QX Magazine

A marathon on wheels to help fight HIV!   Terrence Higgins Trust are looking for people to take part in their Prudential RideLondon event, cycling 100 miles through the closed roads and fantastic scenery of London and the Surrey Hills. It’s an amazing challenge and achievement for anyone with a bike and an absolute must for keen cyclists! Be part of...

Gay boxing! We think of everything don’t we, us gays. A society or group or party for EVERY OCCASSION.   Yes! Now, boxing is not as aggressive as everyone thinks. It’s not just about masc male posturing. With its fast-paced feel and easy accessibility, it’s becoming an increasingly popular exercise activity for busy urban socialites. It’s a proven stress release…pummeling the living...

Shockingly, almost a quarter of homeless people are LGBT.   They represent a portion of the population, and a part of our community, who have been failed by the government and by society. It’s interesting, and quite telling, to consider the reasons behind this. It hints at a darker undertone to treatment of LGBT people in our allegedly liberal, free-thinking society. In...

Put down your Pret sandwich, click away from Twitter Moments, and flutter headlong into the world of The Albion Faeries.   They’re a collective of LGBT and queer people (and straights are welcome too apparently!), who come together in safe spaces to celebrate spirituality in sexuality. Imagine a world where Galadriel was a promoter in Vauxhall and Tinkerbell was a LIPSYNC1000 contestant....

This week, accounts manager Sam Chedzoy talks to us about joining gay London rugby club the Kings Cross Steelers   “I joined the Kings Cross Steelers in September last year after embarking on a weight loss programme. I had never done any sport before, unless you count Netflix marathons so I guess you could say I was pretty nervous. Straight away...

Our features editor Dylan Jones reports LIVE (well, two weeks later), from the red carpet at the Prowler Porn Awards!   Last week London’s gay glitterati wolfed down their smashed avocado on artisan bread, sprayed on their Bang by Marc Jacobs, stuffed their inside pockets with sachets of lube, and jumped in Ubers down to THE gay porn industry event of...

Internationally ignored superstar Vanity von Glow is spreading her performing wings with a brand new YouTube channel.   Her weekly videos feature all manner of silliness, sexual innuendo and celebrity tittle-tattle with special guests. QX’s very own Dylan Jones has even starred in one. Being the curious queen that he is, Jason Reid was eager to find our more so he...

Ever wondered where fiction, depraved eroticism and moral bankruptcy first met?   Try 1884, with Against Nature, a debauched Bible that smeared poetic vice in every orifice and sucked out every metaphorical drop of diseased sin possible! Written by ultra-decadent, French pervert J.K. Huysmans, the book hit Oscar Wilde like raw, intravenous Viagra, making him immediately toss off Dorian Gray. Way...

I remember the day I moved to London. I was scared and excited at the same time.   I was moving to one of the biggest cities in the world: cosmopolitan, multicultural, modern, trendy and best of all, totally new to me. I brought with me the essentials: clothes, one pair of heels, a couple of wigs and the “tortilla de...