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  • History Club: Exploring the History of Schools OUT with Sue Sanders
    History Club: Exploring the History of Schools OUT with Sue Sanders Sunday 27 September 2026 The Old Courthouse, Brighton For our first History Club of the season we are very excited to be joined by activist, writer, and Emeritus Professor Sue Sander to explore her story of political activism. Sue Sanders is an Emeritus Professor at the Harvey Milk Institute, she is the author of poetry, short stories, and articles on feminist issues, equality, education, and homophobia, and an “out and proud” lesbian and LGBT rights activist; Sue became chair of Schools OUT UK in 2000. She was a founding member of the LGBT Advisory Group to the Metropolitan Police and worked closely with the criminal justice system on hate crime after the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry. In 2004 she instituted the UK's first LGBT History Month, an annual event which happens every February. In 2007 she was responsible for the website The Classroom, which has over 80 lesson plans that ‘usualise’ LGBT people in all their diversity for all ages across the curriculum. She co-runs OUTing the Past, an annual international festival of LGBT history. Filmed by Lucy Le Brocq
  • Dykes on Bikes: Jay's Triker Vest
    Images of Jay Brady's leather motorcycle vest, with patches from her time biking across the UK. On the back, there is the large Sussex Dykes on Bikes patch. Image of Jay on her trike wearing the vest at Hastings Pride. This photo is pre-COVID taken somewhere between 2017-2019. Sussex Dykes on Bikes led the Pride parade in Hastings numerous times.
  • Dykes on Bikes Sussex WMC Mug
    A picture of a Dykes on Bikes mug owned by Jay Brady and taken in her house. Dykes on Bikes Sussex WMC is a motorcycle club, and England's first official Dykes on Bikes chapter. Dykes on Bikes was founded in 1976 in San Francisco, with the Sussex chapter being founded in 2012. The club provides a space for lesbian and bisexual bikers to come together.
  • BARCO T-shirt
    Black Anti-Racism Community Organisation (BARCO) T-shirt from 2026, owned by AFLO. the poet (co-founder of BARCO)
  • Where are all the lesbians? Flyer and zine
    Font of a flyer for the 'Where are all the Lesbians' exhibit at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, 3 Oct - 28 Feb 2027. Purple graphic of a woman's portrait on black background, overlayed with text reading 'Where are all the lesbians?'
    This displays the design and information for the exhibition Where are all the Lesbians? Held at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, Sat 3 October 2026 – Sun 28 February 2027. The exhibition was curated by AHRC Techné Collaborative Doctoral Award PhD Researcher Lisa Hinkins, which formed part of her project in collaboration with Brighton & Hove Museums and the University of Brighton. Lisa’ research focused on the limited representation of lesbian lives in museum collections and practices, with a particular focus on Brighton & Hove Museums’ Collections. She formed the Where are all the Lesbians (WAATL) Collective with a diverse group of ten lesbian-identifying women volunteers. From February to July 2026, they created responses to Lisa’s research on lesbian representation from the museums’ cataloguing software system MIMSY. The project highlighted the importance of collaboration and inclusion so that lesbian women’s lives are seen and heard in museum collections. Collective member and illustrator Eve Archer led the design for the exhibition poster and flyer in collaboration with Lisa and the other group members. The exhibition title text is in Lisa’s handwriting. The various shades of lavender hark back to the slur ‘lavender menace,’ while the use of black refers to the Black Triangle that ‘deviant women,’ including lesbians, would have worn in Nazi concentration camps. The reverse side of the flyer highlights a poem by Helen (charles), inspired by her participation with the Collective.
  • Fallopian Tunes 2015-2022
    A queer night showcasing queer female identified performers
  • Queer Over 40s Group at Dyke Pride
    Video of Queer Over 40s Group at Dyke Pride 2026
  • Pink Fringe does Pride flyer
    At the top, in large, bold pink lettering are the words "PINK FRINGE". Below, smaller dark text reads "does PRIDE" " with a cartoon hand pointing towards it. The central, most prominent element is an ornate, purple-toned frame. Inside of this is a portrait of a person with bright blue hair and matching blue eye makeup, and a collar of large pom poms. The person's gaze is directed downwards. Surrounding the central frame are whimsical illustrations of a purple and pink jellyfish, two figures in 18th-century attire, a vibrantly coloured peacock stands, and a bear wearing a dark hat, blue jacket, and striped trousers. At the bottom are two dark purple scrolls framing text which reads "BRIGHTON 2nd - 4th August 2013" in dark lettering.
    A5 flyer for Pink Fringe during Brighton Pride, between 2-4th August 2013. Folds out to show a selection of cabaret and theatre events at Marlborough Theatre and Brighton Dome Studio Theatre, including David Hoyle, Stacy Makishi, Dickie Beau, Boogaloo Stu, and Gary Clarke Dance Company.
  • Marlborough Theatre fringe programme 2011
    This is a cover for The Marlborough Theatre Fringe Programme in May 2011. The poster has a vintage Art Nouveau aesthetic with swirling decorative borders in shades of pink and cream. The background is a warm peachy-orange. The central element is a portrait of a person with their face painted black above the mouth. The person has long, flowing, bright orange hair stylised with curly lines. Behind the person's head are two architectural images of Brighton pavilion and Brighton Clocktower in grey. Above the central portrait, the text reads "THE MARLBOROUGH THEATRE" in dark lettering against a lighter background. Below this, the words "FRINGE PROGRAMME" are prominently displayed in large, stylized, dark pink letters. Beneath this, the date "MAY 2011" is written in smaller, black text.
