Posts in 'Trans' Category
LGBT and Sport: A Blog of Two Halves.
LGBT and Sport: A Story of Two Halves. I really look forward to the day when words like, brave, shocked or courageous are no longer used when sportsperson tells the public that their sexuality isn’t heterosexual. Having watched the Channel Four programme, Britain’s Gay footballers (a misleading title as apparently there aren’t any) saw Amal [...]
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 [...]
Happy 60th Birthday Peter Tatchell
Happy 60th Birthday Peter Tatchell. To some, Peter Tatchell is the People’s Protester, to other’s he is an annoyance, for this author he is a hero. Citing his constant campaigns for human rights, highlighting environmental issues with his role as the Green Party’s Parliamentary candidate for Oxford East, and for being the one man brave [...]
HIV Support & Activity Groups in Brighton & Hove
Although HIV is rarely in the news these days, it is still a big issue, particularly in Brighton, a town that has the highest rate of HIV+ infection outside of London; this is reflected in the many HIV+ support groups on offer, these include: Lunch Positive, a group run by volunteers, offering a three course [...]
Sussex Police LGBT Team launch New ‘Online’ Chat Drop-In
As part of their work to connect with more people in the community, members of the Kemp Town Neighbourhood Police Team (NPT) are going virtual for a new regular online drop-in session. With temperatures dropping across Sussex, our LGBT team came up with the idea of trying an online ‘drop-in’ starting 22nd November 7pm, so [...]
‘My Transsexual Summer’ new Channel 4 TV series
The above titled new series begins on Tuesday 8th November at 10pm on Channel 4. The series places seven people undergoing many different gender reassignment procedures in a retreat over 5 weekends and follows them on their journey to become who they really are.
Are you trans, transgender, gender queer or questioning your gender identity?
Are you trans, transgender, gender queer or questioning your gender identity? There are now a number of groups in Brighton for you. In this post, read about Transformers Youth Network, FTM Brighton, The Clare Project Drop-In, The LGBT HIP Project and details about International Transgender Day of Remembrance on the 20th November.
Transformers – Brighton’s new Trans Youth Network
Post by Andi Devine, Allsorts Youth Project. Brighton is a very diverse city; therefore there is a large amount of support accessible for those who need it. Yet those who struggle with or even question their gender identity can sometimes be overlooked. All too often, trans people and especially young trans people, can find themselves [...]
Mental Health & Wellbeing
All of us from time to time will have days when we just can’t find a smile to put on our face. Having a blue day, feeling under the weather, (particularly if that weather is stormy and grey) a bit depressing. Thankfully the majority of the time we find that by the end of the [...]
National Coming Out Day October 11th. Groups for LGBT Young People in Brighton
October 11th marks ‘National Coming Out’ Day. For some ‘coming out’ as lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or trans (LGBT) can be a liberating experience as they acknowledge who they are, and for others it’s a time of huge turmoil and confusion. For those aged 13-25 in Brighton & Hove there is Allsorts Youth Project who provide [...]
