I regret local councillors cannot be transferred like footballers, because Councillor Simon Williams, with his ideas for a multicoloured gay village in Kemp Town, would be able to exercise his talents much more usefully in a location such as Disneyland.

The fact is, a person's or location's identity is not determined solely by sexual orientation but by a combination of countless factors If one area were to be categorised in the way, Simon Williams suggests we could likewise name the city centre, for example, a "heterosexual pride zone" and classify other sections of the city as blonde, brunette or auburn, left-handed or right-handed and blue, green or brown-eyed districts.

This, like a gay village, would only serve to divide the community.

-Dennis B Stuart, Brighton