious Aircraftman Ross seems an
odd recruit for the Royal Air Force. In fact the truth is even stranger
than the man himself. Firstly, he’s not officially part of the military at
all, and secondly he’s certainly not
called Ross. Behind the false name
is an enigma, who started as a
civilian in the Map Office in 1914.
Despite never receiving an official
commission he went on to
mastermind some of the most
audacious military victories in the
history of the British Army,
including the 1916 Arab Revolt
against the Turks. These victories
earned him an enduring and
romantic nom de guerre: Lawrence of Arabia. Terence Rattigan’s 1960
play is an epic and probing drama,which reveals the unusual and deeply
conflicted Englishman behind the heroic legend. Stars Joseph Fiennes.
ZOE LYONS
ROSS
CHICHESTER FESTIVAL THEATRE
RUFUS WAINWRIGHT
The Dome, New Road, Brighton
Box office: 01273 709709
) RUFUS WAINWRIGHT (Sat 4).
Rufus has collaborated with artists
ranging from Elton John, David
Byrne, Mark Ronson, Joni Mitchell
and Burt Bacharach. At the age of
14 he was named Canada’s best
young musician and later received
the Juno Award for Best Alternative
Album. His album Rufus does Judy,
recorded at Carnegie Hall in 2006,
was nominated for a Grammy.
Recent achievements include the
2012 world premiere of Sing Me The
Songs That Say I Love You: A
Concert for Kate McGarrigle, the
feature-length music documentary
that captured the May 2011 tribute
concert honouring Rufus’ late
mother, the legendary Kate
McGarrigle.
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ART MATTERS
B Y E NZO MA RRA
After the inherent excitement of May’s annual festival, for June I’ve
sourced exhibitions close by and short train journeys away.
CAMERON CONTEMPORARY ART
Hove, www.cameroncontemporaryart.com
) The annual FESTIVAL SHOW (until Jun 19) is a well-established
highlight in the exhibition calendar and this year’s selection shows
stunning works from gallery artists,
showcasing the skill and talent they
represent, including: Faye Anderson,
Claire Beattie, Lilia Umana Clarke,
Matthew Draper, Dinah Dufton,
Victoria Graimes, Luke Hannam,
David Harkins, Kevin Hendley,
Victoria Kiff, Solange Leon de Iriarte,
Anne Magill, Stella Maris, Luella
Martin, Dean Patman, Harriet Porter,
David Storey and Kirsty Wither.
HOP GALLERY
Lewes, www.hopgallery.com
) LOCUS is a solo presentation of Rachel
Plummer's works, (Mon–Sat, 4–14 Jun). After
the success of Incident in 2013 Rachael again
re-occupies the gallery with Locus: a series of
small studies, large format landscapes and
discovered materials that explore the line
between domestic and wild.
) DADO AID (18–26 Jun). The charity auction from 5–8pm (25 June)
with bidding starting at 6pm. Dado Aid combines local and national
creative talent with 100 participants showing their work as part of a
food-themed ‘dado rail’ circling the gallery, sharing the space with a
number of high-profile contributors, with all profits going to the Lewes
Food Bank and the national food bank charity, The Trussell Trust. To
donate a picture, visit: www.DadoAid.com/getinvolved
RACHEL PLUMMER
and a f**k you to the brownies
and the cubs. With music from
The Spire, St Marks Chapel,
DJs: Sina Sparroww (Debbie,
Eastern Rd, Brighton, BN2 5JN
butchcamp.brownpapertickets.com Homo Superior) and Alex Spinks
(Traumfrau, HOGP); live shows by
) BUTCH CAMP! (9.30pm-3am,
Sat 11) Butch up your camp, camp queerqueens Alfie Ordinary, Drag
Prince Boy extraordinaire,
up your butch! Screw homo
#notjustfabulous and Victoria Sin,
normativity and join the queer
Female Drag Queen, #queerasfuck.
scouts for a one night summer
A night to experiment with your
camp of music and dancing. It's
inner lipstick butch, your
the gender-bending, homoflamboyant masc, your stud
friendly, queer-encouraging, bifemme, your girly woodsmen, and
celebrating and unbranding
summer camp you have never been your misc 4 misc. Make up your
own uniform, and join the ranks of
able to attend. It's your revenge
Camp Butch!
against the boys/girls uniforms,
KIRSTY WITHER
TRAUMFRAU
SONGS WITHOUT BORDERS
) The Rainbow Chorus have established a monthly singing group,
RC+, following a recent award from the Rainbow Fund, for anyone
wishing to develop their confidence and play a part in the full Chorus
programme. Marina Llamas Barco, participant, said: “These sessions
are great to develop my confidence and raise my game to play a full
part in the Chorus. They are a great stepping stone.”
Aneesa Chaudhry added: “The sessions are aimed at anyone who wants
to join the Chorus, not everyone can commit to a weekly rehearsal, so
it’s a great way to keep in touch. New singers, particularly members
from the Trans community, are finding them a supportive space to find
their voice.”
Arundel, www.theprojectgallery.co.uk
) NATURE - PROVIDER & RECLAMER (4–25 Jun) will include works by
Matt Bodimeade and Anna
King. This contemporary art
gallery, established in 2014,
provides a platform for
emerging to mid-career artists.
and is set within a Georgian
house, on the high street in
the heart of the historic town
of Arundel. The original
drawing rooms to the front of
the property, with their high
ceilings and panelling, have been transformed into a modern forum for
contemporary art.
JERWOOD GALLERY
Hastings, www.jerwoodgallery.org
) THE PAINTER BEHIND THE CANVAS (until 10
Sept). A two-room display of self-portraits
collected by the writer Ruth Borchard (19102000), these will be exhibited alongside other
paintings the artists created that are held in the
Jerwood Collection. There are 100 British selfportraits in the Borchard Collection, the majority of which are from the
1950s & 60s and capture artistic influences from Camden Town,
Expressionism, The Euston Road School and Kitchen Sink. This
exhibition includes artists such as Maggi Hambling, Michael Ayrton,
Euan Uglow, Alberto Morrocco, Keith Vaughan and Anne Redpath.
RUTH BORCHARD
) The Rainbow Chorus will also be crossing borders this summer on
a trip to Amsterdam where they have been chosen to take part at the
International Choir Festival during the Euro Pride celebrations, a
huge honour and a mark of their growing reputation.
PROJECT GALLERY
ANNA KING
St George’s Church, St George’s Road, Kemptown
www.brownpapertickets.com
) RAINBOW CHORUS SONGS WITHOUT BORDERS (7.30pm, June 25).
Collect your musical air miles on this tuneful trip around the world,
from New Zealand to Zimbabwe (with
several stopovers along the way!) in
the company of Rainbow Chorus, led
by musical director Aneesa Chaudhry
and renowned accompanist Mojca
Monte. BSL interpreter Marco Nardi
will interpret each song and the
performance will feature songs
performed by the Chorus in Sign
Supported English. Tickets: £14/£10
concs/£7 children.
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) Last month I reviewed Canadian
pianists Louis Lortie and Hélène
Mercier in a great recording of
Rachmaninov – this time it’s music
by Francis Poulenc (1899-1963).
Poulenc is one of those composers
whose music is so distinctive that
it could be by nobody else. There
is a certain combination of
quirkiness and wit, but combined
with such imaginative use of
harmony, and he often sneaks in
sudden moments of heartfelt
beauty that creep up and surprise
you.
perhaps at its most extreme. In the
first movement we go from madcap
film chase music straight into a
heartfelt, highly romantic central
section. Lortie and Mercier capture
these mood changes well, and
support from Gardner and the
orchestra is at all times spot on.
The Balinese gamelan effect at the
end of this movement is
enchanting, the theme anticipating
the riot that is the finale. But
before that comes a seemingly
simple Mozartian movement that
gradually morphs into something
darker and slightly twisted. The
finale is action packed, full of
great tunes, and all concerned
have great fun here.
The disc is rounded off with three
works for just the pianists, firstly
the Sonata for Piano Four Hands,
and then two short pieces for two
pianos. Its pleasantly simple Naïf
central movement is sandwiched
between two energetic and spiky
movements.
The late Élégie is altogether more
romantic and lush, a memorial to a
The Piano Concerto was composed
close friend, Marie-Blanche de
as a showcase for a tour in
Polignac, who died the year before.
America, with a tongue in cheek
Finally, L’Embarquement pour
reworking of Way Down Upon The
Cythère, at just over two minutes
Swanee River in the finale, and it is
is a jolly waltz and a perfect
certainly great fun and somewhat
encore piece, delicately and
light in spirit. Yet even here, there
expertly performed by Lortie and
is subtlety in the understated slow
Mercier here to round off a great
movement, to which Lortie and
collection of performances of such
the BBC Philharmonic, under
individual music. If you don’t know
Edward Gardner, are certainly
Poulenc, this is a great place to
wise.
start. Chandos CHAN10875
In the Aubade, a ‘Concerto
) Composer Kenneth Hesketh
choréographique’ the balance is
(b.1968) was born in Liverpool,
perhaps the other way around –
and has a strong established
there are lighter moments, and his
career, composing music in many
spirited style makes appearances,
genres, including opera, orchestral
yet the music is altogether more
and vocal music.
dramatic, despite the sparse
He also trained
scoring for just the piano and 18
as a pianist and
instruments. The story of the
percussionist,
huntress Diana and her doomed
and pianist Clare
love is told through sparse and
Hammond, for
often harsh orchestration, but the
whom he wrote
final dénouement is highly
the central work
sensitive and affecting. Here Lortie
on her new disc
and the BBC Philharmonic players
of his music, points out that this is
perform with great ensemble and
apparent in his writing for the
precision, perhaps focusing on the
instrument.
harsher side of Poulenc’s writing.
The disc opens with a literary
In the Concerto for Two Pianos,
inspired short work, Through
the combination of Poulenc as
Magic Casements, and draws on
slightly crazy joker with a more
Keats’ Ode To A Nightingale. It has
introverted, emotional soul is
CINEMA
) You can see Rossini’s opera Il
Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of
Seville) live from Glyndebourne,
starring Danielle de Niese as
Rosina (Tuesday 21).
) You can also catch Massenet’s
Werther live from the Royal Opera
House, with Vittorio Grigolo in the
title role, as well as Joyce DiDonato
as Charlotte (Mon 27).
Both in local cinemas Duke’s at the
Komedia Brighton, Cineworld
Eastbourne, and the Connaught
Cinema, Worthing.
DANIELLE DE NIESE
REVIEWS
CONCERTS
ST LUKE’S CHURCH
Queens Park Road, Brighton.
www.stlukesconcerts.webeden.co.uk
) Jazz pianist Joss Peach (aka Rowlf,
often seen in North Laine…) performs
original music inspired by Phillip Glass, Keith Jarrett and Penguin
Café (7.30pm, Fri 3).
) Then Klio Blonz (flute) and Grace Mo (piano) perform Bach,
Hummel, Schumann and Fauré (7.30pm, Fri 17).
JOSS PEACH
B Y NIC K B O STO N
VITTORIO GRIGOLO
CLASSICAL NOTES
movement, ‘like an evening full of
the linnet’s wings’ (a reference to a
Yeats poem). Hammond seems
fearless in achieving the
requirements of these incredibly
Horae (Pro Clara) (Breviary for
challenging pieces. Despite also
Clare), the most substantial work
being somewhat challenging for
here, is a sequence of twelve short
the listener, when taken as a
pieces, together forming a breviary,
whole, this set is highly effective
or book of hours. Hesketh employs
and offers a wide range of effects
a startling array of sonic
and moods.
techniques, using the extremes of
Notte Oscura is a piano
the keyboard (notably in No. 8)
transcription of an interlude from
and pushing the pianist to
Hesketh’s opera The Overcoat,
incredibly virtuosic displays. He
creates ghostly soundworlds (such after Nikolai Gogol, and very
as in No. 1), and has the ability of effectively conjures up the vast icy
landscape and a sense of menace
shifting from evoking the ‘tiniest
humming bird’ (No. 2), to creating to come.
disturbing, anxious moods (No. 6).
