Posts in 'Community' Category
The L-Project’s Charity Single ‘It Does Get Better’ Released and Immediately Rockets Up the Charts
The L Project charity single and video has been released – with ALL proceeds and royalties going straight to their chosen charities Diversity Role Models and Stonewall who help prevent LGBT bullying in schools. The song aims to help raise awareness and money for charities which work to prevent LGBT bullying among young people. The [...]
Who Are Brighton and Hove City Council’s LGBT Workers Forum (LGBTWF)?
Guest Post by Holly Smith Brighton and Hove City Council’s LGBT Workers Forum (LGBTWF) celebrates its tenth anniversary this year. The forum is open to any council staff that identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. The management of the LGBTWF is undertaken by an elected steering group of six staff, that attempts to reflect [...]
The L Project’s single ‘It Does Get Better’ released TODAY! Zhoosh interviews co-creator Sofia Antonia Milone
The support The L-Project has gained since it began last year has been phenominal (even DIVA has got involved!). When you started out did you ever think it would become this big?
I think honestly, though we had very big ambitions, and knew the community should and would want to get behind the project because it’s so obviously a worthy one, we have been quite overwhelmed by the backing and support we’ve received from not only the the gay media as you mention, but the online social pages like WHOF (Wipeout Homophobia on Facebook). The internet has been our friend, and we’ve made a great many of them on it.
“BORN IN FLAMES” (15) dir: Lizzie Borden USA 1983
There might be some connection – a coincidence of a cinematic kind perhaps – when a rare category, exempli gratia films made by women about women, follow each other to the box office. I am thinking of “The Iron Lady” re Margaret Thatcher (dir: Phyllida Lloyd) and “W.E.” re Wallis Simpson and Edward VIII (dir: [...]
Brighton & Hove Libraries Services Celebrate LGBT History Month 2012
The Brighton & Hove Libraries Service have a number of events and activities taking place in February 2012 to mark LGBT History Month and is marking Holocaust Memorial Day January 27th with an exhibition (now until 30th Jan) tracing the way Germany’s Nazi Party changed the world for male and female homosexuals and transvestites. LGBT Exhibition [...]
HIV History Project by Brighton Lunch Positive Seek Your help for Information
With LGBT History Month almost upon us (February) and Zhoosh involved in helping to co-ordinate LGBT History month events taking place in Brighton & Hove, Gary Pargeter from Lunch Positive contacted us about an HIV project they are involved with to record a timeline and a local history of HIV & AIDS . “We started to [...]
Update on LGBT HIP
LGBT HIP have some exciting news to share regarding developments with the project in 2012. Originally, they were just focused on consulting with LGBT people on health issues. However, Brighton and Hove City Council have become interested in their work and have decided to support the project too – hence the change of name. They’ll still be LGBT HIP [...]
The L-Project, Update and Behind the Scenes footage
Zhoosh has been keeping a close eye on the L-Project since it’s birth last summer. The project, created by Georgey Payne from UK lesbian band Greymatter and Sofia Antonia Milone (GeEkgiRL) is based around a single to raise awareness and money for charities that work to combat homophobic bullying against young people.
The L Project is gathering growing support from both gay and straight communities across the UK and beyond. “The enthusiasm is amazing!” says Georgey Payne,”we’re finding that most people know of, or have been affected by this issue, and just want to join in and help in whatever way they can
New Years Resolutions: Our Top Ten
A New Year, and may be some New Year resolutions? In this post we give our Top 10 suggestions from learning to dance with Brighton and Hove’s only lesbian gay transgender and bisexual Latin American and Ballroom dance club, taking up meditation with Brighton LGBT Meditation Group or how you can volunteer and donate to local LGBT organisations.
Jess Wood Director of Allsorts Youth Project, Brighton, awarded MBE
Jess Wood, founder and Director of Allsorts LGBT Youth Project based in Brighton, has been awarded an MBE in the 2012 New Years Honours List announced today for services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and young people. Allsorts was set up in 1999. Since it launched, the project has continued to grow and expand with [...]
