QX Magazine

Stars of RuPaul's Drag Race UK Charity Kase and Anubis are taking to the stage across the nation this Yuletide, and QX spoke to them both about their The Nightmares Before Christmas Tour. The tour kicks off in London on 2 December, at John The Unicorn.   What can people expect from the tour? Charity: People can expect a camp Christmassy experience...

Dust off your best ruffs - The Pesky Players are back and zestier than ever! Fresh off a hit run at the Edinburgh Fringe 2023, The Fruity Prince is taking on London at The Drayton Arms Theatre, Tuesday 5 - Saturday 9 December.  "The Virgin Queen? I don’t think so! Lizzy 1 has a son and he’s fruity. A sizzling...

BEERS London presents Tomorrow I’ll be Perfect, the first solo by Canadian-British artist Andrew Salgado at Saatchi Gallery. Salgado’s paintings have significantly evolved in style since the large-scale, painterly portraits he began painting over a decade ago. Today, his subjects are depicted in fantastical, often ominous tableaux, where the artist embraces a sort of ‘visual excess’ that unfolds upon the painted...

A Trans Arrangement of The Painted Space is Erin Holly’s solo exhibition at Mayfair’s JD Malat Gallery from 16 November to 9 December. The exhibition unveils Erin's new series of oil paintings depicting colourful and semi-fictional fabrications of interior spaces. As we celebrate Trans Awareness Week (13 – 19 November), the exhibition offers a critical exploration of interior environments,...

Formerly known as The Albert Kennedy Trust, akt is a voluntary organisation based in England that was founded in 1989 to serve LGBTQ+ young people who are homeless or living in a hostile environment. QX chatted with akt about the current homeless situation among young LGBTQ+ people, the work that they do and the help that we can give...

TesticulART is a photography exhibit in collaboration with Dr Gay UK to promote men's health. The exhibition runs from 21 to 26 November at Espacio Gallery in East London. Entrance is free.  Testicles often get a bad rap for being ugly, with phallic and vulvic images dominating genital art. However, @DoctorGayUK wanted to flip this perspective and created this collection to...

I Want To Break Free by Queen has been voted the best tune to clean to. The famous power ballad from 1984 has claimed the crown as the ultimate dusting and vacuuming track. Other favourites in the list of tracks cranking up the cleaning energy were I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor, Take on Me by a-ha, and Girls Just Want to Have Fun by...

Gala for World AIDS Day returns to Pleasance Theatre for another fantastic comedy night to mark World AIDS Day 2023. The Gala has a great line-up featuring Rose Matafeo, Rosie Jones, Morgan Rees, Britney, Nish Kumar, Amy Gledhill, Jin Hao Li, Flo & Joan, Jodie Mitchell, Crybabies, Rajiv Karia, Sharon Wanjohi, and Joe Sutherland. The Gala for World AIDS Day...

Full of hotness, nakedness and full frontals! This year’s gay calendar collection is strong and will give you plenty of visuals throughout 2024! Before we get into the calendars, I need to express that I cannot believe it is Calendar season already. I can still taste last year’s Xmas dinner; where has the year gone, right? Secondly, if you asked...

Being a team of booklovers at QX Towers, we are very excited to announce the programme of the III Festival of Queer Literature in Spanish. The festival runs in London from Wednesday, 22 to Sunday, 27 November. Events are at various venues across London. This is a project of Romancero Books and is supported by the Spanish Embassy's Office...