8TH INTERNATIONAL DAY OF HOPE & REMEMBRANCE SOLIDARITY VIGIL SATURDAY 15 TH OCTOBER 2016 OLD STEINE FOUNTAIN 6.30 PM SHARP LIVE PERFORMANCES GUEST SPEAKERS REFRESHMENTS NATIONAL HATE CRIME AWARENESS WEEK 2016 WILL TAKE PLACE FROM 8 TH -15 TH OCTOBER 2016 #NHCAW The first International Day of Hope & Remembrance was launched at the London Vigil against Hate Crime which took place on the 30th October 2009 after the death of Ian Baynham who was homophobically abused and beaten in London. Over the past seven years the third Saturday of October has been established as a day when people around the globe organise solidarity vigils and events to show support to those who have been affected by Hate Crime. 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[email protected] 01273 855620 l b m l OCT 2016 CONTENTS GSCENE magazine LEGENDS ) www.gscene.com t @gscene f GScene.Brighton PUBLISHER Peter Storrow TEL 01273 749 947 EDITORIAL [email protected] ADS+ARTWORK [email protected] EDITORIAL TEAM Graham Robson, Sarah Green, Gary Hart, Gus Gustafson, Alice Blezard T ARTS EDITOR Michael Hootman E E R SUB EDITOR Graham Robson T S DESIGN Michèle Allardyce S E L R A FRONT COVER H MODEL S Young people from BluePrint C 22 Project for young people PHOTOGRAPHY James Ledward CONTRIBUTORS NEWS Jaq Bayles, Jo Bourne, Nick Boston, 6 News Suchi Chatterjee, Rory Finn, Craig Hanlon-Smith, Enzo Marra, Netty, Carl Oprey, Eric Page, Del Sharp, Gay SCENE LISTINGS Socrates, Brian Stacey, Glen Stevens, Craig Storrie, Duncan Stewart, Tommy 26 Gscene Out & About the Queer Historian, Roger Wheeler, Mike Wall, Kate Wildblood 28 Brighton & Hove PHOTOGRAPHERS 42 Solent Alice Blezard, Graham Hobson: [email protected], Michael Hootman, James Ledward, ARTS Jack Lynn, 46 Arts News © GSCENE 2016 48 Arts Matters All work appearing in Gscene Ltd is copyright. 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Remembrance (#IDOHAR), for those affected by Hate Crime , will take place on Saturday, October 15 . The first IDOHAR was launched at the London Vigil against Hate Crime which took place on October 30, 2009 after the brutal murder of Ian Baynham who had been beaten and N O S P homophobically abused. E J S I R H Over the past seven years, the third Saturday C Y B of October has been established as a day O T when people around the globe organise O H P E solidarity vigils and events to show support to G A T those who have been affected by Hate Crime . S N I A M The Brighton & Hove K R A Solidarity Vigil , P N O T organised by the S E R Brighton & Hove LGBT P E D I Community Safety R P Forum (LGBT CSF), will ) The collective total is made up from the received the best feedback ever from visitors while be held on Saturday guaranteed ringfenced £1 per head donation on every Brighton & Hove Pride is recognised as the UK’s October 15 , near the Old Steine Fountain ticket sold for the Preston Park event and Pride biggest Pride Festival bringing in an estimated £18 opposite Revenge, starting at 6.30pm sharp. Village Party as well as from various Pride million to the local economy" There will be guest speakers, live fundraisers and bucketing on the Pride Parade. performances and warm drinks. Pride cost £1.5 million to stage this year and 70.414 £90,000 will be donated to the Rainbow Fund , who tickets were sold for either the street party or the main make grants to LGBT organisations that provide event on Preston Park generating £70,414 for the effective frontline services to LGBT people in the city. Rainbow Fund. Official Pride parties raised £3,282 , £10,000 will be donated to the Pride Social Impact while the Pride buckets generated a disappointing Fund , established in 2015 to benefit the city’s £1,679 from people watching the free Pride Parade. communities in the areas most affected by the social impact of the Pride weekend celebrations. The fund is In addition to Pride’s continued commitment to S I facilitated by editors from the local media. fundraising for the Rainbow Fund, in 2015 they also W E L E established a Social Impact Fund from Pride’s I L L Paul Kemp , Pride’s director, said: I additional activities. Pride will continue to work with B “I am thrilled to be able to community organisations to develop projects and announce we have broken our Billie Lewis , Chair of the LGBT CSF, said: ideas that could be of social benefit to the wider P “These events are important as they raise M fundraising target for 2016 and E communities across the city. Pride Social Impact Fund K L matched the record fundraising of awareness and shine a spotlight on these U A applications will open in October with grants being P our 25th anniversary year in 2015. terrible crimes that continue to be committed awarded in early 2017. It has been a challenging year for Pride. Money raised against LGBT people all over the world. We from Parade collection buckets (£1,670.00) and Brighton & Hove Pride is produced by Brighton Pride must all stand together and say no more.” contributions towards fundraising from local CIC, a not-for-profit community interest company businesses is much lower this year. With many (CIC). All ticket revenue raised goes directly to the businesses across the city benefiting commercially operational and running costs of producing the Pride from the influx of Pride visitors it remains disappointing Festival, LGBT+ Community Parade, Pride Village that more don’t help with our fundraising efforts. Party and community fundraising towards the Rainbow Fund and Pride Social Impact Fund. "Over 60% of visitors to Pride come into the city by train and with an announcement by Southern Rail to Groups benefitting from Rainbow Fund grants in 2015 National Hate Crime Awareness Week 2016 find alternative means of transport and the planned included; Allsorts Youth Project , who provide vital will take place from October 8 -15 – #NHCAW support for young people; MindOut , who deliver strike from Pride Sunday at midnight, clearly this may For more information, view: www.lgbt- pioneering work for people with mental health issues; have deterred visitors and affected business in the city. help.com/events/international-day-of-hope- Brighton GEMS and Older & Out , both organisations Wristband sales for the Sunday Pride Village Party this and-remembrance/ year were down by two-thirds. providing social networking and support opportunities for older people; and the LGBT Community Safety Or to view on Facebook: "This year the Pride Parade had the biggest number of Forum , who facilitate delivery of the Accessibility www.facebook.com/events/10783249988999 participants ever and there were new festival sites Matters project making Pride safer and more 99/ across the city. The Pride Festival on Preston Park has accessible for disabled, blind, deaf and older people. GSCENE 7 8 DAILY NEWS UPDATES ON ) WWW.GSCENE.COM ALLSORTS PLAY KEY LGBT CHARLES STREET RAISE £1,000 ROLE IN NATIONAL SCHEME TO FOR RAINBOW FUND TACKLE BULLYING IN SCHOOLS Vixens , Rose Garden , Martha D'Arthur , Davina Sparkle , Gabriella ) Allsorts Youth Project is playing a key LGBT Parrish , Kara Van Park , Sally Vate , role in a national £4.4million government scheme Mrs Moore and Miss Jason . to tackle bullying in schools. The Brighton-based LGBT charity for young people will receive Lady Imelda collected £91.75 in a L pint glass on her head while singing funding to expand its ground-breaking and L U G Memory from Cats - which was S successful work of delivering a whole-school I R H doubled by an anonymous member of approach to dealing with homophobic, biphobic and transphobic (HBT) C bullying.