Out In Brighton With Kathy Caton

The campaign to #FreeTheNipple comes to Brighton, and Dr Olu Jenzen of the University of Brighton on UOB's growing LGBTQ research profile - and how you can get involved with its GScene collaboration.

The biggest weekend in Brighton's LGBTQ calendar - covered by Pride Director Paul Kemp, Stephen Richards aka Lola Lasagne, and Billie Lewis and AJ Patterson from the LGBT Community Safety Forum, and organisers of the Access Tent and Women's Performance Tent respectively.

As Trans Pride Brighton marks its 5th year, we have your full cut out and keep guide:- - Angela Green from the TPB Committee has the full run down on events - The mighty E-J Scott brings the ground-breaking Museum of Transology to Brighton - and Ema Boswood on what's on at the Marlborough and Roni Guetta has the details on the TPB Traumfrau at the North Laine (hint: buy your ticket quick!)

MindOut launch their new Bi peer support group; Matt Rood aka Mr Gay UK; and Sameena Zehra on the Solidarity For Grenfell fundraiser at The Blue Man.

The brilliant Frankie Furlow live in session as they celebrate their first publishing deal, plus Sarah Hutchings on Brighton Museum's LGBTQ oral history project Wear It Out

We've hear from novellist Allie Rogers, whose new book Little Gold looks at coming of age in 1980s Brighton; new queer theatre piece Alice Cracked brings alive five different Alices from history; and MindOut appoint Aaron Lawrence as their first Community Ambassador.

The bloomin' brilliant Brighton Bear Weekend take over Out In Brighton - hear from Billie Lewis, Aneesa Chaudry, Tony Russell, Aaron Lawrence aka Spice, Darren Little, Jon Borthwick, Matt Brooks, Neil Borrett, Ian Chaplin, James Ledward, Maria Baker and Graham Munday. Cor!!

- Brighton drag queen Alpha Bites joins us to talk about Female Trouble, the rise of the femme-centred drag scene, and performing gender on and off the stage As the International Comic Expo comes to Brighton, I’ll be talking to Jessica Kemp of ICE Brighton and Missed Deadline and The Green Ferret artist Melissa Delteil of about women in comics, LGBTQ portrayal and representation, and OF COURSE Wonder Woman - And comedian Jen Brister on her work with Help For Refugees and her fund raiser Stand Up For Refugees at the Dome on 21st June

We’re into the last hurrah of the 2017 Brighton Festival but there’s one more week of Fringe delights ahead for you -The Marlborough Theatre is centre stage this week - Stephanie Ware tells us How Eva Von Schnippish won World War 2 - Also at the Marly Gypsy Queen looks at Sexual identity and hyper-masculinity in the boxing community - Rant and Rave Theatre Company bring their new show 'Sexual Fears of a Modern Day Virgin to the Lantern Theatre - Lorraine Bowen brings her Polyester Fiesta comes to the Spiegeltent - And we look back on Brighton Festival 2017 with Melita Dennett

More Brighton Festival and Fringe delights, and this week we're focussing on the masculine end of the spectrum. - Harry Clayton-Wright, artist in residence at the Marlborough Theatre on bringing new piece Sex Education to the Fringe - Award-winning Drag Prince Alfie Ordinary brings Help I Might Be Fabulous to the Spiegeltent - Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons imagines a world of curtailed speech - We’ve got the heads up on shows including Naked Girls Reading at the Komedia, a one-woman Richard III, the divine Joe Black wants you to meet him at the Eldorado, and artist FK Alexander brings If I could go on singing over the rainbow to the Spire in Kemptown And there’s a smattering of tracks from some of the bands you can catch over The Great Escape and the Alternative Escape

There’s another cornucopia of Brighton Festival and Fringe delights ahead for you this week:- - Award winning live-art cabaret show Terror Australis brings the grimey grungey underbelly of Australian culture to The Warren - creator Leah Shelton will be here to discuss - Paul Diello brings his gender-blending celebration of iconic women in music to Bar Broadway - Challenging homophobia and transphobia within Caribbean communities, Rachael Young brings OUT to the Marlborough Theatre - And as we approach the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia on the 17th May, we look at Brighton's plans to mark the day

