Pride in our city

Brighton & Hove


We hope everyone had a safe and happy Pride.

From our famous gender neutral toilets to providing gender neutral titles in forms, Brighton & Hove has a reputation as an inclusive place to live and work.

Take a look back at Pride 2017 and find out how we support the city's LGBT community throughout the year.

Thank you!

Thank you to everyone who helped to make Pride 2017 an amazing celebration. 

Can you spot yourself in our photos of the Pride Community Parade?

Support when you need it

We know that our LGBT community still faces challenges. When things go wrong our Safe in the City team are here to help. We can give you advice and support, working alongside Sussex Police. 

Find out about getting help on the Safe in the City website.

She nails it!

Nail Transphobia founder Charlie travels around the UK with her pop up nail salon to museums, galleries and festivals and offers the public free fantastic manicures, while having a chat with a trans person. Most people haven't met a trans person and quite often have a lot of misconceptions about them.

Our LGBT Workers Forum invited Charlie to spend the afternoon in Jubilee Library to mark International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOBIT) in May.

Do you identify as Trans, Non-Binary or Genderqueer? If so, we'd like you to complete our short survey. We recognise that sometimes things can go wrong and we want to know more about this. 

We'd love to hear from you, go to https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/SLRSHMV

The Museum of Transology and more

2017 marks 50 years since the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in the UK via the Sexual Offences Act (1967).

This summer, Brighton Museum launched a programme of projects, exhibitions, displays and activities to celebrate and connect with LGBTQ lives, histories and culture. 

Get the full programme on the Brighton Museum website.

Royal Pavilion & Museums took part in this year's Pride Community Parade, making it the first Museum service to have a Pride float in the UK. The float represented all five Royal Pavilion and Museums sites – from the Royal Pavilion to Preston Manor. Staff built the float and appeared on it on the day, many of them in costumes they'd made themselves.

Pride bus stop

Have you seen the city's Pride bus stop? 

The art deco shelter is Grade II listed and was originally used as a tram shelter.

The bus shelter is one of many heritage structures in the city that we're involved in restoring. When Brighton & Hove Buses approached us about decorating the shelter for an art project we agreed a 'one off' temporary artwork to celebrate the city's diversity, creativity and community spirit. Going forward, if Brighton & Hove Buses wishes to make this an annual event, we will consider a formal application for Listed Building Consent.

Brighton & Hove Buses will contribute to the long term restoration of the 1930s shelter by repainting it in its original cream colour. 

The bus shelter will be returned to its original colour week beginning 4 September.

Use the hashtag #PrideBusStop to share your photos.

Wander through the aisles of your local library

Brighton & Hove libraries have an impressive selection of LGBT stock. The collection spans across fiction, non-fiction, graphic novels, health… just look for a pink label on the spine. We also have a wide range of LGBT DVD titles to borrow too.

For inspiration, browse our colourful Pride displays for new and recommended titles. 

The collection is available throughout the year. If you're looking for something in particular, it's easy to search our catalogue or just ask a member of staff for help!

Find the opening times for your local library.

LGBT Workers' Forum for council staff

Our Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Workers' Forum provides networking and social opportunities, support and mentoring for council staff.

The forum works in partnership with our Communities, Equality and Third Sector Team. The forum also works with colleagues in other Workers' Forums to promote all the good work that the council does across the city to be as inclusive and engaging as possible. 

The forum took part in this year's Pride Community Parade. 

The forum's parade entry was led with three flags representing the city's wide breadth of LGBTQ communities, the Rainbow Flag, The Trans Flag and, for the first time in the city, the Non-Binary Flag. 

Learn more about our LGBT Workers' Forum on the council website.

If you'd like some ideas about how to support LGBT staff in your workplace take a look at the Pride posters created by our colleagues in the Government Digital Service - they're free to download.

The theme of the forum's entry in this year's Parade was: Brighton – not just a summer, but all seasons of Love, we are Proud to be a city of Inclusion for all!

Pride 2017 clear up

The Pride Community Parade set off at 11am from Hove Lawns on Saturday 5 August arriving at Preston Park for the Pride festival.

The Pride Village Party took place on both Saturday 5 August and Sunday 6 August. St James' Street and surrounding roads were closed for the event.

Staff from Cityclean, the council's refuse and recycling service, have been working flat out since Saturday afternoon on the Pride clear-up.

They have been doing a fantastic, job, working through the night and all day Sunday. Learn more about the clear-up.

Get details of the Pride festival on the Brighton & Hove Pride website