Each of the four main local parties are sending two candidates to represent their party’s position at an LGBT hustings in the run up to the General Election on May 5th.

• Date: Wednesday April 20
• Venue: The Old Market, Upper Market Street , Hove
• Time: 7pm
• Format: First Half: Tabled Questions, Second Half:  Questions from the floor
• Chair: Chris Gull, former chair of Brighton Cares

Each of the four main local parties are sending two candidates to represent their party’s position at an LGBT hustings in the run up to the General Election on May 5th.

Questions can be tabled in advance for the first part of the evening to: questions@spectrum-lgbt.org

Rod Watson, Regional Manager for Terrence Higgins Trust in Brighton and Hove said: “The run up the general election is an important opportunity to call on our local sitting and prospective MPs to declare a position on both LGBT issues and the provision of sexual health services for Brighton and Hove.”

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Notes to Editors

• Less than half (45%) of the patients seeking treatment at GUM (sexual health clinic) in Brighton and Hove were seen within 48 hours. This is better than the national average of 41%, but a long way short of the government’s target that by 2008, all GUM patients receive an appointment within 48 hours.
• Terrence Higgins Trust is the UK ’s leading HIV and sexual health charity, providing a wide range of services to over 50,000 people a year. The charity also campaigns and lobbies for greater political and public understanding of the personal, social and medical impact of HIV and AIDS.