COMMENT: DESIRE, CONFORMISM AND THE ELUSIVE GREAT DARK MAN

“Oh Alberto, have you heard Shirley Bassey’s new album?” the shrill, camp voice rang out from the right hand toilet cubicle. “No,” grunted the blatantly bored and clearly paid for Alberto from the left hand cubicle. “Oh well, never mind,” sighed the nameless extra from Julian and Sandi....

December 7th, 2009 | Comment | Read More

MEPHEDRONE “MEOW MEOW” COCKTAIL KILLS TEEN

The Sun reports today (23rd November) how a 14-year old school girl died at a house party after mixing methedrone (known as “meow meow” apparently… yeah.. us too) with ketamine. The teen died after passing out on the cocktail of drugs at a party in Brighton. Ambulance crews tried to...

November 24th, 2009 | Clubland, Health, News | Read More

RESCUE PACKAGE PROPOSED FOR BRIGHTON PRIDE

Wilde Ones, Pride in Brighton and Hove’s production company for the last ten years, is proposing a rescue package for Brighton Pride. The proposal aims to keep the same style of event that was produced in 2009, but with additional enhancements, and with all profits going to local voluntary sector...

November 15th, 2009 | News, Pride, What's on | Read More

VIDEO: LONDON HATE CRIME VIGIL

Organisers estimate over 10,000 people attended the London Hate Crime Vigil in Trafalgar Square on Friday night, while similar events happened in Brighton and Manchester. Hosted by broadcaster Sandy Toksvig, the London event paid tribute to those people who had been affected by hate crimes throughout...

November 2nd, 2009 | Latest videos, News, Pride | Read More

BRIGHTON PRIDE MAY DITCH DANCE TENTS

Brighton Pride’s £50,000 shortfull in funding for the 2009 event may mean that it’s famous dance-tents may be ditched in favour of a more community friendly event. Although no decisions have been made yet, Pride’s Chief Executive Leslie Burn said: “By changing the format of...

October 30th, 2009 | Clubland, Pride, Theatre | Read More

TRANS WOMAN MURDERED IN BRIGHTON

Police in Brighton confirmed yesterday that Andrea Waddell, a 29-year-old philosophy graduate who was found strangled in her flat, was a trans woman. Waddell, a graduate of the University of Durham, was born male but had made the transition over five years ago, prior to her move to Brighton. She was...

October 20th, 2009 | News | Read More