Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboard
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🏳️⚧️ Trans Awareness Week
Ives (they/them), our Safe Accommodations Domestic Abuse Caseworker: “Pledging to support trans and non-binary survivors of domestic abuse find safety, dignity, and a place to call home.”
Video: www.transinthecity.co.uk/i-stand-with-trans
#IStandWithTrans #TransRights #LGBTQ+
Ives (they/them), our Safe Accommodations Domestic Abuse Caseworker: “Pledging to support trans and non-binary survivors of domestic abuse find safety, dignity, and a place to call home.”
Video: www.transinthecity.co.uk/i-stand-with-trans
#IStandWithTrans #TransRights #LGBTQ+
November 17, 2025 at 9:34 AM
🏳️⚧️ Trans Awareness Week
Ives (they/them), our Safe Accommodations Domestic Abuse Caseworker: “Pledging to support trans and non-binary survivors of domestic abuse find safety, dignity, and a place to call home.”
Video: www.transinthecity.co.uk/i-stand-with-trans
#IStandWithTrans #TransRights #LGBTQ+
Ives (they/them), our Safe Accommodations Domestic Abuse Caseworker: “Pledging to support trans and non-binary survivors of domestic abuse find safety, dignity, and a place to call home.”
Video: www.transinthecity.co.uk/i-stand-with-trans
#IStandWithTrans #TransRights #LGBTQ+
Inclusion isn’t about ticking boxes — it’s about confidence and communication
Confidence to ask, listen, and learn
That’s what our LGBTQ+ Inclusion Training builds
97% rate sessions 4 or 5 stars
Most people make positive changes in how they work
training@switchboard.org.uk
Confidence to ask, listen, and learn
That’s what our LGBTQ+ Inclusion Training builds
97% rate sessions 4 or 5 stars
Most people make positive changes in how they work
training@switchboard.org.uk
November 16, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Inclusion isn’t about ticking boxes — it’s about confidence and communication
Confidence to ask, listen, and learn
That’s what our LGBTQ+ Inclusion Training builds
97% rate sessions 4 or 5 stars
Most people make positive changes in how they work
training@switchboard.org.uk
Confidence to ask, listen, and learn
That’s what our LGBTQ+ Inclusion Training builds
97% rate sessions 4 or 5 stars
Most people make positive changes in how they work
training@switchboard.org.uk
🏳️⚧️ Trans Awareness Week
Chris (he/him), Head of Operations, shares his message: “Pledging to keep the welfare of trans and non-binary people at the heart of my work.”
Full video: www.transinthecity.co.uk/i-stand-with-trans
#IStandWithTrans #TransRights #LGBTQ+
Chris (he/him), Head of Operations, shares his message: “Pledging to keep the welfare of trans and non-binary people at the heart of my work.”
Full video: www.transinthecity.co.uk/i-stand-with-trans
#IStandWithTrans #TransRights #LGBTQ+
November 16, 2025 at 11:09 AM
🏳️⚧️ Trans Awareness Week
Chris (he/him), Head of Operations, shares his message: “Pledging to keep the welfare of trans and non-binary people at the heart of my work.”
Full video: www.transinthecity.co.uk/i-stand-with-trans
#IStandWithTrans #TransRights #LGBTQ+
Chris (he/him), Head of Operations, shares his message: “Pledging to keep the welfare of trans and non-binary people at the heart of my work.”
Full video: www.transinthecity.co.uk/i-stand-with-trans
#IStandWithTrans #TransRights #LGBTQ+
🏳️⚧️ Trans Awareness Week
Claudette (she/her) Engagement Support Worker for our Bereavement Team, shares her message:
“Pledging to welcome every queer person into an inclusive and non-judgemental safe space.”
Full video: www.transinthecity.co.uk/i-stand-with-trans
#IStandWithTrans #TransRights #LGBTQ
Claudette (she/her) Engagement Support Worker for our Bereavement Team, shares her message:
“Pledging to welcome every queer person into an inclusive and non-judgemental safe space.”
Full video: www.transinthecity.co.uk/i-stand-with-trans
#IStandWithTrans #TransRights #LGBTQ
November 15, 2025 at 12:37 PM
🏳️⚧️ Trans Awareness Week
Claudette (she/her) Engagement Support Worker for our Bereavement Team, shares her message:
“Pledging to welcome every queer person into an inclusive and non-judgemental safe space.”
