Recently released footage of Sylvester appearing at Coasters in Brighton in 1984, along with a few choice memories of the evening…
Author: alfleflo
Given Brighton’s reputation as the UK’s gay capital, what statues, monuments, or other public markers exist to support that status?
I’ve written a book! It’s three tales of true-life queer spaces from the 1970s and 80s – the Hotel Roger Dee, the Magic Farm and the Safari Bar.
Tales of Brighton’s queer seaside to accompany SEAS exhibition ‘The Queer Beach’ 29 January–11 February 2024.
In 2021, seven images of Brighton Gay Pride in 1973 were discovered. Having never been seen before, they are now permanently on public view in the city.
It may have been a club performance with no legal standing, but for Dario and Macker the wedding was real.
I asked members of the Sussex Gay Liberation Front what they thought about being photographed 50 years after the first Brighton Pride in 1973.
A memorable moment in the history of The Perfume Garden – Brighton’s polysexual hard house club of the early naughties.
The unusual tale of some gay mates turning the cafeteria of Bognor Regis zoo into a gay bar in 1983.