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Sussex Lancers: 1992 World AIDS Day plaque

7 March 20269 March 2026 alfleflo

A renovation of the paved garden area at the Sussex Beacon reveals a surprising discovery.

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Two men with a motorbike and the words: The Sussex Lancers
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Sussex Lancers at Brighton Museum

15 February 202611 April 2026 alfleflo

An overview of the exhibition about Brighton’s gay bikers and leather enthusiasts, at Brighton Museum 31 January-26 April 2026.

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Trans Sussex

22 April 202517 March 2026 alfleflo

The call logs of Brighton Gay Switchboard reveal the formation of the dedicated Trans Sussex support group in 1980.

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Three men in a line, one on a corded telephone
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Brighton & Hove LGBTQ+ Switchboard at 50

30 March 202512 January 2026 alfleflo

April 2025 marks 50 years of Brighton LGBTQ+ Switchboard, AKA The Lavender Line, so I’ve looked into its origins.

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Portrait of a black man with a colourful spotty background
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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
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Sussex GLF photographs 1973–2023

11 August 202326 August 2025 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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Doug Coupe archive: badges

27 September 202220 February 2026 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
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Brighton Gay Pride in 1973

25 August 202215 February 2026 alfleflo

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

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The MAGIC Farm

30 June 202215 February 2026 alfleflo

It turns out a fruit farm in a quiet Kent village is the perfect spot to host semi-secret gay discos 1977–86!

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Groups News

Gay Lib get together

14 May 202215 February 2026 alfleflo

Historian to host reunion of Brighton’s ‘queer pioneers’ – Argus: 15 December 2021

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