Tiff Ansari
[22 years old] “I work at Revenge. It’s absolutely great! Everyone behind the bar are really good friends. You get a bit of gossip like you get anywhere but, for instance, when Gangnam Style came out, everyone started dancing every time the song came on, in unison! Like, synchronised! And it’s great if you like...
Greg Cox
I am 17 and studying the sciences and mathematics at Haywards Heath College. I don’t live in Brighton but I volunteer and socialise in the city (not to mention going to the recent January sales!). I live by myself (yes, I know I’m young but my housekeeping skills are renowned. Stains on cream carpets stand...
Elle
Hey, I’ve just turned 18 and I’ve only just started coming out to people; I’ve yet to come out to my family. I live in Shoreham-by-Sea, outside of Brighton. I’ve now been coming to Allsorts for just under a year. What annoys me is that many people believe you have to fit into a certain...
Lucy Foster
[24 years old] “I think the worst thing is being scared to tell people. I think it’s the thing of changing peoples’ expectations. That’s what I don’t like. ’Cause when I told my dad I was like, ‘But I’m the same person.’ And he said, ‘But you’re not.’ And I was like, ‘But I am!’...
Charlie Wood
[17 years old] “Well, I’ve been raised in a family that’s not even conventional by gay family standards. I live with my mum and a woman called Sandra who is not partners with my mum, although both of them are lesbian women. I’ve always lived with Sandra and she’s never been partners with my mum...
Sabah Choudrey
[23 years old] “Even though people say Brighton’s quite diverse, it’s not really. Sure, here you have your Asian communities, your South East Asian community and Polish and all that, but they’re all hidden. But what if a person from one community identifies with another community – like the gay community or the trans* community?...