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Happy New Year, everyone.
It feels like Switchboard is needed more than ever right now. There’s a lot of work ahead of us to rebuild and recover from the losses of 2025, but we move forward together.
It feels like Switchboard is needed more than ever right now. There’s a lot of work ahead of us to rebuild and recover from the losses of 2025, but we move forward together.
🥳 Happy New Year from all of us at Switchboard ❤️
As the year begins, we’re holding our community close – everyone we support, everyone who supports us, and everyone who shows up with care and kindness.
Whatever this year brings, you’re not alone. We’re here, and we’ll keep walking forward together.
As the year begins, we’re holding our community close – everyone we support, everyone who supports us, and everyone who shows up with care and kindness.
Whatever this year brings, you’re not alone. We’re here, and we’ll keep walking forward together.
January 2, 2026 at 7:54 AM
Happy New Year, everyone.
It feels like Switchboard is needed more than ever right now. There’s a lot of work ahead of us to rebuild and recover from the losses of 2025, but we move forward together.
It feels like Switchboard is needed more than ever right now. There’s a lot of work ahead of us to rebuild and recover from the losses of 2025, but we move forward together.
Come and volunteer with Switchboard in the new year.
New Year’s resolution idea: do something good for your community. Volunteer with Switchboard and support LGBTQ+ people across Brighton & Hove and Sussex. Induction is at the end of January. Register interest: www.bit.ly/join-switchboard
December 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Come and volunteer with Switchboard in the new year.
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Day 6 of 16 Days of Activism highlights older LGBTQ+ people who may be experiencing domestic abuse. If you are in Sussex and worried about your situation, contact our Domestic Abuse Team at [email protected] or visit https://bit.ly/SwitchboardDA
November 30, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Day 6 of 16 Days of Activism highlights older LGBTQ+ people who may be experiencing domestic abuse. If you are in Sussex and worried about your situation, contact our Domestic Abuse Team at [email protected] or visit https://bit.ly/SwitchboardDA
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On World AIDS Day we stand with everyone living with HIV and we remember those we have lost, whose lives and love shaped our community.
Switchboard remains committed to challenging stigma and creating a future where everyone living with HIV feels safe and respected.
#WorldAIDSDay #HIVAwareness
Switchboard remains committed to challenging stigma and creating a future where everyone living with HIV feels safe and respected.
#WorldAIDSDay #HIVAwareness
December 1, 2025 at 4:11 PM
On World AIDS Day we stand with everyone living with HIV and we remember those we have lost, whose lives and love shaped our community.
Switchboard remains committed to challenging stigma and creating a future where everyone living with HIV feels safe and respected.
#WorldAIDSDay #HIVAwareness
Switchboard remains committed to challenging stigma and creating a future where everyone living with HIV feels safe and respected.
#WorldAIDSDay #HIVAwareness
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World AIDS Day and Day 7 of 16 Days of Activism highlight how HIV stigma can be used to control or isolate people in abusive relationships. If you are LGBTQ+, living with HIV in Sussex and need support, email [email protected] or visit https://bit.ly/SwitchboardDA.
December 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
World AIDS Day and Day 7 of 16 Days of Activism highlight how HIV stigma can be used to control or isolate people in abusive relationships. If you are LGBTQ+, living with HIV in Sussex and need support, email [email protected] or visit https://bit.ly/SwitchboardDA.
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Day 8 of 16 Days of Activism highlights Loving Me, a by-and-for refuge for trans, non binary and intersex survivors of domestic abuse. If you are in Sussex and need support, email [email protected] or visit https://bit.ly/SwitchboardDA - and to contact Loving Me visit www.lovingme.uk
December 2, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Day 8 of 16 Days of Activism highlights Loving Me, a by-and-for refuge for trans, non binary and intersex survivors of domestic abuse. If you are in Sussex and need support, email [email protected] or visit https://bit.ly/SwitchboardDA - and to contact Loving Me visit www.lovingme.uk
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Day 5 highlights disabled LGBTQ+ people and how disability and domestic abuse can intersect. Disabled LGBTQ+ survivors often face extra barriers to getting support. If you are in Sussex, contact our Domestic Abuse Team at [email protected] or visit https://bit.ly/SwitchboardDA.
