The following items have been donated to the archive by Carl Boardman. 1. This is a digital reproduction of a flyer for a cabaret and choral performance at The Old Market as part of a collaboration between The Rainbow Chorus and The Accidental Theatre company. The performance was held on the 4th December 1999 in aid of The Sussex Beacon, who specialise in the care and support of those living with HIV. 2. This is a digital reproduction of a flyer for 'A Requiem for Those Who Die Young', a collaboration between Joshua Mills-O'Connor and The Accidental Theatre Company. The performance was held on the evening of the 5th December 1998 at The Brighthelm Centre in aid of the World Aids Day Fund in Brighton.

The event that this flyer refers to was the launch of The Dyke Collective manifesto on the 24th April 2025, held at Dyke Night, a weekly queer social event at The Actors pub, Brighton. The Brighton Dyke Collective participated in a manifesto-writing workshop with Exploding Appendix in early 2024, and the manifesto was created as a group effort to set the tone for the Collective's future. The event included dykey activities and performances to spread the word that inclusive political action is taking place within the community. Bringing the manifesto launch to this space directly politicised it. The event was designed to celebrate dyke culture with performances, an arm wrestling station, and a table for Queers for Palestine, selling copies of the DC manifesto as part of the regular fundraising effort at the Actors. The manifesto is central to the collective and has inspired lots of dykes to get involved. The DC put these posters all around town, in The Queery, at the Universities, pubs, coffee shops, and bars. The event was a great night, with our Chair MCing, poetry from local dyke poets, music, and a reading of our manifesto to finish the night, read by members of the collective.

On show in the Queer the Pier exhibition (2020 - 2022) at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery. Excerpt from 'Brighton Head and Freak' magazine (Issue 3, published 1968/9). Cover features a printed illustration by John Upton. Inside back cover features a poem about cottaging by Bill Butler. Ref: Royal Pavilion & Museums BH703003 Daren Kay, Community Curator: Before the internet, bookshops provided spaces where LGBTIQ+ people could meet and find out about people like themselves. One such queer friendly space was Unicorn Bookshop at 51 Gloucester Road, Brighton that was open from 1966 to 1973. It was owned by openly gay poet and writer, Bill Butler (1937-1977). A poet in his own right, Butler often published homoerotic poems in the shop’s publications such as this one, which is probably about ‘cottaging’– the practise of men looking for sex with other men in public toilets.     John Upton, who designed the cover of this issue of the 'Brighton Head and Freak' magazine, also painted the original mural on the outside of the Unicorn Bookshop.

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 images depicts the exhibition in the public realm in Brighton for Queer in Brighton, where it was displayed from 7th March 2014 - 31st March 2014.

Queer in Brighton Launch Event taking place at Red Roaster in November 2012 featuring performance, readings and interactive installations. Queer in Brighton Launch Event 1. Neil Bartlett, Mark Whitelaw and Marco Nardi Queer in Brighton Launch Event 2. Stacy Makishi Queer in Brighton Launch Event 3. John McCullough Queer in Brighton Launch Event 4. Rose Collis Queer in Brighton Launch Event 5. Marco Nardi Queer in Brighton Launch Event 6. Neil Bartlett Queer in Brighton Launch Event 7. Neil Bartlett & James Gardiner Queer in Brighton Launch Event 8. Vick Ryder Queer in Brighton Launch Event 9. David Sheppeard Queer in Brighton Launch Event 10. Mark Whitelaw Queer in Brighton Launch Event 11. Mark Whitelaw Queer in Brighton Launch Event 12. Audience Queer in Brighton Launch Event 13. Neil Bartlett & John McCullough Queer in Brighton Launch Event 14. Crowd Queer in Brighton Launch Event 15. Chris Taylor (New Writing South) Queer in Brighton Launch Event 16. Unknown Queer in Brighton Launch Event 17. Audience Queer in Brighton Launch Event 18. Audience Queer in Brighton Launch Event 19. Audience Queer in Brighton Launch Event 20. Audience Queer in Brighton Launch Event 21. Audience Queer in Brighton Launch Event 22. Audience

A memory of a visit to Brighton Pride 2006 The image text reads: "Brighton Pride 2006 memory An amazing day, walking near Preston Park, celebrating, drinking and embracing everyone. Such a sense of community, a lot of chaps, someone dressed as Elizabeth and partying long into the night. After all memory of a sense of Joy"

Social and peer support group, Sister Act, produced a monthly newsletter in the 1990s and early 2000s for and by lesbians in Cambridge and East Anglia, and this is a scan of one edition. It was a lifeline for a circulation list of 150-200 women of all ages, helping to create a genuine community for closeted gay women and out-and-proud dykes alike, at a time when their lives and concerns were much debated in parliament and the media. I was editor for a while, and lived from one women's disco to the next, meeting partners and friends who would remain in my life for decades. Nowadays I'm experiencing deja vu having to navigate the pros and cons of coming out all over again and finding a new community as a trans man, now living near Brighton.

On the 20th March 2026 The Dyke Collective Brighton organised an event to celebrate the Spring Equinox. The event took place in Preston Park and the turn out was massive! As the evening went on the fire blazed, marshmallows were roasted, tarots were read and new friends were made. There was a beautiful energy and sense of community.