Stonewall Brighton Equality Walk Breaks Record.

Here in my home town of Brighton there's been a few sore feet  after the weekend's   annual Brighton Equality Walk for Stonewall, the UK's leading gay equality charity.    It was a little showery  but, on Sunday, nearly 350 people from the city walked the 10k's  to raise a record breaking £55,000 (that's $83,132)  smashing last year’s achievement by a mile.




The Walk was opened by L Word actress and screenwriter Guinevere Turner and Rikki Beadle-Blair, Director of FIT, Stonewall’s anti-bullying film for schools.   Now,  it was a bank holiday,  so as usual,  the British weather didn't play nice and there were a few downpours during the day.   But those brave walkers trudged through the streets,  along the seafront, up through the heart of Kemp Town,  the  gay village of Brighton,  before having a few drinks in a seafront gay bar.  


This is the seventh Equality walk to be held in my home town and am so happy to support a great charity,   "Stonewall’s work can make an even greater difference to the lives of young lesbian, gay and bisexual people around the country, thanks to the success of this year’s Equality Walk," said Laura Doughty, Stonewall’s Deputy Chief Executive. "Money raised by our supporters at this walk will enable us to develop materials that primary schools can use when teaching and celebrating different families."




Jason Shaw
GayAgenda.com's UK Correspondent



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