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Heroes and heroines of the gay community will be celebrated at the third annual Stonewall Awards.

The awards from the lobbying charity commemorate those, gay or straight, who in the past year have had a positive impact on the lives of lesbian and gay people in Britain. Last year’s winners included Dan Gillespie Sells, Val McDermid and Alan Johnson.

Sponsored by Barclays, the awards will be voted for by thousands of Stonewall supporters across Britain. Categories include ‘Hero of the Year‘, ‘Bigot of the Year‘ and the ‘Stonewall & Barclays Community Group.‘ The chosen Community Group of the Year will receive a cheque for £5,000 to support its work.

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Wild fruit goes bananas over missing fruit

Two giant bananas sparked a massive search operation when they went missing from a Brighton nightclub.

Cuddles and Lulu – icons of Wild Fruit, the gay institution at Tru in West Street, disappeared following the Pride finale party. DJs Kate Wildblood and Queen Josephine were eating breakfast at Buddies at 7am when they spotted the bananas speeding along the seafront.

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Brighton athletes are celebrating bringing home a stash of gold medals. Brighton Lesbian and Gay Sports Society bagged enough trophies at the Gay Eurogames 2008 to make an Olympic team proud. Sally Cushing took top prize for golf, her second gold at a Eurogames event.

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A cabaret academy will give hopefuls the chance to learn the craft from some of the biggest names in the business. Drag star Dave Lynn and industry professionals will run the ten-week school in Charles Street club this autumn.

The academy will be open to wannabe performers from all genres, from drag queens to comedians, vocalists, magicians, ventriloquists, dancers and comperes. Dave Lynn starred in Channel 4’s series Faking It, where he taught naval officer Spence Bowdler to become drag queen Britney Ferry. Since the episode was aired in 2003, Dave has been inundated with requests to assist fledgling artists develop their acts. He held his first academy last September and it resulted in a number of professional bookings for many of the students.

This year’s lessons begin in September and run every Tuesday until November.

Each act will have the opportunity to rehearse and perform on stage, culminating in two fundraising performances in November for the Sussex Beacon, of which Dave is patron. The course fee is £20 per session.

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