Welcome to the archive
From protests to parties and performances, plus a dash of the day-to-day, we want to document LGBTQIA+ life in Brighton and Hove. This is an inclusive digital archive created to reflect the varied experiences of our LGBTQIA+ community. Whether you're looking for a specific story, want to reminisce about an event or just want to feel inspired, you can browse the archive below.
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This month in queer history
The archive holds 612 catalogued items spanning decades of LGBTQIA+ life in Brighton and Hove: posters and photographs, oral histories, banners, badges and ephemera, gathered by the people who lived it.
Each month we surface something from the same weeks in years past. Until then, the timeline is the place to follow the story as it unfolds.
Featured item
Dykes on Bikes: Jay's Triker Vest
Images of Jay Brady's leather motorcycle vest, with patches from her time biking across the UK. On the back, there is the large Sussex Dykes on Bikes patch. Image of Jay on her trike wearing the vest at Hastings Pride. This photo is pre-COVID taken somewhere between 2017-2019. Sussex Dykes on Bikes led the Pride para...
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Our story Queer Heritage South is a heritage learning project powered by arts charity Marlborough Productions in the heart of the city.
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What’s on From community collecting and digitising sessions to parties, festivals and workshops, our events bring people together.
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Stories Writing from the archive and the people around it: reflections, interviews and what our community champions have been up to.
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