The call logs of Brighton Gay Switchboard reveal the formation of the dedicated Trans Sussex support group in 1980.
Tag: Sussex Gay Liberation Front
April 2025 marks 50 years of Brighton LGBTQ+ Switchboard, AKA The Lavender Line, so I’ve looked into its origins.
Given Brighton’s reputation as the UK’s gay capital, what statues, monuments, or other public markers exist to support that status?
Tales of Brighton’s queer seaside to accompany SEAS exhibition ‘The Queer Beach’ 29 January–11 February 2024.
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.
I asked members of the Sussex Gay Liberation Front what they thought about being photographed 50 years after the first Brighton Pride in 1973.
Sussex GLF Secretary, Doug Coupe, shares some memories attached to the badges he has picked up over the years.
Brighton’s first Gay Pride in July 1973 was a week of events incorporating education, demonstration and celebration!
Historian to host reunion of Brighton’s ‘queer pioneers’ – Argus: 15 December 2021