Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboard, Brighton & Hove's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans Information, Support and Counselling Service 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. It was started by four men and two women and was initially known as The Lavender Line.
It receives over 5,000 calls a year and its website handles 80,000 visitors per year.
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Brighton Gay and Lesbian Switchboard Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA