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

Formation	April 1975; 50 years ago (1975-04)
Founded at	Brighton
Type	NGO
Registration no.	1088133
Legal status	Charitable organization
Services	Helpline, Inclusion Project, Dementia Café, Trans Survivors Switchboard, Disability Project, Rainbow Cafe
Volunteers	30
Website	switchboard
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.

See also

• Gay & Lesbian Switchboard of New York
• London Friend
• Oxford Friend
• Switchboard (UK)