November 29, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Day 5 highlights disabled LGBTQ+ people and how disability and domestic abuse can intersect. Disabled LGBTQ+ survivors often face extra barriers to getting support. If you are in Sussex, contact our Domestic Abuse Team at [email protected] or visit https://bit.ly/SwitchboardDA.
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Day 4 of 16 Days of Activism focuses on familial abuse, when harm comes from family members instead of home feeling safe. For some LGBTQ+ people this is their reality. Our Domestic Abuse Team can offer confidential guidance at [email protected] or visit https://bit.ly/SwitchboardDA
November 28, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Day 4 of 16 Days of Activism focuses on familial abuse, when harm comes from family members instead of home feeling safe. For some LGBTQ+ people this is their reality. Our Domestic Abuse Team can offer confidential guidance at [email protected] or visit https://bit.ly/SwitchboardDA
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Day 3 of 16 Days of Activism looks at how to support a friend when something does not feel right at home. Listen, believe them and avoid putting pressure on them to leave. For guidance you can email [email protected] or visit https://bit.ly/SwitchboardDA
November 28, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Day 3 of 16 Days of Activism looks at how to support a friend when something does not feel right at home. Listen, believe them and avoid putting pressure on them to leave. For guidance you can email [email protected] or visit https://bit.ly/SwitchboardDA
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Inclusion becomes real in the small moments, not just in documents. Our training explores everyday interactions in services and workplaces so staff can see where LGBTQ+ people might feel excluded and how to change that.
To talk about training, contact [email protected].
To talk about training, contact [email protected].
November 28, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Inclusion becomes real in the small moments, not just in documents. Our training explores everyday interactions in services and workplaces so staff can see where LGBTQ+ people might feel excluded and how to change that.
To talk about training, contact [email protected].
To talk about training, contact [email protected].
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Day 2 of 16 Days of Activism: Switchboard’s LGBTQ+ Domestic Abuse Service exists so LGBTQ+ survivors in Sussex do not fall through gaps in mainstream support. We offer 1 to 1 support, safety planning, advocacy and referrals. Email [email protected] #16Days #LGBTQ+
November 26, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Day 2 of 16 Days of Activism: Switchboard’s LGBTQ+ Domestic Abuse Service exists so LGBTQ+ survivors in Sussex do not fall through gaps in mainstream support. We offer 1 to 1 support, safety planning, advocacy and referrals. Email [email protected] #16Days #LGBTQ+
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Today marks the start of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence. At Switchboard we are highlighting the realities of LGBTQ+ domestic abuse, and sharing support, stories and resources across Sussex so no one has to face it alone. #16Days #16DaysOfActivism #LGBTQ+
November 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Today marks the start of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence. At Switchboard we are highlighting the realities of LGBTQ+ domestic abuse, and sharing support, stories and resources across Sussex so no one has to face it alone. #16Days #16DaysOfActivism #LGBTQ+
Did you know switchboard operates a by-and-for inclusive LGBTQ+ Domestic Abuse service?
Check out these 16 days posts and reach out if you need support. 🤍🤍
Check out these 16 days posts and reach out if you need support. 🤍🤍
Today marks the start of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence. At Switchboard we are highlighting the realities of LGBTQ+ domestic abuse, and sharing support, stories and resources across Sussex so no one has to face it alone. #16Days #16DaysOfActivism #LGBTQ+
November 26, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Did you know switchboard operates a by-and-for inclusive LGBTQ+ Domestic Abuse service?
Check out these 16 days posts and reach out if you need support. 🤍🤍
Check out these 16 days posts and reach out if you need support. 🤍🤍
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Day 30: Josef Cabey (he/him).
Artist based in Brighton. Works across painting and digital with text. “Conversations” links Black queer past and present; projects shown with SEAS, Phoenix and BMECP.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
Artist based in Brighton. Works across painting and digital with text. “Conversations” links Black queer past and present; projects shown with SEAS, Phoenix and BMECP.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
October 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Day 30: Josef Cabey (he/him).
