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• BRIGHTON PRI: UNSEEN IMAG OF 1973 GAY MARCH DISVERED
• BRIGHTON GAY CHOIR ‘HONOURED’ TO REPRENT LGBTQ+ MUNY AT KG’S RONATN NCERT
• ENOLA GAY ANNOUNCE SWIFT RETURN TO BRIGHTON

BRIGHTON PRI: UNSEEN IMAG OF 1973 GAY MARCH DISVERED

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BRIGHTON GAY CHOIR ‘HONOURED’ TO REPRENT LGBTQ+ MUNY AT KG’S RONATN NCERT

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However, spe the low turnout, other gay events at the time proved popular. Unr nstctn durg the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815), ’s unrstood that the flux of soldiers to Brighton durg the years cis wh the first rerd LGBTQ (Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Queer) history the muny.

ENOLA GAY ANNOUNCE SWIFT RETURN TO BRIGHTON

In the 1930s, gay and lbian bars and pubs spread throughout the cy – and after World War II, whispers of Brighton’s unique diversns spread to others lookg for a safe space to explore their sexualy. Today, ’s thought that 11-15% of all adults Brighton intify as gay, lbian or bisexual. The Actually Gay Men’s Chos will perform durg a Coronatn Concert for Kg Charl III on Sunday, 7 May.

(Getty/Actually Gay Men’s Chos). A gay men’s choir om Brighton says will relish the “once--a-lifetime opportuny” to reprent the LGBTQ+ muny at the Kg’s ronatn ncert this weekend. Brighton & Hove’s Actually Gay Men’s Chos are set to take to the stage at Wdsor Castle on Sunday night (7 May) as part of a ‘ronatn choir’ ma up of diverse amatr sgers cludg refuge, NHS workers and af sgers.

Gav Bent, Chairman of the Actually Gay Men’s Chos, said the group were “thrilled and honoured” to have been selected to jo the ronatn choir, which will also be the subject of a documentary tellg the spirg stori of s members.

Actually Gay Men’s Chos will form part of the ‘ronatn choir’ durg Sunday’s ronatn ncert (Actually Gay Men’s Chos). Found 2005, Actually Gay Men’s Chos wel members of varied ag and backgrounds “who share a passn for mic and a mment to promotg clivy and diversy”, acrdg to the group.