NOV 2018 CONTENTS GSCENE magazine THE ZONE S N O ) www.gscene.com T H G t @gscene I R B f GScene.Brighton R O T C O PUBLISHER Peter Storrow D 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 SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR Marina Marzotto DESIGN Michèle Allardyce SALES MANAGER Liz Gold Tel 07534 388695 MARINE TAVERN FRONT COVER MODEL Carter Wilson NEWS www.facebook.com/carter.wilson.148 PHOTOGRAPHER Kemuel Valdes 6 News www.valdesarthouse.com CONTRIBUTORS SCENE LISTINGS Simon Adams, Ray A-J, Jaq Bayles, Jo Bourne, Nick Boston, Brian Butler, 38 Gscene Out & About Suchi Chatterjee, Bright Daffodil, 40 Brighton & Hove Morgan Fabulous, Richard Jeneway, Craig Hanlon-Smith, Samuel Hall, Lee 56 Solent Henriques, Barry Hughes, Adam Mallaby, Enzo Marra, Tin Nguyen, Eric Page, Gary Pargeter, Del Sharp, Gay ARTS Socrates, Brian Stacey, Michael Steinhage, Sugar Swan, Glen Stevens, 60 Arts News Duncan Stewart, Craig Storrie, Violet Valentine (Zoe Anslow-Gwilliam), 62 Classical Notes Mike Wall, Netty Wendt, Roger FEATURES Wheeler, Kate Wildblood 63 Art Matters PHOTOGRAPHERS 26 RAINBOW FUND AWARDS 63 All That Jazz Captain Cockroach, Tyrone Darling, Who got what, how much and what for at the Rainbow Fund awards? 64 Page’s Pages James Ledward, Jack Lynn, Marina Marzotto, Stella Pix 28 FAST-TRACK CITY REGULARS Accelerating and scaling up local responses to HIV/AIDS 58 Dance Music 29 DO YOU KNOW ANY HIV+ PEOPLE? 58 DJ Profile: Jazzy Jane Lee Henriques is Gscene’s newest and youngest columnist 59 Shopping 30 NATIONAL HIV TESTING WEEK 67 Craig’s Thoughts © GSCENE 2018 All work appearing in Gscene Ltd is When was your last HIV test? 68 Charlie Says copyright. 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No part of this A guide to what’s on and where this World AIDS Day, December 1 69 Duncan’s Domain publication may be reproduced, stored in an electronic or other retrieval system, 70 MindOut transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, 34 OPEN DOOR 71 Twisted Gilded Ghetto recording or otherwise without the prior Gary Pargeter marks the 10-year anniversary of Open Door closing knowledge and consent of the publishers. 71 Queenie’s Strip Service The appearance of any person or any organisation in Gscene is not to be construed as an implication of the sexual 35 NEW LUNCH POSITIVE TRUSTEE 72 Ray A-J: I Have A Phobia orientation or political persuasion of such Richard Jeneway on his appointment at the HIV community lunch club persons or organisations. 73 Sam Trans Man 36 DEAD FRIENDS IN ROARING WATERS 74 Sugar Swan Derek Jarman: Life After Death by Craig Hanlon-Smith INFORMATION 65 LYDIA L’SCABIES 75 Classifieds Graham Robson chats drag politics and more with the Queen of Flea 77 Advertisers’ Map R A B 66 READY OR NOT - QUEER I COME 78 Services Directory Y T I Violet Valentine our new queer on the block N I F N I 6 DAILY NEWS UPDATES ON ) WWW.GSCENE.COM PRIDE WEEKEND PROVIDES £20.5 MILLION WINDFALL TO LOCAL BUSINESSES Independent research reveals Brighton & Hove benefitted by more than £20.5 million over Pride weekend. 7 1 0 2 E K O - A - R A E B W B B CHRISTMAS E D A EVENTS FOR R A P E D I BRIGHTON BEARS R P N ) Brighton Bear Weekend and Bear-Patrol O T H G I team up to give you a Very Beary Christmas R B Weekend on Saturday, December 8 and ) New independent research by TSE Research , the additionality related to different types of events has Sunday, December 9 . commercial research arm of Tourism South East , been derived from studies of events carried out across The ever-popular Bear-a-oke returns to Bar commissioned by Brighton Pride CIC , has shown the UK. (Bear) Broadway on Saturday, December 8 that visitors to Brighton & Hove over Pride weekend These numbers are mirrored by Brighton & Hove from 7–10.30pm . Your hosts Jon Borthwick boosted the local economy by more than £20.5 Pride’s annual survey which this year showed 84% of and Peter Reid will showcase Christmas hits million . ticket purchasers had been to a previous Brighton & and sing-alongs from the musicals to bring a TSE Research evaluated the economic impact of the Hove Pride, and 65% came from outside the Brighton little sparkle to your life. Brighton Pride Festival 2018 on the local visitor & Hove city area. Of those visiting the city, 57% Afterwards slip across the road to Subline for economy based on the expenditure of non-local arrived by train and 32% stayed overnight in a hotel or the Brighton Bear Christmas Party from visitors attending the