The Three Japanese Miniatures
that complete the disc again push
the bounds of technical limits for
the pianist. They are in fact
fragments from a larger puppet
ballet in progress, and one can
immediately imagine the images of
sprites and daemons conjured up
here, bringing the disc to an
imaginative close. If you want to
hear fearless virtuosity from an
expert pianist, in music that
pushes the boundaries of what you
might expect from the instrument,
In No. 8 he explores ‘intertwining
then this is highly recommended.
chime clocks’ which gradually
BIS 2193 SACD
become out of sync, once again
unsettling the listener. This also
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a dreamlike quality, with the
nightingale singing from the upper
reaches of the keyboard with
increasing feverishness.
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GEEK SCENE
COMICS & GAMES BY CRAIG STORRIE
COMICS
) This month sees the release of the latest Teenage Mutant Ninja
Turtle film, Out of the Shadows, which is the sequel to the film that,
quite honestly, not many people liked. From long-time fans to turtle
newbies, they all seemed to not enjoy the Michael Bay-produced
reboot of the long-standing franchise. I for one didn’t mind the film,
the action and pacing was pretty good, although the new designs of
the turtles seemed a little off and it was dumb that Shredder looked
like a Transformer.
The new film will feature the same characters that were in the original
movie whilst adding a few fan favourites such as the mutants Bebop
and Rocksteady, the villainous Baxter Stockman and the sports
obsessed vigilante Casey Jones (who is being played by Arrow star
Stephen Amell, which is perfect casting if you ask me!)
If you’ve been living under a rock
for the past 30 years, let’s go back
to the beginning and the original
comic that started it all. TMNT,
created by Kevin Eastman and
Peter Laird back in 1984 and
published by Mirage Studios, was a
one shot parody of many different
comics of the time, mostly taking
the piss out of Daredevil and
writer/artist Frank Miller. For
example Daredevil fights evil ninjas
called the Hand whereas the turtles
battle the Foot clan, get it? The
original comic’s success and
popularity inspired many a spin-off
and led to a comic run that would
last right up until 2009. The original comics were all in black and
white and were much darker than any of their spin-off counterparts
with the turtles freely killing their enemies and blood flying
everywhere. The original comics still stand up today and more than
deserve to be read either in their original black and white style or the
recent releases that collect different arcs in graphic novel format and
lovingly fill the stories with colour.
Most TMNT fans first became aware
of the mutant ninjas by watching
the original animated series from
the late 1980s. The cartoon began
in 1988 and was a massive hit
straight away with kids of all ages,
which made the franchise into a
huge worldwide success overnight.
This helped the series to continue
on until 1996 where the cartoon
ended after 10 fantastic seasons.
After the series was sold in 2009 to
Nickelodeon the rights to the
comics were now with IDW
Publishing who put out their own
series in 2011 that re-imagines the
origins of the turtles and many
other aspects of the series. The IDW Turtles mixes stuff from the
original comics and the animated series to create a new storyline that
has been amazing since its first issue. The art and writing are
constantly spectacular and manage to bring the Turtles’ origins right
up to date keeping the series feeling fresh and a must read for any
comic fan!
GAMES
) Due to the huge success of
the Teenage Mutant Ninja
Turtles comic and even more
so the animated series, there
were many different types of
media and collectables
revolving around the story of
the ninja turtles. Arguably
the most successful of these
were the video games based on the TMNT series, which themselves cover
many different genres of fighting games. From scrolling fighting games
to one-on-one tournament fighters; if it involves weapons then the
turtles have tried it.
The first ever game based on the turtle quartet is 1989’s Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles by Konami (get used to that title as many of the
later games are also called this!), which itself is based on the TV series
opposed to the comics. Originally released for the Nintendo
Entertainment System, it found its way onto most platforms of the time
such as the Commodore 64 and the ZX Spectrum and was a huge
success. Taking control of the turtle of your choice you navigate the
mission map defeating enemies whilst moving from mission to mission.
This section is controlled using an overhead view and switches to a side
scroller once you jump into the missions.
This game is notable in its sharp difficulty level with the second half of
Mission 2 still being rated by gamers to this day as one of the hardest
levels ever in a video game. Even though it’s a difficult and mostly
frustrating experience the game does capture the fun of the TV series
with each of the turtles having their own strengths and weaknesses. It
even has a rendition of
that famous theme tune
whilst venturing across
the map!
Possibly the greatest and
most fondly remembered
TMNT video game is
1992’s SNES port of the
arcade game, Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles:
Turtles in Time. Being
based once again on the TV series this game follows the turtles as they
attempt to take down Krang and Shredder after they steal the Statue of
Liberty (just go with it!).
The game is a scrolling fighting game a la Streets of Rage or Final Fight
but can support up to four players (two in the SNES version) with each
fighter taking control of one of the turtles. Each turtle has their own
strengths and weaknesses and trying all of the characters out and
learning these is all part of the fun. The graphics are bright and
colourful like the show
and it even has the
voices from the TV series
uttering some of the
turtles‘ more famous
catchphrases as you
battle the hordes of the
Foot clan and some
recognisable enemies
from the TV show.
Whilst the original SNES
game is only available on that platform you can download an enhanced
remake on Xbox 360 or PS3 which features new graphics recreated in
3D, all the levels from the arcade version and taunts and quips rerecorded by the 2003 series cast.
Notable Mentions: TMNT: Mutants in Manhattan, TMNT Tournament
Fighters, TMNT: Out of the Shadows
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patience of a saint… I can be a little difficult
to live with in the run up to a show…
apparently!
How, when and why did you become involved
in the Actually Gay Men’s Chorus?
For many years I sang with companies such as
Opera North and the D’Oyly Carte Opera
Company, performing all over Europe and the
USA, working with many accomplished
performers and musical directors. As a result of
this experience, and having by this time
settled in Brighton, I was approached in 2005
by Chorus founder and the first Chairman of
‘Actually’, John Hamilton, to become Musical
Director of what was originally called the
Brighton & Hove (Actually) Gay Men’s Chorus.
Over the past 10 years the name of the Chorus
has evolved into what is now the ‘Actually Gay
Men’s Chorus’. John and I wanted to build a
Chorus, which developed vocal ability and
confidence through great music and inspiring
tuition, whilst providing a fun, social and
confidence-boosting environment. Through
regular performances our aim was to offer
members the opportunity to raise as much
money as we could for Brighton’s gay
community and other local organisations.
SONG FOR
A NEW WORLD
The many talents of Jason Pimblett, in
conversation with Craig Hanlon-Smith
) Brighton is home to a host of LGBT
organisations and societies, not merely bars
and dance clubs, but support and sports
groups in equal measure. One of the most
successful initiatives in the past 15 years has
been the rise of the LGBT choir, but Brighton,
often one to punch well above its weight, has
them in abundance. One of the most notable
has been the Actually Gay Men’s Chorus with
their visits to Downing Street and recordings
for Universal Records. Their equally colourful
musical director, Jason Pimblett, is stepping
down after 10 years in charge, so I caught up
with him to discuss projects past, future and,
of course, Maisie Trollette.
Why after 10 years of being musical
director of ‘Actually’ have you decided to
step down?
It has been a very difficult decision which
took a lot of soul searching, but I honestly
feel that the time is right. The Chorus has
been a massive part of my life since 2005 and
I believe that 10 years is enough for anyone
to be musically and artistically in charge of a
creative organisation like ‘Actually’. I feel
we’ve achieved so much together, but that it’s
now time that the Chorus had a new voice in
charge, with fresh ideas and a new energy. I
also owe it to my long-suffering husband
Peter. That wonderful man has had the
Now that you’ve decided to move on,
reflecting on your time together, what have
been your highlights with the group and
why?
In 2009 we performed On the Beaches to
commemorate the anniversary of the outbreak
of the WW2. We invited Dame Vera Lynn on the
off chance that she’d be able to attend and it
meant so much to both audience and cast
when she arrived. Her entrance into St
Andrew’s received an impromptu standing
ovation. I think she particularly enjoyed Maisie
Trollette’s rendition of Marlene Dietrich’s
Falling in Love Again, which was comedy gold.
Maisie has been a great supporter to me
personally and to the Chorus over the past 10
years. She’ll be reprising her ‘Marlene’ in our
10th Anniversary Show alongside Chorus patron
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and artistic advisor Gerry McCrudden, who will
be repeating his Winston Churchill (that’s
worth the ticket price alone!).
We’ve sung at the Foreign Office, the Royal
Academy of Music, the Royal Pavilion as well
as having had the opportunity to record an
album with Universal Records. It was also a
delight to be invited to Number 10 Downing
Street for a guided tour and also an honour to
attend a garden party at Buckingham Palace
in recognition of my work with the Chorus. In
January of this year we sang at the Brighton
Dome accompanied by the London Gay
Symphony Orchestra, which was a wonderful
experience for all involved. The whole evening
was compered by the incredible Miss Jason.
Jason has done so much to help the Chorus
over the last few years and I’ll always be
grateful for his generosity, support and
friendship.
You’re known for having an unconventional
repertoire, which has included the work of
Radiohead and David Bowie to name but
two. How do you decide the work that the
chorus will explore and ultimately perform?
I choose music which I admire, which will be
enjoyable for the guys to sing and which I
believe will have appeal to our audiences. My
personal tastes are predominantly classical,
operetta and musical theatre. As long as a
piece has a good tune and it’s arranged well
then there’s no reason any piece of music
can’t be attempted. The songs you picked out
were on the Universal album and although I
was dubious about them at first as they would
never have been my first choice, I’m glad to
say that it was an exciting challenge and that
the results were great… so I’m happy to say I
was wrong.
How would you say the group has evolved
whilst you have been working with them?
Over the years the shows we’ve put on have
become more ambitious, membership has
increased and singing and performance skills
have developed. The Chorus has become a
strong group both musically and socially and
work incredibly hard to perform at such a high
standard. We’ve been so lucky in the last 10
years, in that we have been resident at St
Andrew’s Church, Waterloo Street in Hove. It’s
an incredible venue, which has allowed us to
build up a solid audience base and a real
feeling of belonging within the local
community.
In the United States, initially New York in
the early 1980s, gay men’s choral groups
were set up as part of the community’s
fight back in the face of AIDS. What do you
consider to have been (or to be) the
purpose of these groups in the UK today?
For many people there is an immense feeling
of solidarity, confidence and raised selfesteem, gained by performing and inspiring
others as part of a big group. Choral groups
offer an alternative to a traditional gay scene
of pubs and clubs which for many people isn’t
all that they want. The repartee and
camaraderie which develops when 40 gay men
rehearse together every week can be very
funny.
In recent weeks there have been media
reports to suggest singing (as part of a
choir) has been proven to improve the
health of those diagnosed with life
threatening conditions. Why do you think
that is?
Choral singing for two hours every week is a
good workout and can help breathing, blood
flow, stamina and muscle control. It’s also
good for the mind and the soul. Choirs are not
just organisations where people turn up and
sing. Life partnerships and friendships are
formed and hidden skills are brought out of
people that they didn’t even know existed.
That can do nothing but enhance one’s health
and happiness
In a BBC interview some years ago you were
quoted as saying "When we started the
Chorus, part of what we wanted to do was to
help to break down some barriers and
misconceptions of what gay people are."
What are those misconceptions?
That we only like ABBA and Kylie! We always
wanted to challenge negative stereotypes by
showing that a group of diverse gay men,
working together could be strong, masculine,
aspirational and talented.
How far do you think those misconceptions
still exist?
I think they’ll always exist to some extent
though I hope that what we’ve achieved and
the music that we’ve performed over the past
10 years may have gone some way to
addressing that.
There’s been a great deal of social and
political change designed to benefit the
lives of our LGBT communities in the past
15 years. What do you think we’ve gained
and what do you think we have lost?
Obviously civil partnerships and gay marriage
have made a massive difference to how gay
people are viewed and treated within society.
Gay characters and presenters (even sports
stars) on TV and in film are now everywhere
and totally accepted. I don’t think all the
changes have been for the better though. I
think the rise in social media has severely
impacted the gay scene for the worse… maybe
I’m getting old!
What does the future hold for you?
Following It’s Bound to be Right on the Night
[Jason’s farewell extravaganza in mid-May]
there will be a definite rest for the summer
with plenty of gardening and large vodkas and
coke! I’ll still be busy with private tuition. I’ll
be looking forward to going and cheering on
the Actually Gay Men’s Chorus at their next
major performance and from my heart I want to
thank them all for the last 10 years and wish
them and their new Musical Director continued
success and happiness for the next decade.
