brunch club tickets & info at cabaret brighton-pride.org line dancing Sunday 6th August 2017 • 2pm-12midnight Pride Pleasure Gardens, Old Steine, Brighton, BN1 1EH Free entry to the Pleasure Gardens 2.00pm – 6.00pm for Pride Festival & PVP ticket holders* Tickets are required for Brüt Teadance in Club Tropicana 2.00pm – 12 midnight • £5 advance* BRUT TENT WUFF TENT CABARET STAGE Louis Lennon (Pop/R&B & Disco Classics ) Meth & the Family Fierce Chris Brogan Dj Dreadful The Sex Shells Ross Jones Beary Ceary Mzz Kimberley James Eagan & more tbc * subject to capacity JULY 2017 CONTENTS GSCENE magazine ) www.gscene.com MISS JASON @ GOLDEN HANDBAGS 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, Sarah Green, Gary Hart, Alice Blezard SPORTS EDITOR Paul Gustafson Y ARTS EDITOR Michael Hootman A D SUB EDITOR Graham Robson R I A DESIGN Michèle Allardyce H G I B FRONT COVER CHARLES STREET MODELS Lukas Beachey, Ms Sugar Swan & Jak Ateara PHOTOGRAPHER Hugo Michiels Photography NEWS CONTRIBUTORS 6 News Simon Adams, Jaq Bayles, Jo Bourne, Nick Boston, Suchi Chatterjee, Sophie Cook, Craig Hanlon-Smith, Samuel SCENE LISTINGS Hall, Jak, Enzo Marra, Carl Oprey, Eric 26 Gscene Out & About Page, Del Sharp, Gay Socrates, Brian Stacey, Michael Steinhage, Sugar 30 Brighton & Hove Swan, Glen Stevens, Duncan Stewart, Craig Storrie, Mike Wall, Netty Wendt, 42 Solent Roger Wheeler PHOTOGRAPHERS PRISCILLAS ARTS Alice Blezard, Jack Lynn, James Ledward, Graham Hobson 46 Arts News @captaincockroachphotographer, Hugo Michiels Photography, Stella Pix 48 All That Jazz 48 Art Matters 49 Classical Notes 50 Page’s Pages REGULARS © GSCENE 2017 All work appearing in Gscene Ltd is 45 Dance Music copyright. It is to be assumed that the ALICIA MINSHULL-PUTNAM & GLORIA MINSHULL-PUTNAM copyright for material rests with the WERE MARRIED IN WORTHING ON JUNE 1, 2017 45 DJ Profile: Audio K9 magazine unless otherwise stated on the page concerned. 51 Geek Scene No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in an electronic or 52 Shopping other retrieval system, transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, 53 Craig’s Thoughts mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior knowledge and 54 Charlie Says consent of the publishers. The appearance of any person or any 55 Hydes’ Hopes organisation in Gscene is not to be construed as an implication of the sexual 55 Duncan’s Domain orientation or political persuasion of such persons or organisations. 56 Ms Sugar Swan 57 Netty’s World 57 Queenie’s Strip Service 58 Sam Trans Man FEATURES 59 Police 22 GOLDEN HANDBAGS 60 MindOut Who won what at the 21st Golden Handbag Awards show INFORMATION E N I 28 BRIGHTON BEAR WEEKEND 61 Services Directory L B U Bears! Bears! Bears! S 62 Classifieds @ H T 0 63 Advertisers’ Map 4 47 A NIGHT AT THE THEATRE ROYAL S ’ E Sam Callahan helps celebrate 50 years of Rockinghorse charity V E T S 6 DAILY NEWS UPDATES ON ) WWW.GSCENE.COM ACCESSIBLE TOILET FACILITY MINDOUT TO LAUNCH NEW RETURNS TO BRIGHTON PRIDE LGBTQ COUNSELLING SERVICE WITH ACCESSIBILITY MATTERS ) Last summer hundreds of people used the Access A new LGBTQ counselling service is to be set up by MindOut, the Facilities at Brighton Pride delivered by the volunteers of award-winning LGBTQ mental health charity. the Brighton & Hove LGBT Community Safety Forum through their Accessibility Matters initiative. Working in partnership with Brighton Pride, Accessibility Matters has ) With support from the Rainbow Fund and Bear closing our counselling service earlier this year. made significant progress in ensuring the event is Patrol the social networking group, the service will We wish the MindOut team all the very best with accessible to everyone. A favourite feature of recent years be funded by grants, donations and client this new service." has been the High Dependency Unit (HDU). Many people contributions, making it a community funded service. are expected to use these facilities again this summer and Recruitment for a Counselling coordinator, LGBT+ people who otherwise would feel unable to access Helen Jones , MindOut CEO, says: “We will be volunteer counsellors and supervisors will take the event are now able to do so with confidence. opening a new counselling service place as soon as possible. run by and for LGBTQ people in Billie Lewis , Chair of the LGBT Danny Dwyer , founder and October 2017. There is more need Community Safety Forum, said: “The HDU S E organiser of Bear Patrol , said: provided by Mobiloo will play a significant N than ever for community mental S O I J R “LGBTQ people need access to W role within the community area at Preston N E E E health and wellbeing initiatives and Y L L