Eastbourne Pride 2018 🏳️‍🌈

Now that Eastbourne Mardi Gras 

was a great success more than we hoped for 

it has resulted in an agreement for an event in 2018.

The 2018 event WILL BE rebranded as 

EASTBOURNE PRIDE 🏳️🌈

So we are looking for people to come on board 

to make 2018's event even bigger and better.

Various roles will be available 

and will require a small amount of your time. 

Also you can support by donating on our just giving page 

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/eastbournemardigraslgbt

Do you work for a company or business 

that might want to be a sponsor or a stall in the park or 

If you would like to be involved please email 

eastbournepride@gmail.com  

For further details

WynterCon 2017 🏳️‍🌈

Whether you’re an ewok, elf, wizard or dragon, it doesn’t matter, as whatever world you are from, you are welcome in ours.

The award-winning Wyntercon is returning to Eastbourne this October (7-8) and will be welcoming everyone, regardless of their background. Based in Prince’s Park for the first time, the sci-fi extravaganza will be playing host to characters and actors from some our favourite films and TV shows, including Harry Potter, Primeval, Game of Thrones and for those of us of a certain age, the cult children’s TV programme, Knightmare.

There promises to be something for everyone, from a replica Jabba the Hutt photoset, to a variety of creative workshops for children and a chance to meet a real-life Harry Potter Death Eater, as well as a Cosplay area and free to enter competition, dinosaurs, community gaming, replica Labyrinth props and local authors/artists and traders.

Also joining the two-day event, is Bourne Out LGBT, who recently held their first Pride event in Eastbourne. They’ll be having a stand at Wyntercon, to offer support and advice to anyone struggling with their sexuality.

Betty ‘Scottie’ Gallacher from Bourne Out said, “We were delighted to be welcomed into Wyntercon with open arms. At Bourne Out, we know how hard some people find it to be ‘different’ to what can be perceived as the norm. So, it’s vitally important that everyone can come together and enjoy an event like Wyntercon, without being judged. After the success of our Pride event, it’s fantastic to see Eastbourne putting on more diverse events.”

It’s not just visitors who rate Wyntercon as a must-see event. Last year, Wyntercon was awarded the Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Award 2016 by the local business community, and earlier this year, Wyntercon was presented with the Equality and Inclusion Embrace Award.

Commenting on why Wyntercon was chosen for the accolade, Embrace East Sussex founder, Rebecca Whippy said, “We were delighted to be able to award the Embrace Award for Equality and Inclusion to Wyntercon this year. We attended their event for the first time last year and were struck with how laid back everyone was and how our Embrace families were put at their ease. Embrace are excited to be attending again this year and hopeful that many of our families will attend too! The event is great fun for the adults and the kids and very inclusive.”

So, whether you come from a galaxy far, far away, or even Eastbourne itself, book your tickets to Wyntercon 2017 now at www.wyntercon.com/tickets

Veda 2017 Days 1-5

First week of Veda is nearly over here are the first few days

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Eastbourne Mardi Gras 2017 🏳️‍🌈

So I have some major news for the last 6 months I have been planning and organising my towns first ever gay pride event it has been stressful and challenging but plans are coming into fruition and can start to reveal details and info about it

I am proud to announce that we will be hosting

An event on Saturday 22nd July 2017 at Princes Park

On Eastbourne Seafront

There will be a parade which will start at

Langney Point on the seafront

and the parade will walk along the promenade

to Fort Fun Carpark,

where from there a 

quick hop over the road

to Princes Park will start 

a free afternoon of

Special guests and live music acts

to entertain the crowds from 2pm-9pm

After the park closes there is a massive after party at
Atlantis nightclub located on Eastbourne Pier
Till 3am at a small cost of £2
Where there will be some special guest DJs 

Now we have been working hard

fundraising for the last 6 months

to make sure the event runs smoothly

and free to the public 

Located next to the main park their will be Charity,

fundraising stalls, local schools, communities

and food vendors to get food and drinks 

and for people to walk round ​maybe pick up some information about all things LGBT 
As time progresses we will be updating this site 
as you can imagine being the first time
this is being done we are working out
bumps in the road as we go 

So like our
Official Facebook Page 
And follow our official Twitter
links all below 
as from May all the special guests and acts
will start to be announced 
and we are very excited for the music line up for the day 
they will be announced here on this site before anywhere else 

Also the use of this site will bring change to Eastbourne 
and help support LGBT organisations, businesses and allies 
​to help promote the town as a friendly place to come

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12 Tips To Putting On A Gay Pride Event 🏳️‍🌈

So I thought I would write a little piece about the ups and downs and pitfalls of organising a Gay pride event. 

