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So much entertainment for free, and more – a week at...
Every Tuesday at Zodiac - Karaoke
Rising star & vocal phenomenon, Luna Cortez hosts you every Tuesday for a Karaoke Party over 2 floors! FREE ENTRY
Every Wednesday at...
Calling all singers to The Z Factor!
You are invited to The Z Factor - Karaoke Competition!
ZODIAC bar has announced the very first season of 'The Z Factor' - a long-awaited...
LGBTQ+ Gay Cabaret
Now That’s What We Call Musicals!, 3 September
Le Gateau Chocolat and Jonny Woo: NOW THAT’S WHAT WE CALL MUSICALS!
Dubbed the “Ebony and Ivory of drag” – Olivier award-winning star of La...
QX meets Ru Paul’s Drag Race UK star Ginny Lemon
The Commonwealth Games 2022 opened in Birmingham's Alexander Stadium to a high camp performance from Ginny Lemon. Hovering above the stadium in a lemon...
LGBTQ+ Gay Parties
Alcohol and drug free clubbing, 8 October
With the demand for more sober spaces & events for the queer community, London's newest alcohol and drug free clubbing sesh is just around...
New queer party! New club in Soho! WOW!, 10 September
With so many venues closing, we can finally celebrate an opening. Four stories below Soho, below where QX used to have it’s offices (for...
Your queer guide to August bank holiday weekend 2022
It's the August bank holiday weekend and it's time to put our troubles aside for a couple of days, and enjoy our queer family...
Madonna Fan Party returns to G-A-Y Late, 27 August
Madonna Fan Party returns to London on 27th August from 3.30pm for it’s 32nd - 32nd! - event since the parties first started almost...
UK Black Pride at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, 14 August
UK Black Pride is Europe's largest Pride celebration for LGBTQ!+ people of African, Asian, Caribbean, Latin American and S.W.A.N.A. decent.
Starting off as a...
Body Movements Festival, 30 July
After launching in 2021, celebrating the UK’s varied Queer and Trans electronic music communities, BODY MOVEMENTS has already firmed up it’s place as an essential date...
Vault 139 celebrates 14 years, 3 September
Vault139 is London's premiere gay cruise bar with darkroom. They're celebrating 14 years of *servicing* their customers with a CUM AND GLOW Party. It's...
Backstreet bar announces closure date
Sex-positive club Backstreet has announced its closure date as 17 July 2022. Management announced the closure on their Twitter account, "After 37 incredible years...
Little Gay Brother bigger and better at Earth, Pride rave 2022
Little Gay Brother is back, bigger and better, at their new home Earth for a Pride rave spectacular on 2nd July 2022.
Earth is a...
Fun with Fitladz this Easter
Every Friday bad boyz enjoy an outrageous party at Fitladz, in The Bunker. Fitladz is a club night that’s all about sex-positive vibes and...
Informer
Queer arts show launches season 2, 1 October
Queer I Am the Podcast, the podcast that celebrates Queer Artists and Queer Allies will release season 2 of the hit podcast from 1st...
London’s Radical Faeries in celebration of the Autumn Equinox, Sept 21
An evening of performance and ceremony from London's Radical Faeries in celebration of the Autumn Equinox Wednesday September 21st at 7.30pm.
As the Wheel of the...
Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest, 20 – 25 September 2022
This month, Fringe! returns for its twelfth edition with a compelling, provocative and political programme of film screenings, performances, workshops and events. Join them...
Language is the key to LGBTQIA+ community’s inclusion and wellbeing in sport
Dr Amanda Jones, Senior Lecturer in Physical Education, University of Bedfordshire explains why language is the key to LGBTQIA+ community’s inclusion and wellbeing in sport.
It...
Wellbeing
Is anyone else really struggling at the moment?
Is anyone else really struggling at the moment? By Richard David-Caine
The other day I popped into my local Costa coffee shop, for a top up...
Don’t delay, get vaccinated against the MPX virus
MPX is a very unpleasant virus. Besides extremely painful blisters in some very uncomfortable areas it can also cause blindness! There is also a...
Wholly Minded Counselling and Psychotherapy (sponsored post)
Are you experiencing trouble coming to terms with, or understanding your sexual identity, coming out to those you know and love, whether this be...
Gay Wellness: a new kind of wellness platform (sponsored post)
Based in Los Angeles and London, Gay Wellness is a new online platform for gay and queer-identified wellness practitioners. It serves as a listing...
Community
New pop-up LGBTQ+ bar in Dalston Junction, 9 Sep
Adam’s, a pop-up LGBTQ+ neighbourhood bar founded by Adam Caddy, will open at Snackbar in Dalston Junction on September 9th for three months.
Every Thursday, Friday...
UK Black Pride at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, 14 August
UK Black Pride is Europe's largest Pride celebration for LGBTQ!+ people of African, Asian, Caribbean, Latin American and S.W.A.N.A. decent.
Starting off as a...
London Night Czar to “offer our full support” after sudden closure of Above The...
London's LGBTQIA+ community was in shock after the sudden announcement of the closure of Above The Stage last Sunday. The venue (theatre, cabaret lounge...
Fashion
Harnesses: the must-have accessory for gay men
If you've been paying attention to men's fashion trends over the past few years, you might have noticed that gay harnesses are having a moment....
