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- Counter
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- Duke of Wellington
- Eagle London
- Fetch
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- Friendly Society
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- George & Dragon
- Halfway II Heaven
- Her Upstairs
- Kiki
- King's Arms
- Ku Bar
- Mango Tree
- New Bloomsbury Set
- Old Ship
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- Rose & Crown
- Royal Vauxhall Tavern
- Rupert Street
- Soho
- Soho Residence
- Ted's Place
- The Cock Tavern
- The Exhibit
- The Fence
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- The Karaoke Hole
- The Light Lounge
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- Two Brewers
- Vault 139
- Village
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- Brockwell Park
- Cafe de Paris
- Circa: The Club
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- Coronet
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- Cruz 101
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- Eagle Bar Manchester
- Eagle London
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- Exilio
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- Fire
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- GEAR London
- Hangar
- Heaven
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- Kolis
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- Lightbox
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- Ministry of Sound
- Moustache Bar
- Muse Soho
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- Protocol
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- Rye Wax
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- Studio 338
- Sub101
- Sweatbox
- Ted's Place
- The Bloc
- The Clapham Grand
- The Glory
- The Grand
- The Library Bar
- The Prince Of Wales
- The REM Bar
- The Slytherin Dungeon
- The Steel Yard
- The Vaults
- Them Downstairs
- Them Upstairs
- Tipsy
- Troxy
- Underground Club
- Union
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- Via
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Tales of the City Screening
07/06/19: The atmosphere was electric with excitement at the RVT on Friday as the queer scene’s glitterati descended for a very special evening -...
Mighty Hoopla
08/06/19: The gay gods were smiling on us last Saturday as the clouds cleared and the rain dissipated for HOOPLA, the UK’s queerest day...
BRÜT RAW
07/06/19: A new location, a new attitude, the same monochrome naughty night. It really does what it says on the poster, giving it to...
XXL Bears, Cubs and Chubs
08/06/19: A packed sweaty dance floor is hard to come by in London, but NOT if you know where to look. The topless torsos...
GEAR London
02/06/19: We LOVE an event, especially if there’s booze involved. We especially love a fashion/consumerism-orientated event – the result of watching too much Sex...
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Club News
Thursday 13th June
The Quizzarding World
Are you the ultimate Harry Potter fan? Do you know your knarls from your nifflers and your bludgers from your...
Bits & Pieces
Taylor Swift’s new music video features every single queer celebrity ever
Okay, not really. But almost everyone that featured in Queerty headline in the past year. It's a who's who of "who's that?" gay celebrities...
Homosexuality in sports: three athletes who have come out as gay
by Alex Dudley
There are plenty of athletes that have come out as openly gay over the past ten years and they have been applauded for...
Helmets on, boys – IBikeLondon and Cyclehoop team up with Pride in London for...
Get those tight cycle shorts on boys, it's time to get riding! Taking place on Saturday, June 22, this year’s #PrideRide promises to be one...
Dating app Chappy launches ‘Friend Mode’ – a new platonic connection feature
With the innovation of digital dating, grabbing yourself a date has become easier than ever! But what if you're not looking to date? What...
Fierce pictures from this year’s Mighty Hoopla
Saturday at Hoopla was BEYOND. We're still busy picking pink glitter out of our matted hair. The queers of London flocked in their hundreds...
Drag & Cabaret
Viva La Diva!
Jason Reid chats to female impersonator Randy Roberts
Randy Roberts is an internationally acclaimed female impersonator who has been performing across the globe for more...
Cancer survivor Cynthia Seaward is raising money through drag
She’s a woman on a mission
Comedy queen Cynthia Seaward is preparing to host a very special night of cabaret fundraising in aid of Cancer...
QX PREVIEW: Jonny Woo’s All Star Brexit Cabaret
The all-singing, all-high-kicking take on Brexit arrives at Soho Theatre
WHAT’S GOING ON WITH BREXIT? Who fucking knows! Sometimes if something is a great cause...
Drag With Good Vibes
Jason Reid chats to Brighton legend Drag With No Name, about the importance of having a positive attitude
Brighton-based Scott Burey is the man behind...
Scene legend Dusty O talks introspection, inspiration and ART, sweetie
Dusty O aka David Hodge is a scene legend! She’s had more glasses of champagne (and cheap prosecco) than you’ve had hot dinners.
After ruling...
Fashion & Grooming
Rebecca More is donating 100% of the profits from her pride merch to Mermaids
Sex worker, gay icon and general cockdestroyer Rebecca More is not one to do things by halves. She's always on the pulse, on the...
Look Good Feel Gorgeous – a barbering experience like no other
Grooming Guru Tony Flynn looks into luxury Monument barber R.W.Wolf.
