💚 When you're new in town, it can be tricky knowing where to go to meet other #lgbtqia people.

▶️ If you've just moved to Hastings and are keen to develop contacts in the community, please get in touch.

👍🏼 We'll signpost you to the places to go where you can make new friends.

🚫 Everyone has the right to be their true self, free from discrimination of any kind.

✅ If you've been on the receiving end of hatred, please reach out to us for support.

👍🏼 We'll help you beat the bigots so you can be who you want to be. Please get in touch if we can help.

A very happy Eid Mubarak! to everyone celebrating.

We send you our warmest good wishes on this most special of days.

#eid alfitr #eid mubarak #eid #eid ulfitr #happyeid

🙄 Coming out can seem a daunting prospect, especially when close relatives are involved. But you're not alone.

✅ We'll listen and support you as much as we can, taking some of the emotional weight off your shoulders.

📱 Contact us by phone, webchat or email and we'll help.

🆕 Are you LGBTQ+, living with or affected by dementia or bereavement, or aged 50+?

Join us at our newest regular drop-in from 10.30am until noon on 30 April at Fitzherbert Community Hub, 2 Bristol Road, Brighton.

Email [email protected] for info or to take part.

➡️ We're here for the family and friends of LGBTQ+ people, not just LGBTQ+ people themselves.

👉🏽 So please reach out to us if you need our help.

🗣️ You can talk to us anonymously and in confidence - and we'll never judge you.

❤️ We're here if you need us.

#YouAreNotAlone

🏃‍♀️ Congratulations to Libbie Nicklin for raising money for us by completing the Brighton Marathon Weekend!

1️⃣ Yesterday's event was the Oxford Brookes University student's first full marathon.

👀 To read more and sponsor Libbie see bit.ly/3vFyC37

#BrightonMarathon #BrightonMarathon 2024

👍🏼 A whopping great 'thank you' to the fabulous Dan and team at #Hove -based Big Slice Pizza Co. for catering free of charge for an event hosted by our Bereavement, Older People's and Dementia Services team.

🍕 Their kindness and generosity literally went down very nicely.

Happy International Asexuality Day!

IAD celebrates people who are Ace, an umbrella term used to describe a lack of, varying, or occasional experiences of sexual attraction.

This includes asexual people and those who identify as demisexual and grey-sexual.

International Asexuality Day #IAD

We rely on donations from people like you to run our services.

This support helps us reduce social isolation, improve mental wellbeing and offer a listening ear to LGBTQ+ people across Sussex.

Please scan the QR code or click bit.ly/donate-to-swit… to fund our work. Thank you.

🆕 Are you LGBTQIA+ and struggling with issues related to food, e.g., organising meals and affording ingredients?

Join F*ck My Life for Create, Cook, Survive

6-9pm, fortnightly from 10 April, Community Kitchen, Queen's Rd, Brighton

Email [email protected] to book

🏳️‍⚧ Nobody should be abused for being their true self.

💗 If you're trans and the target of insults at work, reach out.

👂 We'll listen and help.

👍🏽 We're here for you if you need us.

#StopTransphobia #TransRights #WorkplaceEquality #YouAreNotAlone #SupportIsHere

🕯️ We're inviting LGBTQ+ people who have experienced bereavement or loss to take part in our free candle-painting session.

🕑 The Grief Meets event will be held from 2-3.30pm on Wednesday 24 April in Brighton.

✉️ Email [email protected] to book your place.

💙 Being unable to be your true self when you're with your loved ones can be exceptionally challenging.

If you're in this situation, please get in touch with us.

We'll listen closely to everything you say and will do our best to help.

We're here for you if you need us.

Switchboard For the Zoom link to the virtual launch event please email [email protected]

@lgbtswitchboard Alzheimer's Research UK Sheffield Museums The Keep Queer in Brighton / Queer Heritage South Museum of Transology LSE Bishopsgate Institute

Switchboard The event will introduce the new LGBTQ+ Memories app package they have created with us to support people living with dementia liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/house-of-memor…

It's your last chance to sign up to the virtual launch of LGBTQ+ content on our app - we're celebrating at 2pm tomorrow (Thurs 4 April) with an online event hosted by @lgbtswitchboard!

Our Bereavement, Older People's and Dementia Services team recently held a Grief Meets...Collage event.

Our pics show parts of some of the great work created during the session.

To take part in similar events, please email [email protected]

🤎 We're here for you if you need someone to talk to.

You can contact our helpline team anonymously and in confidence about anything that's on your mind.

They'll listen carefully to everything you have to say and will never judge you.

Reach out to them if you need a chat.

👏🏼 Huge thanks to Waitrose & Partners Hove and LUSH UK Brighton for donating items such as toiletries and period products to our free care packages, which we give to any #lgbtqia person who needs one.

✅ If you'd like to donate items for our packages, please email [email protected]