QX Magazine

I led a double life in the late 1970s and early 1980s. I was coming to terms with being gay but at the same time I had girlfriends – and had not had a gay experience as yet. I grew up in a privileged world that, I think, allowed me to be ambiguous in my nature. My late teens...

Before she arrives at the club,Disnay Chanel does her weekly shop, economy basics all round... Swinging on every pole she finds on the way to Metropolis, in seasonly appropriate clothing, she arrives in good time for a night out with the girls... Arriving at the strip club, Disnay ponders “is there something i’ve forgotten to do before I hit the pole?” The...

Jessie Ware plays at G-A-Y Heaven this weekend and Patrick Cash caught up with her to talk Youtube plays, tough love, Prince William, Nicki Minaj and what exactly are champagne kisses…      How do you feel you’ve changed since you started out? I started out in the industry by invitation. I was a backing singer for my mate and it didn’t really...

Every year for 10 days BFI Southbank becomes the hottest place in London for gays to hang out. Especially if you’re looking for a crowd you’d never find in Soho, Vauxhall or Shoreditch. This year’s BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival takes place 19th-29th March.  The programme has been getting stronger over recent years, and this month’s line-up is a...

A few weeks ago David Raven, aka Maisie Trollette, took to the stage of The Old Ship for a rare Q&A session with the East London audience. This week, Jason Reid delved further into the life of one of the most revered and charming acts on the cabaret circuit. Here is what he found out about the Grand Dame of...

The Albert Kennedy Trust have been helping homeless LGBT youth for twenty-five years, and they’re angry that they still need to exist.  By Patrick Cash Jovanie’s mother realised his homosexuality was not going to change, and she took matters into her own hands. Together with his stepfather, she beat her teenage son. He was then thrown out onto the streets with...

Ever considered Softball as a sport to get stuck into? Then read on, my friends!    Who are the London Raiders? London Raiders are one of the UK’s largest LGBT sports clubs. We have a mix of male and female members. How was the team set up? The club was formed quite some time ago in 1989 and was initially called the Rainbow Raiders. It...

In this week’s installment, gay businessman and philanthropist Philip Baldwin talks about shame, HIV and Hep C.    My diagnosis as HIV positive came as shocking news. I visited the STD clinic over lunch and suppressed my emotions before returning to the office. I hid the news from my colleagues at work. That night I slept fine. The next day I...

Men are easy to please. There’s one way to their hearts and that’s through the stomach, as they say. Gay men are easier to please. Give us six guys, sans clothing, in towels for an hour and a half of high campery and a closing Full Monty flash o’ dick and you’ve got a heap of wet seats at...

Dish is three years young. Each month they serve up a feast of boys and beats, and for the third birthday in March they give thanks and praise to their holy trinity: Borja, Tom and La Pequeña! Together with their apostles and choir of angels, the Dish family of DJs, hosts and gogos, Borja tells QX they ‘are one...