Tame the beast with a barbering experience like no other
It’s true what they say; a...
Look Good, Feel Gorgeous – Tailoring
Tony Flynn on this season’s hottest trends
Top Trend for 2019: Tailoring
Tailoring is back – and back in a big way (hurrah!). Apparently only 10% of...
From bald to buzz cut – the cost-effective trend that has people talking
Hair is our pride and joy. We spend countless hours fretting about it and messing it around. Unfortunately, for many of us, it doesn't...
Look Good, Feel Gorgeous – Can Stress Effect Your Appearance?
Tony Flynn talks how to side-step stress and how to deal with it when it creeps in
Stress happens to the best of us and...
Health & Wellbeing
It’s #WorldBloodDonorDay – unless you’re a gay or bi man
Today, hundreds of donors across the globe are lining up to donate blood, throwing a lifeline to countless patients who are in dire need...
Syphilis is on the rise – here’s everything you need to know
Syphilis is on the rise! Hooray! Another thing to worry about, as if total political turmoil, social media anxiety and impending climate change doom...
Gay Dating Alternative
If you’ve been finding dating repetitive, with its endless parade of restaurants and coffee bars, then it’s worth considering an alternative that’s not only...
Look Good, Feel Gorgeous – Five Reasons To Go Green
Tony Flynn talks the virtues of green tea
Tea. The cuppa is a staple of British lifestyle and helps us battle through those dull afternoons...
OutLife – a new online service tackling LGBTQ+ suicide
The Online Service Tackling Suicide in the LGBTQ+ Community
Brought to you by the team behind LGBT Hero, OutLife is the new online service that’s...
LGBTQI & Community
EDITOR’S LETTER: Attacks like Janice Turner’s are putting people in direct physical danger
Attacks and aggression targeted towards LGBT people are on the rise across the world. In the UK, the mainstream media questions the validity of...
Ian McKellen announces ‘Pride in Ageing’ – a support charity for LGBT elders
Ever since coming out publicly in the late '80s, Sir Ian McKellen has been one of the loudest voices in LGBT+ activism. He was...
Inside London’s first permanent LGBTIQ+ homeless centre
We’ve all witnessed the unignorable, increasing struggle of London’s homeless. In fact, ‘struggle’ is putting it far too mildly. It’s become a crisis. Things...
K-Pop star Sunmi broke the internet last night with her “LGBT” comment
With its millions of adoring fans, formidable streaming numbers and unprecedented video budgets, K-Pop has more than proven its clout on the worldwide stage.
Formerly...
Rebecca More is donating 100% of the profits from her pride merch to Mermaids
Sex worker, gay icon and general cockdestroyer Rebecca More is not one to do things by halves. She's always on the pulse, on the...
Music & Books
Queer pop powerhouse Lucy Whittaker is taking over the industry, one Pride at a...
By Ifan Llewelyn
Flipping her blonde locks over the shoulder of a blue silk tracksuit, chest pumping to her new track's pumping beat, Lucy Whittaker...
The QX Weekly Playlist – SUMMER BANGERS
The sun's out, people are already collapsing into coleslaw on Hampstead Heath, and hitting repeat on that Summertime Sadness remix!
June is officially the new...
Queer pop duo Noble Gray to launch debut album ‘Throwback’
Celebrating all the delicious shades of Noble Gray, last week The Eagle host the pre-launch party for the contemporary pop duo's debut album Throwback. The album...
GIG REVIEW: Pabllo Vittar
★★★★
Every so often a gig comes along with an atmosphere so electric and memorable that people talk about it for months afterwards. Robyn’s recent...
QX Meets…eccentric art-pop soundscapers The Vanity Project
We meet the up-and-coming electro band making waves up in Manchester
For anyone who hasn’t had a listen to your music yet, how would you...
Parties & People
#JULIASAYS – Discerning scene musings from the princess of East London!
Discerning scene musings of the princess of East London!
Just to reiterate dears, I always try to bring you a slice of alternative gay London...
There’s a gay pride party happening in an art deco millionaire’s mansion in Greenwich
Cocktails! Canapes! Cloche hats!
Ever wanted to live out your Maggie Smith Downton Abbey fantasy? Well go upstairs and put on a hat, because now...
Down In Acapulco
We head to Mexico and hit the beach with supermodel Lautaro Gonzalez
Even though the weather doesn’t seem to have noticed yet, it’s summer! So...
Lady Bunny on Disco, Drag & Demagogues
The Eagle catches up with New York City icon Lady Bunny
With those moon-sized blonde wigs, eyelashes that arrive an hour before she does and...
This weekend at the Eagle
The Vauxhall venue’s got loads of great stuff this weekend
We may only be steadily teetering into summer, but The Eagle has already slapped on...
