Welcome to the Golden Handbags Voting 2012

This is your opportunity to help recognise the people and organisations that you believe make Brighton's gay scene sparkle!

All you need in order to vote is a valid email address or a REALBrighton membership.

Closing date for voting is midnight on the 8th of June 2012.

This year's Golden Handbag Show, hosted once again by the fabulous Lola Lasagne, will take place in the main ballroom at the Hilton Metropole Hotel on Sunday, June 17 starting at 7:30pm.

Tickets for the show are £17. There are a limited number of pre-booked tables of 12 available. To secure a pre-booked table call 01273 722457. All other tickets are available from Prowler, 112 St James’s Street, Brighton. These tickets must be collected in person and paid for in cash, as Prowler is not charging a booking fee. Tickets purchased from Prowler are not reserved and seats are taken on a first-come-first-served basis on the night.

More about the Handbags and an archive of photos stretching back through the years at: realbrighton.com/goldenhandbags. Check out our Facebook page and Twitter @goldenhandbags and use the hashtag #goldenhandbags on all your vote begging tweets and congratulatory tweets on the night

The Golden Handbag Awards started in 1995 and has become the biggest annual fundraiser in LGBT Brighton, raising over £100,000 to date. This year’s proceeds will be distributed among a variety of LGBT organisations. The Awards are first and foremost a fundraising event, to raise money for LGBT organisations, and are intended to build pride and confidence in the LGBT community, celebrating the best LGBT Brighton has to offer.

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