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drag. The international flavour also
demonstrates the impact of drag
and its performers in global media
culture and features Brighton’s very
own sexy Chanteuse Le Gateau
Chocolate in voluptuous sassy
glory. It answers its own question
with a huge sequinned high-heeled
‘because we CAN!’. Hastings, one of
the UK’s leading photographers
from the last decade, describes
himself as ‘a celebrity photographer
with a thing for drag queens’, but
honey those words are far too small
for the glory of this divine book.
PAGE’S PAGES
B O O KS B Y E RIC PAG E
) SPACECRAFT by John McCullough (Penned In The Margins, £9.99)
John McCullough’s first collection of poems, The Frost Fairs, won the
Polari First Book Prize and captivated readers immediately with his
delicate, comprehensive and utterly deceptive and subtle use of words
to capture the momentum of love in
our lives. McCullough turns his
deviously calm mind to the subject
of space in this collection, the stuff
that separates us, connects and
divides, illuminates us, suffocates
and ultimately defines us. A central
sequence concerns the death of his
first partner from an AIDS-related
illness and the book uses punctuation,
obsolete words and physical printed
space to navigate the white space of
the page and the distance between
people. Margins, edges and
coastlines abound in John McCullough’s tender, humorous explorations
of contemporary life and love. Encompassing everything from lichen to
lava lamps, and from the etymology of words to Brighton’s gay scene,
Spacecraft is a humane and spellbinding collection.
) SPEAK MY LANGUAGE & OTHER
STORIES edited by Torsten Hojer
(Robinson, £10.50). Brighton boy
Hojer has curated this wonderful
anthology of clear LGBT short
fiction from voices covering a
broad reach of queers’ experience
and life, taking in generations,
identity and culture. Stephen Fry’s
foreword describes the stories as
‘offering a surprising sense of
shared identity’ and the narrative
subjects are wildly dissimilar but
all come back to the point of view
of the queer life lived well. This a
great anthology covering all types
of writers from the established to
the new with a few classic writers
who laid down the foundations for
LGB authors included. This is a
vital, vibrant and utterly enjoyable
book which should grace every
queer’s bookshelf or travelling bag.
engaging book celebrates families
of all shapes and sizes. With a page
to each story, huge full colour fun
illustrations and some upbeat
stories, it covers all types of
modern and post-modern families
and the ways in which our LGBT
community raises healthy, welladjusted and diverse families.
Recommended for younger readers
and anyone with children, this
book explores family life. Collins
adapts her fun style, a cross
between Quentin Blake and Dr
Seuss, to the various ways that
families interact and grow. Collins
adds humour, subtle insight and
knowing experience to make it a
pleasure to read for both younger
readers and adults.
) WHY DRAG? by Magnus
Hastings (Chronicle Books,
£22.50). With a waspish foreword
from Boy George, this book
establishes itself as a force to be
) ROBOT TAKEOVER by Ana
reckoned with and is as fierce as
Matronic (Cassell, £14). Covering
those celebrated in it. It’s a real
100 popular iconic robots of
page-turner and the images are
popular cultures, mythologies and
excellent, from the cover to end
sci-fi predications, Ana Matronic,
plate - thoughtful, insightful and
singer with the Scissor Sisters and full of humour. There are profiles,
noted transhumanist, loves our
interviews and reflective pieces
automatic overlords and goes into about the nature of drag and how
details about the robots’ evolution, it changes the performers, the
their intentions both evil and
audience and society. It’s full of
banal, and features some of the
drags' queer wisdom and never
movies’ most engaging robot
stops short of celebrating all the
characters. The first 60 plus robots delightful infinite variety of being
come from the world of fiction,
exquisite, beautiful and stunningly
which delighted me for ages as I
ploughed through the full colour
and informative double page on
each robot. The final 30 robots are
from the real world and show how
slowly but surely the automatic
world is becoming as everyday and
acceptable as the fiery technology
of printing once made books.
) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE by Shani
Collins (£7.50 + P&P directly from
[email protected]). Written
and illustrated by local author and
illustrator, this excellent and
) OUR YOUNG MAN by Edmund
White (Bloomsbury, £16) Some
authors don’t need an introduction
and White is one of them. His
latest book covers the life of
gorgeous Frenchman, Guy. He goes
from industrial city to top model
in New York, becoming the darling
of Fire Island's gay community. Like
Wilde's The Picture Of Dorian Gray,
Guy never seems to age. At 35 he’s
still modelling and enjoying lavish
gifts from older men - though their
attentions always come at a price.
Ambivalently, Guy lets them
believe, driven especially by the
memory of growing up poor, until
he finds he needs the lie to secure
not only wealth, but love itself.
Surveying the full spectrum of gay
amorous life through the disco era
and into the age of AIDS this is a
tour de force of delicate narrative
tension held up to the light and
prised open to our minds. White is
delicious, his prose wrapping itself
through and into the story like
embroidery made of glass, all
transparent, brittle and sharp. This
is a throbbing, candid, piercingly
erotic, breathtakingly intimate
story which hides behind nothing
but its own delusions. It’s mirrors
and smoke again for White, a
theme he loves, and the way
intention, direction, desire and fate
all combine to present the world to
us. This is White at his very best. I
was seriously impressed, once again.
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witness. Nurse Benedict Henry: “I remember the
first time I witnessed it [electrical aversion
therapy]. I thought it was barbaric, I mean I
remember thinking ‘where was the treatment?’
The young lad nearly jumped out of his skin with
the jolt of the first shock. You could see it was
almost mental torture waiting for the next one!”
HOW TO CURE A QUEER
Dr Tommy Dickinson talks to Craig Hanlon-Smith
about his new book Curing Queers.
) Since the repeal of Section 28 in November
2003 (June 2000 in Scotland), there has been
much progressive social change for the LGBT
community of these islands to celebrate. The
rights of same-sex couples to adopt, the
introduction of sexual orientation as a
protected characteristic in the workplace, Civil
Partnership, and of course most recently SameSex Marriage. Hard to imagine then, that less
than half a century ago, the medical profession
in Britain was a strong advocate of the kind of
sexual deviance curing therapies we now
consider reserved for the developing world or
the extreme conservatives in the United States.
In his illuminating book, Curing Queers, Doctor
Tommy Dickinson explores just that.
“The full title,” he tells me, “is Curing Queers:
Mental Nurses and their Patients, 1935–74.
In 1935 Louis Max published the first report on
aversion therapy being used to ‘cure’
homosexuals, and it wasn’t until 1974 that
homosexuality was removed by the Americans
from a recognised list of mental illnesses.”
What is fascinating about the book is that it
focuses on the actions of the nurse
practitioners and the relationships they had to
both their patients, and the aversion therapy
role they were expected to fulfil. The result
transcends the historically accurate account. It
is deeply personal and profoundly moving. The
research took three years and is predominantly
centred around the collation of oral history
from patients who had survived the therapies,
and their nurses. Consequently at the time of
interview, participants were aged between 65
and 97.
Probably one of the better known stories of
reparative therapies is that of Alan Turing. The
Second World War code breaker, Turing, was
arrested after his relationship with another
man was exposed and prosecuted. Turing
himself opted for Oestrogen rather than a
prison sentence and whilst the injections
lowered Turing’s libido they also led to the
growth of breasts and depression. Although
following his death in 1953 the coroner
recorded an open verdict, it has been widely
argued since that he committed suicide.
I asked Dr Dickinson if any such stories stood
out form his own interviews and research.
“The majority of the participants in my study
received chemical aversion therapy such as
that administered to Alan Turing, but this was
by no means standard.”
Reparative therapies at this time could just as
easily be electrical aversion therapy as across
the country there were no general protocols or
medical guidelines for such treatment. “One of
my interviewees, Percival Thatcher, described
his experiences as totally depersonalising and
was one of many to recall his treatments in
macabre detail: ‘I can still taste the vile taste of
stale sick in my mouth. All I wanted was to
wash my mouth out with fresh water but I
wasn’t even allowed that. I was not allowed out
for three days. I had to lie in my own faeces,
urine and vomit. It was like a torture scene by
the Gestapo in Nazi Germany – I thought I was
going to die.‘”
Curing Queers does not only address the
aversion therapies associated with
homosexuality but also transsexualism. One of
Dickinson’s subjects, Greta Gold, reflects: ‘I
remember sitting in a room on a wooden chair
‘dressed’ [wearing womens’ clothes], but I had
to be barefoot as my feet had to touch the
metal electric grid. My penis was wired up to
something to measure if I got an erection. I felt
totally violated. I remember the excruciating
pain of the initial shock. Nothing could have
prepared me for it. Tears began running down
my face and the nurse said: ‘What are you
crying for? We have only just started’.’
The patients in Dickinson’s research are only a
part of the study, examining the role of nurses
is a central feature. Some of the nurses clearly
found the therapies equally distressing to
It’s suggested in his study. but even clearer
when we meet, that Dickinson holds the
subversive nurses whom whilst in their roles
rebelled against their instructions for the benefit
of the patients, in high esteem. Nurses such as
Benedict Henry again who remembers ‘Even
though we were not really supposed to, I tried to
sit down with the patient and offer them
support’. Dickinson states: “I was impressed with
their independent will and although these
therapies were part of the medical status quo at
that time, the so-called subversive nurses put
the humanity of their patients first. I found that
fascinating.”
Whilst these therapies in the UK are recorded
here as part of an historical past, the chemical
and electrical aversion therapies have been
replaced across the world with psychoanalytical
alternatives and herbal ‘gay’ remedies. As
recently as 2015, President Obama spoke out
against the rise of conversion and reparative
therapies for transgender, gay, lesbian, bisexual
and queer youth in America. And whilst there are
few official records of such therapies succeeding,
Ugandan Presidential candidates actively
campaigned in this year’s elections on the need
to ‘correct’ homosexuals through the setting up
of reparative centres.
In the UK, MP Stephen Crabb, the newly
appointed Work & Pensions Secretary recently
told The Telegraph that he neither supports nor
endorses ‘gay cure’ therapies, after he was found
to hold close links with Christian Action
Research & Education (CARE) who have held
events seeking to ‘cure’ LGBT people. As recently
as 2012, Mr. Crabb, a serving politician, was
accepting paid interns from the organisation.
Dr Tommy Dickinson: “The rhetoric regarding
sexual deviants during the 1950s and 1960s
created a favourable social and political context
for the chemical and electrical treatments. This
resulted in a set of actions that, on reflection,
were ethically unjustified, brutal and harmful to
the patients receiving them.”
As the World Health Organisation removed
homosexuality from its list of mental disorders
almost 26 years ago, it is time for international
governments to publically oppose the rise of
21st Century reparative therapies and ‘gay-cures’,
and to do so in law.
INFO
) Curing Queers: Mental
Nurses and Their
Patients, 1935–74 by
Tommy Dickinson is
published by Manchester
University Press and now
available in paperback.
STATEN ISLAND FERRY
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things that might ail you if you believe in the
restorative qualities of alcohol.
The Top of the Rock is widely billed as having
the best 360° views in NY, given that it
overlooks the ESB. But it will cost you $27
dollars to get to the observation deck at the
summit of the 259m, 70-floor Rockefeller
Centre. There are better options… Bar 65
Rockefeller Centre offers the same
unobstructed views for the price of a cocktail,
which start at $20. That’s the sneaky cheap
way to do it, with added booze, but get there
early as punters are catching on (it opens at
5pm).
Even when you can do them cheaper, some
things you simply have to pay for. But if you’re
on a budget, there are plenty of ways to do New
York essentials for free.
NEW YORK
Jaq Bayles takes a big bite out of the Big Apple and
digests the hidden gems of the city that never sleeps.
However you approach it, the Big Apple offers
more juicy bites of adventure than your
average Granny Smith does sugar content, but
where to begin?
STATUE OF LIBERTY
But what abut the stuff the songs and movies
don’t tell you? A block is never as short as it
looks on the map; a short-stack of pancakes is
practically the height of the Empire State
Building; you will get chatty with Irish bar
staff who will insist on buying you drinks; you
will get drunk – although not as drunk as the
bride-to-be who is on the bar top pouring a
bottle of wine all over herself. Oh, and if you
go in February chances are it’ll be colder than
The Day After Tomorrow.
