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Events

Brighton Pride 1994

27 July 202227 July 2022 alfleflo

See Brighton Pride as you may never have seen it before, in some of the earliest known footage.

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People

The Hotel Roger Dee

4 July 202219 April 2024 alfleflo

Few people had seen the likes of the Hotel Roger Dee in 1972, especially in Angmering-on-Sea!

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Events Groups

The MAGIC Farm

30 June 202219 April 2024 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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Justin with walking stick at Regency Square by Kevin Weaver
People

Justin Fashanu: Brighton Memories

16 June 202223 November 2024 alfleflo

Justin played for Brighton & Hove Albion from 1985–87, and is remembered here by people who met him.

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Stripey cover with the words: Paint It Pink!
Objects People

Painting It Pink!

1 June 202221 February 2024 alfleflo

A wee pink plaque guide to Brighton & Hove, only with very few actual plaques, and more than a few tenuous links.

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News

It’s A Sin

21 May 202223 November 2024 alfleflo

It’s A Sin and HIV in 1980s Brighton: ‘We were undesirable’ – Argus 27 February 2021

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Groups News

Gay Lib get together

14 May 202214 May 2022 alfleflo

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

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25 people with placards
Events Groups

The ‘Gay Day’ before Pride

13 May 202225 August 2022 alfleflo

Brighton’s first gay demonstration took place in October 1972, a Gay Day staged by the Sussex Gay Liberation Front.

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One man in shorts, another in army uniform
People

Let’s talk about Sydney

5 May 20221 June 2022 alfleflo

Val Miles and I made a film about her gay uncle Sydney, using photos and papers she discovered after his death.

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Crowd gathered outside the Louvre in Paris, with placards about AIDS
Events Groups

ACT UP PARIS, 1992

4 May 202229 March 2023 alfleflo

A series of photographs taken on a demo with ACT UP (AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power) PARIS on 4 April 1992.

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