Category COMMUNITY
The COVID-19 pandemic put many LGBTQ+ young people at risk in the UK, with many living in hostile or unsafe environments, experiencing isolation, mental health pressures and homelessness. In the UK young LGBTQ+ people’s experience was compounded by an increasingly hostile public climate around trans and gender-diverse young people’s rights. The demand on organisations providing support increased significantly, with the LGBTQ+ helpline Switchboard reporting 20% more calls and LGBTQ+ homelessness charities saw a substantial rise in referrals. Community organisations supporting LGBTQ+ young people took a lead by rapidly developing digitally delivered services to continue supporting young people.
Working together with community partners Allsorts Youth Project, AKT, Comics Youth and Mosaic, a University of Brighton research team, investigated the transformations in digital youth work that organisations embarked on, centring both young people’s experience and the youth workers’ perspectives.
We are pleased to invite you to the Men’s Unwanted Sexual Experiences (MUSE) project event with the research team Dr Carl-Bonner Thompson, Dr Kirsty McGregor and Dr Jason Preston, and the project partners 1in6.uk, ManKindUK and Jon Ralphs. Events in Newcastle and Brighton.
Switchboard, in partnership with University of Brighton Centre for Transforming Sexuality and Gender (CTSG), Clarion Futures, are hosting a solution focused, community led conference to provide a springboard for provision of safe LGBTQ+ affirmative housing.
Throughout Queer History Month, the Queer Lit Podcast and the CTSG will be releasing a special collaboration: Through these podcast episodes you will get to meet some of the remarkable members of the CTSG and learn about their research and reading interests.
Due to popular demand, we are holding another walking event on the 25th February. This in addition to the walk of February 23rd (now full). Brighton’s LGBTQ Spaces – Then, Now, Next Date: Friday Feb 25th Time: 2pm – 3.30pm… Continue Reading →
Brighton has a long history of association with sex and sexualities, and from the mid 20th century it became known as a ‘gay and lesbian’ (and now LGBTQ) hotspot. As more LGBTQ people came to the city they made use… Continue Reading →
The University of Brighton’s Community University Partnership Project – CUPP – is delighted to be holding the first community screening and discussion about a new groundbreaking documentary by Stonewall Housing – the UK’s leading LGBTQ+ homelessness charity. The film, ‘Less’, is… Continue Reading →
As part of the Centre for Transforming Sexuality and Gender programme of activities during the Covid-19 lockdown we have reached out to some of the local organisations who work for gender and sexuality diversity and inclusion in Brighton and Hove,… Continue Reading →
The University of Brighton annual LGBTQ+ research undergraduate student final year dissertation/ project prize for University of Brighton Students is for any final year dissertation or project, submitted to any department or program in the University of Brighton, if it… Continue Reading →
