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SEPT 2017 CONTENTS GSCENE magazine GROSVENOR ) 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, Sarah Green, Gary Hart, Alice Blezard SPORTS EDITOR Paul Gustafson ARTS EDITOR Michael Hootman SUB EDITOR Graham Robson DESIGN Michèle Allardyce FRONT COVER S D N MODELS Michael Greenbeard E G E with his daughters Alice Courtier L and Rachelle Nelson PHOTOGRAPHER Ian Courtier VELVET JACKS CONTRIBUTORS Simon Adams, Jaq Bayles, Jo Bourne, LETTERS Nick Boston, Suchi Chatterjee, Sophie 6 Letters Cook, Craig Hanlon-Smith, Samuel Hall, Jak, Enzo Marra, Carl Oprey, Eric Page, Del Sharp, Gay Socrates, Brian NEWS Stacey, Michael Steinhage, Sugar Swan, Glen Stevens, Duncan Stewart, 8 News Craig Storrie, Mike Wall, Netty Wendt, Roger Wheeler, Kate Wildblood SCENE LISTINGS PHOTOGRAPHERS Alice Blezard, Tyrone Darling, 28 Gscene Out & About Raymond Griffen, Graham Hobson Photography, Frances Hubbard, Chris 32 Brighton & Hove Jepson, James Ledward, Jack Lynn, 44 Solent Hugo Michiels Photography, Stella Pix ARTS RAINBOW CHORUS@PRIDE 47 All That Jazz 48 Arts News 49 Art Matters 50 Classical Notes © GSCENE 2017 All work appearing in Gscene Ltd is copyright. It is to be assumed that the copyright for material rests with the REGULARS magazine unless otherwise stated on the page concerned. 30 Dance Music No part of this publication may be 30 DJ Profile: Sami Kubu reproduced, stored in an electronic or other retrieval system, transmitted in any 51 Geek Scene form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or 52 Shopping otherwise without the prior knowledge and consent of the publishers. 53 Craig’s Thoughts The appearance of any person or any organisation in Gscene is not to be 54 Charlie Says construed as an implication of the sexual orientation or political persuasion of such 55 Glen’s Homely Homily persons or organisations. 55 Duncan’s Domain 56 Del’s Sharp Words FEATURES 57 Netty’s World 19 SILVER LADIES 57 Queenie’s Strip Service Kate Wildblood and Queen Josephine look back on 25 years of 58 Ms Sugar Swan Brighton’s club scene 60 Sam Trans Man 20 TRANS PRIDE 2017 INFORMATION Photos from the march and park event by Stella Pix and Alice Blezard 61 Services Directory 62 Classifieds S 22 PRID E IN BRIGHTO N & HOVE A L L I Photos from the Parade, Preston Park and the Village Street Party 63 Advertisers’ Map C S I R P 6 GSCENE LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Preston Park and the Village Street of 26 volunteers, with another 17 Email your letter to the editor: [email protected] Party is ring fenced for the involved in preparing for the Rainbow Fund, Tony recognises the event. Over 400 voluntary hours in need not to be complacent and total were donated by volunteers uses the Sunday to boost funds who came from the Lunch Positive further ensuring the Rainbow Fund club membership, the charity’s K R continues its excellent work volunteer team and trustees, A P N supporting Brighton’s considerable together with friends and O T S E LGBT+/HIV organisations. supporters. The café served a R P , For the seventh consecutive year, range of affordable hot and cold T N E T Tony has supported me in putting drinks. S S E on a top rate show highlighting Over 1,000 people were served, C C A E the top drawer venue Legends has raising a record total of £4,465 in H T always been. sales. After the cost of staging the N I O C Special thanks must be given to Community Café have been S O B the staff team there, led deducted, all proceeds will go & O magnificently by Jemela Quick and towards running the HIV lunch D L A N Dan Austin. They handled their club over the year ahead. O R , new managerial roles at Legends This year’s Pride was a wonderful N Á E during the busiest weekend of the and spectacular event throughout. S year with aplomb. Nothing was too We’re so grateful to actively be THANK YOU for the parade. What an experience much trouble and I, on behalf of part of such an important ACCESSIBILITY MATTERS for him - he's already talking about the artistes who had all donated community event, and one which Eleven-year-old Ronaldo and his coming back next year. The festival their time to appear, wish to raises valuable funds for our local two daddies travelled from the was brilliant and it was great to thank them sincerely for all that community groups. West Country for Ronaldo to have the Access Tent to chill out they did for us. Pride CIC are a great supporter of experience the Pride Community and recharge our batteries (and The support of Tony