From the Heart of LGBTQ+ Living. Scene Magazine is a magazine for the LGBTQ+ community. Content is shared across social media. www.gscene.com
Based in Brighton & Hove the magazine is read all across the UK, and the world, with a mix of features, news, previews, reviews, opinion and comment. To read the current issue go to scene.pub/mag
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08/08/2025
The Premier League has officially ended its eight-year partnership with LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall, bringing the widely recognised Rainbow Laces campaign to a close ahead of the 2025–26 season.
Olly Alexander has announced he is joining Team Beacon, the Sussex Beacon’s challenge event group, adding he will be running on behalf of the Beacon in next year’s Brighton Half Marathon.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission is preparing to issue new guidance to the Labour government that would advise public bodies to ban trans people from accessing spaces such as toilets, changing rooms, and sports facilities that match their gender.
The Peter Tatchell Foundation has launched a nationwide campaign against the expansion of US fast-food chain Chick-fil-A into the UK, over its "funding of organisations, individuals and campaigns that have lobbied against LGBTQ+ equality".
Despite years of promises and mounting public pressure, conversion practices - often misleadingly called “conversion therapy” - remain legal in the UK.
These practices aim to suppress or change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity, and are widely condemned by medical and psychological professionals as unethical and harmful.
“It’s amazing the way I don’t hear any applause for that,” Trump said, visibly frustrated by the silence in the room. “Nobody wants to clap, it’s crazy,” he added, prompting a few awkward claps from the assembled media.
Legends Brighton's non-stop cabaret fundraiser over Brighton Pride raised £4,400 for Sussex Beacon, which "will be used to help open the UK's first dedicated LGBTQ+ hospice, which will uniquely combine inclusive care with expertise in specialist HIV care".
When Michael Pereira stepped onto the stage at the Mr Gay Europe final, he wasn’t just chasing a title - he was reclaiming a voice that had once been silenced.
Now crowned winner, the Swiss advocate is using his platform to champion LGBTQ+ youth across Europe, with a message rooted in empathy, resilience and action.
British-Chinese-Vietnamese drag sensation Sum Ting Wong is set to make a triumphant return to the Drag Race stage, this time representing the UK in the hotly anticipated new series, Drag Race Philippines: Slaysian Royale.
Norwegian decathlete Jonathan Hertwig-Ødegaard has spoken candidly about his journey as an openly gay athlete, expressing pride and happiness in his identity while calling for a cultural shift in how society views LGBTQ+ representation in sport.
The British retailer "apologised" after a mother complained about her teen daughter being offered assistance in the lingerie section by a trans employee.
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GScene Magazine is the magazine for the LGBT+ communities in Brighton & Hove. The monthly publication is distributed to readers from Brighton to Eastbourne, London, Portsmouth and Southampton. We are also online at www.gscene.com.
GScene covers LGBT+ news and it's the most comprehensive guide for bars and events in East Sussex.
Gscene Magazine started life in 1993 as a four-page insert stapled into the centre of Impact Magazine, a generic listings magazine for Brighton and Hove. Originally called 'The Q***r Guide', Brighton was not quite ready for the 'Q' word in 1993 and the name of the magazine was changed to Gscene in 1995. During the past 25 years, Gscene has played a vital role in improving services, creating opportunities and informing the LGBT+ communities in East Sussex.
More than a magazine, we strongly believe in a better future and support the LGBT+ communities in every way we can.
James Ledward, who wrote the words above, died in October 2019, and was keen that the magazine that he created and nurtured for over 25 years should become a community resource and asset. To that end we have now been registered as a Not for Profit Social Enterprise, in the form of a Community Interest Company.