"Interview with John Rosewarn for Queer in Brighton Oral History Project (28 May 2013), interviewed by ??. Oral history interview collected as part of the Queer in Brighton project 2013-2014. Life history from Taunton to Brighton DOB 1944 circa - leaves home at 18 (gets thrown out by father after being caught in bed with dad’s best mate) goes to London -sex worker from 18 to 24 years of age 1961 to 1967 - moves to Brighton 1969. Trains as a nurse - lives in Brighton- work students in Hayward’s Heath. Moves to Spain from 1991-1999. Talks about sex work, cottaging and it’s demise in the early 1980s, celebrities, work as a nurse, homophobia, bars in Brighton, his relationship with older man - open relationship- promiscuity, first Pride, estrangement from parents, drag persona. "

The Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt was displayed at the Corn Exchange in Brighton between the 1st and 3rd of June 1993

The AIDS Memorial Quilt 'Brighton Remembers' Exhibition at the Corn Exchange 1993

The Brighton AIDS Memorial was proud to display images & more from the Brighton Cares AIDS Memorial exhibition which took place at the Corn Exchange in June 1993. Huge thanks must go to Tony Mann, The Sussex Police Diversity and Inclusion Team, the Jubilee Library, Printing Services (Eastbourne) & Tansleys Printers (Seaford) for helping to bring everything together.