Artist based in Brighton. Works across painting and digital with text. “Conversations” links Black queer past and present; projects shown with SEAS, Phoenix and BMECP.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
Artist based in Brighton. Works across painting and digital with text. “Conversations” links Black queer past and present; projects shown with SEAS, Phoenix and BMECP.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
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Day 29: Yasmin Benoit (she/her).
Asexual and aromantic activist and model. Co-founded International Asexuality Day in 2021 and partnered with Stonewall on the Ace Project and Ace in the UK report.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
Asexual and aromantic activist and model. Co-founded International Asexuality Day in 2021 and partnered with Stonewall on the Ace Project and Ace in the UK report.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
October 30, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Day 29: Yasmin Benoit (she/her).
Asexual and aromantic activist and model. Co-founded International Asexuality Day in 2021 and partnered with Stonewall on the Ace Project and Ace in the UK report.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
Asexual and aromantic activist and model. Co-founded International Asexuality Day in 2021 and partnered with Stonewall on the Ace Project and Ace in the UK report.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
Risked so much at the time and paid the ultimate price. So sad.
Day 24: Justin Fashanu (he/him).
First openly gay professional footballer in the UK. Norwich City’s 1980 Goal of the Season v Liverpool. £1m move to Nottingham Forest in 1981. Hall of Fame in 2020.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
First openly gay professional footballer in the UK. Norwich City’s 1980 Goal of the Season v Liverpool. £1m move to Nottingham Forest in 1981. Hall of Fame in 2020.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
November 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Risked so much at the time and paid the ultimate price. So sad.
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Day 24: Justin Fashanu (he/him).
First openly gay professional footballer in the UK. Norwich City’s 1980 Goal of the Season v Liverpool. £1m move to Nottingham Forest in 1981. Hall of Fame in 2020.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
First openly gay professional footballer in the UK. Norwich City’s 1980 Goal of the Season v Liverpool. £1m move to Nottingham Forest in 1981. Hall of Fame in 2020.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
October 26, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Day 24: Justin Fashanu (he/him).
First openly gay professional footballer in the UK. Norwich City’s 1980 Goal of the Season v Liverpool. £1m move to Nottingham Forest in 1981. Hall of Fame in 2020.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
First openly gay professional footballer in the UK. Norwich City’s 1980 Goal of the Season v Liverpool. £1m move to Nottingham Forest in 1981. Hall of Fame in 2020.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
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Day 25: Ivor Cummings (he/him).
Colonial Office official who met the Empire Windrush in 1948, fixed beds at Clapham South, issued travel warrants and linked people to work in London and beyond. Often called the gay father of Windrush.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
Colonial Office official who met the Empire Windrush in 1948, fixed beds at Clapham South, issued travel warrants and linked people to work in London and beyond. Often called the gay father of Windrush.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
October 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Day 25: Ivor Cummings (he/him).
Colonial Office official who met the Empire Windrush in 1948, fixed beds at Clapham South, issued travel warrants and linked people to work in London and beyond. Often called the gay father of Windrush.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
Colonial Office official who met the Empire Windrush in 1948, fixed beds at Clapham South, issued travel warrants and linked people to work in London and beyond. Often called the gay father of Windrush.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
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Day 26: Marsha P. Johnson (she/her).
Activist and drag queen. Co-founded STAR and ran STAR House for homeless LGBTQ youth. Stonewall protester. Died in 1992; death later reclassified “undetermined”, with renewed attention in 2012.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
Activist and drag queen. Co-founded STAR and ran STAR House for homeless LGBTQ youth. Stonewall protester. Died in 1992; death later reclassified “undetermined”, with renewed attention in 2012.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
October 26, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Day 26: Marsha P. Johnson (she/her).
Activist and drag queen. Co-founded STAR and ran STAR House for homeless LGBTQ youth. Stonewall protester. Died in 1992; death later reclassified “undetermined”, with renewed attention in 2012.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
Activist and drag queen. Co-founded STAR and ran STAR House for homeless LGBTQ youth. Stonewall protester. Died in 1992; death later reclassified “undetermined”, with renewed attention in 2012.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
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Day 27: Georgina Beyer (she/her).