My brief for this piece was to present five
things to do in New York that don’t involve the
Empire State Building. Practically impossible
– I’ve already name-checked it twice and we’re
under 200 words in… So let’s go against brief
for a moment. You HAVE to do the ESB, and
not just for the views, which are almost
unparalleled (more of which coming). What
you tend not to see in the movies is the
interior – a knock-your-socks-off feat of Art
Deco design. The main thing you don’t see
from the ESB is… the ESB. But there’s one
place you can go to remedy that – and other
CHRYSLER BUILDING INTERIOR
) New York probably has more givens than
any other city in the western world. So good
they named it twice, concrete jungle where
dreams are made of, never sleeps (wish we’d
remembered that one when we were hanging
around till 8am in our hotel room for
somewhere to open where we could get a cup
of tea), favoured date spot of King Kong.
Looking for Lady Liberty to shine her light on
you but don’t want to fork out the $17 to get
you up close and personal (plus the cost of the
boat fare to get you there)? The Staten Island
ferry is your free pass. The big red boats that
run a constant Staten Island to-and-from
service take you right past Liberty Island, with
views every bit as good as those from the Circle
Line tour. And did I mention the free-ness? If
you feel like splashing out on the Circle Line
all-islands tour, you’ll get two and a half hours
of commentary as you wind your way through
CHELSEA MARKET
GRAND CENTRAL STATION
CHELSEA HIGHLINE
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Need more of an Art Deco fix than Midtown’s
ESB or Rockefeller Centre can deliver? Get your
walking shoes on and head to nearby Grand
Central Station, with its fabulous vaulted
ceiling, while just over the road the Chrysler
Building rises up from its central lobby, Deco
down to the floor tiles. Free, free, free.
Central Park? Free. But lord knows we’ve all
seen enough of that on TV, so give your
imagination a break and head to Chelsea
where the High Line beckons – a one-and-ahalf mile elevated section of a disused railway
spur, redesigned and planted as an aerial park.
It’ll give you views over Liberty Island too if
you jump on near Chelsea Market, the giant
urban food centre that’s as much a feast for
the eyes as it is for the appetite. You don’t
have to pay to look…
Not too far away there’s another feast for the
eyes in the shape of the Flat Iron building.
Indeed, it’s its shape that draws the crowds –
an odd triangular effort that soars above
Madison Square Park (one of many New York
spaces described as a ‘park’ that wouldn’t stand
muster under a UK definition – mostly
handkerchief-sized squares of scrubland with a
smattering of benches), where you can admire
the architecture over a Shake Shack burger at
the original site of the chain that evolved from
a hot dog cart.
FLAT IRON BUILDING
Which brings us on to ways of sustaining your
calorific intake as you navigate those blocks
that all look so tantalisingly close to one
another on the map. If you’ve got deep pockets
and like fine-dining, New York has no shortage
of Michelin-starred eateries and popular brunch
bars – but book ahead.
If you’re dollar-light the choices aren’t lacking
either – except in actual nutritional content.
Budget eating is as lacking in greenery as the
parks, although we did see an egg-white
omelette with broccoli go out of our favourite
breakfast diner on one occasion. Indeed, 24hour diners are cheap enough to be cheerful at
any meal, as long as you only want to eat
eggs, whether they’re over-easy, scrambled,
boiled or whipped up into a pancake.
Most hotels, certainly in Midtown, don’t do
breakfast, so diners are a good bet here. And if
you happen to be heading back to your hotel
drunk after a night in one of those Irish bars
there’s no end of pizza joints that’ll serve you
up a mega slice of your favourite toppings for
a small amount of cash. You won’t remember
the exact cost and you’ll probably wake up to
pizza crusts at the foot of your bed, but at
least you’ll have lined your stomach. Albeit
after the event.
If you’re looking for a more sophisticated
drinking occasion, join the wolves of Wall
Street in the cocktail bar that was named
second best in the world in 2015's The World's
50 Best Bars list – the Dead Rabbit Grocery &
Grog in Downtown Water Street. Now on three
stories, it’s the middle Parlour bar that serious
cocktail imbibers queue to get into and where
the seriously experienced ‘tenders will talk you
through your sip of old New York as they mix it
up. The atmosphere is buzzy and the décor
dark, moody and sumptuous, accompanied by
GUGGENHEIM
the maze of New York’s islands with the views
from the water giving you a different
perspective on the city – but be warned, much
of it will mean nothing to you unless you
happen to be an afficionado of American
baseball teams.
inventive tapas plates that escort the 72
“historically-accurate” cocktails. Downstairs,
the financial centre’s finest jostle for elbow
room over craft beers and whiskies of the world
in the Taproom.
While you’re in the area, get your photo taken
with the famous charging Bull of Wall Street,
check out the budget-priced Century 21
department store (if you can cope with the
hoards of bargain hunters and can bear waiting
in the long checkout queues) and feel
reflective in the 9/11 Memorial & Museum.
If art and culture are your things, you’re spoilt
for choice throughout the city. Midtown’s
Museum of Modern Art is a must, the
Metropolitan Museum of Art will take most of
the day to get through, while the Guggenheim
is worth a look just for the Frank Lloyd Wright
designed building itself. The American
Museum of Natural History will take you right
back to childhood with its dioramas of stuffed
animals and its dinosaur skeletons.
Whatever you do in New York, take your
sensible shoes – you’ll clock up more miles
than you expect.
54 GSCENE
SHOPPING
WITH MICHAEL HOOTMAN
) PENDA’S FEN (BFI blu-ray). Alan Clarke’s Play for
Today, first broadcast in 1974, is certainly the kind of
programme that couldn’t possibly be made now, even
in this ‘golden age’ of television. A metaphysical
drama, it centres on a priggish teenager
(Spencer Banks) whose certainties about
religion, politics, sexuality, and England
itself are destroyed when he is visited by
both angels and demons. Its 90 minutes are
dense with themes ranging from man’s
destruction of the Earth to Manichaeism
from Socialism to Christian heresies from the power of the occult
to the nature of identity. It’s absolutely baffling yet will stay with
you for days.
) FEAR EATS THE SOUL (Arrow blu-ray).
Fassbinder’s homage to Douglas Sirk has
an ageing woman in 1970s Germany falling
in love with a much younger Moroccan
immigrant. Although the director has a
slightly austere reputation this succeeds even if
watched purely as a romantic melodrama. Its
two protagonists are depicted, for the most
part, with a real tenderness as their relationship
meets the hostility of work colleagues, family and
pretty much anyone they meet. If the film explicitly examines German racism,
it also looks at the manifest flaws of its two heroes. One toe-curling scene has
Emmi showing off her lover, making her friends feel his muscles, like a
plantation owner in Mandingo. A heady mixture of interracial and
intergenerational love, petty spite, intolerance and choosing a
restaurant frequented by Hitler as the place to have your wedding meal.
) 1900 (Eureka blu-ray). Bertolucci’s fivehour epic looks at the rise of Socialism in Italy
by focussing on two boys born on the same
day: Olmo (Gérard Depardieu), who is born to
a peasant family, and Alfredo (Robert De
Niro), the son of a wealthy landowner. Earthy,
operatic, magnificent and absurd, it’s an impressive,
yet flawed, epic. Its two leads are both poorly defined
as characters and it’s not particularly subtle either:
the Fascist villain played by Donald Sutherland
shows you just how evil he is by squishing a cat to death using
nothing but his head before going on to sexually molest
and kill a young boy. The women fare a lot better:
Dominique Sanda as a futurist poet who marries
Alfredo is striking, as is Alida Valli as a woman
slowly driven mad. Though Laura Betti comes
close to stealing the film as Alfredo’s evil
cousin who seems to be modelled on Lady
Macbeth.
) Pizza Erasers, £1.99 (Pen to
Paper, 4 Sydney Street, Brighton,
01273 676670)
) Penguin Ice
Bucket, £44.95
(Edited, 3 Gardner
Street, Brighton,
01273 604006,
editedbrighton.com)
) Palm Tree
Candlesticks,
£44.95 (Papillon,
8 Union Street,
Brighton 01273
720333)
) Coffee Scoop and
Bag Clip, £20 (Workshop 13a
Prince Albert St Brighton 01273 731340 workshopliving.co.uk)
) Porcelain David Bowie
Plate, £20 (Pussy, 3a
Kensington Gardens,
Brighton, 01273 604861)
) Ceramic Parrot,
£11.99 (England at
Home, 22b Ship St,
Brighton, 01273
205544)
GSCENE 55
the European Union and say the USA, is that
however together we may appear in Europe, we
all retain our own distinct identities, France is
French, Greece is Greek and Wales is Welsh. The
union links but does not define the core of
who we are. That is why as a gay community
we are more akin to the European Union than
to the USA. And as with our European
neighbours in the spirit of how and why the
union was set up, we the LGBT community will
do the same for one another irrespective of our
Bear, Cub, Twink, Trans, Butch, Femme, Jock,
Geek, and Drag homeland.
CRAIG’S THOUGHTS
Bearing Up. Or Together Apart.
By Craig Hanlon-Smith
@craigscontinuum
) Communities are seldom born over night but
are the fruits of evolved labours for perhaps
decades. Take the European Union, its origins
stem back to a distraught war-torn collection
of countries who in the midst of near bankrupt
exhaustion came together to say never again.
Whatever your position on Europe, or view of
its current construct in the run up to the
referendum, original intentions were both
honourable and a desperate necessity. What is
disappointing, but not altogether unexpected
to note from both the ‘leave’ and ‘remain’
arguments, are their negative statements
concerning a victory by the other side. I am
yet to see a pro-European rally to remain, that
focuses entirely on exactly why we are better
together, that celebrates, nay even lists the
benefits of our collective union.
Commonplace are the apparent looming
disasters of departure and an imminent
collapse of the housing market, a rise in the
cost of living and the threat to our national
security if we dare to go it alone. Similarly
from the break-up team, rather than outlining
the potential successes of separation, we hear
the politics of fear most notably wrapped
around the pressures put upon our public
services at the hands of the free movement of
people - immigrants. Vitriolic assertions that
had we joined the shared currency (we didn’t)
we would be in the same boat as Greece (we’re
not), and that just as with the remain team, if
we don’t leave, this will be a threat to our
national security.
I find myself having to decide on the future of
our European status based on whether or not,
to use Boris Johnson’s analogy, I want to be a
hostage passenger held at gun point in the
back of a diplomatic vehicle driven at speed
across Europe by the likes of Angela Merkel, or
locked in the downstairs toilet with the afore
mentioned Boris, Michael Gove and Nigel
bloody Farage.
I write as Zac Goldsmith, following his defeat
in the London Mayoral Election packs his bags
for Panama (possibly). A defeat so spectacular
for one who began the race as the favourite,
that I feel certain Mr Goldsmith is curled up in
a ball somewhere in West London hugging his
knees and sobbing for Mama or at least on
speed dial to his therapist. I hold little
sympathy for the buffoon who throughout the
election pedalled fear, thinly guised racism and
separatist politics that included suggesting
that should Sadiq Khan be elected we would all
be blown up by brown people the next time we
got on the bus to Paddington. Even Mr
Goldsmith’s own sister Jemima has disowned
his approach, suggesting the politics he
employed were designed by a team of spin
doctors rather than the family Zac we all know
and love.
Although as a Brighton resident I am not able
to vote for Mr Khan, Mr Goldsmith or any of
the also rans, I know of many South London
residents who speak very highly of Sadiq Khan
as their local MP. A politician who angered
conservative members of his own religious
community, by openly supporting same-sex
marriage and the LGBT population of London.
And so to us, the fairweather collective
unfolding tight-tees and steam pressing vesttops as the summer Pride season is almost
upon us. By the time you read this,
Birmingham will have done and dusted Lisa
Stansfield in the name of LGBT solidarity and
we’ll be hurtling towards our Brighton Bear
Weekend. Where as a collective we start to
break off and divide into clichéd archetypes,
demonstrating to the wider world that we too
are beginning to break up into small separatist
islands of individualist community, and I for
one am glad. The difference for me between
During the May day bank holiday weekend, in
Brighton two young men, two of all of our
kind, had the living daylights beaten out of
them by separatists. Less than a week later
another individual in his twenties was
attacked, outside a gay bar. Jumped, punched,
kicked and stamped on by harbingers of misery
and division, intent upon highlighting
difference and infiltrating our established land
of diversity, with hate and discrimination. But
we the established collective of respect and
tolerance, of love and understanding, of hope
and freedom shall not be shaken from our
resolve.
Our LGBT differences in shape, size, taste and
flavour, not to mention our gender or nonbinary description thereof stand tall with these
young men who through no fault of their own
fell victim to violence, and we call them our
friends, our family and our future. When you
jumped on them, you jumped upon me, when
you punched them in the mouth, you raised
your fist at me, when you kicked their eyes as
they laid in the street, you kicked each and
every one of us. And to those who came to the
aid of our friends, who picked them up in the
street and called for help; you helped each and
every one of us to know that we matter, and
that we are cared for.
And so to those who wish to destroy us, and
everything we have become, to shatter our
foundations with their fists, feet, sticks, stones
or imaginative threats unimaginatively shared,
you will not win, nor gain ground, your dark
days of division are done. And we both
understand and forgive your violence, your
vicious physical assault, your punches and your
kicks, your aggressive shouts and poisonous
slurs, as these are a desperate attempt to be
heard with a voice that is suffering under the
limits of its own infection.
And so to our summer of events, our seemingly
separate island communities, from Bear
Weekender to Transgender Pride, whether we
feel we belong in your fold or not, we should,
we must and we will support them all, because
we are stronger, nay better, together.
“Our LGBT differences in shape, size, taste and flavour,
not to mention our gender or non-binary description
thereof stand tall with these young men and we call
them our friends, our family and our future.”
56 GSCENE
time? No Olympic athletes anymore but a
Christ-like man dying of AIDS - his father
holding onto his head as if there were
something he’d forgotten, or never managed to
tell him. Remember how cheated we felt? How
incensed we became? Not long after that you
began, for some reason, to get bigger and
bigger. I was horrified when you stopped going
to the gym and began ‘porking up’. I told you to
shed some weight because we had to be even
healthier in those dark times. But, as always,
you had other ideas.
For a while it was beyond me why you even
wanted to look like a Redneck. But then I
somehow got it. After a while I did see your
vision of healthiness in your new huge body. I
knew that it was possibly the end result of that
long winter of Hi5 and AIDS that we’d shivered
through together. I remember you saying that it
wasn’t just another body fad - that your size
was a statement of your survival.
CHARLIE SAYS
Dear Daddy Bear, remember me?
Asks Charlie Bauer Phd
http://charliebauerphd.blogspot.co.uk
) I thought of you the other day. The press
have been having a field day in London about
two men kissing in what’s considered to be a
‘public gay space.’ That is, they were in a Gay
Venue adjacent to Gay Corner in Soho-mo.
When I saw them in the paper, I thought their
only crime might be that they looked like a
pair of straight boys.
I visited the same pub last week and as I
wandered down Old Compton Street afterwards,
I noticed that the majority of the men
appeared to be quite young and healthy
looking. What really hit me was that they all
seemed to be so clean and shaved. Even in
Compton’s after 10pm, I could hardly see any
hair at all.
I stood by myself at the bar and thought of our
times at the Lone Star in San Francisco all
those years ago - round about the time you
were trying to cultivate your Redneck body. It
made me quite teary wondering where you’d
gone, Daddy Bear.
Only last week I was trying to explain to a
Gay-Identified first-year student a little bit
about our collective history. This young guy
said he’d never really heard of HIV (or Hi-five
as our friend Normy calls it). I was a little
shocked. I asked him if he knew what a Bear
was. You can imagine his answer. “How about
an Otter?”, I said. He replied that it was
something like a wet rat. I had to put him
straight…
I told him that before ‘Bears’ there used to be
‘Clones’ – muscled, badass men with
moustaches, smelling of poppers and sex.
Nothing was ever taboo with Clones. These
boys put what effort they had into their bodies
- gone were the limp-wristed ideas of prize
queens - they were the sexual warriors from the
shadows. Sometimes they were shaved,
sometimes not. But they were always
hypermasculine – think Tom of Finland in 3D.
I told the student how consumerism then took
us over (he had no idea who Ronald Regan
was) and how those gorgeous, mustachioed,
macho heroes morphed yet again. I handed
him a copy of a 1982 GQ that I keep handy. He
studied the back page for a while, then ran his
index finger down the smooth torso of the
chiselled tanned man before him, stopping
only at the white undies.
I remembered when I first saw the Bruce
Webber billboard of the pole-vaulter in his
tiny-whitey Calvins - I couldn’t believe that
there could be anything more perfect that
breathed oxygen. Then, before we knew it,
everyone was at the gym and Polk Street was
awash with Calvin Klones - all fuelled up with
the pink dollar. Happy times! But no matter
how hard we pumped, we never looked as buff
as the pole-vaulter - or as handsome.
Then something happened in the period
between the Death of the Adonis and our
arrival into the Bear Pit. Do you remember
seeing those Benetton billboards for the first
In another letter you told me that being a Bear
made you closer to Heterosexually-Identified
men because there was never any threat. You
told me that Bears got more straight sex
because there was never a clash of masculinities
(I dreamt on that one for ages!) You said that
being a Bear was about as male as you could
get while still being ‘gay’. You told me that
Bears were narcissists. You told me that most
Bears were white; that they were more often
than not, professionals. You told me that Bears
weren’t as wild as we think because Bears were
always urban. You told me that Bears were
reductive and GAY- depoliticised. You told me
that porn had become too ‘shaved’ and hence,
unnatural. You told me that Bears were the
finest assault to the over-groomed and more
virile than the bubble-butts could ever be. You
told me that Bears were the way forward.
Anyhow, when I looked back at the student he
was staring back at me in horror - the beautiful
pole-vaulter having slid to the floor between
his feet. I wondered if he’d ever find a true
hero. Maybe he never will…
Are you still there, Daddy Bear? Can we kiss in
public now?
Charlie B (Remember me?)
Dear Daddy Bear first appeared in Gscene in
2011. Since then it has been republished in
print and as an audio essay recorded and
broadcasted globally from KPFK in Los Angeles.
It has been syndicated on American radio
alongside audio essays from Rachel Maddow,
Anderson Cooper and Bill Maher.
Happy Bear Week everyone x
“You told me that Bears were the finest
assault to the over-groomed and more virile
than the bubble-butts could ever be. You
told me that Bears were the way forward”
GSCENE 57
WALL’S WORDS
GAY WISDOM
BY MIKE WALL
BY GAY SOCRATES
WHAT DOES A BEAR DO IN THE WOODS?
TEDDY BEAR GOES TO CHURCH...
) If you go down to Brighton today, you're sure of a big surprise.
If you go down to Brighton today, you'd better go in disguise!
For every bear that ever there was, will gather there for certain,
Because today's the day the Bears have their party.
) Once upon a time there was a little teddy bear who was an only
child. His daddy was a lion and his mummy was a unicorn. His daddy
was ferocious and wild and his mummy was very - well - pink and fluffy.
His childhood was untroubled and carefree. His mummy used to dress
him up in pink and fluffy clothes and all the little girl animals at school
loved to play with him. They would braid his bear-hair tying it with
rainbow ribbons and everyone thought that Teddy Bear was soooo cute.
Party time for all types of Bears,
All of the Bears are having a lovely time today,
Watch them, catch them unawares, and see them party on their
weekend. See them gaily gad about, they love to play and shout, they
never have any care; At six am all the naughty bears will take someone
home to bed, because they're frisky little Bears.
Every Bear who’s been bad is sure of a treat today,
There's lots of marvellous things to do and wonderful games to play,
Beneath the bushes where nobody sees,
They'll hide and seek as long as they please
'Cause that's the way the Bears have their party.
Party time for all types of Bears,
All the Bears are having a naughty time today,
Cuddle them, kiss them everywhere,
And see them party on their weekend, See them happily strut about,
They love to play and shout, they never have any care;
At six am all the naughty bears who have not been to bed,
Will soon return to their lair.
If you go down to Brighton today, you'd better not go alone!
It's lovely down in Brighton today, but safer to stay at home!
For every Bear that ever there was will gather there for certain,
Because today's the day that all types of Bears have their party.
Party time for all the Bears,
All types of Bears are having a lovely time today,
Fondle them, snuggle them everywhere,
And see them frolic on their holiday.
See them drunkenly fall about, they love to play and shout,
They never have any care, at six am all the playful bears,
May be out clubbing instead, having more than their share.
Then came the time for Teddy Bear to go to big school. It was different
there and on his first day all the other animals crowded round him in
his pink knitted shorts and his pink fur cap. They said ‘That’s not the
way bears dress. You should be ferocious and wild like your Lion daddy’.
Teddy Bear burst into tears. He was confused and upset and when he
got home he ran to his room and wouldn’t come out. He made up his
mind there and then that although he did love pink and fluffy he was
going to be ferocious and wild from that day on and he wasn’t going
to have anything to do with those girls any more.
“It was different there and on his first
day all the other animals crowded
round him in his pink knitted shorts
and his pink fur cap...”
As the years went by he began to realise that he was drawn to the
boys and their ferocious and wild ways, in the way that the boys were
drawn to the girls and their pink and fluffy ways. He noticed too that
there were some pink and fluffy boys who were also attracted to the
ferocious and wild boys.
Pink and fluffy boys made him feel uncomfortable and he decided he
wouldn’t have anything to do with them either. But the ferocious and
wild boys began to pick up that there was something not quite right
about Teddy Bear and though they were friendly towards him they
didn’t invite him to their ferocious and wild parties where the pink and
fluffy girls liked to hang out.
Teddy Bear left school as soon as he could hoping that life would be
easier as a Grown-Up. It was tough pretending to be ferocious and wild
but the shame of that first day at Big School kept him well away from
pink and fluffy whenever it came his way. One day when he was feeling
particularly lonely, sitting on a park bench and wondering if he would
ever be happy, he saw a teddy bear just like him walking straight
towards him. He smiled and sat right down beside him.
‘Hi my name is Ed, you look to me
as though you’d enjoy a teddy
bear’s picnic’
Teddy was mystified ‘What’s a teddy
bear’s picnic’
Ed laughed ‘Oh it’s just a chance to
hang out with other teddy bears. In
fact there’s one in the Woods and
it’s happening today!’
Teddy could hardy contain his
excitement What? Just teddy bears
hanging out?
‘Yup’ said Ed ‘all ferocious and wild!’
‘What, no pink and fluffy anywhere?’
‘Nope-none’
Every Bear who’s been horny, is sure of a treat today,
There's lots of marvellous things to do, and lots of ways to go astray,
Beneath the bushes where nobody sees, they’ll flirt and tease as long
as they please, 'Cause that's the way the Bears have their party.
Party time for all types of Bears
All the Bears are having a raunchy time today,
Watch them, catch them by their hairs, and see them frolic on their
weekend, see them wishfully stomp about, they love to play and shout,
They never have any care, at six am all the wicked bears will probably
be ready for bed, because they're tired little Bears.
So if you go down to Brighton today, you'd better not go alone!
It's lovely down in Brighton today, you may even bring a Bear home!
For every Bear that ever there was, will gather there for certain,
Because today's the day that all types of Bears have their party.
‘Wow’ said Teddy ‘sounds amazing’
Have a Happy Bears Weekender everyone!
Continued at http://www.gaysocrates.blogspot.co.uk
58 GSCENE
crossed my mind that I needn't have bought
any special high rise feeder as everything I'm
able to attract seems perfectly capable of
walking over to the food.
I obviously need advice. A quick perusal
online recommends I offer the horrid worms
but have to soak them first. No, honestly,
lifting a packet of them from a shelf would be
too much and then conveying them home and
rehydrating them unthinkable. The birds are
going to have to find their own real live
ones.
Though if I did happen to be so inclined I
can order them online from a website that
cheerfully promises to deliver them 'live and
wriggling to your door!' There's even food for
them too. Buying food for the worms that
will be food for the birds is a concept my
mind finds unsettling and my stomach even
more so.
