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Working for an LGBT Organisation
As we all wished him luck with his future, it got us thinking – and joking – about working for an LGBT organisation where for the youth worker roles especially, your sexuality was one of the criteria that landed you the job… I’m what I like to refer to as ‘a Professional Gay’
Musical Family Trees…
Musicians get together to form bands.The bands break up then the musicians make new bands with people from other bands, or they do solo projects or they form bands with their husband or wife. The list goes on and ‘musical family trees’ are made. I got the inspiration to do this mini music blog from [...]
ALLSORTS YOUTH PROJECT, BRIGHTON seeks Female Youth Support Worker and Male Youth Support Worker
Allsorts, a Brighton based LGBT charity, are looking for two enthusiastic and experienced lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans youth workers to provide youth support including one-to-one work and facilitation of our weekly drop-in and under-16 work.
Bisexuality- a privilege or a curse?
A lot of people see being bisexual as a cop out for not wanting to admit to fully fledged gayness or see it as a sneaky way to be part of many different peer groups. I see it both a privilege and a curse. I have the option to have sex with many different interesting people and therefore enjoy an array of sexual experiences. Conversely, life can be confusing, there are potentially more temptations and you sometimes feel like a traitor amongst peers.
Sexy songs…obvious and not so obvious
The days are getting warmer, summer is just around the corner…(kind of) The heat is on, so who is on heat? People have sex to all kinds of music. We all have a favourite f*ck song. Sex sells in the music industry so our choice of song is endless. ( I feel like I want [...]
Lesbian Lives Conference – Revolting Bodies, Politics and Gender – a critique!
But hey – all this tedium (though possibly necessary to induce humility) for those not needing to shovel a career out of today’s bloody coalface of academic achievement – diminished to nothing with the amazing appearance of Joan Nestle, talking about her life, on the stage at the Sallis Benney. A monolith of the women’s movement of 40 years ago, a great voice still with power and charisma, in poor heath but still magnetic and demanding
Brighton Pride 2011
I have a vision for Pride: I believe that we can and should have the best Pride in the UK. Taking up a festival framework would bring fresh new life and new talent to our tents.
How Gay Are You?
I didn’t quite know whether to take offence or find it amusing – in the end settling for an uncomfortable laugh as I proceeded to do the quiz. Concerns about Valentine’s Day and that all important card were forgotten, as results declared that according to my choice I was ‘super-gay’!
Gay Paris. Oooh la la.
We had a lovely time, especially in the gay cafés of Paris. A particular favourite was the Little Café, in which we were greeted warmly and felt really at home. The place was buzzing, even though it was a Monday night, and we were purposely seated next to an American couple so we could chat to them. The place ticked all the boxes, and it was a lovely change from having to shout to each other across a noisy bar or lip read in a jam packed club.
Brighton is unique for music
Unique because it attracts some of the big names in the music touring world. Brighton and Hove has a population of 230,000 (approx) and yet can sustain a thriving music, theatre and art scene. For a city of this size I can think of no other that can match it in terms of singers and bands [...]
