Information and services

Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboard

Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboard is a charity by and for LGBT people which provides support, connection, and information.

It provides LGBTQ+-specific services including services for:

  • domestic abuse
  • trans/non-binary social prescribing
  • older people
  • dementia
  • bereavement
  • refugees, asylum seekers and migrants

The Switchboard also runs a helpline, details are given below.

  • Website, live web chat is available by clicking the help button in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen
  • Email
  • Helpline: 01273 204 050, the helpline is open 7pm to 9:30pm Monday to Thursday

The Ledward Centre

LGBTQ+ community and cultural centre.

Mind Out

LGBTQ+ mental health service

Older & Out

A fully inclusive social group for local older LGBTQUI

Rainbow Hub

Point of contact for LGBTQ+ people in The Ledward Centre

Sussex Police 

LGBT liaison officers

Families and young people

Allsorts Youth Project

Supports children and young people who are LGBTQ+ or exploring their sexual orientation and/or gender identity

Currently working remotely so get in touch by email

Brighton Rainbow Families

Social group for LGBTQ+ families and their children

HIV services and support

Clinic M

Free confidential sexual health clinic for men who have sex with men, regardless of HIV status

  • Address: Claude Nicol Centre, Royal Sussex County Hospital, Eastern Rd, Brighton, BN2 5BE
  • Website
  • Phone: 01273 523388

Lawson Unit

HIV outpatients

  • Address: Royal Sussex County Hospital, Eastern Rd, Brighton, BN2 5BE
  • Phone: 01273 664722

Lunch Positive

Peer-led Friday lunch club for people living with HIV

Peer Action

Peer-led voluntary group for everyone affected by HIV

Sussex Beacon

Specialist care and support for people living with HIV

Terence Higgins Trust

HIV and sexual health services

People of colour

I, Too, Am Sussex

Group dedicated to creating a deeper understanding of the inequalities of race and its intersections with gender, class,
disability, sexual orientation and sexual identities.

QTIPOC Narratives

Brighton based QTIPoC collective creating workshops, art, zines, and alternative mental health space

Radical Rhizomes

Social network exclusively for queer, trans and intersex people of colour (QTIPoC) in Brighton & Hove

Facebook

Trans services and support

Clare Project

Self-supporting transgender support & social group

  • Website
  • Email
  • Phone: 07464 229395 – phone/text (ask for Gray, pronouns: they/them/theirs)

Clinic T

Trans and Non-binary friendly sexual health and contraception service

  • Address: Lawson Unit, (corner of Eastern Road and Abbey Road), Eastern Road, Brighton, BN2 1HS
  • Website
  • Phone: 01273 523388

Navigate

Peer support group for trans, Non-binary and Intersex people on the Trans-masculine spectrum

Trans Alliance Brighton

Forum for trans community leaders and activists

Arts and leisure

Brighton Pride

The UK's biggest Pride Festival 5th-7th August 2022

Queer in Brighton

LGBTIQ+ digital community archiving project

Scene Magazine

LGBTQIA+ lifestyle, listings, and community magazine

Choirs

Actually Gay Men's Chorus

Brighton Gay Men's Chorus

Glow Choir Brighton

Natural voice community choir for LGBTQIA+ and allies

The Rainbow Chorus

Brighton & Hove’s only non-audition LGBTQ+ choir

Sport

BLAGSS

Brighton LGBTQ+ sports society

Trans Can Sport

Free/low cost fitness sessions & workshops for trans folk

Religious and spiritual

Brighton Buddhist Centre

Meditation for the Brighton LGBTQ+ Community

Brighton LGBTQ+ Meditation Group

Meditation group open to everyone

One Church

Inclusive, LGBTQ+ affirming Christian community

Village MCC

Fully inclusive Christian church for the LGBTQ+ community