I doubted writing this piece for a while as I know it will cause uproar and probably outrage but I feel like I need to write something to get these feelings out. 

No one really tells you what goes into putting on an event what ever the scale and size of it.

It's our towns first event in 20yrs 

I look back now over the last 7 months and reflect on all the struggles we have had within the Gay community alone. 

The local community, local councils 

and emergency services have been very supportive of the event and want the event to take place but we have come up with more resilience from within our own community it is a very small community here in my town but it is getting bigger as the years have gone on. 

So I thought I would put together a checklist of 12 points to organising any type of event so someone in the future who thinks of putting an event on may have an idea of what to expect 

1. Build a strong team of more than 5 people to share workloads, depending on size of event and have plenty of meetings to cross reference where everyone is 

Set up a WhatsApp group

Set up a Facebook Chat 

2. Take the time and plan well in advance 

3. Seek guidance and advice from other Pride events or the UKPON 

4. Apply for all licences and permits within timeframes

5. Include all emergency services in plans and details, get contact details for all chiefs or commanders of police, fire, ambulance

6. Use online networks & websites to get details of local charities & organisations that might like to get involved.

7. Set up online accounts, social medias & websites before launching advent, get dates, times and addresses confirmed before going live 

Build a database of contact details for everyone. 

8. If you have budget get artwork, logos and advertising done well in advance 

9. Secure all bookings of toilet hire, stage hire, stalls, security, music acts, and any other main essentials with online form and deposits. 

10. Build a strong base of volunteers that will help on the day these are the most important people that will be helping on the day to make your event a success 

11. Keep people informed and keep in contact with everyone whether it’s stall holders, security teams, volunteers, stage crew basically anyone that is going to be involved 

12. Give your self 4 weeks before the date of event to have everything done signed and in place so the last few weeks aren't a crazy mess 

Lastly 

enjoy the event and if anything comes up deal with it calmly and quickly. 

And remember there are plenty of people out their to ask for help and advice and guidance 

From my personal experience I have learned that try not to let people’s opinions and comments reflect on the importance of putting on any type of event as you are going to criticism and hate and negativity especially from the gay community in small towns, 

I think in bigger towns and city’s that have gay scenes and community it’s not as bad but I wish anyone the best of luck in putting on their event and remember if you need any advice of help just ask. 

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It Might Sound Crazy 🏳️‍🌈 LGBT BLOG

It might sound crazy 

I know this sounds really crazy 

but I lay there night after night 

watching all these films 

and I think to myself 

the struggle and lives that people lead 

I watched a film called 

prayers for bobby 

and it really puts things into perspective 

for life in general 

I never really had anyone 

to talk to properly about being gay.

There are millions of people out there 

all in the same boat 

and having someone to talk to 

and listen to you can 

really make a difference 

I never really talk to people about my life 

is it because I'm scared to 

maybe 

but there are so many ways out there for people too and I fel like I need to do something bout it 

I journal my life and write every feeling and emotion I feel down for people to look back on in the years to come 

I don't try 

and 

maybe that is my weakness 

Why is it so wrong ?? 

It's not I think but 

I don't take the time out 

to do anything about it 

I just can't seem to get a focus on anything and why 

cause I never had anything to focus on 

being wrapped up in others things

Like life 

work 

and friends

 I have missed the biggest part of my life 

I am approaching 32 this year 

and have nothing to look back on 

and think that I made any real contribution to the world in any way shape or form 

there are people out there 

fighting everyday 

Whether it being 

human rights 

The right to marry 

The right to be with the one you love 

But in an unforgiving world it is an up hill struggle ? 

Staying in most nights is probably not good for you or socialising with people 

like myself has kept me sheltered 

is it the scaredness of a person enough to make things better ?

I  Suppose blogging everyday is a good way but if no one reads or hears about it then what is a person to do ?

pack up and move away 

run and hide from problems 

or doing something about it 

as I write this I have all the best intentions of trying to do better for myself 

but I know that within a couple of days or weeks it will be a forgotten piece of writing drifting about in the ether somewhere 

Where is the logic in that ?? 

