Photos of Brighton Pride Park event 1995

Photos of Brighton Pride Parade 2000

11 photographs of Brighton Pride celebrations in 1993 or 1994

My first time feeling confident enough (and having friends who wanted to go!) for the Trans Pride afterparty at Concorde 2. After quite a few drinks and realising I had a crush on my friend (now my partner) the three of us got these instant photos from the photobooth and laughed as we realised how unflattering they were. It was also the night the Royal Albion Hotel burnt down - the air was full of smoke and the energy was a bit manic. It was nice to celebrate trans joy amid turbulent times for our community.

Anthony Luvera is an Australian artist, writer and educator based in London. Anthony collaborated with Queer in Brighton on our first commissioned project ‘Not Going Shopping’ to explore the lives of LGTBQ+ people in Brighton. Anthony invited eleven participants to meet him and bring photographs that told their story, and they were encouraged to consider what being queer means to them, and to photograph their experiences and the things they are interested in. The group met regularly to discuss their work and share photographs, and created self-portraits in a photo booth on the North Laine, which led to discussions about photography and identity. Anthony said of the project: “the prospect of creating this work seemed to me to offer a useful way to further my inquiry into participation and self-representation with groups of marginalized individuals, and at the same time provide an opportunity to confront my own views of queerness as a gay man… Images play a powerful role in the stories we tell about ourselves and the histories told about us. Not Going Shopping expresses the points of view of the participants and myself about what it is to be Queer in Brighton.” This collection of photographs were taken by Kelly McBride, one of the respondents to Anthony's open call for submissions. 1. This photo captures an individual sat on a park bench overlooking the park, with a pride rainbow flag draped over their shoulders. 2. This photo depicts a newspaper A-Board with The Argus' headline for the day; it reads "CITY SAVED BY SUNSHINE".

Anthony Luvera is an Australian artist, writer and educator based in London. Anthony collaborated with Queer in Brighton on our first commissioned project ‘Not Going Shopping’ to explore the lives of LGTBQ+ people in Brighton. Anthony invited eleven participants to meet him and bring photographs that told their story, and they were encouraged to consider what being queer means to them, and to photograph their experiences and the things they are interested in. The group met regularly to discuss their work and share photographs, and created self-portraits in a photo booth on the North Laine, which led to discussions about photography and identity. Anthony said of the project: “the prospect of creating this work seemed to me to offer a useful way to further my inquiry into participation and self-representation with groups of marginalized individuals, and at the same time provide an opportunity to confront my own views of queerness as a gay man… Images play a powerful role in the stories we tell about ourselves and the histories told about us. Not Going Shopping expresses the points of view of the participants and myself about what it is to be Queer in Brighton.” This collection of photographs were taken by Matt Robinson, one of the respondents to Anthony's open call for submissions. 1. This photo depicts a rainbow pride flag hanging from a window and moving with the wind. 2. This photo shows a doorway shutter which is painted with rainbow stripes.

Social photos taken during Brighton Pride in Preston Park, 1995.

Social photos taken during Brighton Pride in Preston Park, 1996. These feature the Unison stall and line dancers in the Rawhide tent.

Social photos taken during Brighton Pride in Preston Park, 2003. The theme was "All the Fun of the Fair", photos show fortune telling in the library tent with Maria Jastrzebska (poet) and Caroline Halliday (artist and poet).

Social photos taken at Brighton Pride, 2004, in Preston Park. These feature the Unison stall and the Pavilion lit up pink to celebrate the event, and some members of the Polish women’s group (Polki feminiski)

Social photos taken at Brighton Pride, 2005, in Preston Park. Amnesty International brought a pink tank to the event.

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.

Me in backyard after watching Pride march pass bottom of Edward Street. Dressed as a Stonewall go-go dancer, the theme that year was 50 years since Stonewall. It was also the year that Armistead Maupin popped into our party!

SM Pride takes place on 14 September 1996. It is a celebration of our rights to fantasy and fun! Take your filthy laws off our bodies! It includes Party in the Streets, which assembles at 12.00 p.m. at Whitehall Place, London SW1, followed by Dungeon in the Sky at ULU, Malet Street, WC1, from 2.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m. It also includes the Spanner Ball, from 10.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. at "Arches", Southwark Street, SE1, produced by Torture Garden. It is a benefit for Spanner Rights, fighting for SM rights.

This t-shirt was bought by my mum at a retail store. I came out to her a few years previously and randomly one day she gifted me this t-shirt. We never had a specific conversation about the random present. She's the type of person to see something that she thinks someone else would like and then buys it 'just because'. The first few years after coming out was quite tumultuous so it meant a lot at the time. I don't wear it because it doesn't fit me but I can't throw it away, so it stays hanging on the clothing rail