Flyer for Steamy!, a women-only all-night cruising event held in the basement of the Amsterdam on Marine Parade, formerly home to a sauna. Possibly the first event of its kind in the UK, Steamy! ran every four to six weeks from October 2005 to August 2007. This flyer is for the final Steamy!, a Pride event featuring a mystery Steamy! activity.

Flyer for Brighton's sexy sauna all-nighter - women only. The Amsterdam, 11-12 Marine Parade, Brighton. Friday 28th October 2005. £10 advance or £12 on the night.

Flyer advertising women's only hot and sexy sauna club all nighter Steamy! which ran from October 2005- August 2007. Held at The Amsterdam, 11-12 Marine Parade, Brighton from 10pm-6am on Friday 2nd February 2007. Facilities included sauna and steam rooms, with activities ranging from body painting to cruising.

Flyer for Steamy!, a women-only all-night cruising event held in the basement of the Amsterdam on Marine Parade, formerly home to a sauna. Possibly the first event of its kind in the UK, Steamy! ran every four to six weeks from October 2005 to August 2007. This event featured three free massages, offered on a first come, first served basis, and an icebreaker activity, such as body painting, followed by cruising.

I met Stephen in a Kemp Town gym, and we became better acquainted in the jacuzzi. His partner was Omar, known to his friends as O. They became good friends of mine, and their large flat on Preston Park was always open to me and other friends. They both had a good eye for interior design and enjoyed a comfortable life. Stephen and I used to go swimming regularly at the Eastbourne leisure centre, stopping off at my house near Lewes on the way back. Somehow, I lost track of Stephen and O for a couple of years, but we reforged our friendships, stronger than ever, after we all were living with HIV. They separated at the start of the 1990’s, and Stephen died from Pneumocystis Pneumonia (PCP) in Ward 6 of Hove General Hospital in 1994.

This is a flyer/postcard for the literature festival Coast is Queer. The festival is the biggest LGBTQ+ literature festival in the UK. This flyer is from 2024 when the festival happened at the Attenborough Centre at the University of Sussex. The festival has such a welcoming and calming atmosphere, and it is amazing to experience being around so many authors and readers.

Abigail, Melita and Alf being interviewed for SE Today BBC about Pride 1991.

Flyer for Submission the 6th birthday party. A showcase of fetish, fashion, style & erotica. Thursday 30th November 1995. Strict dress code: fetish, fantasy, rubber, leather, PVC, cross-dress, lingerie & uniform Held in London, at Bagley's Warehouse, Kings Cross, N1

Newsletter for Submission 6th birthday party Six years of submission, the club for adults Includes ticket, admission membership details, information about activities taking place, general news about Submission and advertisements Thursday 30th Nov 1995, held at Bagley's Warehouse, King's Cross, N1.

Sussex AIDS Centre “We held the first Brighton and Hove public meeting on AIDS in 1984 at offices in Lansdowne Place, Hove. Graham Wilkinson and I split the small cost of hiring the room and invited someone from the recently formed THT to come along and explain what they were doing in London. Both Graham and I had joined THTs small Social Work group which met at their original tiny offices in London – at that time only consisting of a couple of rooms. So, it was at this first public meeting that a handful of us volunteered to set up the Sussex AIDS Helpline.    We knew the person who at the time managed the Well-Women Clinic above a shop on the corner of Western Road and Waterloo Street in Hove. They very kindly agreed to let us use their offices in the evening when they were closed and allowed us to use a telephone line for free.    Graham and I both worked together as Social Workers in the Hanover Team based opposite St Peters Church, and we managed to get permission to use our offices in the evening for training and support groups. As professional social workers we were able to put together a training programme for the early volunteers to help handle phone calls. Graham or I would either take the calls ourselves, or be there as support for the other volunteers.    For the first 2 years Sussex AIDS Helpline got no official funding. We managed to get by with volunteer time and effort, meeting in each other’s homes, raising awareness in pubs and clubs, and by borrowing facilities and resources from the Well Women's Clinic and Social Services Hanover Team. A couple of years later we became the Sussex AIDS Centre and Helpline.” Clive Stevens

Leaflet containing information about how to access HIV peer support, including how access mentorship, becoming a mentor and general information about The Sussex Beacon

Sussex branch of GLF commemorating LGBTIQ+ people who died for their country. The campaign is documented in minutes kept at the Keep

A flyer for the Sussex Club. Members Drinking Club 25+ Free pool table, dart board, board games. 5 Regency Square, Brighton opposite West Pier. Telephone 208564. Call Shirley For Membership The flyer was made by Shirley, who walked round Brighton to distribute the flyer to venues and guesthouses to promote the club.

Sussex Lancers Open Door appeal 1990. Father Marcus Rigg’s partner Keith Simmans was a member of the Sussex Lancers, a gay men’s motorcycle club. The appeal is dated 1990. The photograph of 35 Camelford Street , the former location of Open Door, was taken by Harry Hillery in 2021.

A collection of poetry and prose relating to HIV/AIDS. Written by the Xpress Yourself Group, a creative writing project that was based at the Open Door service in 35 Camelford Street, Kemptown, Brighton.