SHARP WORDS
Del Sharp on Spring, bird feeder envy
and building an oasis for birds of the
feathered variety.
) Sharp Words has been excitable and
twitching lately, though not involuntarily. It's
not an ailment, I mean - well not one of
them.
Spring has sprung and I've taken an interest
in the great outdoors. Meaning I like to stand
against the radiator and look out of the
window from time to time.
To the front I watch destructive feral
schoolchildren spitting and pulling up pampas
grass (I do live in the suburbs after all), to
the rear I can survey a lovely garden, green,
lush and full of budding new life. Obviously I
want to make some contribution, it takes a lot
of hard work to develop a garden and I
wanted to do something that would allow me
to get back on my preferred side of the
window as rapidly as possible.
Not content with just a plain old bird table I
decided to buy a grandly named 'bird feeding
station' - a wonderful construction with
several elaborate arms that hold dishes and
hangers that I filled up with fat balls, nuts
and seeds. None of those dried worms though
as they make me feel ill and I can't even look
at them in the shops.
Once the station was generously loaded I
waited... for some days.
Then I was rewarded by a flock (technically a
murmuration, although probably they became
that on the way home) of starlings flapping
and bickering and swinging off my feeders.
Eating it dry in fact.
I shouldn't have been disappointed because
they're still birds, but what I'd been hoping
for were tiny pretty little singing things that
might cock their head towards me while I
gazed in wonder, rather than a pack of meaneyed predators savagely snatching at the suet
and glaring at me. After a couple of days I
was left with a station left askew, empty and
tattered.
After straightening, cleaning and reloading my
beacon to rare flying creatures, there were
more guests. Two fat pigeons, resembling grey
rugby balls more than anything avian, no
dainty perching on anything for them, just sat
in the middle of the feeding dishes and ate.
Too unwieldy to nibble on the special seeds to
look after their feathers they're more than
happy to tuck into stale bread and crisps, with
an appealing way of kicking what they want
onto the ground so they can just amble among
it and browse, more buffet than à la carte.
Well they frightened off the murmuration and
don't seem bothered about the equally rotund
squirrels that hang precariously underneath
the dishes and who also seem thrilled about
tossing my offerings onto the ground. It has
A visit to a garden centre of dizzying
proportions beckoned. They would surely
stock everything bird related and hopefully
not still moving. What I realised I didn't need
included statues of baby gorillas, meerkats in
superman outfits, bear cubs and sinister
looking pixies.
What I found for birds made my little setup
look quite inadequate. Feeders four times the
size of mine, nesting boxes with webcams,
hanging swinging bird tables, nutcake with
insects, peanut butter with mealworms (I
might not notice they're in there but I'm still
not buying) and an impressive range of seeds
for specific birds. There was a blend each for
robins, finches, songbirds and bluetits.
Obviously the birds must know which is their
own designated food and wouldn't dream of
pinching anyone else’s...
There was also something just for ducks and
swans, but it would be cruel to lure them into
the garden when there isn't so much as a
pond.
Now I know what to do and what I should be
putting out for my feathery friends I'm sure
it'll be no time at all before the garden will
be a haven for all flying things (except flies,
they make me a bit queasy too). It will be an
oasis of sweet birdsong, golden shafts of
sunlight and the gentle sound of tiny wings.
I haven't seen the starlings for a while and
feel a bit guilty now for not being more
welcoming, but I'm sure they'll be back once
I've got my new seeds out - after all they
can't read, can they?
“They're more than happy to tuck into stale bread
and crisps, with an appealing way of kicking what
they want onto the ground so they can just amble
among it and browse, more buffet than a la carte”
GSCENE 59
GOLDEN DAYS
HOT GOSSIP
BY STEVE ASHFIELD
BY MICHAEL STEINHAGE
MOVING TO BRIGHTON
DEAR MR SCHMIDT...
) One day in January I woke up in Southampton ready to go to the
theatre. I didn’t make it and when I put my weary head on a pillow
around midnight I’d moved to Brighton. Just like all those people who
decide to move to this city, it’s not been easy living on a gay scene
much larger than anything I’ve ever experienced.
) I've done it! The whole 13.1 miles, in under two hours! Sorry, I
guess you’ve no idea what I'm talking about. Do you even remember
me, Mr Schmidt? It's been almost 20 years. Do you remember the
skinny, gangly boy with floppy hair and absolutely no co-ordination?
Who wore T-shirts several sizes too large, always got picked last when
we played football? And because life is funny like that, we had to end
up together, didn't we, Mr Schmidt? The boy who couldn't throw, catch
or kick, and the most militant of all PE teachers!
When I was growing up in Northamptonshire in the 1970s there was
no gay scene to talk of. No gay bars or support groups, just a lonely
existence trying to cope with my sexuality. There was cruising and
cottaging but little else. I didn’t really get a taste of a proper gay
lifestyle until I moved down south, first to Portsmouth and then
Southampton. It was a whole new life but nothing like living in
Brighton.
I haven’t been on the gay scene for a few years so suddenly moving
to Brighton really is like starting all over again. With the move being
so unplanned I didn’t even have anywhere to live and everything I
owned was in two shoulder bags. Thankfully, I could afford hotel
accommodation but didn’t imagine doing that for the next 69 days
before moving into a studio flat. One week I slept in five different
beds, that hadn’t happened since my early days on the gay scene in
Portsmouth!
How many times do people find that living their dreams just isn’t the
same at all when it really happens? I’d always thought of retiring to
Brighton, I just got here a few years early I guess. How is it so
different? Well I never saw a local newsagent in Southampton selling
poppers and there was a distinct lack of advertising posters for gay
websites.
“I’d always thought of retiring
to Brighton, I just got here a
few years early”
I’d been to Brighton for Pride events and written articles about the
scene, but actually living here is totally different. It’s like a
chocaholic moving into a chocolate factory, so many opportunities
and you just don’t know where to begin. I’ve been careful not to
overdo things. Just because the apple tree has had a good harvest it
doesn’t mean you have to eat every single one. If you’re new to
Brighton as I am, take it easy, partying till 3am and beyond every
night just isn’t going to work.
When I moved to Portsmouth I contacted the local LGBT switchboard
for advice. I’ve followed the same pattern in Brighton and it’s
definitely helped. It’s important to read as much as you can about
the scene before venturing out onto it. Brighton is a bit lonely when
you arrive in the city totally unprepared for the move and not
knowing a single person. The help I’ve received from Brighton Gay
Elderly Men’s Society (GEMS) and other local groups along with the
venues has really been appreciated.
Has my life changed? You bet it has. I wasn’t having a great time
living in Southampton hence the sudden move and my confidence was
taking a bashing. That Saturday when I just decided it was time to
start all over again, I couldn’t have imagined what lay ahead in my
future. I lost most of my possessions but I got a new life in return.
If in January you’d told me in early March I’d be taking part in the
BLAGSS Bowling Extravaganza for the Brighton GEMS I would never
have believed you. Moving here has been an adventure as it is for
anyone deciding to relocate to Brighton. In three months I’ve only
really scratched the surface of the Brighton LGBT scene, heaven
knows what else is going to happen in the future.
I remember that first lesson. I was 15 and had just started at my new
school. There was excitement in the air, everyone was keen to see
what the new kid could do and for once, yes, just that once, I got
picked first! As good as that felt for a second, it soon filled me with
sheer dread, because I knew how this story was going to end, and it
wasn’t with a ball in the net!
A little disappointed perhaps, but nevertheless quickly resigned to
the fact that I wasn’t going to be another star player on their team,
the other boys, and life, carried on. I was lucky to be ignored.
It took me a while, didn't it, to teach you that I was just not cut out
for this sporty stuff you had us do. I recall we came to some sort of
agreement in the end. I’d ‘forget’ my PE kit every other lesson, and
you’d grumble a bit, then give me a terrible grade on an otherwise
flawless report card. On occasion I’d throw a ball, in completely the
wrong direction, or come last in the 100 metres but I’d give you
something to assess, and you’d nod briefly and not say much more
about it.
But guess what, I am sporty after all!
Behind those two left feet (and arms and
legs) and those oversized T-shirts, a runner
was hiding! I can run, Mr Schmidt!
Admittedly not as fast as some, but I can
keep going, and going. And this year I ran
a whole half marathon, what do you say
about that! Not that I blame you, how
were you to know of this potential inside
me? By the time I got to you it was much
too late, I was already convinced that I was awful at sports and had
you suggested running to me then, I would have sneered
sarcastically, and once again forgotten my PE kit.
“But guess what, I am sporty after all!
Behind those two left feet (and arms
and legs) a runner was hiding!”
But I'm not awful! Life took a few fortunate turns here and there,
getting a dirt cheap gym membership through a flatmate revealed
exercise classes where all you have to do is pick up weights throwing or catching not required! Then a fling who made me buy
proper trainers and run after him for a while, you know how it is I’m
sure. Slowly I began to forget those hours of humiliating team sports
and those countless times I finished last, and that made it possible
for me to not laugh and instantly dismiss the words ‘Why don't you
join our running team?’.
And so I did! I ran for charity, and for myself, and you know what, Mr
Schmidt? I’ve never been prouder, and I think if you knew, you’d be
proud of me too.
I’m no longer awful at sports, because I ran a half marathon, and I
feel great because if I can do that, who knows what else I could do!
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SAM TRANS MAN
Dr Samuel Hall talks about
institutionalised transphobia in medicine
and why there is still hope yet!
) There are some monthly themes that fill me
with ideas for my column and others that I
find a little harder. More taxing in intellectual
terms, usually because it’s a subject or area
that I’m not so familiar with. This month is
one of those. Bears. A wonderful part of the
LGBT community, with a set of values that I
find admirable. In the words of a friend and
colleague, who himself is very much a Bear,
“the scene emphasises camaraderie and
relationships other than sexual ones”, and this
I find heartwarming.
to deliver and ridiculing those who are
involved. It has always been the case; I
remember as a young medical student the
fascinated disdain with which senior
colleagues would refer to such-and-such a
surgeon who did ‘sex-change’ operations at
Charing Cross Hospital. I honestly don’t think
attitudes have changed much in the
intervening 25 years; although there has been
progress at an organisational level, there are
still a lot of doctors out there who are openly
transphobic. I know. I’ve met them.
Such is my ignorance that it was only in
Barcelona on honeymoon last month, that I
realised when visiting Sitges that Bear
Week(end)s are an international phenomenon
and not just confined to Brighton! I do know
that the local bear community is heavily
involved in fundraising and supporting the
wider LGBT community and that I like the
people I have met, and that perhaps as my
transition fades into history I will find more
and more in common with this hairy branch of
gaydom.
I’m much more optimistic about younger
medics who have grown-up in the era of gay
emancipation, and are somehow infinitely less
judgmental than their senior peers, but there’s
still a long way to go. Some brave doctors have
crossed over to the other side, and find
themselves on the receiving end of questions
that aren’t appropriate, demands that are
unreasonable, and nosiness that is frankly
rude. This is coming from ever wider circles of
interested parties.
The Bear colleague is an exceptionally
courageous one in my book, a psychiatrist who
works at the world famous Charing Cross
Gender Identity Clinic in London. He’s one of a
small number of clinicians who has found his
way into the rapidly developing field of gender
medicine - a speciality which doesn’t actually
exist in its own right yet, but which almost
certainly will in the near future. I don't know
his back story, but I do know that it takes a
special kind of physician (or surgeon) to get
involved with this area of work.
Such is the level of ignorance and prejudice in
the profession that those who choose to work
in this field are sadly subject to transphobia by
association, and it’s often very subtle. I see
transphobia in medicine as institutional,
concerning funding and resources, commitment
Transgender ‘politics’ is hot stuff right now, TV
shows, documentaries, news items and surveys
abound, local and national government are
jumping on the bandwagon, and anyone who
works in the field, whether or not they are
trans-identified themselves, is potential
cannon fodder. We all need to be careful who
we’re talking to and what their motives are for
quizzing us in the first place. The dirt will lift
to the surface. Thats what happens when you
start ‘talking’.
