Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboard

Switchboard, formerly Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboard, is a British listening service or hotline, for the LGBT communities based in Brighton. It service was launched, with just one telephone, in April 1975 at the Open Cafe, a centre for alternative politics, at 7 Victoria Road.[1] It was started by four men and two women and was initially known as The Lavender Line.[2]

Switchboard
FormationApril 1975; 48 years ago (1975-04)
Founded atBrighton
TypeNGO
Registration no.1088133
Legal statusCharitable organization
ServicesHelpline, Inclusion Project, Dementia Café, Trans Survivors Switchboard, Disability Project, Rainbow Cafe
Volunteers
30
Websiteswitchboard
Formerly called
Brighton Gay and Lesbian Switchboard

It receives over 5,000 calls a year[2] and its website handles 80,000 visitors per year.

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  1. ^ Cameron, Janet (2013). LGBT Brighton & Hove. Amberley Publishing Ltd. ISBN 9781445629230.
  2. ^ a b "Gay switchboard: a brief history". mybrightonandhove.org.uk. 22 March 2006. Retrieved 12 July 2016.

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