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The L Project
Georgey Payne, singer/songwriter for lesbian band Greymatter and Caron Morton, co-founder of GELtoday.com, have announced plans to record a charity song ‘Breathing Life,’ at Dean Street Studios in Soho this October. The single, which will be available to download before Christmas 2011; will see all its proceeds stay within the gay community via Stonewall and [...]
Stand up to LGBT Bullying
When I wrote about Jamie Rodemeyer taking his own life after years of being bullied at school for being bisexual, in the back of my head I really believed that the children who had targeted him would wake up to their words of hate and realise that they had been the cause of a 14 [...]
Stop LGBT Cyber Bullying.
For as many people who go out of their way to say something nice, there are a few bad apples who think it quite acceptable to spout words of hate believing their actions have little or no consequence to their victims; this is never the case. Last week it was reported that fourteen year old [...]
Authors Asked to Erase Gay Character.
You’re a writer, you have worked hard on developing a plot for your young adult, fictional novel. You have created a character you love and you know will reach out to your readership. The excitement builds as you get a call from a literary agent who says they love the book but… for the manuscript [...]
Help Stop Anti-LGBT Hate Groups
Throughout the years there have been countless cranks, politicians and religious fanatics ready to jump on the bandwagon to spout words of hate against the LGBT community; some are destructive, while others are just plain ridiculous. Who can forget the right wing views of Reverend Jerry Falwell who suggested that Tinky-Winky (an animated foam form) [...]
Brighton Pride Podcasts
On Brighton Pride Day we chatted to some of the groups at Preston Park who had a stall. Find out more about who they are in this podcast and what information they were handing out: This podcast includes: Brighton & Hove Carers Centre – Reaching Out (LGBT Carers Group) http://www.thecarerscentre.org/ Brighton LGBT Green Party http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/brighton/ [...]
BRIGHTON & HOVE LGBT SWITCHBOARD LAUNCHES EMERGENCY FUNDRAISING APPEAL
If 1000 people donated just £3 a month, they could help save Brighton and Hove LGBT Switchboard. Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboard provides a telephone help-line service and a counselling service to more than 1000 people per year. It costs the charity £250 per day to operate and with funding becoming harder to secure. Switchboard [...]
30 Year Ban on Gay Men Giving Blood to be Lifted.
After thirty years, the lifelong ban on gay and bisexual men giving blood is set to be lifted late this year…with certain conditions attached. The main one being that a gay/bisexual man will only be allowed to donate blood as long as he has abstained from any sexual intercourse with another man for twelve months. [...]
Greymatter’s NEW album released 1 October
The wait for fans is finally over as all-girl band Greymatter announce October 1 as the official release date for their third album, ‘Small Steps in a Big Life’.
Lucky fans who were quick enough to snap up one of 100 exclusive pre-release copies of the new album at the beginning of August are already buzzing on Greymatter’s facebook page about their favourite tracks.
A Fraud, a Joke and a Hoax….Lesbian Label to be Dropped!
The other day I received via snail mail from Gatwick, one of those letters that entice poor old pensioners into a web of fraud that sucks up all their money leaving relatives who were looking forward to a slice themselves gasping with rage. This letter purported to come from a Chinese lady who is apparently [...]
