Tag: gay scene
OPINION: The gay scene has a groping problem
Ifan Llewelyn on an unpleasant issue that still pervades the scene
There’s a pressing issue that us advocates of queer nightlife need to do more...
QX meets…Ryan Lanji
We meet the curator of Hungama, London’s kaleidoscopic queer Asian club night
Ryan Lanji arrived in London from Canada with a dollar and a dream...
How To Pull A DJ
Dylan Jones’ guide to getting it in with the city’s most dashing disc jockeys.
DJs have a lot of clout and status on the gay...
I Am Anonymous
‘Anonymous’ is a 20 something drag artist currently working on the London scene who was diagnosed HIV+ in 2011. They have chosen not to...
Reid about living with HIV
As a reader, you won’t know him as well as the many DJs and drags that are featured in these pages every week, but...
Let’s Talk About Gay Sex & Drugs – World AIDS Day
‘Let’s Talk About Gay Sex & Drugs’ hosts a World AIDS Day special, including a gay scene ‘Older & Younger Discussion of HIV’. Patrick...
Honestly Lush
Almost 1 in 8 gay and bisexual men in London are HIV positive.
The gay scene is a huge community yet so few drag performers,...
The Second Silence: What’s Not Being Spoken
There is a ‘Second Silence’ amongst gay men, and it revolves around HIV and AIDS.
By Patrick Cash
Silence can be harmful. In the 1980s when the AIDS...
Bareback Sex, Slamming And The Chill Outs Where There Are No Holes Barred
Alex Palumbo recounts the dark side of drug taking…
With the vast majority of nightclubs feeling enough external pressure to raise the standard and intrusive...
Slamming Adverts and Slam Packs: The Burrell Street Clinic
There is a current advertising campaign from Burrell Street Clinic for Sexual Health in the pages of this magazine, proclaiming ‘SLAM SAFELY’. Slamming is...