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Contents:

• BEDGE 2021 INTERVIEW: ANDREW WHE: THE GAY AGENDA LIVE!
• SIMON DAVID: WHE GAY
• BRIGHTON GAY MEN’S CHOS BREAK THEIR SILENCE WH A DIFFERENT KD OF BRIGHTON FRGE SHOW
• WHE GAY PRIVILEGE EXISTS ALL YEAR, BUT IS PARTICULARLY HURTFUL DURG PRI
• BRIGHTON B: A UNIFYG THEORY OF GAY
• BRIGHTON GAY BEACH

BEDGE 2021 INTERVIEW: ANDREW WHE: THE GAY AGENDA LIVE!

) mographic there is: the whe gay. From racism to body image, porn addictn to gay Tori, Simon has a tchy song for jt about everythg wrong wh the muny he lov to hate!

@simongayvid. Mighty Hoopla will wele Kelly Rowland, Jamelia, Natasha Bedgfield, and more pop girli this year (Picture: Lorne Thomson/Redferns)From Natasha Bedgfield and Kelly Rowland to Jamelia and Nade Coyle, Mighty Hoopla brgs the very bt of gay ins to the stage. As if that all wasn’t enough, there’s also a Gee Michael dis, a performance om jazz orchtra London Gay Big Band, a DJ set om Harry Gay, and more karaoke opportuni than you n shake a stick at.

SIMON DAVID: WHE GAY

This year, at what’s bee known as the UK’s biggt Pri Ftival, alli Black Eyed Peas will headle (alas, whout Fergie) and there’ll also be sets om gay ins Steps, Spice Girl Melanie C, multi-platum artist Zara Larsson, and Eurovisn hun Mae Muller. Pri Liverpool is back for 2023 and only promis to be bigger, more lourful, and gayer than ever, havg grown nsirably sce s first event 2010. The annual event embrac all kds of talent, big nam and small (Picture: Getty Imag)And for when you fancy dancg the night away, Liverpool has the bt gay nightlife.

BRIGHTON GAY MEN’S CHOS BREAK THEIR SILENCE WH A DIFFERENT KD OF BRIGHTON FRGE SHOW

To name jt a few venu where you n both party and support queer talent: Superstar Boudoir is Liverpool’s number one drag venue wh live baret bars, Navy Bar is a much-loved hotspot wh DJs at the heart of Liverpool’s gay village, and Heaven is the cy’s bit after-hours venue. Perhaps you’d like to watch David Ian’s (Jt a) Perfect Gay?

It’s an upliftg show about learng to belong when you don’t f as David works through the ncept of beg the ‘perfect’ gay. Or what about A Gay Dad? MORE: Homophobic hate preacher expertly shot down by drag queen at Birmgham Pri.

A siways look at Queer ic in Kenh Williams, a tongue--cheek nod at entertaer Michael Ball and Brighton’s Gay Men’s Chos all feature this year’s back-to-normal full-fat Frge. Brighton Gay Men’s Chos take 8 divas and Queer ins and put them through their pac a realy tv settg.

WHE GAY PRIVILEGE EXISTS ALL YEAR, BUT IS PARTICULARLY HURTFUL DURG PRI

It b verbal storytellg and improvisatn, askg is Gay if I keep my socks on? About: Gay boy wh tism explor a lifetime of tryg to f wh other men, wh mixed rults. Brighton Gay Men’s Chos “boldly go where no one’s been before” to save the Pk Pla and ‘beat off’ the nasty Black Hole at St Gee Church, Kemptown.

BRIGHTON B: A UNIFYG THEORY OF GAY

Mart J Dixon returns to the Frge wh his hilar show Big Fat Gay. This is edy about beg gay and fat and totally fe as well.

Combed wh material about beg savagely dumped and gettg back to his gay groove, Mart really has vered the ‘fat’ and the ‘gay’ om his brilliant tle. It might seem like a show only gay men would relate to, but many women and straight men enjoy lghg at him too. Company: Big Fat GayGenre: ComedyDuratn: 60 msLower Age Suabily: 18Upper Age Suabily: +Unr 2's will require a ncsn Prumg Ed'sAccsible Toilet Assistance Dogs Wele Content Warngs: Contas Swearg Addnal Content Warng: Talk of body imageTalk of sexAdd This Event to Your Wishlist.

BRIGHTON GAY BEACH

The latt England and Wal cens data revealed what many have known for many moons and rabows: Brighton and Hove is one the gayt plac the UK. Unsurprisgly, ’s here that the majory of the gay attractns ri: bars, clubs, rtrants, hotels, and beach areas are signated as primarily aimed at our LGBTQ+ cy is the midst of a wele urban regeneratn and new-opengs boom. And, of urse, Brighton’s nudist beach (which attracts many a gay man) is jt a flip-flop skip away.

Dpe all the rehments, echo of Brighton’s gay and lbian past are palpable. Ground has now been broken on a new -pebbl 50m heated outdoor swimmg pool, surround by a new mi-village of fishg history-spired morn huts that nod to Nordic Queer QuarterBrighton’s gay village is ntled around Kemptown’s St.

A new venue, Glamoro Bar, is due to open on the se of Lé Village gay pub later 2023. Further to Kemptown, The Camelford Arms is metr om the sea and serv giant portns of pub gb bare brick, warm surroundgs; Fallen Angel is gay-owned and sy; and the new Malta-spired Arbaleno is on a missn to ‘refe queer culture’ (more on that a b)’s a ttament to the cy’s gay iendls that the venu oppose Brighton’s Gra I-listed Pier are floor-to-ceilg wdowed, out and proud and promently beach hut along the promena of Hove seaont, BrightonAlamyAnd there’s more, over towards Hove, where you’ll fd the sy Bedford Tavern, snug drag venue The Grosvenor (cue Sondheim and sequs!

Addrs: Tutto, 20–22 Marlborough Place, Brighton BN1 1UBWebse: bang the heart of St Jam’s Street, Block is Ben Gill and Kim Doherty’s ‘urban day club’ cked out wh pk furnure and walls, and artworks of gay ins, cludg Freddie Mercury and Grace Jon by The Postman. Although not strictly a gay bar, ’s the heart of the gay village and supports the LGBTQ+ muny wh regular donatns to lol chari. Addrs: Club Revenge, 32-34 Old Stee, Brighton BN1 1ELWebse: ParlourThe Plottg ParlourThis atmospheric, gothic-dream-dér speakeasy-style cktail bar is perfectly placed a si street near the entrance to the Gay Village for a fill of sensatnal, mixologist-signed drks.