Theatre programme for Brighton Cares 7th annual gala benefit for HIV/AIDS, titled 'This is the Moment'. Contains information about performers, music performed and advertisements for local businesses. Held on Sunday, 4 February 1996.

Introduction from Mayor, adverts for venues and businesses, programme of performances, acknowledgements and thanks, information about Brighton Cares, adverts for merchandise, advert for another event, list of performers

Musical comedy, operetta, opera, and theatrical anecdotes were performed by the actors of Brighton, devised and produced by Bernard Jay. It features advertisements for events, venues, and local businesses, an introduction by Dora Bryan, an introduction to Sussex AIDS Trust, a programme of performances, a list of credits, and a list of volunteers. Separate newspaper cuttings are also present: Divine Cause of the Godfather about Bernard Jay from the Brighton & Hove Leader (18 January 1990) and A Stylish Show for AIDS Sufferers about the Brighton Cares show (source unknown).

A poster for the first Brighton Dyke Munch, made by me. The poster was displayed at The Ledward Centre in August-September 2023. The munch took place on 16th September 2023. The event was attended by around 40 kinky dykes of all genders, who gathered together to chat over tea and biscuits.

This HLF-funded Brighton project by QueenSpark Books changed the face of the trans community in our city. We plastered the side of the wall of the pub with photocopies of our faces and all came out to the local community walking past. We projected huge images of our faces onto the side of a church in the busiest part of town. And we found each other, and worked together, and listened to each other’s stories

Card game from Candy Bar Candy Bar was a lesbian bar that ran from 2000-2004 and was situated in St James Street, Brighton. Cards include instructions and game on one side, the other detailing regular events happening in Candy Bar in Brighton as well as its sister location in Soho London (1996-2014).

Two pink-and-white badges from the Dyke Collective Brighton, one reading 'With Love & Rage, The Dyke Collective Brighton' and the other 'The Dyke Collective Brighton'.

The meeting held on Saturday 29 November at 7pm at The Queery. It brought together dykes from Brighton and beyond to organise to defend, build, and take care of one another. The discussion focused on fighting back against a war-hungry, racist, patriarchal and misogynistic system, building community as self-defence, and existing to create, rest, look after one another, play, dance, love, and find joy within each other.

Digital reproduction of a review in the Evening Argus of Siren's play ‘From the Divine', which opened at the Pavilion Theatre, Brighton.

On show in the Queer the Pier exhibition (2020 - 2022) at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery. Excerpt from 'Brighton Head and Freak' magazine (Issue 3, published 1968/9). Cover features a printed illustration by John Upton. Inside back cover features a poem about cottaging by Bill Butler. Ref: Royal Pavilion & Museums BH703003 Daren Kay, Community Curator: Before the internet, bookshops provided spaces where LGBTIQ+ people could meet and find out about people like themselves. One such queer friendly space was Unicorn Bookshop at 51 Gloucester Road, Brighton that was open from 1966 to 1973. It was owned by openly gay poet and writer, Bill Butler (1937-1977). A poet in his own right, Butler often published homoerotic poems in the shop’s publications such as this one, which is probably about ‘cottaging’– the practise of men looking for sex with other men in public toilets.     John Upton, who designed the cover of this issue of the 'Brighton Head and Freak' magazine, also painted the original mural on the outside of the Unicorn Bookshop.

Theatre program for Brighton Cares of Follies including local business advertisements and a letter from Brighton Cares on 31st October 1993, thanking the for the support in fundraising for people living with HIV/ AIDS with a message from the Mayor of Brighton Councillor David Lepper. It also includes names of the performers and the musical numbers with production credits with a special dedication to Alexis Smith, an award winning star of the Original Broadway production of Follies on the back cover

Gay Soc Meeting - University of Sussex

Free news sheet which details Brighton local HIV healthcare stories and support. Includes sections covering aromatherapy, HIV service forums, medical matters, figures regarding HIV, positive news stories.

Badge with Pride at Arcobaleno on. From Arcobaleno, a bar and restaurant that was on St George's Street, Kemptown, Brighton and is now closed.

Kitsch and Sync Production programme for Torch Song Trilogy by Harvey Fierstein, staged at Sallis Benney Theatre in October 1994. The programme notes that all profits from the production were donated to Brighton Cares. Contents include an introduction to Brighton Cares, cast and crew listings, a synopsis of scenes, interval information, and advertisements for local businesses.