W E E good counselling and Bear-Patrol I Park ensuring that those who need our D H L we’re delighted to add counselling L Y I B N are thrilled to be fundraising for support the most will get it. It will also N to the range of services we offer. Many LGBTQ A D MindOut to make that possible.” people want to access services they can trust to be change the way people access their Pride on the day. The facility at the Access Tent will draw different people together non-stigmatising, confidential and professional. This Chris Gull , Chair of the again this year. We have changed the provider of the HDU service will be an important addition to the talking Rainbow Fund , added: “Our role this year to ensure we offer the best service with recognition therapies on offer in Brighton and Hove.” is to provide help and support to L for value for money and sustainability.” organisations who provide L U In April, LGBT Switchboard announced that after G S effective front line services to I For many disabled people adequate toilet facilities are an R 22 years supporting hundreds of individuals within H LGBT+ people. MindOut are C the LGBT+ communities in Sussex, their long- important factor when planning a day out. If they cannot walk perfectly suited to deliver this important service established counselling service was or stand, they may still be unable to use even the standard and we are very happy to provide that support.” to close due to funding cuts. specialist accessible toilets that are sometimes provided. N A They may need support from one or two carers or personal M Daniel Cheesman , LGBT For more information about the new counselling S E E assistants to use the H Switchboard's CEO, says: “We’re service or other services MindOut offer, view: C L toilet or to have their E I pleased that MindOut are able to fill www.mindout.org.uk or email: N A incontinence pad D the gap that has been left due to us [email protected] or call: 01273 234839 changed. Standard specialist accessible toilets rarely provide BRIGHTON PRIDE ‘DIVERSITY BUS' NAMED AFTER ICONIC DRAG QUEEN changing tables or stand by those who oppose hate. We’re delighted hoists. once again to be launching the bus alongside our The absence of appropriate facilities can impact on whole Pride partners and hope it can help to promote, families. Social activities and days out have to be planned support and celebrate the fantastic Pride festival.” down to the smallest detail to fit around a stop at suitable Paul Kemp , Director of Brighton changing facilities or to get back home after only a few Pride, added: “We are thrilled hours. The most intrepid may have ventured out to festivals Brighton & Hove Buses has or camping trips – but then often have to find a discreet area P in a field or a dirty toilet floor instead of the dignified rejoined other prominent city M ) Pride and Brighton & Hove Buses unveiled E K facilities we should all be entitled to. Mobiloo recognises businesses to support Pride in our L last month, their new Diversity Bus for 2017 – U A P this gap in provision for disabled people. Its unique, mobile the latest incarnation of the Pride Festival Bus . city in this our 27th year. This is an facility offers the right of access to the more rural locations, The Diversity Bus has been designed to celebrate ongoing relationship that includes a dedicated bus festivals, activities and events across the UK. diversity in all the city's communities. and shuttle service from the Pride campsite as well as exciting all-year-round promotional activity with Accessibility Matters are currently working with Brighton Martin Harris , Managing the Pride Diversity bus.” Pride to ensure more accessible toilets are available across Director of B&H Buses, said: “The The bus carries messages of love and celebration the Festival Park. For Access questions, you can email S I Diversity Bus not only celebrates R [email protected] . Please note that these contact R and the simple but powerful message A Pride and everything it stands for H details are for access issues regarding facilities for the deaf, N I #moreincommon , set up in the aftermath of MP T but is a symbol of our broader R A Jo Cox’s tragic murder a year ago to demonstrate blind, disabled and older Pride attendees only. M support for diversity and inclusion in general. We have a long history of supporting how much more we all have in common than that Other Pride related info such as stalls/vendors, road diversity across sexual orientation, gender, race which divides us. closures, act line ups and bus information cannot be and ethnicity, improving services for disabled The bus has been named in memory of local drag answered here.