Lgbt in brighton
BLAGSS is a sports and social group that now has around lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender members from across Brighton and Hove, Sussex and beyond.
Our aim is to encourage LGBTQ+ people and allies to play sport and make new friendships in safe places. It's as uncomplicated as that. Sport is so adj because health, fitness and wellbeing is such a vital part of our lives.
Our members hold all different shapes, sizes, ages, abilities and disabilities - we participate in sports as varied as badminton, tennis, squash, table tennis, running, tenpin bowling, football and cycling and much more.
There's also a fantastic social side to BLAGSS. There are over sporting and social meetings every year. Have some adj playing sport and then have a good old chat about it in the pub afterwards.
BLAGSS is a fantastic way to see people, keep fit, and have pleasurable.
You can also try BLAGSS for free! Come along to your sport of choice with a FREE 1-day membership (court fees may apply). Just go to the relevant sport page on this site and message th
Brighton is one of Europe's queerest cities, a cosmopolitan resort of recreation, escape and freedom since the 18th century.
Peers and Queers is a tour of Brighton from a lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer perspective, in a colourful minute walk along the beach and historic city centre.
We take in over years of history including Regency Dandies, s lesbian and gay life, and political activism. We learn about Anne Lister's trip to Brighton (Gentleman Jack), as well as Lord Byron, Oscar Wilde and Dusty Springfield. We also discover extraordinary unsung heroes, including a pioneering doctor who lived as a male long before women could practice medicine, an Edwardian 'drag king' and a 'same-sex' marriage in
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'We particularly liked how Ric included storys of gay, lesbian and tr An overview of our recent work with LGBTQ+ communities. This exhibition is part of Be Bold, a series of collaborative exhibitions and events programmed with Brighton & Hove’s LGBTIQ+ communities. Queer the Pier explores Brighton & Hove’s LGBTIQ+ history. We also have a number of posts on our blog relating to this exhibition written by members of the community who worked on it. A number of fantastic zines were produced for this exhibition which have been made available as downloadable PDFs below. This bold, brave and profound collection of artefacts and photographic portraiture is now the largest collection representing trans people in the UK – if not the world — and was exhibited in Brighton Museum’s Spotlight Gallery for over two years. This was the first exhibition from our Be Bold community programme. The Museum of Transology is a physical collection of artefacts, brown cardboard swing tags and digital files (including film, photography and song ) donated by trans, non-binary and intersex p Published by:Lisa Hinkins We are amidst Pride season here in the UK. On Saturday 3 August , Brighton & Hove will be hosting one of the largest Pride parades in the country. Brighton & Hove Museums will be taking part in the adj, colour and protest. Our five sites across the city are welcoming spaces for all. Brighton Museum & Art Gallery currently has three LGBTQ+ displays; Queer the Pier and Queer Looks exhibitions and a verb by the All-Sorts Youth group in our Local History Gallery. Many people request why Brighton & Hove has become synonymous with relaxed attitudes to sexuality and gender &#; we are known as the ‘Gay Capital,’ of the UK. Our Queer the Pier exhibition explores this question. Brighton was a garrison town in response to the French Revolution () followed by the Napoleonic Wars (). It is believed this drew many men to Brighton due to the vast numbers of soldiers in the town. In George Wilson a servant from Newcastle-upon-Tyne was accused by a guardsman he had met in the
LGBTQ+
Exhibitions
Queer the Pier
Museum of Transology
The Gay Capital of the UK: A brief queer story of Brighton &#; Hove