Equalities, cities and ordinariness : introduction -- Contextualising research and researching contexts : situating participatory projects -- The promise of ordinary lives in a city paved with "gay gold" -- The gay scene : having it all? -- Under our umbrella? : contesting and re-creating ordinariness -- Ordinary activisms : possibilities beyond the dichotomies of radicalism/assimilation -- Resistant ordinary activisms : safe in the "gay city"? -- Is pride political? : beyond (oppositional) politics in lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans festivals -- Ordinary in brighton? : conclusion.