QX Magazine

Have you ever imagined being branded a criminal for being gay in your own motherland? Well, if you think this sounds like a joke, let us face the fact that homophobia in a wide range of countries is not only palpable but also extreme in every sense. To take an example of Uganda: when I was growing up there...

Patrick Cash throws a few questions over at Andy Butler, the man behind genius production project Hercules & Love Affair. This weekend, Butler takes his label Mister International to Dalston Superstore for a special showcase…    Tell us a bit about you. I’m an American music maker and DJ that has been in love with house and disco since my childhood. I...

If you go down to the woods today, you’re sure to find some empty honey jars and…well, that’s about it. The bears have come to London and they ain’t leaving! Dom Top spoke to big bear boss, Kurt Hoffman about what’s in store for the big boys this Christmas and beyond!   Kurt, there are tons of activities coming up for...

American drag performer and winner of Ru Paul's Drag Race Season 5, Jinkx Monsoon speaks to QX ahead of her performance at West 5. 1. As the winner of season 5 of Drag Race, how has your life changed? Life has been a fabulous whirlwind of travel, making friends, and making scenes. I am so grateful to now be able to do what...

For one month only, the Two Brewers’ new night BALL shifts itself to a Sunday for an evening of festive fabulousness entitled A Christmas Carol, all in aid of HIV charity The Food Chain, with a stellar line up of cabaret including La Voix, Miss Penny, Sandra and Lady Diamond. Ahead of the big night, hosts CK gave Jason...

Everyone has an opinion on sex work, but who asks the sex workers themselves? Meet the Sex Workers’ Opera. By Patrick Cash 'We have a public statement saying we’re 50% sex workers but no one has to say that they are. I work in education with kids, and I can’t really be known publically as a sex worker,’ says the pseudonymous...

If there’s one place in the world where you wouldn’t want to be gay, then it would have to be Uganda. Same-sex activity for females and males is outlawed, with members of the latter gender facing a possible sentence of life imprisonment if they are ‘caught’. Indeed, in 2009, there was an attempt by the country’s MPs to introduce...

Some people say I, Scottee, have an ego, other people think I’m Liberace in Dawn French’s clothing. In an attempt to uncover who is really behind the wonky eyelashes and stained sequins I’m interviewing myself... Scottee: Is this an exercise in exorcising your ego? Scottee: Perhaps, I guess I’m bored of answering the same questions – are you a drag queen? Why do...

An interview with the directors and some of the stars of the Sex Workers' Opera. Why did you decide to set up the Sex Workers’ Opera? It was kind of a magical coincidence. We have an immersive theatre company that was on the look out for new, powerful ideas that works with grassroots community groups and give platform, and through community...

He’s been on tour with gay royalty, yes it’s Elton’s favourite artist of the moment, it’s Bright Light Bright Light!  Original Sink The Pinker and big fan of the 90s, he’ll be performing at our Winter Ball, we asked him for his Top 5 Xmas tunes to mince around the fireplace to... Bright Light Bright Light’s Top 5 Xmas Tunes: 1. Mariah...