QX Magazine

Last month several hundred LGBT+ people gathered in the oh-so posh Hilton Park Lane to raise funds for Stonewall. The event raised a whopping £450,000 for the organisation, which prides itself as being the UK’s most foremost gay rights group. We all know its name. We’ve seen its events pop up in the gay press every now and then....

I quit Grindr earlier this year, so a few weeks back I decided to go to a bar on my own to see if I could hook up in ‘real life.’ All good so far. Nothing wrong with that. It was my choice to be there. I’m a single gay man living in London after all. Great.   Except, while I...

Tower Hamlets Council has upheld the Asset of Community Value Status for the Joiners Arms.   Despite attempts by the current owners to revoke The Joiners Arms pub’s Asset of Community Value (ACV) status, it has been upheld by Tower Hamlets Council. The pub’s current owners Robobond LTD, appealed against the council’s decision to award East London’s favourite queer club ACV,...

Rise like a Phoenix is my new comedy play about five guys having a house party. There are friendships, past relationships, new ones, but the main strand that connects these characters is that they are all living with HIV. They are all relatively recently diagnosed and we see how they cope and how they deal with the virus and...

X-Factor indie boy Luke Friend returns to the pop palace G-A-Y this weekend, but not before he had a natter with James Egan about sassy attitude, sexy saxophones and Charli XCX.   You new single is called ‘Hole in My Heart’ and the lyrics are quite raw! Was it written with anyone specific in mind? It certainly was! It’s based on true...

The As One Easter Weekend Festival invites international events like WE Party, Matinée, PAPA and Masterbeat to join home-grown clubs like SexCircus, Gravity, A:M, Beyond, Later and Orange for a colossal run of parties that kick off on Thursday and end on Monday. James Egan serves up QX’s guide to making it through the weekend without messing your mascara…   Berocca Gotta...

I have a pretty hairy body, naturally. Not like Planet of the Apes-level but a fair amount of fine, dark hair from my Irish heritage grows across my chest, narrowing into a healthy ‘treasure trail’ down my navel. Between my pectorals the hair concentrates and grows in a particularly thick patch.    By Patrick Cash When I used to go out clubbing...

Time Out has already touted COUNTER Vauxhall as “the best thing to happen to Vauxhall – perhaps ever!” Easter sees the coming out of its little brother BackCOUNTER and they’re inviting you to join in the celebrations all weekend long. So now, whether it’s breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner or drinks, there’s the perfect Vauxhall solution on your doorstep, 7...

This week Jason Reid speaks to Ty Jeffries, the man behind glamorous chanteuse Miss Hope Springs, with showbiz running deep in his blood, and a current show at The Hippodrome, they talk all things Hope, artistic influences and connections to the greats...     By Jason Reid How did you first discover drag?  I started painting my face as a kid and realised...

Dry your eyes and throw on your glad rags, as the final Hot Boy Dancing Spot at Dalston Superstore is upon us! We had a chat to DJ and one of half the HBDS team, Jonjo Jury, about memories, music and moving forward...   Jonjo, for those foolish enough to have missed it, tell us about Hot Boy Dancing Spot... I started...