It’s all good though. I’ve watched psychiatryBear’s progress on social media for some time
and I can safely say that here we have an
impressive and forthright advocate for trans
people who isn't afraid to put his neck on the
line, calling out transphobia whenever he
encounters it. Big shout out to Dr Stuart
Lorimer. Keep up the fight laddie!
As usual I’ve managed to twist the
conversation, or monologue, back to my very
own soapbox. I’ll try to finish with Bears...
Another lovely one came to our rescue recently.
After a whirlwind wedding in April, my
beautiful wife and I escaped on honeymoon,
leaving our three boys in the tender loving care
of a Bear who confessed his dislike of children
but his yearning to be in charge of ours for a
week! I think he saw it as a personal challenge,
and he really lived up to it.
DORSET GARDENS
METHODIST CHURCH
FOR NON-BINARY
TRANS PEOPLE
at
is a safe and confidential space to explore
issues around gender identity. Facilitated peer
support is an important element, as well as
providing access to low-cost psychotherapy
and speech therapy.
Here in the UK, my surgical colleagues are
becoming aware of the need to institute
‘succession management’, ensuring that they
are recruiting and training colleagues to take
up the slack as they approach retirement, and
of course to help alleviate the waiting lists that
are beginning to rise to an unmanageable level.
The physicians, mainly psychiatrists for
historical reasons, who are involved in gender
medicine, know that their waiting lists are
rising exponentially and that new ways of
recruitment and working in this field are
inevitable and utterly essential. Timely
treatment in the right hands is often lifesaving.
TUESDAY 2.30–5.30PM
meets every
CLARE PROJECT
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Since it’s not a speciality that is recognised in
medical training, there’s no pathway for
clinicians to train in transgender medicine, no
formal teaching of students or GPs, and no
recognition of the need to recruit and replace
those who retire from practice. In New Zealand
the only surgeon who was working in this field
has recently retired without a successor,
leaving hundreds of desperate transwomen on
the waiting list for an operation that is unlikely
to become available to them any time soon.
Unless, of course, they can afford to leave New
Zealand and pay for surgery elsewhere.
WEEKLY MENTAL
HEALTH & WELLBEING
SUPPORT GROUP
CLARE PROJECT
Based in central Brighton, the
Because the NHS has only recently (2009)
recognised the right for trans people to have
their treatment, gender identity clinics are now
all over the country and access to care is much
better than it was in the past; but the numbers
seeking treatment in the past three to four
years has escalated rapidly, resulting in demand
far outstripping supply. Gender clinics remain
the poor cousin of the NHS, with money
flowing via Mental Health Services, somehow
perpetuating the myth that gender dysphoria is
a psychiatric illness.
Dorset Gardens (off St James Street)
Brighton BN2 1RL
Except 1st Tues when there’s an
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TWISTED
GILDED
GHETTO
BY ERIC PAGE
POLICE LGBT
LIAISON
TEAM
BY PC SARAH LAKER & RORY SMITH
THE THREE POINT FIVE BEARS
WORKING TOGETHER
) Once upon a time there were three point five Bears, and I know
that’s a difficult figure for Bears to cope with, not being blessed with
the biggest brains or the best mathematical minds in the beariverse.
But bear with me Ursine friends and think of it as two paws, a foot
and a bit. You can stop counting now, that’s it.
) Rightly, the community, encompassing the wider city of Brighton &
Hove, have been horrified to read of two separate, unrelated homophobic
assaults that took place in May. Images of two young men brutally
attacked after enjoying a night out in Brighton have shocked many,
incredulous that a city called the ‘gay capital’ could be host to such
violence. If that wasn’t bad enough, it happened again, less than a
week later.
These Bears were called One, Two, Three and Point Five. Four had been
caught with its paws in the honey pot and was spending an enforced
holiday at Bearcamp, not as you might imagine with a squeal and
gasp, a new place to sidestep in sequins and (deeply un) ironic
checked shirts, but an establishment of her Majesty’s pleasure; and
not, once again as you might imagine, a place of Queens and laughter,
with tickles and giggles thrown in, but a place of correction. (And not
as you might envisage correcting of spelling or grammar, particularly
never-ending sentences disguised in parenthesis), no.
One was one hell of a Bear, big, tall with an exceptional double layer
of fur the envy of all the other bears. One, who, being a Queen could
use the majestic plural, could leap eight foot out of the water chasing
seals and had the best bile in the Occident, although wisely kept it
under his Kippot.
“There is more mention of Bears in
the Bible than there is of gay people”
Two was the only right-handed Bear in the world and rightly shunned
by the rest of the Bear Community as being a freak, aberrant, against
the natural order and not the kind of Bear to be seen hanging out the
back of another Bear with… He was also nocturnal, which is usually
not a problem for Bears but as Two was trying to study physics this
did prove to be a hurdle.
Three drank heavily and spend all his time on apps looking for
company.
Point five; named after their wonderful song Plantigrade Locomotion,
hit the Ursine charts and held the number one spot over The Bear
Necessities until it was stolen by a squawking Scottish midget from
Lennoxtown who overheard it
being sung by the last Brown
Bear in East Dunbartonshire,
reworked it and cashed in.
Three or more Bears together is
called a sleuth, which is a
lovely word but rarely used.
There is more mention of Bears
in the Bible than there is of
gay people, but perhaps that
just goes to show that either
God loves Bears more than
Queers or ancient Israel had a
much wider diversity of animal
species than anyone realises,
although Ber (‫ )רעב‬is a widely
used Hebrew name and there’s
some famous rabbis called that
and one or two gay ones also. They have nothing to do with the story
of the three point five bears, at least nothing apparent. The rabbis
would argue, as they tend to do, about the interconnectivity of all
things, the all encompassing knowledge of God and the need for a
good ending to a story, they might well be right, they often are. I
prefer to be exquisite and never explain.
The problem of homophobic hate has never gone away. Many of us in
the community have experienced it. We’ve perhaps mineralised it,
thinking that it wasn’t much, merely water off a ducks back. Or perhaps
we’ve encountered a nastier more violent form, and somehow believed
that we deserved it and internalised the message it sent. In either
case, perhaps we didn’t tell anyone because we thought no-one would
care and nothing would get done. We might even fear that we’d be
subjected to yet more humiliation, but this time from public services.
People are eager for updates when they hear of high profile incidents
and want to know how the investigation is progressing. Unfortunately
we’re not always at liberty to tell the public. We’re bound by the law
and what powers we have to detain and question suspects. Anyone
who’s seen 24 Hours in Police Custody will know that we have a time
limit before we must release or charge a suspect. We also need to
maintain confidentiality of all those involved and would not name a
suspect until at least they are charged for an offence.
What you might not know is that in Brighton & Hove we have other
options at our disposal that can help reduce re-offending and provide
reassurance to the community. The Brighton & Hove Business Crime
Reduction Partnership (BCRP) is a non-profit group which fosters good
working relations between police, the council and businesses, including
licensed premises; bars and clubs. The BCRP attends police briefings
and operation planning meetings for the nighttime economy in order to
share information, including problem places, persons and intelligence.
The BCRP has a broad membership, which includes several LGBT venues,
many of the seafront clubs and other venues throughout the city. I’m
pleased to say with the help of the BCRP, the suspects from both May
attacks have been banned from their venues for 12 months.
If there’s any positive aspect to learn from the attacks in May, it’s the
response from the public. Witnesses on the scene flagged down police
and Legends’ door staff helped detain them. Moreover, we have a city
where people no longer turn their heads the other way (as they did in
the bad old days), but are actively coming to aid victims. People come
up to me to ask what they can do to help. We need everyone to report
instances of homophobic, biphobic and transphobic crimes and crime
related incidents so that we can work with partners to bring an end to
violence perpetrated against our community.
APRIL STATS
) In April we had 18 homophobic and transphobic hate crimes and
incidents. Cases were of harassment, verbal abuse, graffiti, criminal
damage, anti-social behaviour and assault. The vast majority took
place around where people live or interaction with neighbours during
daytime, with only one relating to the nighttime economy.
CONTACT INFORMATION
) We both have Facebook profiles and a page – our usernames are:
PC Sarah Laker and LGBT Caseworker Rory Smith, and Brighton &
Hove LGBT Police Team. We tweet @PoliceLGBT.
Social media should not be used for reporting incidents – please call
us on 101, or if it’s an emergency, 999.
62 GSCENE
SERVICES
DIRECTORY
LGBT SERVICES
) ACCESS 4 ALL
LGBT disabled people’s forum. Safe, welcoming, support,
activities, awareness. Tel: 07981 170071 or email
[email protected]
) ALLSORTS YOUTH PROJECT
Drop-in for LGBT or unsure young people under 26, Tues
5.30-8.30pm. Tel: 01273 721211 or email
[email protected], www.allsortsyouth.org.uk
) BRIGHTON & HOVE POLICE
Report all homophobic, biphobic or transphobic incidents to:
24/7 assistance call Police on 101 (for emergencies 999)
• Report online at: www.sussex.police.uk
LGBT team (not 24/7) email: [email protected]
• LGBT Officer PC Sarah Laker on 07912 893557
• LGBT Liason Rory Smith on 07912 893006
f Brighton LGBT Police t @policeLGBT & @PCLaker
Gardens, Brighton. Lunch £1.50. Tel: 07846 464384 or
) MINDOUT
Independent, impartial info, guidance for LGBT people with
mental health problems. 24 hr confidential answerphone:
01273 234839 or [email protected]
www.mindout.org.uk
) PEER ACTION
Regular low cost yoga, therapies, swimming, meditation
& social groups for people with HIV.
[email protected] or www.peeraction.co.uk
) RAINBOW FAMILIES
Support group for lesbian and/or gay parents.
Tel: 07951 082013 or [email protected]
www.rainbowfamilies.org.uk
) SOME PEOPLE
Social/support group for LGB or questioning aged 14-19,
Tue, 6-8pm, Hastings. Call/text Nicola Tel: 07974 579865
or email Neil or Nicola: [email protected]
) VICTIM SUPPORT
Practical, emotional support for victims of crime.
Tel: 08453 899 528
) BRIGHTON & HOVE LGBT SAFETY FORUM
) THE VILLAGE MCC
Independent LGBT forum working with the community to
address and improve safety issues in Brighton & Hove.
[email protected]
www.lgbt-safety-forum-brighton.com
Christian church serving the LGBTQ community. Sundays
6pm, Somerset Day Centre, Kemptown
Tel: 07476 667353, www.thevillagemcc.org
) BRIGHTON & HOVE LGBT SWITCHBOARD
HIV PREVENTION, CARE
& TREATMENT SERVICES
Help-line with email & webchat facility from 5pm daily on
Tel: 01273 204050.
• LGBT specialist face to face low cost counselling service,
• LGBT Older peoples' project,
• LGBT HIP engagement project.
• Volunteering opportunities Tel: 01273 234009.
www.switchboard.org.uk/brighton
) AVERT
Sussex HIV & AIDS info service, available by phone
Tel: 01403 210202 or email [email protected]
) BRIGHTON & HOVE CAB HIV PROJECT
Info, counselling, drop-in space, support groups.
Tel: 01273 698036 or visit www.womenscentre.org.uk
Money, benefits, employment, housing, info, advocacy.
Appointments: Tue-Thur 9am-4pm, Wed 9am-12.30pm
Brighton & Hove Citizens Advice Bureau, Brighton Town Hall.
Tel: 01273 733390 ext 520 or www.brightonhovecab.org.uk
) FTM BRIGHTON
) CLINIC M
Social/peer support group for FTM, transmasculine &
gender-queer people. Every 3rd Fri of month, 7-9pm at
Space for Change, Windlesham Venue, BN1 3AH.
For info email [email protected] or visit
www.ftmbrighton.org.uk
Free confidential testing & treatment for STIs including HIV,
plus Hep A & B vaccinations. Claude Nicol Centre, Sussex
County Hospital, on Weds from 5-8pm. Tel: 01273 664721
or www.brightonsexualhealth.com
) GEMS (GAY ELDERLY MEN’S SOCIETY)
Medical advice, treatment for HIV+, specialist clinics, diet
& welfare advice, drug trials. Tel: 01273 664722
) BRIGHTON WOMEN’S CENTRE
Social group for mature gay men, meet 7–10pm every last
Fri of month at Dorset Gardens Methodist Church Hall.
www.brightongems.com
) LAWSON UNIT
) SUBSTANCE MISUSE SERVICE
Thur 7–10pm, Sat 6pm-12am, chatroom HEALTH INFO THT.
