First attempt at creating a Brighton Pride memorial In the mid-90s, legendary LGBT activist Arthur Law (RIP) led a campaign to have a Pride memorial set into the pavement by the Old Steine war memorial. In those days Brighton & Hove Council were not the gay friendly pink £ chasing politicos we know today, and the proposal was roundly rejected. A few of us gathered with Arthur one day to see his design for the memorial which he’d painstakingly picked out using flowers. My memory is not what it was, so if you were there too and remember the date, please get in touch.

Pride float 2023. To commemorate the 50 years since the very first Brighton Pride, Alf Le Flohic and I recreated some placards we had seen the Sussex GLF carrying on some of their protest marches. Gomorrah is Hot was a bit of poetic licence to go with the one about Sodomy being cool, which is a slogan seen in one of the old photos. Also on the float was my friend Danny and several fellow community curators from the Queer the Pier Exhibition at Brighton Museum.