Given Brighton’s reputation as the UK’s gay capital, what statues, monuments, or other public markers exist to support that status?
Category: Objects
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.
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.
A memorable moment in the history of The Perfume Garden – Brighton’s polysexual hard house club of the early naughties.
A couple of short and juicy tales contributed to Brighton’s Seaside Stories, published in 2017 by QueenSpark Books.
Sussex GLF Secretary, Doug Coupe, shares some memories attached to the badges he has picked up over the years.
A wee pink plaque guide to Brighton & Hove, only with very few actual plaques, and more than a few tenuous links.
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.