Events tagged with "ABplus"
ABplus
ABplus was founded in 1996 by a group of HIV positive gay men. The organisation rose from the ashes of Body Positive which had folded the previous year. The group aims to be a peer support network for anyone living with or affected by HIV/AIDS....
ArtPride
In November 2005 Becky Tebbett gathered a group of women artists who wanted an opportunity to work together, and the means to display their work, and 'ArtPride' was born. During May Bank Holiday weekend, the first Artpride took place during Birmingha...
Community groups and organisations
Numerous groups have grown from the lesbian and gay community since the late 60s, including ones which are political, social, support, health, interest or activity based. Some are informal, some more structured, delivering services to the community. ...
Patrick Edwards aka Black Pat or Bula
Patrick Edwards or Black Pat aka Bula was one of the most well known and liked characters on the Birmingham gay scene. Of Afro-Caribbean descent, Pat was raised in Handsworth. Black Pat had a long association with the Nightingale Club where he was th...
Tony De Vit
Tony De Vit started as a wedding DJ in 1976, before becoming resident DJ at Birmingham's premier gay venue, Nightingale, where he played pop and Hi-NRG. During the early 80's, he worked at Wolverhampton's Beacon Radio, playing club tracks during a re...
Memories tagged with "ABplus"
Abplus how it began
ABplus began life out of the ashes of Body Positive, founded by Tom and Ray, the former chairman of Body Positive. It originally met in peoples houses and then in 1996 they got rooms in the Gazette Buildings, Corporation Street. Abplus was formed to ...
Becky Tebbett's Lesbos epiphany creates ArtPride
Becky Tebbett is an artist. She explained the background to ArtPride. "ArtPride is a group of women that identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, transgendered anything like that come together because there's are a lot of creative people, creative ...
Body Positive Crashed Spectacularly
"They decided to move because the building was under-used and due to a rent renewal they decided to move premises to Princip Street by St.Chads Cathedral in the beginning of 1995. "The building had lots of potential but needed a lot of work "I said t...
Out of the Shadows
"Out of the Shadows was a group exhibition organised in 2006 by David Viney and curated by Rob Gibb, and shown at five separate venues in Birmingham between May and June 2007. Its primary aim was that of drawing together and showcasing emerging and e...