QX Magazine

A new night is coming to Fridays at The Eagle! QX speaks to promoter Kurt Hoffman to find out more.   Men Inc. Tell us all about it in five words.  Fun, Sexy, Social, Man-Club Ok, now you have more space to elaborate. What’s the concept for the night?  Well we all come in different shapes and sizes and we wanted to include ALL...

David Hoyle is back at the iconic RVT with Illustration, a new series of shows that promises a ‘portrait painted in blood and lip gloss of you and them and how to overcome.’  By Cliff Joannou   For those new to Hoyle’s World, here’s what you need to know: establishment, government, authority, gender roles, homophobia, war and almost every other form of...

A couple years back when QX first heard there was a new drag queen schlepping her manky man-fanny around East London by the name of Jacqui Potato, we mulled over the seemingly endless possibilities for drag names that had yet to be claimed.   Our ponderings were given digital form when none of than le Potato itself launched the Facebook DRAG NAMES!!!!!!!!!!!!...

Legendary East End pub The Joiners Arms will not have its lease renewed in January 2015. Owners currently looking for a new venue.  By Patrick Cash ‘Life, Love and Liberty’ is the motto of The Joiners Arms, a hub of community for many queer people in East London. Yet it appears these values are not held up by the venue’s lease-holders,...

Patrick Cash asks what is gay music?  A gay couple were having a bad breakup fight. One of them was particularly upset, and got violent: smashing up the Camden Market ‘his and his’ egg cups in the kitchen; tearing the Apple TV down from the wall, in front of which they’d shared so many happy comedowns with the last of...

With dark, doe eyes burning beneath charcoal-coated lids and an imposing, heavily-illustrated visage that makes him one of the most recognisable faces in clubland, Ray Noir is hard to ignore. By Dom Top  Originally hailing from the chilly depths of Norway, he has carved out his own unique niche DJing on the East London scene, dropping anything from Marilyn Manson and...

This week Jason Reid chats about uncut cocks, political correctness and Sarah Palin to an American drag performer, DJ, actor and recording artist that really needs no introduction, the legendary Lady Bunny, who’s back in town to throw shade at G-A-Y Porn Idol… Hey Lady Bunny, so nice to talk to you. You’re coming over to London to judge G-A-Y...

Former QX writer David McGillivray is the producer of a film about porn pioneer Peter de Rome, which opens the Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest at Hackney Picturehouse next week. David hopes you might like to come along and see some vintage smut – or is it art? I’ve been fascinated by porn ever since I saw my first...

Out on the Dock presents Frost Festival, taking over the indoor basement vaults of Tobacco Dock on Saturday 15th November for a club session that brings some of the legendary brands of yester-year together with the most sizzlin’ clubs of now. This week, QX remembers Wig Out, Ghetto and Crash, three legendary clubs that London once shook a tail...

Patrick Cash meets renowned performer Jonny Woo to talk drag, jockstraps and the heart behind his new East London Lecture.    Tell us a bit about yourself. I’m a performer, and in that performance remit, drag is a big part. But I like to experiment with loads of different styles within that, and play with genre. I live in East London, I’ve...