Full video: www.transinthecity.co.uk/i-stand-with-trans
#IStandWithTrans #TransRights #LGBTQ
Claudette (she/her) Engagement Support Worker for our Bereavement Team, shares her message:
“Pledging to welcome every queer person into an inclusive and non-judgemental safe space.”
Full video: www.transinthecity.co.uk/i-stand-with-trans
#IStandWithTrans #TransRights #LGBTQ
🏳️⚧️ Trans Awareness Week 13-19 Nov 🏳️⚧️
The first in our video series from Switchboard. CEO Rob Sainsbury shares how he stands with our trans community: advocating for rights, tackling inequalities and challenging oppression.
#IStandWithTrans #TransRights #LGBTQ+
The first in our video series from Switchboard. CEO Rob Sainsbury shares how he stands with our trans community: advocating for rights, tackling inequalities and challenging oppression.
#IStandWithTrans #TransRights #LGBTQ+
November 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM
🏳️⚧️ Trans Awareness Week 13-19 Nov 🏳️⚧️
The first in our video series from Switchboard. CEO Rob Sainsbury shares how he stands with our trans community: advocating for rights, tackling inequalities and challenging oppression.
#IStandWithTrans #TransRights #LGBTQ+
The first in our video series from Switchboard. CEO Rob Sainsbury shares how he stands with our trans community: advocating for rights, tackling inequalities and challenging oppression.
#IStandWithTrans #TransRights #LGBTQ+
Day 31: Le Gateau Chocolat (he/they).
British-Nigerian drag artist and operatic baritone. Works include “BLACK”, “ICONS”, “DUCKIE”. Credits span Royal Albert Hall, Barbican and Sydney Opera House.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
British-Nigerian drag artist and operatic baritone. Works include “BLACK”, “ICONS”, “DUCKIE”. Credits span Royal Albert Hall, Barbican and Sydney Opera House.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
October 31, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Day 31: Le Gateau Chocolat (he/they).
British-Nigerian drag artist and operatic baritone. Works include “BLACK”, “ICONS”, “DUCKIE”. Credits span Royal Albert Hall, Barbican and Sydney Opera House.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
British-Nigerian drag artist and operatic baritone. Works include “BLACK”, “ICONS”, “DUCKIE”. Credits span Royal Albert Hall, Barbican and Sydney Opera House.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
Day 30: Josef Cabey (he/him).
Artist based in Brighton. Works across painting and digital with text. “Conversations” links Black queer past and present; projects shown with SEAS, Phoenix and BMECP.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
Artist based in Brighton. Works across painting and digital with text. “Conversations” links Black queer past and present; projects shown with SEAS, Phoenix and BMECP.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
October 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Day 30: Josef Cabey (he/him).
Artist based in Brighton. Works across painting and digital with text. “Conversations” links Black queer past and present; projects shown with SEAS, Phoenix and BMECP.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
Artist based in Brighton. Works across painting and digital with text. “Conversations” links Black queer past and present; projects shown with SEAS, Phoenix and BMECP.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
Day 29: Yasmin Benoit (she/her).
Asexual and aromantic activist and model. Co-founded International Asexuality Day in 2021 and partnered with Stonewall on the Ace Project and Ace in the UK report.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
Asexual and aromantic activist and model. Co-founded International Asexuality Day in 2021 and partnered with Stonewall on the Ace Project and Ace in the UK report.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
October 30, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Day 29: Yasmin Benoit (she/her).
Asexual and aromantic activist and model. Co-founded International Asexuality Day in 2021 and partnered with Stonewall on the Ace Project and Ace in the UK report.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
Asexual and aromantic activist and model. Co-founded International Asexuality Day in 2021 and partnered with Stonewall on the Ace Project and Ace in the UK report.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
Day 28: Tarana Burke (she/her).
Founded “me too.” in 2006 to support survivors. In 2017 the hashtag spread worldwide and the Silence Breakers were TIME Person of the Year. Author of “Unbound” (2021).
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
Founded “me too.” in 2006 to support survivors. In 2017 the hashtag spread worldwide and the Silence Breakers were TIME Person of the Year. Author of “Unbound” (2021).
