QX Magazine

Andrew Logan is a multi-disciplinary artist and the founder of Alternative Miss World By Patrick Cash, photos by Robyn Beeche.     Tell us a bit about yourself, in your own words… Well, I’d call my life an artistic adventure. I trained as an architect, in Oxford, in the 60s. And then I started making things in about 1968. Then I came to...

This week Jason Reid got to have a fun yet frank chat about Drag Race, bitchy queens, and coping with depression with one of our favourite queens from Season 6 of Ru Paul’s Drag Race, direct from her hometown of Seattle, and straight to G-A-Y Porn Idol, the terminally delightful BenDeLaCreme...  Hey DeLa, let’s start by talking a bit about...

Simon Marks is the trainee drama therapist who has set up the monthly gay men’s meeting and discussion group, ‘A Change of Scene’ at 56 Dean Street. Here he talks to Patrick Cash on why he was inspired to make the group, how they choose the subjects to cover, and what’s unearthed in discussion.  On what A Change of Scene...

With National Hate Crime Awareness Week beginning on Saturday 11th October, Patrick Cash writes about hate in London.  I’ve experienced homophobic abuse in London three times. The first happened when I was 22, and I was caught in a heaving Friday night crowd outside Tottenham Court Road tube station. Across a sea of faces, I made eye contact with a...

QX looks at what’s ‘cumming up’ at the Hustlaball Berlin 2014! This Hustlaball is bigger than ever! It seems they’ve taken a leaf out of Magic Mike’s book and gone ‘XXL’. Although don’t worry, the security won’t be standing at the door with a ruler… However, the ‘Size Queens’ team will be patrolling the venue – and while you won’t...

The Eagle is one of Vauxhall’s most popular and long-running bars, and Cruise Control is one their most popular nights! We found out more from big boss man Mark Oakley… What is Cruise Control?  Cruise Control is our Monday-through-Thursday men only cruise sessions that offer a perfect space for men to meet men. Each night has a different feel and all have...

A short story about mental health and the boys that fall between the gay scene's cracks. By Patrick Cash   During the summer, one of the magazine designers rang me on my lunch break. ‘Um, your friend Nameless has just turned up at the office,’ he said. ‘He doesn’t seem to be… Very well.’ ‘How so?’ ‘He’s started watching porn on a computer.’ I’d met Nameless when...

A lot of people like a bit of S&M now and then, and with a new discovery night available you can explore your dark side too.  Ever seen a penis with ropes attached and it’s really turned you on? Well, maybe you’re into S&M (sadism and masochism). But S&M sometimes can be off-putting to a lot of people, because of...

It’s the sleaziest event of the year, and for the Hoist – that’s saying something!  Calling all filthy pigs and cruising queers; Mr Hoist Rubber is upon us for another year! And what a naughty night they have ahead of you! First things first, have you grabbed a new rubber ensemble? ‘Cause sweetie, you ain’t even gonna be a runner-up...

He’s the man of a thousand masks: meet Ernesto Tomasini, one of the most intriguing and fabulous performers in London and Europe.  Tell us a little bit about yourself.  I was born in Sicily in Palermo, the capital of the mafia. When I was 15 I was lucky enough to win a scholarship to go to Walt Disney’s school for drawing...