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GAYNESS IN QUEER TIMES CONFERENCE
LOCAL MUSICIANS RAISE £1,012.14 FOR PETER TATCHELL FOUNDATION PICTURED WITH PETER L-R: SARAH CLARKE KENT, SUE TYHURST & MICHELE ALLARDYCE.
PROF DAVID HALPERIN
) Tickets are now available for the Gayness In Queer Times Conference. On June 13 and 14 the University of Brighton will be hosting a one-off, two-day conference about gayness. While not denying the power and importance of queerness or the diversity and unity of LGBT+ people, the organisers want to use this conference to have conversations about where ‘gay’ stands today. Attendees can expect discussions on gay culture, history, sex, politics, art, identities, and more! The conference’s keynote speech will be delivered by the world-famous Prof David Halperin (University of Minnesota), author of the groundbreaking studies of gay male culture What Do Gay Men Want? and How to Be Gay. The two-day conference will be hosted by the University of Brighton’s Centre for Transforming Sexuality & Gender, and the Centre for Applied Politics, Philosophy & Ethics. Organisers are keen to encourage people of all sexualities and genders to attend and to join in the discussions, particularly those from outside the university with a special reduced rate of £10 available for attendees without any funding.
HAPPY FATHERS DAY THE GREATEST DAD BRIGHTON 2017 KLARA CSERVENKA
For further info and to buy tickets, view: https://shop.brighton.ac.uk/conferencesand-events/arts-humanities/academicconferences/gayness-in-queer-times or email Ian Sinclair: cappe@brighton.ac.uk
) Peter Tatchell was the special guest speaker at A Night Of 21st Century Folk Music fundraising event for the Peter Tatchell Foundation (PTF) on April 26 at the Unitarian Church, New Road, Brighton. £1,012.14 was raised from ticket and bar sales. Craig Jones, PTF Operations Director said; “What a fantastic achievement! We are immensely grateful for your hard work which will go a long way to funding our work. Thanks to all the performers - I hear it was a wonderful evening.”
singing Appalachian songs of English & Scottish origin; Lisa Knapp - English folk singer and BBC Radio Folk Award winner; Robb Johnson - English political folk singer-songwriter; Sarah Clarke Kent, Sue Tyhurst & Michele Allardyce - Brighton-based folk, blues and indie singer-songwriters; Bird In The Belly - Brighton-based folk group whose debut album The Crowing was heralded as 'Folk Album of the Year' in the Daily Express.
For examples of what PTF do, view their latest case work report here: Live music was provided by Naomi Bedford & Paul Simmonds - Brighton- www.petertatchellfoundation.org/ca based BBC Radio Folk Award nominees se-work-report-2018/
WORLD OF GIN HAMPER TO BE AUCTIONED AT HIBERNATION
BRIGHTON INSIDERS ) Brighton photographer Klara Cservenka is raising money to publish copies of her new book, Brighton Insiders, which comes filled with photographs of unique Brighton folk. Klara says: “Brighton is a city where people of all description feel at home. It’s the one place in the country where outsiders get to feel like they belong, like they’re on the inside of something; it’s a kind of spirit/soul more than anything material. The live music scene, various festivals and Pride weekend all draw a vibrant crowd. So many of them have a strong personal style, folk of all ages who have found a place where they can express themselves freely. “I was born in Brighton in the early 1970s. I grew up here. I moved away, lived in other cities, but returned to discover radical changes, for better and worse. The LGBT+ community has emerged proudly from behind closed doors, no longer hiding away in bars behind blacked-out windows. I have also seen the rising number of homeless people living and sleeping on the streets. They may be viewed as outsiders by many, but they belong here too.” To pre-order a copy of Klara’s book, view: https://crowdbooks.com/projects/brighton
) Another mega World of Gin Hamper is one of the star auction lots at this year’s Hibernation Community Luncheon on Sunday, October 20 at the Old Ship Hotel. The prize has once again grown in size with amazing bottles of gin from all over the UK and abroad including Mexico, San Francisco, Iceland, Germany, Japan and Australia, and all donated by supporters of Bear-Patrol. The prize also includes a Fortnum & Mason wicker gift basket and an afternoon
G&Tea voucher at the Grand Hotel in Brighton. This is a wonderful prize for all gin enthusiasts! Hibernation is organised by BearPatrol and this year will be raising money for the Rainbow Fund and MindOut, the LGBT+ mental health service. If you’d like to donate a bottle of gin towards the auction lot and/or put in a bid on the hamper before the auction, email: info@bearpatrol.org.uk