Drag Queen Karaoke.

In the southern seaside resort of Brighton celebrating the gay scene itself: the "Pride beside the Seaside" to invite the pubs karaoke evenings with drag queens and tattooed talent. The finale is a leap into the icy English Channel.

 

It's "Pride Time" in Brighton. In the winding Pub Queen's Arms "is just a general admission to get worse. On a small stage two English ladies with pretty male voices. Both look very much like Las Vegas and Berlin, with drag queens visually not much in common. Your zotiger humor is not so different - if you have to understand the jokes.

The "queer" scene of Brighton, just 60 minute train from central London, offers year-round at the weekend for many gays and lesbians from the capital, the best entertainment options. In addition to celebrating the community - which officially and because of perceived societal similar situation, all citizens of Earth bisexual and transgender people are - even twice a year since 1992 with the "Summer Pride" and because of the great success for four years with the "Winter Pride "in March.

Not only drag queens with names like Miss Hap, Betty Lola Lasagne Swollocks and then push on the small stages of the pubs. But pretty much every guest is trying to be a self-cast on the karaoke stage. Among the participants are surprisingly many real talents, but also courageous yowl, the friendly beklatscht be. Eben still blares an unknown-the Amy Winehouse hit "Valerie" on high "Britain's Got Talent" level, then follows the sinking of the Titanic "with" My heart will go on "by an enthusiastic man full of tattoos sung.

"It's just a bit of fun" so tolerant of the comment by Pete from Manchester, who with his partner Chris regularly comes to the Pride and fear has, on a whim, even at times the stage to land. The locals experience both as a "very, very friendly and courteous." The fact that this profoundly British politeness code also maintained when a part of society, the city turns on its head, is no less British and agrees cheerfully.

Andreas from Hamburg has seen little of the former Brighton Pride of the nineties to the huge event was that he is today. The mood, the extroverted Mittvierziger as a suitable home - and therefore happy again. Not least because of the karaoke nights, whose relaxed and "trashy" atmosphere he enjoys.

Chinese pleasure palace by Prinny

Brighton & Hove, so the official name of the twin city, is the queer citizens and visitors accustomed: She holds the largest share statistically openly gay and lesbian residents live, and residents in Great Britain. And the shape their own districts, Kemp Town - in a prime location above the coastal road Marine Parade. The Royal Pavilion in the back you would go through St. James's Street, and has the choice of restaurants, bars, pubs and shops are relevant in Brighton's' Gay Village 'all close together. Is the "Star Inn" closed due to overcrowding, it's holding on to the "Marine Tavern" or the "Queen's Arms".

Fun living in Brighton has a 200-year tradition. Today it is often the gay, the trends, was once a Royal heterosexual father of the "easy way of life". In 1800 and lived Prinzregentenplatz bigamist George (nickname Prinny) here his dream of bigamy with a Bürgerliches Catholic faith. To this end, he settled in the heart of Brighton's famous Royal Pavilion built, decorated like a Chinese and Protzmann castle.

Prinnys prudish successor to Queen Victoria moved their summer residence on the chaste white chalk from the Isle of Wight southern coast. Later in Brighton, a mile-long pebble beach promenade, the 550 meters into the sea standing Palace Pier (now an amusement park on stilts) and a London-like district called The Lanes added.

For Summer Pride 2008, the city was so filled with members of the community that they are "wall to wall full of gay men was, as Pete says. Including many Germans and French. The hotels in the city were fully booked, the Canadian kd lang traveled for a concert. From the windows of the houses hung massive rainbow flag, which has been an international symbol of the scene are. Already at the entrance to the car traffic on major road closures out parade.

Already by 22 clock in the small-talk deadlock

The winter festival, this year of 7 to 15 March, although climate-related needs without the parade live, but a week numerous events. The highlight is a travesty-show and the Drag Queens moderated karaoke evenings.

There are quiz nights, bingo evenings and go out the normal program in the pubs of the city. Even a naked swim at Brighton's "Nudist Beach" is planned, despite the winter cold. And it would not Great Britain, would not the idea of the charity event shape. Instead, admission fees, the organizers expect many to make a donation to the Pride rifle. The money will support projects of the community.

In the days of "Pride in Brighton should be an evening flirting in queer neighborhoods not too late to start. Axel, 39-year-old tour guide from Berlin, was last summer with a tour group here. At night he hides in the club like "Bulldog" in front of his guests. That attractive males by 22 clock already as blue as the German daheim by 3 clock morning, however, is an obstacle, he says: "Flirt with a drunk times! Small Talks lead as gladly talk in technical blind alleys."