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JUN 2018 CONTENTS GSCENE magazine SEA SERPENTS AMSTERDAM BAR & KITCHEN ) www.gscene.com t @gscene f GScene.Brighton PUBLISHER Peter Storrow TEL 01273 749 947 EDITORIAL [email protected] ADS+ARTWORK [email protected] EDITORIAL TEAM James Ledward, Graham Robson, Gary Hart, Alice Blezard, Ray A-J SPORTS EDITOR Paul Gustafson ARTS EDITOR Michael Hootman SUB EDITOR Graham Robson DESIGN Michèle Allardyce N E H FRONT COVER C T I K MODEL S Neil Borrett, Matt Brooks, & Russ Brownrigg and Peter Sharkey R A B PHOTOGRAPHER Jack Lynn M A www.facebook.com/jack.lynn.353 REGENCY TAVERN D R E T CONTRIBUTORS S M Simon Adams, Ray A-J, Jaq Bayles, A Jo Bourne, Nick Boston, Brian Butler, Suchi Chatterjee, Bright Daffodil, Morgan Fabulous, Craig Hanlon-Smith, Samuel Hall, Adam Mallaby, Enzo NEWS Marra, Tin Nguyen, Carl Oprey, Eric Page, Del Sharp, Gay Socrates, Brian 6 News Stacey, Michael Steinhage, Sugar Swan, Glen Stevens, Duncan Stewart, Craig Storrie, Mike Wall, Netty Wendt, SCENE LISTINGS Roger Wheeler, Kate Wildblood 26 Gscene Out & About PHOTOGRAPHERS 28 Brighton & Hove Matt Brooks, James Ledward, Jack Lynn, Helmut Schmidt 43 Solent ARTS 48 Arts News GROSVENOR BAR IN HOVE 49 Arts Matters 49 Arts Jazz © GSCENE 2018 50 Classical Notes All work appearing in Gscene Ltd is copyright. It is to be assumed that the copyright for material rests with the magazine unless otherwise stated on the REGULARS page concerned. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in 46 DJ Profile: Rob D an electronic or other retrieval system, transmitted in any form or by any means, 47 Shopping electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior 53 Craig’s Thoughts knowledge and consent of the publishers. The appearance of any person or any 54 Charlie Says organisation in Gscene is not to be construed as an implication of the sexual 55 Wall’s Words orientation or political persuasion of such persons or organisations. 55 Gay Socrates 56 MindOut 57 Hydes’ Hopes FEATURES 57 Scene It, Done It 58 Sugar Swan 23 NO TO HIV STIGMA IN 2018 59 Sam Trans Man The Martin Fisher Foundation launch new information campaign 60 Ray AJ Phobias 24 GOLDEN HANDBAG QUIZ INFORMATION Who was top of the class at the 2018 Golden Quiz? 61 Services Directory 52 STEPHEN MEAR 62 Classifieds S D N Brian Butler talks to the Brighton based award-winning choreographer 63 Advertisers’ Map E G E L 6 DAILY NEWS UPDATES ON ) WWW.GSCENE.COM RAINBOW FUND ANNOUNCE ANNUAL GRANTS ROUND The Rainbow Fund Annual Grants Round opens on Friday, June 1. ) Applications are invited from groups and “From June 1 the application form can be found at organisations to fund, or part fund, LGBT+ specific, www.rainbow-fund.org/application-form together or HIV specific, projects in Brighton and Hove. with a link through to a detailed description of the criteria for this years grants round. Chris Gull , Chair of The Rainbow Fund , says: "As in ªThe website also has a contact form, and if there previous years there is no are any questions regarding making an application, cap on the amount that can contact us there and we'll be happy to help." be applied for, nor on the Last year LGBT/HIV organisations including number of projects that any Allsorts Youth Project , MindOut , Brighton L group or organisation can L I GEMS , Older and Out , Peer Action , Sussex G S apply for, but the remit of the I R Beacon , Brighton & Hove LGBT Community H C independent grants panel is Safety Forum , Rainbow Chorus , The Clare to ensure that funds raised within our communities Project , Accessibility Matters , Trans Alliance , PRIDE DOG SHOW through the efforts of volunteer fundraisers, and from Whitehawk LGBT+ Support Group , LGBT individual donations, is spent to achieve the most RETURNS TO Switchboard , Lunch Positive and Brighton & benefit from the limited amount of money available. Hove LGBT Community Safety Forum , received We also need to be convinced that applicants have PRESTON PARK grants totalling £110,688 . the ability to deliver their projects to completion. AGAIN IN 2018 ) The Pride Dog show , one of the most popular community events staged during the COMMUNITY ONE STOP SHOP annual Brighton Pride celebrations is once again at Preston Park on Sunday , July 29 , from TO OPEN ON ST JAMES STREET noon -5pm . Pamper those pooches and paw your way to one of Brighton Pride’s most wonderfully accessible community events with a day of fun and barking frolics, as dogs and dog lovers come together to shine with Pride and celebrate our four-legged friends. Part of the Pride Community Day programme of events in association with Coastway Vets , the Pride Dog show will feature awards in numerous categories including Best Bitch , Dog most like their owner and of course Best in Show ! There will be retail stalls, a glamorous catwalk doggy fashion show, a bar and refreshments for you to spend some pennies at.. ) The Rainbow Fund facilitated an LGBT+ and the Outreach work delivered by The Brighton & E M A HIV Summit last October at the Hilton Brighton Hove LGBT Community Safety Forum , which N O N Metropole , and amongst the things discussed was until now has had to respond to call outs from a base H T I W the value of an LGBT Centre/Community Hub/One in Portslade. G A Stop Shop . R Chris Gull , Chair of The Rainbow Fund, says: D There was considerable support expressed by those “These are early days, and we’re working on how we Cabaret artist Drag With No Name will judge the groups present for the concept of a One Stop Shop best develop the opportunities that the premises Novelty Classes , while industry professionals were LGBT+ people could go to get information. As a bring. Clearly we’re going to need a team of will be overseeing all entries and judging each first step The Rainbow Fund has secured a three-year volunteers to help to decide the paths we take, and category, ensuring every star pooch gets the lease on premises at 93 St James Street on behalf deliver the services that are decided upon. If you'd recognition their proud paws deserve. of the LGBT+ communities in Brighton and Hove. like to be considered to be part of these developments please contact us through The To enter your dog or apply for a market stall, The new Community Hub will also act as the base for Rainbow Fund website: www.rainbow-fund.org .” view: www.brighton-pride.org/pride-dog-show GSCENE 7 RECORD NUMBERS EXPECTED FOR BRIGHTON BEAR WEEKEND, 2018 ) Organisers of Brighton Bear Weekend (BBW) secure biggest prize fund yet, for this year’s fundraising raffle, worth over £2,500. Raffle prizes include a money can't buy one-off piece of art worth over £1,700 from the Strange Case Company called Master Tom , and ten party packages from the Boiler Room Sauna in Hove, worth over £700 . Other prizes up for grabs include an overnight stay at the New Steine Hotel in Brighton, tickets for Bent Double at the Komedia, cinema tickets at the Duke Of York’s , haircuts, afternoon teas in the best hotels in town and gift cards totalling over £200 . Whether you want to be drinking Brighton Gin , shopping at Gresham & Blake , M O T jumping off a zipwire, or partying R E T with Dublin bears, there are prizes S A M for everyone. Raffle tickets will be on sale at all events over BBW. Money raised will be donated to the Rainbow Fund , who give grants to LGBT/HIV organisations delivering effective frontline services to LGBT+ people in Brighton & Hove. The draw will take place at the Camelford Arms on Sunday , June 17 at 6pm . All winning tickets will be posted on the BBW Facebook group and website where you will also find a full list of prizes to be won. Brighton Bear Weekend 2018 takes place from Thursday , June 14 - Sunday , June 17, kicking off with a quiz night at the Camelford Arms on Thursday 14 at 9pm , followed by a welcome party at Bar Revenge on Friday 15 from 7- 11pm , where you can meet visiting bears and pick up wristbands that you have ordered online. Wristbands , costing just £6 , can be ordered from BBW's online shop or purchased in Prowler , Camelford Arms , Subline and at the welcome party at Bar Revenge . A wristband gives you great deals during the weekend, including reduced entry to events, drink deals, and store discounts. You don’t have to buy one to enjoy the weekend, but you’ll find that it pays for itself very quickly! S R A E B R E H D N A E O Z Zoe Lyons , Patron of the Rainbow Fund and a great supporter of BBW, said: "June 14 marks the start of Brighton’s brilliant Bear Weekend. Four days full of fantastic events guaranteed to keep every fun-loving Bear entertained. The weekend has been a huge supporter of the Rainbow Fund over the years, helping to raise much- needed funds for local LGBT/HIV groups. At a time when government funding for such projects is much reduced, communities really do have to look after each other, so thank you gorgeous Bears. Wishing you all a fun, happy and safe weekend.” For full line-up of BBW events, view: http://brightonbearweekend.com/events/ 8 DAILY NEWS UPDATES ON ) WWW.GSCENE.COM MARTIN FISHER FOUNDATION WINS HIV DISCRIMINATION REMOVED FROM PRESTIGIOUS NATIONAL AWARD NEW INSURANCE POLICY GUIDANCE ) Martin Fisher Foundation won the ) The Association of British and influenced both the ABI Innovations category of the national BMJ Insurers (ABI) Guide to Minimum consultation document and the revised (British Medical Journal ) Awards on Standards for Critical Illness Cover ABI guidance.