    A4 programme of The Marlborough Theatre's 2011 fringe events. Inside it lists theatre, comedy, cabaret events and kids workshops, as well as the return of Pink Fringe in its second year.
  • Marlborough Theatre fringe programme 2014
    An explosion of many figures in black and white mixed with cartoon drawings of a motorbike, car, microphone and records emerge from behind a central figure standing with arms spread wide. This figure wears a black vest and green underwear. Their face is blanked out except for a painted red mouth, and large cartoonish eyes with lashes which hover over their face. In black font on a green box at the top is 'MARLBOROUGH THEATRE'. In red beneath is 'FRINGE PROGRAMME' and 'MAY 2014' on a green banner. Sponsor logos at the bottom for drink in brighton, Brighton Fringe, PINKFRINGE, and Heineken.
    A5 paper programme for Marlborough Theatre's 2014 fringe events. It includes details of a street party celebrating The Marlborough's 220th birthday, events as part of PINKFRINGE, and events across theatre, comedy, cabaret, and dance and physical theatre. There are also events for young people.
  • If you want bigger Yorkshire puddings you need a bigger tin flyer
    Against a blue background, on the right side is a topless white person looking directly at the camera. They are shown from mid-chest up, with ample chest hair, mustache and bushy sideburns. They have short brown hair and piercings at their nose bridge and left temple. In pink capitals writing on the left reads 'If you want bigger Yorkshire puddings you need a bigger tin'. In white underneath this reads 'Lucy Huston'. Smaller black text beneath this reads 'Smart, politicised and brave... one of the most exciting young makers I've seen in the UK for quite some time. Robert Pacitti, SPILL Festival'.
    Flyer for Lucy Hutson's show 'If you want bigger Yorkshire puddings you need a bigger tin' which told the story of her 'to trans, or not to trans' search for femininity.
  • Free Creative Workshops
    Five free monthly creative workshops for LGBTQIA+ residents on low incomes, experiencing financial hardship or social isolation during the cost-of-living crisis. Organised by Aghh! Zine from 30 May to 15 August 2026, the programme included Beginners Bookbinding, Writing the Elements, Disrupted Rhythms, a Rhythmanalysis Workshop, The Magic of the Mixtape, Zine-making Workshop, and a Texture Printing Workshop. Funded by the Brighton & Hove City Council Fairness Fund for People 2025–2026 and supported by Lighthouse.
  • A Right Pair poster
    Poster with turquoise blue and pink striped background. In the centre is a sepia-toned photograph of two people in black and white drag make-up and wearing laurel headbands. Both wear white shirts and braces and are sitting at a table. The person on the right pours tea from a teapot into a teacup held by the person on the left. The poster title reads 'A Right Pair ~ Starring ~ Bette Bourne & Paul Shaw'. At top right smaller text reads 'The giddy high hell moments and occasional down at heel moments of what it means to be A Right Pair onstage and off...'. Text below the photograph reads 'The Marlborough Theatre Sat 5th and Sun 6th May at 7pm ~& ~ Sat 12th and Sun 13th May at 8pm Tickets £10/£8 available from www.brightonfringe.org or call 01273 91 72 72 for the Fringe box office'. At the bottom is a line of website and social media links for Pink Fringe, and beneath this the logos of (left to right) Pink Fringe, Brighton Fringe 2012, and The Marlborough Theatre.
    A3 poster for 'A Right Pair' production at the Marlborough Theatre, starring Bette Bourne and Paul Shaw. Show nights ran on 5th, 6th, 12th, and 13th May 2012.
  • Postcard of Eurotour and UK tour against Section 28 archive materials
    Postcard showing four text-based archival materials layered on top of each other. Top left shows a paragraph on white paper reading 'THREE BRITISH LESBIANS, musicians Ann and Debbie and a lesbian activist Miriam, of the Stop the Clause campaign are being held in a Stockholm prison. They are awaiting a date for trial on charges of: Violence against authority, Resisting arrest, Assaulting a police officer. There will be no trial until at least the 28th of November. HEAVY FINES ARE EXPECTED AND THE WOMEN NEED MONEY. They are being kept in solitary confinement and are being refused all visits except by a lawyer. Top right shows a list of names and dates on white paper under the heading 'STOP THE SECTION NATIONAL TOUR DRIVERS AND SPEAKERS'. Bottom right shows a poster on white paper with the logo of a black circle intersected by a black rectangle overlaid with white text reading 'NEVER GOING UNDERGROUND'. Text beneath reads 'STOP BRITISH SECTION 28 ! NORSKE LESBISKE OG HOMOFILE KREVER LOVEN FJERNET !' and further text in Swedish on details of a demonstration. Bottom left shows a pink poster with a black box, inside which text reads 'A YEAR OF LESBIAN & GAY ACTION'.
    Postcard showing archive materials from The Keep related to the Eurotour and UK tour against Section 28, including a campaign against the incarceration of three British lesbian musicians and Stop the Clause activists in a Stockholm prison, and the Never Going Underground campaign. Materials were provided by Melita Dennett. This postcard was produced as part of the Brighton Resists exhibition which ran between March 22nd and April 20th 2017.
  • Postcard of Stickers against Section 28
    Postcard showing strips of round white stickers. One sticker design shows a pink triangle on white with black text reading 'OUSU Lesbian & Gay ACTION WEEK 1990'. Another sticker design shows a pink triangle bisecting a black rectangle, on white background, with black and white text reading 'STOP THE CLAUSE'.
    Postcard showing Stickers against Section 28 from The Keep's archive, contributed by Melita Dennett. Produced as part of the Brighton Resists exhibition which ran between March 22nd and April 20th 2017.
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