Kinky Gear is on the rise
Kinky Gear is on the rise ...
How is your Summer going? We have been having a ball. The first summer in 2 years that...
Art
Internationally acclaimed queer opera ORFEAS2021 premieres at Whitechapel Gallery, 24 Sept
Performance and curation duo, FYTA, will be showcasing their acclaimed queer opera ORFEAS2021 for one night only at Whitechapel Gallery on Saturday 24th September...
Gary Albert inspires a personal metamorphosis in a challenging world
Gary Albert is a gay London-based multi-award winning composer and performer, who on October 7th is going to perform a solo concert called Metamorphosis in the...
Life’s A Cabaret for queer photographer Romain Berger
Romain Berger is a queer photographer from the French scene, born in the late 80s in Normandy. He has a theatrical and cinematic background...
“Sociopath”, an alternative pop tune with an Azerbaijani touch
Singer/songwriter EMINZADA is a multi-dimensional artist with an exclusive style and powerful mindset. Originally from Baku City, Azerbaijan, EMINZADA has grown up with diversity...
Internationally acclaimed queer opera ORFEAS2021 premieres at Whitechapel Gallery, 24 Sept
Performance and curation duo, FYTA, will be showcasing their acclaimed queer opera ORFEAS2021 for one night only at Whitechapel Gallery on Saturday 24th September...
Gender identity explored in Scarabeus Aerial Theatre tour
Exploring gender identity, representation and familial love, Emerging is the brand-new production from pioneering company Scarabeus Aerial Theatre. This captivating performance begins its UK...
Gary Albert inspires a personal metamorphosis in a challenging world
Gary Albert is a gay London-based multi-award winning composer and performer, who on October 7th is going to perform a solo concert called Metamorphosis in the...
All-trans team devises show on trans healthcare – “Patient is a Verb”, 16 –...
Burning Attic presents “Patient is a Verb” at Blue Elephant Theatre in Camberwell, 16-17 September 8pm. A theatre show about accessing trans healthcare in...
They’re about to have the ride of their lives… Horseplay at Riverside Studios to...
Enjoy a good laugh with Horseplay at Riverside Studios to 24 Sept.
After ten years of marriage, Tom and Tim decide to spice up their...
Ben Buratta talks about Groove, a performance uniting queer people on the dancefloor
OUTBOX theatre’s new production of GROOVE is a performance embracing what it means to be queer, then, now, and in the future. Groove is based...
Swan Song is fabulous!
Swan Song is an outrageously entertaining and unexpectedly tender comedy from writer/director Todd Stephens (Edge of Seventeen). Retired hairdresser Pat Pitsenbarger escapes his small-town nursing...
Naughty at The Hen & Chickens, 27 Sep – 2 Oct
Fringe theatre has always been one of the joys of London and we are fortunate that there are still several venues that are regularly...
The Vito Project LGBTQ+ Film Club, 18 September
Following the success of its Spring season, THE VITO PROJECT LGBTQ+ FILM CLUB returns to the iconic Cinema Museum London with a new series of regular...
THE P WORD at Bush Theatre, 9 Sep – 22 Oct
The P Word, by Waleed Akhtar, whose play Kabul Goes Pop was a hit at Brixton House earlier this year, opens at the Bush...
Politics
Call to ban West Midlands police from Birmingham Pride
Human rights campaigner, Peter Tatchell has called for West Midlands police to be banned from Birmingham Pride after Chief Constable refuses to apologise for...
Belgrade EuroPride cancellation faces queer resistance
Belgrade EuroPride cancellation faces queer resistance ...
(EPOA), is the largest demonstration that vindicates our rights in Europe. It is a celebration that has taken...
Opinion
Why we’re launching Queer Horror Nights! by Token Homo, Castle Cinema 27 Feb.
Why we’re launching Queer Horror Nights!, a new London-based film club dedicated to the darker side of cinema by Token Homo
When you tell people...
LGBTQ People Are Being Hunted Down – By Yuval David
Kabul was known as one of the few “liberal” cities in Afghanistan. The word liberal is in quotation marks, and inflected, because it is...
Is There Any Money Left In Sex Work?
Is There Any Money Left In Sex Work? – let’s talk about it!
Article written by Stephen Hanscomb of LGBTplus
When the coronavirus pandemic struck everyone...
LGBTQ+ Gay Travel
The joys of a long weekend in Zurich, Switzerland
Zurich is probably best known as the banking powerhouse of Europe. That and fondue. But it wasn't either of those that attracted me to...
Gay Ski Week 2023 in North America
As summer draws to a close in Northern Europe, it's time to plan our winter gay ski week 2023. QX looks at three stunning...
Gaycation in Devon with Totnes Pride, 3 September
Travelling abroad is a bit of a nightmare these days, so it's nice to know that there are some beautiful parts of Britain worthy...
Summer celebrations in Prague for Pride, 8 – 14 August
The summer festival season is in full swing and in less than two weeks, the much anticipated Prague Pride 2022 festival will start –...
Bristol Pride over 50 events, 25 June – 11 July
Taking place across two weeks from Saturday 25 June to Monday 11 July, over 50 events will take place in the biggest ever Bristol...
Six of the best LGBTQ+ destinations to party this summer
Gay Pride month is in full swing with a host of celebrations planned to bring the LGBTQ+ community together not just this month but...