Politics & History
Fatboy Slim, Erol Alkan, Neneh Cherry, Sink The Pink and more to DJ tomorrow’s...
In news that will have Andrea Leadsom quaking in her little bigoted boots, A STELLAR LINEUP of fabulous alternative people will be descending on...
Trump cuts almost $6m from HIV/AIDS program
In an attempt to cover the cost of children who were left without their parents under Trump's administration, money will be cut from funding of HIV/AIDS...
India legalizes homosexuality, in a landmark ruling for an estimated one fifth of the...
In a landmark ruling for LGB+ people in India, the Supreme court has overturned a ban on consensual same-sex relations. The ban on same-sex intercourse...
Blood Diamond Diana – We caught up with the artist behind the art
If you’ve scrolled down your Twitter feed this week, you can’t have missed a portrait of Princess Diana which made quite the splash. Using...
Twinks4Trump founder dropped as White House correspondent
Lucian Wintrich, a founder of the Twinks4Trump group, as been dropped as a press correspondent in the White House after links to white nationalists...
Stage & Screen
The London Indian Film Festival has a sparkling roster of queer films this year
Despite lots of unpleasant discourse to the contrary, the UK and in particular London, remains an accepting, colourful and wonderfully diverse place.
Events like the...
GIG REVIEW: Tove Lo shines at Mighty Hoopla
The Scandinavian sensation brought irresistible energy to the Main Stage
After elbowing and shouldering our way through the entry queues for what promised to be...
Afterglow at the Southwark Playhouse review – ‘a sexed-up kitchen pink drama’
The open relationship is something that is only now rearing its head in the greater cultural zeitgeist as a legitimate set-up. The conversation around...
Monogomy and Matrimony
We speak to the cast of gay polyamory play, Afterglow
Despite a growing conversation around open relationships, monogamy is still the cultural norm. Our major...
Sauvage review- ‘A devastating, beautifully realised portrayal of the darker side of sex work’
★★★★★ by Ifan Llewelyn
The life of a male escort is one that is rarely explored on the big screen, with Hollywood’s fixation with female...
Travel
TRAVEL: Palm Springs
This year's go-to destination for gay sun-chasers
Looking out on a drizzly, grey afternoon in May, your mind can’t help but drift away to an...
Getting to know Sailors Sauna
QX meets sauna owner Richard to talk shop, and why sauna’s are still so popular.
Saunas are a valued part of our culture as gay...
Freddie Mercury: Inspired by Munich, Germany – A city that can really rock you.
WIN ! : You could soon be strolling through a fabulous LGBT Christmas Market in Germany. German National Tourist Office invites you to get...
How To Survive A Family Holiday
The sun’s out, Alexa Chung’s ditched her trenchoat in favour of a quirky sheer playsuit, and it’s getting worryingly close to FAMILY HOLIDAY TIME.
That...
Six awesome Vegas gay bars you have to see!
Las Vegas! The city that rose from the Nevada desert in a towering burst of flickering neon, glittering casinos and self-consciously glamorous hotels.
Over the...
Longer Read
QX Meets… ‘Pig in a Wig’ Lady Bunny
Her days of tearing Atlanta a new one alongside Larry Tee and RuPaul back in the early '80s might be behind her, but drag...
QX Meets… queer Asian dancer Mavin Khoo
Recognised internationally as a dance artist who's breathing new life into traditional Indian dance, as well as breaking new ground with his contemporary work,...
Firebrands in Frocks: The Radical Drag Queens of The Gay Liberation Front
On July 1st 1972, over 700 LGBT demonstrators made history by marching through London for the first official Pride carnival. It was the largest...
Unsung Gay Heroes in History
THE IMITATION GAME is a biopic of cryptologist Alan Turing and his heroic war-time efforts at Bletchley Park who is only now being given...
Growing Up Gay and Muslim
Ardent followers of Islam often harbour negative attitudes towards homosexuality. In most of the Muslim-majority world homosexual activity is illegal, carrying the death penalty...
Popular Features
Helmets on, boys – IBikeLondon and Cyclehoop team up with Pride in London for...
Get those tight cycle shorts on boys, it's time to get riding! Taking place on Saturday, June 22, this year’s #PrideRide promises to be one...
Queer pop powerhouse Lucy Whittaker is taking over the industry, one Pride at a...
By Ifan Llewelyn
Flipping her blonde locks over the shoulder of a blue silk tracksuit, chest pumping to her new track's pumping beat, Lucy Whittaker...
There’s a gay pride party happening in an art deco millionaire’s mansion in Greenwich
Cocktails! Canapes! Cloche hats!
Ever wanted to live out your Maggie Smith Downton Abbey fantasy? Well go upstairs and put on a hat, because now...