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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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”He also spoke out agast the Commonwealth, which he said is a “bastn of homophobia”, llg for “an end to the crimalisatn of LGBTs 35 Commonwealth untri” up to First Edn, our ee daily newsletter – every weekday morng at 7am BSTAguilera, who also performed at Los Angel Pri June, is among dozens of acts who will take to the stage at Prton Park over the weekend for We are performers clu Ella Henrson, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Björn Aga and RuPl’s Drag Race UK stars Tia Kofi and Bimi. This weekend also marks the 50th anniversary of the cy’s first march, anised by the Ssex Gay Liberatn Kemp, aniser of Pri, told the BBC: “It has been a very long wa but we’re fally here. Image source, Andy Garth/Arg Photographic ArchivImage ptn, The imag are said to be a missg part of Brighton's LGBT historyNewly-disvered photographs of Brighton's first Gay Pri march 1973 are beg shown for the first time at an old negativ were found a drawer of the Arg newspaper archiv, after the outlet photographed the event but did not publish any march was a forenner of Brighton Pri, the UK's biggt Pri exhibn featurg the pictur is nng throughout Augt at the Ssex Bean the cy's Kemptown source, Andy Garth/Arg Photographic ArchivImage ptn, The march was a 'trag ground' for the activism which followed, Simon Watney saidMembers of Gay Brighton Past, an onle history group, disvered the imag the newspaper's of the group, Alf Le Flohic, om The Universy of Brighton, said nobody knew the photos existed.

"The pictur are a missg part of Brighton's LGBT muny history, so was really important to give everyone the chance to see them, " he source, Andy Garth/Arg Photographic ArchivImage ptn, The march was anised by the Ssex Gay Liberatn Front (SGLF)Mr Le Flohic lked up wh former members of the Ssex Gay Liberatn Front (SGLF) - who anised the march - as part of his rearch to the event. Founr Simon Watney said: "The ia that one's 'Glad to be Gay' may sound terribly naive today, but was the begng of a whole notn that you uld be lbian or gay and not be ashamed.

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

"Image source, Andy Garth/Arg Photographic ArchivImage ptn, A police officer wh the group durg the marchFormer SGLF spokman Graham Phillips, who attend the march, said at the time that "many homosexuals 'rponsible jobs' steered clear of the mo" for fear of beg intified and sacked. 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. 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).

ENOLA GAY ANNOUNCE SWIFT RETURN TO BRIGHTON

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.

The late Queen’s 70-year reign saw transformative chang the UK, cludg major laws that advanced LGBTQ+ rights such as the partial crimalisatn of homosexualy 1967 and the Marriage (Same Sex Coupl) Act 2014.

One such untry is Uganda, whose parliament recently passed an Anti-Homosexualy Bill that would make simply intifyg as LGBTQ+ a crimal offence.