• Condom Male: discreet, confidential service posts free
condoms/lube/sexual health info to men who have sex
with men without access to commercial gay scene in
East Sussex.
• Positive Voices: volunteers who go to organisations to
talk about personal experiences of living with HIV.
• Fastest (HIV Testing): walk-in, (no appointment) rapid
HIV testing service for men who have sex with men. Pre &
post test discussion with clinical staff. Results in an hour.
10 men max tested per session. Mon: 6–8pm.
(Full sexual health screen available)
• Sauna Fastest at The Brighton Sauna (HIV Testing):
walk-in, (no appointment) rapid HIV testing service for
men who have sex with men. Pre & post test discussion
with clinical staff. Results in 30 minutes.
Wed: 6–8pm. (STI Testing available).
• Face2Face: confidential info & advice on sexual health
& HIV for men who have sex with men. Face-2-face or
phone. Up to 3 one hour appointments.
• Specialist Training: wide range of courses for groups/
individuals. Specific courses to suit needs.
• Counselling: from qualified counsellors for up to
12 sessions for people living with/affected by HIV.
• Informed Passions: Expert Volunteers project to identify
& support sexual health needs of local men who have sex
with men and carry out field research in B&H on issues
affecting men’s sexual health. Extensive training provided.
• Lounge (Group for Gay Men Living with HIV):
fortnightly peer support group for gay men.
• What Next? Thurs eve, 6 week peer support group work
programme for newly diagnosed HIV+ gay men.
• HIV Support Services: info, support & practical advice
for people living with/affected by HIV.
• Volunteer Support Services: 1-2-1 community support
for people living with or affected by HIV.
• HIV Welfare Rights Advice: Find out about benefits or
benefit changes. Advice line: Mon–Thur 1:30-2:30pm.
1-2-1 appts for advice & workshops on key benefits.
) TERRENCE HIGGINS EASTBOURNE
Dyke House, 110 South St, Eastbourne, BN21 4LZ,
• HIV Services support for HIV diagnosis, managing side
effects, sex and relationships, understanding medication,
talking to your doctor, finding healthier lifestyle.
Assessment of support needs and signposting on to
relevant services. Support in person, by phone or email.
• Support for people at risk of HIV confidential info and
advice on sexual health and HIV for men who have sex
with men. Up to 3 one hour appointments depending on
need. Sessions in person or on phone.
• Web support & info on HIV, sexual health & local
services via netreach and myhiv.org.uk
• Positive Voices: volunteers who go to organisations to
talk about personal experiences of living with HIV.
• Positively Social Informal peer support groups for people
living with HIV, monthly meets in Eastbourne & Hastings.
Local social group offers friendship, social events, meets 1st
Thurs at Regency Tavern, 7.30pm. Tel: 07594 578035
www.lesbianlinkbrighton.co.uk
CRI/Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust. Open access dropin, assessment, support, advice, info on drug & alcohol
issues. Tel 01273 607575. LGB&T worker provides
confidential, non-judgemental outreach service. Support for
over 18s wishing to address substance misuse.
Tel 07717 774 658
) LESBIAN & GAY AA
) SUSSEX BEACON
Free confidential tests & treatment for STIs inc HIV. Hep A &
B vaccinations. Shoreham based. Tel: 01273 461453
12-step self-help programme for alcohol addictions. Sun
7.30pm, Chapel Royal, North St, Btn (side entrance).
Tel: 01273 203343 (general AA line)
24 hour nursing & medical care, day care.
Tel: 01273 694222 or www.sussexbeacon.org.uk
NATIONAL HELPLINES
) TERRENCE HIGGINS TRUST SERVICES
) BROKEN RAINBOW
) LGBT NA GROUP
For more info about these free services go to the THT office,
61 Ship St, Brighton, Mon–Fri, 9.30am–5.30pm.
• Venue Outreach: info on HIV, sexual health, personal
safety, safer drug/alcohol use, free condoms/lubricant
for men who have sex with men.
• The Bushes Outreach Service @ Dukes Mound:
advice, support, info on HIV, sexual health, personal
safety. Free condoms, lube, tea/coffee from Outreach van
parked next to ‘The Patio’ at the Bushes.
• Netreach (online Outreach in Brighton & Hove):
info/advice on HIV/sexual health/local services.
THT Brighton Outreach workers online @ Gaydar:
LGBT Domestic Violence Helpline, Mon 2-8pm,
Wed 10-1pm, Thur 2-8pm Tel: 08452 604460
) LESBIAN LINK BRIGHTON
Brighton-based LGBT (welcomes others) Narcotics
Anonymous group every Tue 6.30–8pm, Millwood Centre,
Nelson Row, Kingswood St. Tel: 0300 999 1212
) LGBT MEDITATION GROUP
Meditation & discussion, every 2nd & 4th Thur, 5.30–7pm,
Anahata Clinic, 119 Edward St, Brighton.
Tel: 07789 861367 or www.bodhitreebrighton.org.uk
) LUNCH POSITIVE
Lunch club for people with HIV. Meet/make friends, find peer
support in a safe space. Every Fri, noon–2.30pm,
Community Room, Dorset Gdns Methodist Church, Dorset
) WARREN BROWNE UNIT
) LONDON LESBIAN & GAY SWITCHBOARD
Tel: 02078 377324
) POSITIVELINE (EDDIE SURMAN TRUST)
Mon-Fri 11am-10pm, Sat & Sun 4-10pm Tel: 0800 1696806
) MAINLINERS Tel: 02075 825226
) NATIONAL AIDS HELPLINE 08005 67123
) NATIONAL DRUGS HELPLINE 08007 76600
) THT AIDS Treatment phoneline Tel: 08459 470047
) THT direct Tel: 0845 1221200
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) ESTATE AGENTS
37 JUSTIN LLOYD (Kemptown)
118 St James’ St, 01273 692424
www.justinlloyd.co.uk
38 JUSTIN LLOYD (Brunswick)
111 Western Rd, 01273 692424
www.justinlloyd.co.uk
) FOOD
6 CAMELFORD ARMS
30-31 Camelford St, 01273 622386
www.camelford-arms.co.uk
7 CHARLES STREET BAR
8-9 Marine Parade, 01273 624091
www.charles-street.com
39 CUP OF JOE
28 St George’s Rd, 01273 698873
www.cupofjoebrighton.co.uk
10 LEGENDS BAR
31-34 Marine Parade, 01273 624462
www.legendsbrighton.com
11 MARINE TAVERN
13 Broad St, 01273 681284
www.marinetavern.co.uk
25 NEW STEINE BISTRO
12a New Steine, 01273 681546
www.newsteinehotel.com
12 PARIS HOUSE
21 Western Road, 01273 724195
www.parishouse.com
13 PATTERNS
10 Marine Parade, 01273 894777
patternsbrighton.com
15 REGENCY TAVERN
32-34 Russell Sq, 01273 325652
www.regencytavern.co.uk
17 THREE JOLLY BUTCHERS
59 North Rd, 01273 608571
www.three-jolly-butchers.co.uk
) SAUNAS
40 BOILER ROOM
84 Denmark Villas, 01273 723733
www.theboilerroomsauna.com
41 BRIGHTON SAUNA
75 Grand Parade, 01273 689966
www.thebrightonsauna.com
) LEGAL & FINANCE
25
NEW STEIN
13
MARINE PA
6
CAMELF
ORD STR
EET
MADEIRA PLACE
11
ENS
AVENU
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NSHIR
43
18
21
BROAD STREET
CHARLES STREET
MANCHESTER STREET
STEINE STREET
5
34
7
BRIGHTON PIER
DORS
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DEVO
37
STRE
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ET GA
REET
GEOR
GE ST
16
44
ES’ STR
ST
24
HIGH
ET
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OLD STEINE
ST JAM
2
ES ST
BRIGHTON PIER
ILLIO
ROYA
20
ST JAM
E PAR
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L PAV
35
1
D ST
MARIN
WEST PIER
EDWARD
ST
ST
EDWAR
21 AVALON HOTEL
7 Upper Rock Gdns, 01273 692344
22 GULLIVERS HOTEL
12a New Steine, 01273 695415
www.gullivershotel.com
29 CLINIC M Claude Nicol
23 HOTEL PELIROCCO
Abbey Rd, 01273 664721
10 Regency Sq, 01273 327055
www.brightonsexualhealth.com/node/11
24 HUDSONS
30 COCOON Healing Arts Centre,
) CLUBS
22 Devonshire Place, 01273 683642
20-22 Gloucester Pl, 01273 686882
10 BASEMENT CLUB (below Legends)
10 LEGENDS HOTEL
www.cocoonfloatationtherapy.co.uk
31-34 Marine Parade, 01273 624462
31-34 Marine Parade, 01273 624462 31 DENTAL HEALTH SPA
14–15 Queens Rd, 01273 710831
4 BOUTIQUE CLUB
25 NEW STEINE HOTEL
www.dentalhealthspa.co.uk
2 Boyces St @ West St, 01273 327607
10/11 New Steine, 01273 681546
32 THT BRIGHTON
www.boutiqueclubbrighton.com
www.newsteinehotel.com
61 Ship St, 01273 764200
19 DTM
26 QUEENS HOTEL
75a St George’s Rd, 01273 911910
1/3 Kings Rd, 01273 321222
) SHOPS
www.donttellmama.co.uk
www.queenshotelbrighton.com
33 BARBARY LANE
7 ENVY (above Charles St Bar)
95 St George’s Rd
8-9 Marine Parade, 01273 624091
) HAIR & HEALTH
34 PROWLER
27 BARBER BLACKSHEEP
112 St James’ St, 01273 683680
13 PATTERNS
18 St Georges Rd, 01273 623408
35 SUSSEX BEACON Charity Shop
wwww.barberblacksheep.com
130 St James’ St, 01273 682992
28 BRIGHTON STATION HEALTH
www.sussexbeacon.org.uk
20 REVENGE
CENTRE Aspect House, 84-87
36 SUSSEX BEACON Home Store
32-34 Old Steine, 01273 606064
Queens Rd, 0333 3210946
72-73 London Rd, 01273 680264
www.revenge.co.uk
www.brightonstationhealthcentre.nhs.uk
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1 BAR BROADWAY
10 Steine Street, 01273 609777
www.barbroadway.co.uk
2 BAR REVENGE
www.revenge.co.uk
3 BEDFORD TAVERN
30 Western Street, 01273 739495
4 BOUTIQUE BAR
2 Boyces St @ West St, 01273 327607
www.boutiqueclubbrighton.com
5 BULLDOG TAVERN
31 St James’ St, 01273 696996
www.bulldogbrighton.com
6 CAMELFORD ARMS
30-31Camelford St, 01273 622386
www.camelford-arms.co.uk
7 CHARLES STREET BAR
8-9 Marine Parade, 01273 624091
8 DR BRIGHTON’S
16 Kings Rd, 01273 208113
www.doctorbrightons.co.uk
9 GROSVENOR
16 Western Street, 01273 438587
10 LEGENDS BAR
31-34 Marine Parade, 01273 624462
11 MARINE TAVERN
13 Broad St, 01273 681284
www.marinetavern.co.uk
12 PARIS HOUSE
21 Western Rod, 01273 724195
www.parishouse.com
13 PATTERNS
ORD
30
GRAND P
ARADE
RCH
RD
23 15
) PUBS & BARS
OVER
17
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WESTER
N
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SOUTH
NORTH
ST
KINGSWAY
TRAFALGAR ST
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RD
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THE DRIV
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DYK
GEOR
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RD
LON
GOLDSMID
NEW CHURCH RD
HOVE ST
ELM GROVE
RD
SACKVVILLLE RD
D
KE
PORTLAND RD
42 ENGLEHARTS
49 Vallance Hall, Hove St, 01273 204411
) COMMUNITY
43 BRIGHTON WOMEN’S CENTRE
72 High St, 01273 698036
www.womenscentre.org.uk
44 LUNCH POSITIVE
Dorset Gardens Methodist Church,
Dorset Gardens, 07846 464384

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