event. It also considers the B&B. 10pm till late, entry £5 for members/ £7 for economic spill-over into the wider regional economy Paul Kemp , managing director of non-members. Enjoy the free Christmas shots as a result of the multiplier impact. This is when Brighton & Hove Pride, said: and see what Santa will give you for being a businesses receive income from visitors through the “Tourism and events are the bad boy! purchase of their goods and services, in turn re-spend. P M lifeblood of our city’s economy and E On Sunday, December 9 join the brilliant Bear- K It is estimated that the Brighton Pride Festival L what makes Brighton & Hove stand U Patrol at the Camelford Arms for their annual A generated a gross economic impact of £26.8 million P out as a visitor destination. Many Christmas Dinner from 1pm . for businesses in the city and that a further £5 million small local businesses rely on the annual income from was generated for businesses across the region Pride and other events to stay in business all year Enjoy a full Christmas lunch with entertainment through multiplier effects, providing a total gross round. With the additional £250,000 in fundraising for for £15 . Contact Bear-Patrol on Facebook to impact of £31.7 million . local good causes announced, I’m pleased that Pride book a place. This event is always fully booked can have such a huge impact on the city’s economy so don’t delay or you will miss the sleigh! The net impact is defined as the additional expenditure and help support a wide range of community projects which arises in the local area and in the region as a Brighton Bear Weekend 2019 runs from June across our city” direct result of the event. The likely level of 13 –16 . Book your transport and accommodation now! Brighton Bear Weekend and Bear-Patrol will be raising funds for the Rainbow Fund , who give grants to LGBT/HIV organisations providing effective frontline services to LGBT+ people in the city. E G A T S N I A M www.brightonbearweekend.com E D I R www.bearpatrol.org.uk P DAILY NEWS UPDATES ON 7 WWW.GSCENE.COM ) TRANSGENDER DAY OF DOCTOR BRIGHTON’S REMEMBRANCE - NOVEMBER 18 - THE FINAL COUNTDOWN! ) Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is the annual observance ) Charles Child will be packing his bags and leaving Doctor Brightons , and that honours the memory of those whose lives have been lost in acts of anti- Brighton, for the last time on Saturday , November 3 . Charles and his staff were transgender violence. The Brighton & Hove memorial event will take place on originally due to leave Doctor Brightons in July after his Sunday , November 18 from 2.30pm at Dorset Gardens Methodist landlords, the brewery Enterprise Inns , decided they did Church . All communities are welcome to attend and pay respects at the vigil not want to renew the lease for the building they had with which will involve the Brighton & Hove City Council for the premises at 16- reading of the names of 17 Kings Rd. those who have lost their Even though Charles was a tenant in situ the council lives from transgender informed him that a new lease had to go out to violence in the last year. competitive tender and even though he had been the The Rainbow Chorus , tenant for the previous 12 years, Charles would have to bid along with other Brighton’s fully inclusive businesses including national corporate brands. Charles thought the process was LGBT choir, will sing at unfair and stacked against any small businessman, so he chose not to bid. He the event. announced a closing party for July 14 but, after his customers in no uncertain terms “TDoR seeks to highlight made their feelings known to him, he decided to lodge a bid to win the new lease. the losses we face due His bid was accepted, with the council promising him a 15-year lease. Then followed to anti-transgender a period of silence from both the council and Enterprise Inns, during which nothing bigotry and violence. I am no stranger to the need to fight for our rights, and happened, leaving Charles in no man’s land trying to run a business without having the right to simply exist is first and foremost. With so many seeking to erase the terms of his lease agreed. transgender people - sometimes in the most brutal ways possible - it is vitally In reality, the council and Enterprise Inns wanted him to pay for the repairs to the important that those we lose are remembered, and that we continue to fight for building, which were the responsibility of whoever held the main lease.