Brighton’s first gay demonstration took place in October 1972, a Gay Day staged by the Sussex Gay Liberation Front.
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Val Miles and I made a film about her gay uncle Sydney, using photos and papers she discovered after his death.
A series of photographs taken on a demo with ACT UP (AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power) PARIS on 4 April 1992.
A short film of Trans Pride in Brighton in 2015, featuring Kate O’Donnell singing Stand By Your Trans with the Rainbow Chorus.
Last century nightclubs would advertise with flyers, and they were everywhere. Some ingenious soul made a fistful of Wild Fruit flyers into a waistcoat, obvs…
There was definitely a protest uniform that many of us wore during the fight against Section 28. Here are a few details about mine.
He really should be way more famous than he is. Edward Carpenter and his partner George Merrill were inspirational revolutionaries.
You may not know the name, but from fashion to fetish, the Sussex Lancers left their mark on the Brighton scene.
Famous for her beehive, black eye make-up and soulful voice, Dusty was also one of the first pop stars to admit to being intimate with the same sex.
Pride returned to Brighton in 1991, as a response to Section 28. The march through town was just one part of a four day festival of events.