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
October 28, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Day 28: Tarana Burke (she/her).
Founded “me too.” in 2006 to support survivors. In 2017 the hashtag spread worldwide and the Silence Breakers were TIME Person of the Year. Author of “Unbound” (2021).
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
Founded “me too.” in 2006 to support survivors. In 2017 the hashtag spread worldwide and the Silence Breakers were TIME Person of the Year. Author of “Unbound” (2021).
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
Day 27: Georgina Beyer (she/her).
First openly transgender mayor (Carterton, 1995) and first openly transgender MP (Wairarapa, 1999). Backed sex work decriminalisation in 2003 and civil unions in 2004. Died in 2023 at 65.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
First openly transgender mayor (Carterton, 1995) and first openly transgender MP (Wairarapa, 1999). Backed sex work decriminalisation in 2003 and civil unions in 2004. Died in 2023 at 65.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
October 27, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Day 27: Georgina Beyer (she/her).
First openly transgender mayor (Carterton, 1995) and first openly transgender MP (Wairarapa, 1999). Backed sex work decriminalisation in 2003 and civil unions in 2004. Died in 2023 at 65.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
First openly transgender mayor (Carterton, 1995) and first openly transgender MP (Wairarapa, 1999). Backed sex work decriminalisation in 2003 and civil unions in 2004. Died in 2023 at 65.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
Day 26: Marsha P. Johnson (she/her).
Activist and drag queen. Co-founded STAR and ran STAR House for homeless LGBTQ youth. Stonewall protester. Died in 1992; death later reclassified “undetermined”, with renewed attention in 2012.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
Activist and drag queen. Co-founded STAR and ran STAR House for homeless LGBTQ youth. Stonewall protester. Died in 1992; death later reclassified “undetermined”, with renewed attention in 2012.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
October 26, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Day 26: Marsha P. Johnson (she/her).
Activist and drag queen. Co-founded STAR and ran STAR House for homeless LGBTQ youth. Stonewall protester. Died in 1992; death later reclassified “undetermined”, with renewed attention in 2012.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
Activist and drag queen. Co-founded STAR and ran STAR House for homeless LGBTQ youth. Stonewall protester. Died in 1992; death later reclassified “undetermined”, with renewed attention in 2012.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
Day 25: Ivor Cummings (he/him).
Colonial Office official who met the Empire Windrush in 1948, fixed beds at Clapham South, issued travel warrants and linked people to work in London and beyond. Often called the gay father of Windrush.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
Colonial Office official who met the Empire Windrush in 1948, fixed beds at Clapham South, issued travel warrants and linked people to work in London and beyond. Often called the gay father of Windrush.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
October 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Day 25: Ivor Cummings (he/him).
Colonial Office official who met the Empire Windrush in 1948, fixed beds at Clapham South, issued travel warrants and linked people to work in London and beyond. Often called the gay father of Windrush.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
Colonial Office official who met the Empire Windrush in 1948, fixed beds at Clapham South, issued travel warrants and linked people to work in London and beyond. Often called the gay father of Windrush.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
Day 24: Justin Fashanu (he/him).
First openly gay professional footballer in the UK. Norwich City’s 1980 Goal of the Season v Liverpool. £1m move to Nottingham Forest in 1981. Hall of Fame in 2020.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
First openly gay professional footballer in the UK. Norwich City’s 1980 Goal of the Season v Liverpool. £1m move to Nottingham Forest in 1981. Hall of Fame in 2020.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
October 26, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Day 24: Justin Fashanu (he/him).
First openly gay professional footballer in the UK. Norwich City’s 1980 Goal of the Season v Liverpool. £1m move to Nottingham Forest in 1981. Hall of Fame in 2020.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
First openly gay professional footballer in the UK. Norwich City’s 1980 Goal of the Season v Liverpool. £1m move to Nottingham Forest in 1981. Hall of Fame in 2020.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
Day 23 of Black History Story.
ALOK Vaid-Menon (they/them) - writer and performer; author of “Beyond the Gender Binary” (2020). Touring work that blends poetry, comedy and social commentary.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025 #BlackHistoryMonth
ALOK Vaid-Menon (they/them) - writer and performer; author of “Beyond the Gender Binary” (2020). Touring work that blends poetry, comedy and social commentary.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025 #BlackHistoryMonth
October 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Day 23 of Black History Story.
