Let the games begin!

In an exclusive interview with the LGBT Ambassador blog, Pride Trustee Geoffrey Bowden explains the delights of Pride and the role it has in the LGBT community. He even contemplates the straight interest in the party and notes just how far we can push things…

Now’s the time to put aside the politics and get on with the fun. The town is yours and this weekend is LGBT weekend.

Party hard, party safe and enjoy every minute, you deserve it!

THE FULL INTERVIEW HERE:

Rod Edmunds

I’m sure you’ve heard their crooning voices before, in fact you’ve probably shared a drink or two with these choristers; the Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus is about as gay as it gets!

But there’s much more to their performances than show tunes: here, interviewed exclusively, Rod Edmunds reveals the chorus’ passionate beliefs about Pride, and what it is to be at the centre of LGBT Brighton’s unique and accepting culture.

THE FULL INTERVIEW

Take pleasure in your writing and win a free stay in Brighton

If you think you can write a 300-word blog titled My Brighton, then get cracking. The Ambassador’s new My Brighton blog prize is up for grabs, just follow the link below and you could get your piece published here.

And the prize?  A two-night, two-person hotel stay, courtesy of the Ambassador Hotel!

Just make your piece specific to the Brighton LGBT experience, enter it in the correct category, and then wait to hear the good news.

FIND OUT MORE

Oh, yes! It’s that time of the year again; Pride is here and before you know it you’ll be sauntering through a city bristling with gay people!

Still, pride has never been exclusively a gay event. It really brings together Brighton’s LGBT community and takes over the streets in celebration.

And straight people love it too. And we’ve got a great intro to what’s on below. And we have a rare interview with the organisers – but you’ll have to wait a few days for that…

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THE OFFICIAL FULL LISTING

Get Gay Golfing at the Brighton Open

If you fancy a round or two at the weekend and find crazy golf on Brighton seafront a little too easy, we’ve something for you.

The Brighton Lesbian and Gay Sports Society (BLAGSS) is running an International Open Golf Tournament at Singing Hills Golf Course.

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It's time for a visit

The latest government figures show we are holidaying at home, fact. Every summer more and more people get themselves to Brighton, and each time they see something new.

As the city’s LGBT community knows only too well, stereotypes can be broken; so whatever pre-concieved ideas tourists may have on arrival, we know they return home having loved every minute of their stay, in Brighton, the LGBT capital of Britain.

UK gay, lesbian, bi- and transgender peoples, all roads lead to Brighton and here’s why…

Everyone’s coming to Brighton!

Wainwright sings Piaf

For one night only, singer Martha Wainwright delivers an intimate and revealing performance of Edith Piaf, at the Brighton Dome.

If you don’t know Piaf’s life story then you should: from the gutter to the stars, and frequently back again, she was the Parisian sweetheart and one-time best paid singer in the world.

Brilliant enough to work for the French Resistance while singing for her Nazi rulers, she had a remarkeable life…

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Get partying, get paddling!

Thought that would get you reading! Yes, this weekend it’s the Paddle Round The Pier Festival on Hove lawns. Enjoying a weekend in Brighton, you can try  just about every watersport on the ocean, or wander round all the stands and stalls, or just sunbathe back on the lawns.

It’s all free, it’s all for charity and by the look of the website, it’s all good! And we’re promised good weather, too! Bring it on!

PADDLE ROUND THE PIER

Dance the night away

Yes, what would the gay capital of the UK be without a ballroom? And those of us who miss a night at the Hanbury Ballrooms can dust off dancing shoes, because it’s re-opening!

Now known as the Brighton Ballrooms, it’s getting a massive redecoration and will soon also become a luxury supper club, very swish.

There may not be any ballroom dancing going on on opening night (Friday 2nd June), but the future line-ups guarantee a party for everyone.

BRIGHTON BALLROOMS: READY TO PARTY

Free food, free spinning classes, free bike check-ups, and even a free screening of a classic silent comedy: it must be bike week! Take your trusty, or rusty steed along to any of these events and you’re sure to have a great time.

BRIGHTON – WHEELY INTO IT…