We Know Visibility Well – An original poem by Travis Alabanza
Tube door opens. I sit down. An eruption of laughter. we know visibility well. A crowded bus. Only the seat next to me is free. You choose to stand. we know visibility well. Too many tweets,...
View Article#JULIASAYS – Discerning scene musings from the princess of East London!
Discerning scene musings from the princess of East London Could you imagine a time where your only means of communication and information came via magazines? I mean, it really wasn’t that long ago when...
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After Edward review – ‘a phantasmagoria of queer influences that ultimately...
★★★ by Ifan Llewelyn ‘Edward II’ falls flat on his face from the heavens on to centre stage. Just as he’s trying to regain his faculties, in slides Gertrude Stein on a pink fluffy toilet. Speaking in...
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The intriguing world of specific sexual appetites – from insects to the...
By Ifan Llewelyn There’s something about human sexuality that draws boundless fascination. For hundreds of years, the conversation around sex and sexuality was strictly taboo, and the idea of anything...
View Article10 songs you didn’t think were about anal sex, but are TOTALLY about anal sex
We love a double-entendre. It’s childish and it’s some of the CRASSEST, OLDEST humour in the book, but we still love it! Is it because we’re gays? Gays have always loved that “ooh matron” wink wink,...
View ArticleQX Preview: RUT
The leather/rubber party is coming to London this weekend This week, notorious dress code night RUT is rambunctiously roaring back in to Vauxhall for another of their slick, salacious parties! RUT is...
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Trans Actors for Trans Roles? The ongoing debate.
We talk to trans actor Elijah W Harris and trans non-binary actor Lucy Jane Parkinson about why playing trans roles is important. It seems that every month brings yet another headline outlining the...
View ArticleThe QX Weekly Playlist: REBECCA MORE
Part time porn queen and full time fab bitch Rebecca More knows a disco banger when she hears one! We had a feeling she’d have some fierce tunes to play us into the weekend and guess what – we were...
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RESTAURANT REVIEW: Old Compton Brasserie
34 Old Compton Street is one of those London locations that for some reason has a high turnover – over the last few years, it’s seen multiple ill-fated businesses come and go. But it feels like Old...
View ArticleT-Time With Asifa Lahore
The trans cabaret performer on the LGB’s relationship with the T To coincide with Trans Day of Visibility this week, old friends Jason Reid and trans drag artist and activist Asifa Lahore talk about...
View ArticleFILM REVIEW: Girl
An unflinching look at a cis conception of the trans experience The story of Belgian transgender ballet dancer Nora Monsecour is one not familiar to most of us, despite making waves on the contemporary...
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It’s a Smalls World, after all
Text by Ifan Llewelyn Photos by Martin Zee The Drag Race star talks talons, tantrums and tiaras. She’s all leg and no dairy. Legendary! Since strutting onto the international stage that is RuPaul’s...
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‘Fantabuloso!’ exhibition by Villain – Polari superheroes come to East London
Ever wonder what vintage comics would look like if they were queer-friendly? The combination of chiselled bodies, skin-tight revealing outfits and the explosion of colour made the comic books of the...
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QX Preview: Ive Ad Him
The cute queer night coming to the RVT It’s always the awkward conversation to be had when introducing the guy you’ve been dating to your gaggle of gays. One of them always pipes up to say “YEAH, I’VE...
View Article#JULIASAYS – Discerning scene musings from the princess of East London!
Discerning scene musings from the princess of East London What are you waiting for? What is the highlight of your year? Are you looking forward to Drag Race UK? Or is the thought of the Eurovision...
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The MeetUp – Will You Be There Darling?
The gay meet-up group with an emphasis on empathy Will You Be There Darling, or WYBTD (cuz abbreviations are like well cool) is the monthly meet up for gay, bisexual and trans men. It’s a social group,...
View ArticleTalking Pride in LGBT+ Talent – Michael Twaits
The drag star talks Pride’s Got Talent and parenthood We love Pride’s Got Talent here at QX – it’s a talent show with heart, which authentically reflects the inclusiveness of London’s LGBT+ cabaret...
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Study finds London the 5th best city for LGBT+ romance
Swiping to the end of Tinder and having to source yet another dating app to drain of all its potential, it’s easy to blame London for your lack of love life. But a recent look into data by experts over...
View ArticleQX Preview – DEBBIE’s 7th Birthday!
We meet Debbie’s DJs to get the lowdown ahead of their 7th birthday celebrations! Female-fronted queer dance party Debbie is celebrating its seventh birthday this Saturday – SEVEN YEARS! That’s a long...
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City Of Queens – the BBC’s latest drag queen doc
We meet the man taking London drag queens to the BBC. A documentary about drag queens – ‘groundbreaking’ was our first thought, being the cynical old queens that we are. However this new documentary...
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