First openly transgender mayor (Carterton, 1995) and first openly transgender MP (Wairarapa, 1999). Backed sex work decriminalisation in 2003 and civil unions in 2004. Died in 2023 at 65.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
First openly transgender mayor (Carterton, 1995) and first openly transgender MP (Wairarapa, 1999). Backed sex work decriminalisation in 2003 and civil unions in 2004. Died in 2023 at 65.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
October 27, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Day 27: Georgina Beyer (she/her).
First openly transgender mayor (Carterton, 1995) and first openly transgender MP (Wairarapa, 1999). Backed sex work decriminalisation in 2003 and civil unions in 2004. Died in 2023 at 65.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
First openly transgender mayor (Carterton, 1995) and first openly transgender MP (Wairarapa, 1999). Backed sex work decriminalisation in 2003 and civil unions in 2004. Died in 2023 at 65.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
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Day 28: Tarana Burke (she/her).
Founded “me too.” in 2006 to support survivors. In 2017 the hashtag spread worldwide and the Silence Breakers were TIME Person of the Year. Author of “Unbound” (2021).
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
Founded “me too.” in 2006 to support survivors. In 2017 the hashtag spread worldwide and the Silence Breakers were TIME Person of the Year. Author of “Unbound” (2021).
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
October 28, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Day 28: Tarana Burke (she/her).
Founded “me too.” in 2006 to support survivors. In 2017 the hashtag spread worldwide and the Silence Breakers were TIME Person of the Year. Author of “Unbound” (2021).
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
Founded “me too.” in 2006 to support survivors. In 2017 the hashtag spread worldwide and the Silence Breakers were TIME Person of the Year. Author of “Unbound” (2021).
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025
Come and join our amazing team as we grow our services.
🌈 Become a Trustee at Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboard – one of the UK’s oldest LGBTQ+ charities. We’re looking for people passionate about inclusion, with skills in fundraising, marketing, comms or governance. Apply by 14 Nov: [email protected] - details here: www.bit.ly/join-trustee
October 29, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Come and join our amazing team as we grow our services.
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Day 23 of Black History Story.
ALOK Vaid-Menon (they/them) - writer and performer; author of “Beyond the Gender Binary” (2020). Touring work that blends poetry, comedy and social commentary.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025 #BlackHistoryMonth
ALOK Vaid-Menon (they/them) - writer and performer; author of “Beyond the Gender Binary” (2020). Touring work that blends poetry, comedy and social commentary.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025 #BlackHistoryMonth
October 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Day 23 of Black History Story.
ALOK Vaid-Menon (they/them) - writer and performer; author of “Beyond the Gender Binary” (2020). Touring work that blends poetry, comedy and social commentary.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025 #BlackHistoryMonth
ALOK Vaid-Menon (they/them) - writer and performer; author of “Beyond the Gender Binary” (2020). Touring work that blends poetry, comedy and social commentary.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025 #BlackHistoryMonth
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Day 22 of Black History Story.
Tarik Elmoutawakil (he/him) is Founder and Co-Artistic Director at Marlborough Productions in Brighton, and the creator of Brownton Abbey centring disabled queer people of colour.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025 #BlackHistoryMonth
Tarik Elmoutawakil (he/him) is Founder and Co-Artistic Director at Marlborough Productions in Brighton, and the creator of Brownton Abbey centring disabled queer people of colour.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025 #BlackHistoryMonth
October 23, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Day 22 of Black History Story.
Tarik Elmoutawakil (he/him) is Founder and Co-Artistic Director at Marlborough Productions in Brighton, and the creator of Brownton Abbey centring disabled queer people of colour.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025 #BlackHistoryMonth
Tarik Elmoutawakil (he/him) is Founder and Co-Artistic Director at Marlborough Productions in Brighton, and the creator of Brownton Abbey centring disabled queer people of colour.
#BlackHistoryStory #BHM2025 #BlackHistoryMonth