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Guest Blog From LGBT Author Richard Gough-Buijs

Allow us to introduce Richard
One of the first of many stall holders
at this years Pride event in Eastbourne
As an LGBT man
He is married with his dog
and is a self published author
All of Richards details can be found on this page
And his website link is at the bottom of the blog
Don't forget to come say hi to Richard
on the day
and have a look at his books


My name is Richard and I love writing, cooking, traveling, visiting art galleries & museums and theatres. I also like socialising with family and friends. I’m a coeliac and a house elf.
Oh, and before I forget, I also work part-time.
I’m married to Michael and we got a Miniature Schnauzer called Buster.

I started writing in 2011.
The idea for the first book was conceived just three months after Michael and I wedded.
Our wedding was a beautiful, romantic, special and loving day which we spent together with our beloved family and friends.
A wonderful and colourful memory.
It took us a year to plan it.
We did have to consult many different sources to organise our wedding and we were successful in finding all the information which was essential to us. But it would have been less time consuming if all of this information was available in one overview, in one handy book. That’s how the idea for my first book Ooh Yes I Do! was born.
I thought Ooh Yes I Do! would be my first and last book but the addition of a Miniature Schnauzer to our household inspired me to write more books about Buster’s exciting life, his life with his daddies and all their friends.

Everyday Buster meets new dogs & new people and everyday is a new adventure. Ooh Yes I Woof! the adventures of a Miniature Schnauzer is a fantasy-story based on the real life of our Miniature Schnauzer’s first year.
In this book Buster tells you about his exciting adventures with Tracie Heart and the Red Speed Demon, Master Guru George, the white miniature schnauzer Otto, the Holland House and an afternoon tea with the … Queen!
In 2017 I self-published the Dog’s Favourite Recipe Book and culinary adventures of a Miniature Schnauzer. The book is a fun and family-friendly book containing 40 easy made recipes for dogs to make at home and the culinary adventures of a Miniature Schnauzer.
www.richardgoughbuijs.com

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Fucking Grow Up

You sit up in this ivory tower 
thinking your better than the rest of us but believe me 

YOU ARE NOT

It's strange how perceptions can change of people overnight 

Although I haven't know
you long you really have turned out to be quite a douche.

Twisting words and breaking friendships
that's what your good at put that in ur CV 

If you have a perception or an opinion about someone
just say it to them don't go round
like a fucking idiot telling it to everyone else
thinking I wouldn't find out 

I'm fed up with having to be quiet
and not saying how I feel all the time 

I don't care who I upset 

And if I offend you so be it 

No skin of my back 

I am old enough to have my own opinion
and say about things going on in my life and the world 

Rant Over 

P.S Fucking Grow Up

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The Only Exception 🏳️‍🌈

The Only Exception 

When I was younger 

I saw my daddy cry

And curse at the wind.

He broke his own heart 

and I watched

As he tried to reassemble it.

And my momma swore

That she would 

never let herself forget.

And that was the day that I promised

I'd never sing of love

 if it does not exist.

But darling,

You are the only exception.

Maybe I know somewhere

Deep in my soul

That love never lasts.

And we've got to find other ways

To make it alone.

Or keep a straight face.

And I've always lived like this

Keeping at comfortable distance.

And up until now I've sworn to myself

That I'm content with loneliness.

Because none of it was ever worth the risk.

Well you are the only exception.

You are the only exception.

I've got a tight grip on reality,

But I can't let go 

of what's in front of me here.

I know you're leaving in the morning

When you wake up.

Leave me with some kind of proof

 it's not a dream.

You are the only exception

And I'm on my way to believing.

Oh, and I'm on my way to believing.

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What Is Love 2017🏳️‍🌈

So 

I wrote a post last year 

at the start of my blog 

Called 

What is Love link here
http://stephenhalbhuber.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/what-is-l-o-v-e.html?m=1

I wrote the post 3 years ago this October but only published it last year 

I have written hundreds of posts, 

Poems, & stories which I have never took the time to actually sit down and put them all into digital form as I am to lazy to do it 

I published a free book on iTunes 

With 10 small stories/poems and it has had over 4,000 downloads 

So you think this would spur me on 

but it hasn't 

I have just finished watching a web series called hunting season season 2 

and the last episode 

really got me thinking about life in general 

Everyone in the 90s dreamed of being 

Carrie from Sex and city and write a blog that people will follow but I never realised it till now a year ago I said I was going to start writing more posts and putting them online and I just haven't 

I haven't made a decent youtube video in a long time I just haven't felt creative 

Which for me is a bad thing 

But then I ask myself why I haven't 

Is it cause I'm sad .......... maybe 

Is it cause I'm lonely ...... maybe 

Have I been waiting to find them 

one and not been looking in the right places ....... maybe 

Had casual sex and dating apps killing my passion for finding love ??? 