ALOK Vaid-Menon (they/them) - writer and performer; author of “Beyond the Gender Binary” (2020). Touring work that blends poetry, comedy and social commentary.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025 #BlackHistoryMonth
ALOK Vaid-Menon (they/them) - writer and performer; author of “Beyond the Gender Binary” (2020). Touring work that blends poetry, comedy and social commentary.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025 #BlackHistoryMonth
Day 22 of Black History Story.
Tarik Elmoutawakil (he/him) is Founder and Co-Artistic Director at Marlborough Productions in Brighton, and the creator of Brownton Abbey centring disabled queer people of colour.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025 #BlackHistoryMonth
Tarik Elmoutawakil (he/him) is Founder and Co-Artistic Director at Marlborough Productions in Brighton, and the creator of Brownton Abbey centring disabled queer people of colour.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025 #BlackHistoryMonth
October 23, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Day 22 of Black History Story.
Tarik Elmoutawakil (he/him) is Founder and Co-Artistic Director at Marlborough Productions in Brighton, and the creator of Brownton Abbey centring disabled queer people of colour.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025 #BlackHistoryMonth
Tarik Elmoutawakil (he/him) is Founder and Co-Artistic Director at Marlborough Productions in Brighton, and the creator of Brownton Abbey centring disabled queer people of colour.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025 #BlackHistoryMonth
Day 21 of Black History Story.
Stormé DeLarverie (she/her) was a drag king with the Jewel Box Revue, a Stonewall veteran, and a Village guardian who kept people safe outside lesbian bars.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025 #BlackHistoryMonth
Stormé DeLarverie (she/her) was a drag king with the Jewel Box Revue, a Stonewall veteran, and a Village guardian who kept people safe outside lesbian bars.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025 #BlackHistoryMonth
October 23, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Day 21 of Black History Story.
Stormé DeLarverie (she/her) was a drag king with the Jewel Box Revue, a Stonewall veteran, and a Village guardian who kept people safe outside lesbian bars.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025 #BlackHistoryMonth
Stormé DeLarverie (she/her) was a drag king with the Jewel Box Revue, a Stonewall veteran, and a Village guardian who kept people safe outside lesbian bars.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025 #BlackHistoryMonth
Thank you to all our partners who joined our LGBTQ+ 50+ Services Showcase!
We’re already thinking about what’s next.
If you’re part of a group or service that supports older LGBTQ+ communities, drop us a line – we’d love to hear from you: BOLD@switchboard.org.uk
#LGBTQ50Plus #BrightonAndHove
We’re already thinking about what’s next.
If you’re part of a group or service that supports older LGBTQ+ communities, drop us a line – we’d love to hear from you: BOLD@switchboard.org.uk
#LGBTQ50Plus #BrightonAndHove
October 20, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Thank you to all our partners who joined our LGBTQ+ 50+ Services Showcase!
We’re already thinking about what’s next.
If you’re part of a group or service that supports older LGBTQ+ communities, drop us a line – we’d love to hear from you: BOLD@switchboard.org.uk
#LGBTQ50Plus #BrightonAndHove
We’re already thinking about what’s next.
If you’re part of a group or service that supports older LGBTQ+ communities, drop us a line – we’d love to hear from you: BOLD@switchboard.org.uk
#LGBTQ50Plus #BrightonAndHove
Day 20 of Black History Story.
Son of a Tutu (he/she/they) is a British Nigerian drag artist, actor and activist. Drag Idol UK 2011. Helped lead the Soho vigil after Orlando in 2016. Iris Prize 2023 for “Lemon”, in “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie”. #BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025 #BlackHistoryMonth
Son of a Tutu (he/she/they) is a British Nigerian drag artist, actor and activist. Drag Idol UK 2011. Helped lead the Soho vigil after Orlando in 2016. Iris Prize 2023 for “Lemon”, in “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie”. #BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025 #BlackHistoryMonth
October 20, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Day 20 of Black History Story.
