It’s Bloc South’s first birthday tomorrow night!
One year ago today, under an unassuming railway arch in Vauxhall, a den of debauchery took flight with dark, dirty gusto! Venues like Bloc South are sorely needed. It’s unexpected, unapologetic and...
View ArticleAsk Bianca
Drag Race’s queen of mean solves your dating dilemmas! She’s been called “the Joan Rivers of drag”, “a clown in a gown” and “a hateful cunt”. But we just call her Bianca Del Rio, the winner of a...
View Article#JULIASAYS – Discerning scene musings of the princess of East London!
I love when venues transport themselves into other settings…The White Cubicle Toilet Gallery is bringing artist Rafal Zajko to The Queen Adelaide pub, transforming its basement into an art gallery on...
View ArticleYEAH, JACQUI! – We meet the doyenne of Soho, Jacqui Swallows
Drag artist and comedian Jacqui Swallows is still a relatively new face on the cabaret scene, however she’s been a busy queen and has achieved a fair bit since her debut three years ago, and in 2018...
View ArticleAsk Bianca – Drag Race’s Queen of Mean Solves Your Dating Dilemmas!
She’s been called “the Joan Rivers of drag”, “a clown in a gown” and “a hateful cunt”. But we just call her Bianca Del Rio, the winner of a little-known show called RuPaul’s Drag Race and QX’s new...
View ArticleQX Recommends: The Orange Nation Podcast
Big gay beats for ya nerve! Podcasts are very IN at the moment. We can happily while away hours listening to episodes of Desert Island Discs or some true crime jaunt that everyone listens to...
View ArticleBirthday Bears!
XXL head honcho Mark Ames celebrates his birthday this Saturday! It’s never just a regular Saturday night at XXL. You should know that by now. We all know of certain clubs (we don’t need to name them,...
View ArticleOur fave Miranda Moments!
By Dom Top Last time we published a piece of Sex and the City-related “journalism”, someone on Facebook became so enraged that they claimed we were reducing gay men to nothing more than stereotypes...
View ArticleWitch in our midst: Meet the real witches on London’s queer scene!
Think you’ve never met a witch? THINK AGAIN! They’re more prevalent than you might think. London’s full of ‘em! Thought that was an errant pigeon casting a shadow over the moon at Streatham Hill...
View ArticleEntire new Sheffield Gay Quarter to open later this year
Dubbed the Sheffield Gay Quarter, a whole new complex of gay venues is currently being constructed in Sheffield and is set to open in May this year. The plan aims to provide much needed leisure and...
View ArticleQX Recommends: Sailors Sauna
There’s a Jacuzzi, there’s a lounge and there’s even a Sunday lunch! You know what, we love a sauna. And do you know WHY we love saunas? There’s something quite grown up about them. It’s grass-roots...
View ArticleSix awesome Vegas gay bars you have to see!
Las Vegas! The city that rose from the Nevada desert in a towering burst of flickering neon, glittering casinos and self-consciously glamorous hotels. Over the top in an unabashed and quintessentially...
View ArticleReady Player One – LGBT characters, Deliveroo drones and glossy mediocrity...
There hasn’t been a movie like Ready Player One for a good few years. In a market dominated by the smarmily grinning mask of Marvel, most other action/adventure flicks in the last few years have veered...
View ArticleLGBT+ Dating Etiquette: Nobody Likes Rules, But They’re Better Than Being Rude
Dating is an absolute minefield, no matter who you’re into. With the advent of online dating and the digital age, things are undeniably even more tricky. Now, that’s not to say that they’ve gotten...
View Article#JULIASAYS – Discerning scene musings of the princess of East London!
It’s all about communication this week! We’ve all got an opinion about something somewhere and we all want to tell the world what we’re going through and what we’re up to. Life-affirming or not, it’s...
View ArticleRemembering Spike Rhodes
By Jason Reid We hear from scene legend Spike Rhodes’s friends and colleagues as we remember a brave and wonderful man! Performer, promoter, director and activist, Spike Rhodes was a bastion of proud...
View ArticleQX meets…Albert Kennedy Trust
We meet the people behind one of London’s most valuable resources for young homeless LGBTQ+ people The Albert Kennedy Trust is one of the most valuable resources in the UK for vulnerable LGBTQ+ people....
View ArticleBeyond Carnival
Feathered frivolity and kalleidoscopic hedonism – welcome to Beyond Carnival MARTIN & ZACH Martin: This Easter Saturday, we’re taking you on a twelve hour trip around the biggest carnival to hit...
View ArticleThere’s a brand new 750 capacity gay venue opening in Central London
The myth that London’s gay scene is dying has been well and truly quashed this week, with the news that CIRCA THE CLUB will be opening next door to Embankment Station later this Spring. It follows the...
View ArticleQX Meets… Juanjo Martin
International DJ Juanjo Martin talks superstar sets, growing up in Madrid and partying with Paris Hilton Juanjo Martin is one of Spain’s most dynamic and exciting DJs! He’s been ubiquitous on the...
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