QX PREVIEW: Beyond 15 – The iconic club brand is turning 15!
Clubbing leviathans Beyond are one of London’s most recognizable nightlife brands. They’re known for euphoric vibes, outrageous, neon-spattered 12-hour parties, and general debauchery of the likes we...
View ArticleTHE QX FASH MAG SLAG BIBLE
It’s FASHION WEEK this week! Or was it last week? Well, either way, we’ve been drunk in hotels and art galleries a lot. That much we know. So it’s probably fashion week. Now, as much as we berate it,...
View ArticleJULIASAYS – Discerning scene musings of the princess of East London!
I love a heated debate! Have you noticed how there’s always a topic of the week that gets us going…it could be something camp or it could be something that seriously affects us all. From the latest on...
View ArticleBULLISH: Queer cabaret artist Lucy Jane Parkinson is breaking boundaries with...
Queer cabaret and theatre artist Lucy Jane Parkinson, who recently starred in two widely commended Edinburgh Fringe runs and a UK tour of Joan, is back on the London stage in Milk Presents’ new...
View ArticleWatch Bradley from Bratavio’s mad new solo video!
He ain’t no side dish! Bradley Hunt, the blonde twink from camp X Factor duo Bratavio, has a brand new song and video out, and it’s a kaleidoscopically garish romp in an American diner! If you were...
View ArticleThere’s a drag beauty pageant happening in a Thai Restaurant in London this...
Miss Mango Tree is coming to town! Fancy going to a drag beauty pageant at a Thai restaurant on a Sunday night?! WELL YOU’RE IN LUCK! Because there’s one happening this week! Isn’t London great. In...
View ArticleDo It London, the fresh, modern new campaign against HIV
You might have already seen Do It London’s eye-catchingly simple ads dotted throughout the capital at tube stations, street billboards, and social media. They’re an HIV prevention group operating in...
View ArticleComing Out UK – The charity empowering people to come out
Coming Out UK is an organisation that helps LGBT+ people come out to their friends and family in what can often be a difficult time. It was founded in 2015 by Brooke and Carl Ellis and has since grown...
View ArticleGFOTY in Conversation With Thorpey
In the second of our ‘in conversation’ series, PC music kween GFOTY chats to acclaimed dance music mogul Thorpey, ahead of his set at her night Club Repz tonight. Words by GFOTY Tonight at Five Miles,...
View ArticleMeet Molly Parkin – Sasha Selavie on the London legend who’s defied age
What’s the biggest taboo ever in gay culture? That’s easy – ageing! It’s the huge, ever-present, utterly terrifying conversational elephant that’s glaringly absent from gay small talk, a biological...
View ArticleJULIASAYS – Discerning scene musings of the princess of East London!
Do you sometimes think the grass is greener somewhere else? That party you missed, the night you decided to stay in because, well, you were exhausted…only to see the pictures the next day of all your...
View ArticleQX Preview: Frau Welt – The avant-garde new show coming to Hackney Showroom
Avant-garde art and performance space Hackney Showroom is fast establishing itself as a pioneer in some of London’s edgiest and most inventive new stuff. Apparently FKA Twigs goes there to throw paint...
View ArticleLondon’s only LGBT theatre needs your help…
Vauxhall LGBT+ theatre Above The Stag are the UK’s only full time professional LGBT theatre. Founded in 2008, by Peter Bull, they’ve championed queer theatre talent for the last eleven years. Tony...
View ArticleFriends of The Joiners Arms – The activists breathing life into London’s...
The Joiners Arms was a moment in time. Debauched, delirious and, at times, dangerous, it was the epitome of joyful anarchy, and arguably kickstarted the inventive and beautiful queer scene movement...
View ArticleThere’s a grey trackies club night happening in London this weekend…
YES, you read that right! It’s a party especially for guys who are into grey trackies. Which, let’s face it, is all of us. What is it about grey trackies?! Why are they so fit?! Even if a distinctly...
View ArticleQX Meets…Ceri Dupree! – The glittering glamazon touching down in Limehouse...
Think of a famous woman from the past thirty years and there’s a fair chance Ceri Dupree can knock out a stellar impression of them; everyone from Tina Turner to Camilla Parker-Bowles. Her knack for...
View ArticleBette’s First Impressions – Bette Rinse’s cream of the crop!
You can’t keep a good woman down! Or as Bette Rinse said to me this week, ‘Jason, if the public want Bette, they get Bette. And the extra handbag comes in handy too, dear…’ It’s A Knockout at Halfway...
View ArticleSatanic Sex Bomb – Sasha Selavie explores Jayne Mansfield’s dark allure
Is there a common link between extreme gay sex and black magic? Oh fuck, yes! Viewed from the ultra-closeted, super-pedantic mindset of Joe Straight and his unimaginative pals, gay sex and black magic...
View ArticleJinkx sings everything! – The Drag Race star is returning to London
Jinkx Monsoon has always been one of the more off-kilter Drag Race winners and her impressive voice and joyous love for the stage stars of yesteryear are always a treat to catch. Well, good news; she...
View ArticleCommunity – Opening Doors Befriending Service
Opening Doors London is a charity that provides information and services for older LGBT+ people; one of which is their Befriending Service initiative. It pairs up a volunteer with an older person for...
View Article