Original photogrpah of Boogaloo Stu (Stuart Alexander), his parents, Dolly Rocket and Gwendoline Christie
This was taken in Stu's flat on Donald Hall Road in Brighton, by Monica Curtin in 2003 or 2004. We did lots of photos in the other rooms, while my Mum and Dad sat having a cuppa in the lounge. Then Monica said that a group photo just had to happen…! Gwen was a really good friend of mine for many years but we’ve lost touch now.
The following items have been donated to the archive by Alf Le Flohic. The collection comprises an assortment of individual badges collected from the 1980s onwards.
1. Best Friends R Straight
2. Brighton Pride 92
3. Brighton Pride 93
4. Brighton Pride
5. Defy Section 28
6. Homophobia Kills
7. Outrage Manchester 91
8. Outrage
9. Paris Act Up 2
10. Paris Act Up
11. Pervert Power
12. Section 28 OutIn
13. Stop The Clause
14. Whitney story badge
Photographic response to the absence of QTIPOC visibility in the permanent collection at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery. It was inspired by one of the only pieces of black queer history in the collection: a photograph by Rotimi Fani-Kayode from 1987 entitled "Under the Surplice. Shot and styled by an all-black creative crew.
For more than two years, a team of lcoal members from the community worked with Queer Curator E-J Scott to make the Queer the Pier exhibition at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery. The ethos was that it was to be an exhibition about the community, by the community.
This image set depicts the cover, front and back, and cassette tape of Siren’s music release ‘Siren in Queerstreet’. It shows a list of the 13 tracks on the cassette, which included songs from some of the plays as well as songs composed by various members of Siren, and performed by Siren band. The tape was recorded at Newhaven Boys’ Club and at Real Time Studio Billingshurst. Cover photo by Susy Taylor.
This cassette was a mixture of home recording done by Deb Trethewey on a two track Sony reel-to-reel tape recorder, as well as some professionally recorded tracks at recording studios.
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.
The show took place from Thursday 19 May to Sunday 22 May 2011. Ticket prices were £8 full price and £6 concessions. Contains strong language and sexual references.
August 2004 article about Boogaloo Stu's debut album release. The album is titled The Glambassador. The picture in the article is by Toby Amies and was taken in 2002 taken Lighthouse Studios on Middle Street in Brighton.
The digital poster for Traumfrau queer party event which took place on the 22nd of February 2013 at The Haunt.
The event was a Valentine celebration, celebrating the value of consensual love, over romantic love.
"Forget about heart shaped chocolate boxes and Valentine blues... and come celebrate all kinds of (consensual) love with us!"
Special guest for this edition: ANNEKA
DJs:
Mrs Norman Knows: Bedroom Electropop
Siouxie Nag: Femtronic, Electronica, Alternative dance
The digital poster for Traumfrau queer party event which took place on the 30th of November 2012 at The Haunt.
Traumfrau started in April 2012 at the TUBE, but by the autumn of that year it had outgrown its first venue and moved to a larger space, The Haunt.
Special guest for this edition: Sabrina Chap, NYC, “Bouncing rhythms, complex instrumentation, and intelligent lyrics” - BITCH.