Buckle up, because it’s a packed hour - Mjka Scott on new show According to Angelica - looking at Romeo & Juliet through the eyes of the nurse - The return of Carol Cates to the Fringe - she’s been jetting round the world since winning the Fringe’s best music act as Lady Carol of the Moon - Queer performer Nicole Henrikson brings her new theatre piece Makin' It Rain to the Marlborough, taking a frank look behind the curtain of her "day job" as a stripper - Shortlisted for the LGBT award last year, Behind The Lines theatre are back with new piece Fall Of Duty - And none other than Kate Tempest, guest director of the 2017 Brighton Festival, in conversation with Melita Dennett

This is it! The 2017 Brighton Festival and Fringe are on their way, with more LGBTQ shows and content than ever - whatever your thing, you’re going to find it in this year’s Fringe. Amy Mac from Lamb Comedy - winners of Best Venue in 2016 - is in with the full run down of their comedy acts for the next month. The award-winning Tommy, The Queer Historian is bringing his new show Sex Addiction: The Lecture to the fringe - he’ll be in to talk taboos, questioning and opening wounds with a view to healing them. Story writer Cathianne Hall brings The Girl In the Grate to the Fringe - and with over 3,000 episodes of Coronation Street and Emerdale under her belt, she should be able to tell a story! And drum-roll - the mighty, mighty Momotaro are back with a new EP - will be giving you an exclusive listen of new track Gone Days (plus some lovely Sea Bed too).

- We continue our Fringe venue look-aheads - I'm joined by Mill Goble from Sweet Venues, plus the full low down too with what’s on at The Blue Man from proprieter (and No More Page 3 campaigner) Jess Woodfall - Great news for George Montague, famous as ‘the oldest gay in the village’, who’s received the apology he’s campaigned for for years - And more congratulation too to Barry Manilow, who’s publicly come out at 73

The Easter Bonnet Parade and Drag Races at the Bedford Tavern are back - Adam Brooks is in with the low down - Turkish artist Ipek Duben brings her show They/Onlar to Fabrica, exploring how Turkish society views They or the Other - Ema Boswood and Tarik Elmoutawakil from the Marlborough Theatre talk The Talk, the new show coming to the Marly this week, and gives us their Fringe look aheads too And Traumfrau is breaking out of the city - get your passports ready...

- The Kitty Glitter collective are launching their new regular night at the Komedia - we hear from the creative team behind it about what you can expect, and why they're doing it - We discus this year’s City Reads novel, The Handsworth Times, with its author Sharon Duggal And Chloe Foster of Sussex Rainbow Counselling on the need for LGBTQ+ counselling - what she does, and why

- Fox and Owl Can’t Get Married - we be hear about the new documentary from film-maker Fox Fisher exploring inequalities for trans people within the UK law, specifically on the subject of marriage, and discuss LGBT activism in Russia and 5 years of Trans Pride Brighton - and Nicky Haydn from Otherplace Productions and The Warren is in with what you can expect during the Fringe - it’s a cornucopia of delights (some very saucy) including the return of Patti Plinko!

In this week’s tightly packed but perfectly formed show we’re marking International Women’s Day:- - Traumfrau’s Roni Guetta and Ema Boswood of The Pink Fringe have the full low down on what to expect from their annual - fabulous - IWD party Another annual event - our very own Reverbathon - is fast approaching - Kelly Westlake from RadioReverb has the low down there Sweet Venues have got a week of programming to mark International Women’s Day - Sarah Johnsone has update on that plus Hove Grown too - And we kick-off our coverage of Brighton Fringe 2017 with updates from Mill Goble from Sweet Venues, Rosie Blackwell Sutton talking about King of the Fringe, Anna Marie Williams talking about Brighton Open Air Theatre Amy Mac from Lamb Comedy Arts! Culture! International Women!

- The Lesbian Lives Conference returns to Brighton - Professor Kath Browne and Lorenza Ipollito are in with your cut out and keep guide - Ellis Collins on the very welcome return of Have A Word - We hear from Reverb’s very own Melita Dennett ahead of her talk later this week on all things Section 28, and the early days of Pride in Brighton and Hove - we hear from Brighton Festival’s guest director Kate Tempest on what’s ahead for 2017 - and psychosexual counsellor Karen Doherty

- Ema Boswood, new to the Marlborough Theatre’s Marketing team, joins us to look ahead over coming weeks at the Marly - Cameryn Moore’s SMUT SLAM comes to Caffe Moksha - And continuing our theatrical bent - and our look at LGBT History month - Alison Child will be in to discuss Gwen Farrar and Norah Blaney - and how did two such important women become erased from history?