The LGBTQ+ organisation inspiring creativity
There are many great LGBTQ+ inclusive organisations across Brighton, but one creative group do amazing work providing a safe space for people to share their work. The Write Release are…
The ultimate LGBTQ+ books guide this February
Throughout the month of February, LGBT History Month aims to promote tolerance and spread awareness of the historical and present-day prejudices faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. One…
Do history months promote recognition or exclusion?
This month is LGBTQ+ History month, and over twenty events are taking place at Sussex, making it the university’s biggest LGBTQ+ History Month to date. This annual observance has only…
Moving on the movement
As LGBT History Month begins, offering an opportunity to reflect on the LGBT movement, one student gives his perspective and questions the reality of “gay equality” in modern Britain. As…
Flexing the gay body politic
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, far away from the rows of heart-covered cards in supermarkets, and depressing conversations between student singletons on nightbusses, you will undoubtedly be aware…
Gay is the new black: Why it is wrong to think BME and LGBT identities are mutually exclusive
This week is Diversity Week across campus and to mark it we are having our main event for Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender History Month, “Invisible To Invincible”. This Thursday…
The evolution of the Gay Soc at Sussex
I came to Sussex as an undergraduate in 1977 at a time when Gay Liberation in Britain was only a few years old. As an 18 year old I was…
Why Sussex is supporting LGBT history month
Every February the UK marks and celebrates the contribution that Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered individuals have made throughout history. In the fields of science, entertainment, literature, politics and many…
Section 28: seven years on
This LGBT History Month marks the seventh anniversary of the abolition of Section 28, which prohibited schools from discussing LGBT issues. This denotes a stark contrast to the climate today,…