QX Magazine

On Tuesday 5th February, MPs will vote on Gay Marriage. It is perhaps the single most important issue to affect the UK’s LGBT community this year. Whether the idea of gay marriage is something that actually has any relevance to you now, or your future relationships, Cliff Joannou argues that it’s importance to us all cannot be taken for granted…

Your new Pride organisation is here and ready to reinvigorate the UK’s largest gay event. Michael Salter, Chair of London LGBT+ Community Pride, gives Cliff Joannou the exclusive first interview of how the group intends to deliver the city a Pride it can be proud of… 

For want of a less dramatic phrase, there is a gay identity crisis that is with us here and now.

Cliff Joannou met the singer/activist at the Terrence Higgins Trust 30th anniversary reception at City Hall. She shared these words with us…

One of BBC Radio 1’s highest profile gay presenters, Scott Mills has just released his autobiography, ‘Love You Bye’. A candid account of his life to date, it covers his battle with a dependency to alcohol to dealing with the sudden death of a boyfriend, via his exposé of the oppression suffered by LGBT Ugandans.

Recon’s Fetish Week London is back for its biggest ever event. Cliff Joannou speaks to Event Manager Antoin Strachan… 

On the 40th anniversary of gay Pride in London, our community needs to find its voice again…

The son of a Minister, he left home at 16 to live in London, Australia and currently LA. He had an international hit with modern pop classic ‘Black & Gold’, kept Lady Gaga’s famous meat dress in his fridge (wouldn’t you?) and with a new album about to drop he performs on the main stage at Lovebox this Sunday. Cliff Joannou meets Sam Sparro…

As HRH Queen Elizabeth II celebrates sixty years on the throne by sailing down the Thames on a canoe this weekend, QX presents a look back at the changes our wonderful gay scene has witnessed over the past six decades through the eyes of our very own First Lady of Soho and Supreme Ruler of London’s Homos, the divine HRT Queen Lizzy…