Son of a Tutu (he/she/they) is a British Nigerian drag artist, actor and activist. Drag Idol UK 2011. Helped lead the Soho vigil after Orlando in 2016. Iris Prize 2023 for “Lemon”, in “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie”. #BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025 #BlackHistoryMonth
Son of a Tutu (he/she/they) is a British Nigerian drag artist, actor and activist. Drag Idol UK 2011. Helped lead the Soho vigil after Orlando in 2016. Iris Prize 2023 for “Lemon”, in “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie”. #BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025 #BlackHistoryMonth
Day 19 of Black History Story.
Aneesa Chaudhry (she/her) is a Brighton singer, conductor and voice coach. As Musical Director of Rainbow Chorus she builds community through music and takes LGBTQ+ voices to Pride, Trans Pride and World AIDS Day.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025 #BlackHistoryMonth
Aneesa Chaudhry (she/her) is a Brighton singer, conductor and voice coach. As Musical Director of Rainbow Chorus she builds community through music and takes LGBTQ+ voices to Pride, Trans Pride and World AIDS Day.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025 #BlackHistoryMonth
October 19, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Day 19 of Black History Story.
Aneesa Chaudhry (she/her) is a Brighton singer, conductor and voice coach. As Musical Director of Rainbow Chorus she builds community through music and takes LGBTQ+ voices to Pride, Trans Pride and World AIDS Day.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025 #BlackHistoryMonth
Aneesa Chaudhry (she/her) is a Brighton singer, conductor and voice coach. As Musical Director of Rainbow Chorus she builds community through music and takes LGBTQ+ voices to Pride, Trans Pride and World AIDS Day.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025 #BlackHistoryMonth
Day 18 of Black History Story.
Bayard Rustin (he/him) was the strategist behind the 1963 March on Washington and a key voice for nonviolence. Openly gay, he faced a 1953 arrest later pardoned in 2020, and received the 2013 Medal of Freedom.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025 #BlackHistoryMonth
Bayard Rustin (he/him) was the strategist behind the 1963 March on Washington and a key voice for nonviolence. Openly gay, he faced a 1953 arrest later pardoned in 2020, and received the 2013 Medal of Freedom.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025 #BlackHistoryMonth
October 18, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Day 18 of Black History Story.
Bayard Rustin (he/him) was the strategist behind the 1963 March on Washington and a key voice for nonviolence. Openly gay, he faced a 1953 arrest later pardoned in 2020, and received the 2013 Medal of Freedom.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025 #BlackHistoryMonth
Bayard Rustin (he/him) was the strategist behind the 1963 March on Washington and a key voice for nonviolence. Openly gay, he faced a 1953 arrest later pardoned in 2020, and received the 2013 Medal of Freedom.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025 #BlackHistoryMonth
Day 17 of Black History Story.
Pearl Alcock (she/her) turned life into art and community into care. She kept a Brixton shebeen, then in her 50s made work later shown at Tate Britain and the Whitworth.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025 #BlackHistoryMonth
Pearl Alcock (she/her) turned life into art and community into care. She kept a Brixton shebeen, then in her 50s made work later shown at Tate Britain and the Whitworth.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025 #BlackHistoryMonth
October 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Day 17 of Black History Story.
Pearl Alcock (she/her) turned life into art and community into care. She kept a Brixton shebeen, then in her 50s made work later shown at Tate Britain and the Whitworth.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025 #BlackHistoryMonth
Pearl Alcock (she/her) turned life into art and community into care. She kept a Brixton shebeen, then in her 50s made work later shown at Tate Britain and the Whitworth.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025 #BlackHistoryMonth
Day 16 of Black History Story.
Ted Brown (he/him) is a UK activist who helped organise early Pride and spent decades pushing for Black queer visibility, media accountability and safer services for LGBTQ+ people. #BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025 #BlackHistoryMonth
Ted Brown (he/him) is a UK activist who helped organise early Pride and spent decades pushing for Black queer visibility, media accountability and safer services for LGBTQ+ people. #BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025 #BlackHistoryMonth
October 16, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Day 16 of Black History Story.
Ted Brown (he/him) is a UK activist who helped organise early Pride and spent decades pushing for Black queer visibility, media accountability and safer services for LGBTQ+ people. #BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025 #BlackHistoryMonth
Ted Brown (he/him) is a UK activist who helped organise early Pride and spent decades pushing for Black queer visibility, media accountability and safer services for LGBTQ+ people. #BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025 #BlackHistoryMonth