I think it might be 

We live in an age for me as a gay man 

To open an app and hook up with people at a few clicks of some buttons 

Some empty words 

A few sexual gestures 

And 20 minutes later your hooking up with a random stranger 

Where is the romance in that !!! 

And I've been doing it for too many years 

So today is the day 

I delete all the apps and start moving 

Myself forward 

Get out of this funk and do something worth while 

Let it be know 

The words and posts that will start to appear will be not for the faint hearted 

It's not going to be seedy or crude but I need to get all the bad stuff out from my past 

So I can look forward to my future 

Cause lets face it 

I ain't getting any younger 

And with my family history 

I'm gonna be bald by the time I'm 40 

So here we go 

No holds barred 

Unfiltered and ready to dish the dirt 

So 1 year ago I wrote 

What is L-O-V-E 

and to date it is one of my most viewed blog posts 

And in the last year I learnt nothing so 

We're going back to the old school 

So enjoy this ride and let me know and thoughts and comments of the stuff you read 

Sincerely 

Stephen X

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The Time Is Now 🏳️‍🌈

The time is now

That's it the time is now
I have 5 months to my 30th bday and I'm not going to be the same person as I am now
the drinking
the smoking
the being single
the unhealthy ness
in my whole life has to end
 I have 5 months which is a good enough time scale to sort myself out and be in a good place
for when the big day comes
 I also am going to finish
how to play guitar
as its something
I have been pitting of for a long time
I have put my song writing behind me for so long and it's something
I feel passionate about
I can't sing for shit
 but like my writing I feel so much better when I get these thoughts out of my head and onto paper !!
So let it be said from this day
it is a whole new me
a whole new chapter to write about and a purpose in my life !!
So stayed tuned onto this blog and come with me on my journey
And let's see if there really is a path to happiness

Give it some time
Give yourself hope
give yourself something to look forward too
If not ill give u mine
Cause I don't need it anymore !!
Don't put all your eggs in one basket just incase it drops and breaks !!

I tend not to wear my heart on my sleeve as it hasn't got me very far in the past I try to fit in to so many different stereotypes and I seem to fit none of them

To quote a very famous lady
Songwriter and singer....

"I can't make you love me
if you don't
I can't make ur heart feel
something it dont want
So here in the dark
In this final hour
I can't make u feel something that you don't feel !! "....

No more true words have ever
Been spoken

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Do You Think Of Me 🏳️‍🌈

Do you think of me

Sat here on the bus
thinking 

random thoughts in my head 

and a random podcast comes on

My shuffle list of one of our many drunken  

nights in and out and it makes me wonder 

if you ever think of me since we been apart

 its been 4 months now 

I know it was over long before then 

But the more I sit here 

The pains in my stomach 

Intensify and I feel sick 

Thinking bout you 

And wandering 

Do you think of me ? 

We haven't spoke for ages 

not even a txt 

I hope ur happy with the 

Choices that you have made 

And life works out for you 

I always said I would be there for you 

No matter what and I think time will tell on that one 

I can't promise you anything anymore 

Cause I don't know if 

Do you even think of me at all !!

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I'll give you what you like

Please wrap your 

drunken arms around me

And I'll let you call me yours tonight

Cause slightly broken's 

just what I need

And if you give me what I want

Then I'll give you what you like

Please tell me 

I'm your one and only

Or lie 

and say at least tonight

I've got a brand new cure for lonely

And if you give me what I want

Then I'll give you what you like

When you turn off the lights

I get stars in my eyes

Is this love?

Maybe someday

So don't turn on the lights

I'll give you what you like

Emotions aren't that hard to borrow

When love's a word 

you've never learned

And in a room of empty bottles

If you don't give me what I want

Then you'll get what you deserve

When you turn off the lights

I get stars in my eyes

Is this love?

Maybe someday

I've got this scene in my head

I'm not sure how it ends

Is it love?

Maybe one day

So don't turn on the lights

I'll give you what you like

I'll give you what you like

I'll give you one last chance to hold me

If you give me one last cigarette

By now it's early in the morning

Now that I gave you what you want

All I want is to forget

When you turn off the lights

I get stars in my eyes

Is this love?

Maybe someday

I've got this scene in my head

I'm not sure how it ends

Is it love?

Maybe one day

So don't turn on the lights