and Legends, the community, and it never Parade, enjoy the Access facilities Ronaldo's chair!). Thank you for to Brighton Pride, the Rainbow ceases to amaze me how the on Preston Park and see his idols, also arranging a parking space, Fund, the artistes and the public, hugely complex plans for the event Pet Shop Boys, perform on the which was invaluable. is testament to why Brighton Pride come together so successfully, all main stage. Congratulations for the work you remains one of the most successful through the hard work and do and everything you achieved. and enjoyable Prides in the UK. commitment of the small Pride ) We just wanted to say a huge We'll be in touch again once It’s a long weekend for me, but I team and volunteers. thank you to Accessibility Matters tickets are released for 2018. wouldn’t be able to enjoy it We’re so grateful to everyone who for all the work you did and the Hoping you have a few days to rest without Tony’s trust, faith and supported the Community Café, help you gave us leading up to after the madness! support. customers, people who helped Brighton Pride and on the day With our thanks and best wishes, Thank you very much! spread the news of our itself. You were so welcoming and Seán , Bosco and Ronaldo x Stephen Richards , aka Lola participation, and all the well- helpful, and we were really Lasagne wishers we met on the day, and impressed with all you did to make THANK YOU MR CHAPMAN have since. Our Community Café the event so accessible and ) Another successful Brighton THANK YOU PRIDE - volunteer team was absolutely enjoyable for us all. Pride and another chance to give FROM LUNCH POSITIVE fantastic, working amazingly hard, We had a great day, and big thank sincere thanks to Tony Chapman Lunch Positive is a local HIV giving so much to a cause they you especially for arranging for and his team at Legends. Once charity that provides a weekly support, and of course giving up Ronaldo to travel on the golf cart again his continued support and lunch club for people with HIV on their valuable time on such a sponsorship has kept the Legends’ Fridays at Dorset Gardens Church. unique day of celebration. Cabaret Big Top one of the ) This was the sixth year that This is such a real example of self- highlights on Preston Park. Then Lunch Positive provided the empowerment and commitment to on Pride Sunday, he entrusts his Community Café at Brighton Pride, community, and we’re so grateful stage at Legends to me to bring which was situated in the to everyone who has supported us the very best artistes to help raise Community Village on Preston and helped make this happen. more money for the Rainbow Fund. Park. Thank you all! Whilst £1 from every ticket sold for The café was delivered by a team Gary Pargeter , Lunch Positive GSCENE 7 8 DAILY NEWS UPDATES ON ) WWW.GSCENE.COM HIV PREVENTION DRUG, PREP, AVAILABLE ON THE NHS FROM SEPTEMBER NHS England announce PrEP implementation trial to prevent HIV infection. that concerns about it not working in a real world setting were unfounded. Most trials of PrEP involve taking the drug daily, however a French study, ANRS IPERGAY , has looked at the efficacy of PrEP when taken ‘on BRIGHTON & HOVE SIGNS demand’, in other words not daily but only before and after sex and shows significant preventive benefit. UP TO INTERNATIONAL HIV Ian Green , Chief Executive of THT, INITIATIVE ) Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) will be available added: “We’re pleased that NHS ) Brighton & Hove City Council has signed up to on the NHS from September , as part of a three-year England has announced a start date for international commitment to work towards N the much anticipated PrEP trial. This E eradicating HIV as a public health threat. The trial. The announcement came a year and a day after an E R G PrEP trial has been gaining momentum Leader of the Council, Cllr Warren Morgan , and historic win for National AIDS Trust (NAT) at the High N A Court confirmed the NHS’s legal ability to fund the drug, I in England, and is vital as we work the Mayor of Brighton & Hove, Cllr Mo Marsh , which stops people from getting HIV. The trial will towards ending HIV transmissions across the UK. The signed the Paris Declaration on Fast Track Cities provide PrEP to a minimum of 10,000 participants. priority must now be to make sure that the trial reaches Ending AIDS at a gathering at the Mayor’s Parlour Eligible participants for the trial will be able to access everyone at risk of HIV, and that it is rolled out speedily on Friday , August 3 .