Out In Brighton with Kathy Caton

It's an Out In Brighton mixtape this week - we head to the indie disco for some of the tracks that have been getting us going at OIB towers over the past six months...

We’ve an exclusive interview with Chris Gull, chair of the Rainbow Fund; and the Marlborough Theatre’s ground-breaking ‘New Queers on the Block’ is set to tour the UK - Xavier de Souza and Ema Boswood join me to discuss

- Brighton’s LGBTQ cinema programmers Eyes Wide Open present their first queer Arab film season - programmers and curators Jacob

- Bruce Guthrie brings some broadcasting A-listers to the Marlborough for the Novel Game, in aid of your very own Radio Reverb

And a new musical talent on the scene - we introduce Samuel

Mark Richardson from Charleston on their new LGBTQ+ project Unexpected Delights; the ever-brilliant Dr Jane Traies on her ground-breaking oral history collection 'Now You See Me: lesbian life stories'; and the indefatigable Emma Inch, founder of the first Brighton & Hove Beer Week...

In this week's show - looking at the social care needs of an ageing LGBTQ+ population with the University of Brighton's Lizzie Ward; and exploring the ever-evolving drag and queer performance scene with Hans Euff.

The second of our Pride preview shows, taking a look at some of the queerer delights going on around Pride, including Fat Cabaret/Fat Pride at The Marlborough; the ever-luscious Stephen Richards aka Lola Lasagne with the full run-down on the Cabaret tent;

Jules from Queer Prom on how you can have the Prom you deserve regardless of age, gender, sexualitity or identity; and Paul Diello, curator of Queertown, on all the acts he’s bringing to this new performance space

The count down to Brighton Pride 2018 is nearly on - Paul Kemp has everything you need to know on what’s promising to be the biggest Pride to date - and why Pride has purpose.

Plus MindOut for the Laughs has its annual outing at the Komedia - comedian and performer Annabelski has the low down

- It's a packed show with the full run down on all things Trans Pride Brighton with Michelle Steele and Vern Collins from the TPB Committee, plus the Marlborough’s Abby Butcher and Assistant Producer Lee Smith have all you need to know about the Trans Pride Art Season

- We hear from Zainab Juma, the creative force behind Penguin Pride

- And the artist Emma Frankland and Brighton Rockerbillies captain Alex Thomas on the why and how they’re calling out the Argus on transphobic reporting with #changetogether

- Pride comes to Worthing for the first time - we’re joined by the host of the inaugural Worthing Pride - the gender discombobulator, scene regular and radio personality Spice

- Jo Jepson-Davies, blogger and creator of the Ex Hetera blog will be in

- And remembering Arthur Law with Gary Pargeter and Kate Wildblood

- community hero and fundraising stalwart Danny Dwyer, founder of Bear Patrol -

- Looking ahead to the Marlborough's events, workshops and performances for Trans Pride

- and Melita Dennett on Gilbert and George at Brighton Museum