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Bloomsbury and Sussex GLF

27 September 202325 February 2024 alfleflo

A rarely seen portrait of Tony Haynes by Duncan Grant features in one of the inaugural exhibitions at the new venue Charleston in Lewes.

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Portraits of Sussex GLF in large windows of Jubilee Library
Groups People

Sussex GLF photographs 1973–2023

11 August 202325 February 2024 alfleflo

I asked members of the Sussex Gay Liberation Front what they thought about being photographed 50 years after the first Brighton Pride in 1973.

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Three people dancing on a stage
Events Objects

Seaside Stories: The Perfume Garden

10 July 202325 July 2023 alfleflo

A memorable moment in the history of The Perfume Garden – Brighton’s polysexual hard house club of the early naughties.

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An illustration of some animals and the words: The Safari Bar
Events

Bognor’s Safari Bar

27 January 202319 April 2024 alfleflo

The unusual tale of some gay mates turning the cafeteria of Bognor Regis zoo into a gay bar in 1983.

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Sylvester singing
People

Sylvester in Brighton

22 December 202213 January 2025 alfleflo

Some memories of the unique and wonderful Sylvester appearing in little old Brighton town.

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Book cover: two Victorian women and a child by the sea
News Objects

Brighton’s Seaside Stories

9 November 202220 November 2024 alfleflo

A couple of short and juicy tales contributed to Brighton’s Seaside Stories, published in 2017 by QueenSpark Books.

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Head and shoulders of Colin and Phil
News People

Fighting Spirit: an interview with Colin

20 October 202223 November 2024 alfleflo

Forty years after the first case of HIV in Brighton, we remember one brave man who welcomed the press to his hospital bedside in those early years.

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Ten badges arranged together
Groups Objects

Doug Coupe archive: badges

27 September 202223 October 2022 alfleflo

Sussex GLF Secretary, Doug Coupe, shares some memories attached to the badges he has picked up over the years.

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Newspaper cutting with title: Brighton Gay Pride Week
Events Groups

Brighton Gay Pride in 1973

25 August 202225 August 2022 alfleflo

Brighton’s first Gay Pride in July 1973 was a week of events incorporating education, demonstration and celebration!

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David Mullen lying on a studio floor
People

Spotlight on David Watkin

14 August 20224 January 2025 alfleflo

What do the films Goldfinger, Catch 22, and Yentl have in common? Cinematographer and Kemptown resident David Watkin.

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