QX Magazine

Conchita Wurst is a force to be reckoned with, a whirlwind in a ball-gown. Fresh off the back of releasing a book and an album, she’s continuing her unstoppable, sequin-spangled rise to success. Chris Godfrey managed to catch her on her way from one private jet to another, to talk life, drag and the rumours that she might be...

Remember VV Brown? Yeah, no, you do, she had that song once. ‘Shark in the Water’? It goes like “baby, there’s a shark in the waterrr…la la” somethingsomething. Well, she’s actually really quite good and you should have been paying more attention because she is BACK. But now she’s just called VV. The brown is gone. She ran herself through...

When is an artist advocating for the gay community and when are they simply capitalising on it? Former Disney virgin and current cock-tease Nick Jonas came to visit London last month, after generating a firestorm of opinion about his motives for pursuing his gay male fanbase. The cynical among us believe his PR team are purely preying on us, profting...

Adore Delano is kind of amazing. Aside from being one of the most entertaining contestants Drag Race has ever seen, she also put out a total barnstormer of an album, full of bona-fide big jams and legit love songs. James Egan woke her up early to have a chat about her UK tour, where she’ll be hitting the Clapham Grand on August...

QX magazine caught up with bear DJ Raf Daddy ahead of his set at Brüt this weekend.   Hello Raf! How’s life on the bear DJ scene? Hot and hairy. We’ve decided to ask you some (vaguely) bear-related questions. Ready? Sure Salmon or haddock? Haddock, more sustainable, innit. Peanut butter or sunflower spread? Peanut butter, for maintaining my physique Honey or lube? Are the two mutually exclusive? Honey please. Kylie or...

Performer, playwright, actress, chanteuse and once hailed as an ‘icon in the making’, La JohnJoseph is back with a new show, Practically Royalty, at London Wonderground. This week Jason Reid caught up with La John to find out more...   The last time we spoke was back in 2012 when you were preparing for your autobiographical show A Boy in a...

This weekend Uganda’s out and proud will march through Entebbe to celebrate Pride for the fourth year running. Chris Godfrey caught up with the country’s most prominent LGBT activist, Dr Frank Mugisha, to find out how the event has grown and what issues the LGBT community still face.    So this weekend you’ll be attending Uganda’s fourth Pride parade; do the...

Two sensational singing sisters doing renditions of some of the most divalicious hits from stage and screen? How can you turn THAT down?     Siblings Ria Jones and Ceri Dupree (both VERY camp names, 10 points for that) are both West End legends. Just some of Ria’s many credits are Joseph and the Technicolour Dreamcoat, High Society, and Grizabella in Cats...

The newly rebranded VFD is back with a BANG. It used to be Vogue Fabrics. Formerly known as Vogue Fabrics. FKA Vogue Fabrics. “Vogue Fabrics” actually sounds like it could be a song by FKA Twigs doesn’t it. VFD FKA? Fabrics Twigs? Vogue FD? What are we on about? *vogues*     ANYWAY it’s still the same trendy fash mag slag sweatpit...

Vivacious otter Micka Agosta first came to our attention way back in the final heat of Mister Glory, The Glory’s alternative male beauty pageant (around three weeks ago). He went on to WIN the contest (a week later), garnering a life-changing £1000 cash prize, a plastic crown and adulation in Haggerston Tesco. His standout act was covering himself in...