Riverside Tavern: Marcus Collins
06/09/14: If there’s anything that gets la Jockstrap hot under the collar and hard in the knickers, it’s a good ex-X Factor contestant. After saving Marcus Collins’ picture as our phone background, and...
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08/09/14: It was Monday, Joan Rivers was dead, and we wanted to drown ourselves in drink surrounded by statues of nude classical cock. Where else would we totter gin-steady in our stilettos but jewel...
View ArticleHow Our Youth See HIV
On Wednesday 24th September, as part of 56 Dean Street’s Wellbeing Programme, QX have assembled a panel of gay scene DJs, drag queens and porn stars, all in their twenties, to discuss HIV. Here, we...
View ArticleThe Cutting Edge
Last week saw the publication of the Trades Union Congress’ report into how the Coalition government’s austerity cuts are affecting LGBT services. Its findings were stark and disappointing. We spoke to...
View ArticleRoast Lasagne!
Building up to Lola Lasagne’s Drag Roast on Thursday 25th, this week Jason Reid spoke to her dear ‘friends’ who are sharpening their tongues and perfecting their put-downs in preparation for the big...
View ArticleBig Wiggy Style!
Way back in 2005, a Spanish club night called Pelucas y Tacones was born. Which, when translated, simply means ‘Wigs and Heels’. Now, nine years on, they’re throwing a super soiree to celebrate all...
View ArticleThe Mattachine Society
In 1952 an American man named Dale Jennings was arrested for soliciting a police officer in a LA park. The ensuing trial brought national attention to the secret group he was a part of at the time: the...
View ArticleNaked Boys Reading 2nd Birthday: Bedtime Stories
The ever-fabulous Dr Sharon Husbands and her partner in crime the chicest of disc-spinners, The Duchess of Pork, celebrated the second birthday of their phenomenally successful nude literary salon...
View ArticleMy Buddy – World War II Laid Bare
By Uli Lenart Taschen have just published a gorgeous photobook of naked young allied soldiers from WWII. These photos have been collected over the years by Los Angeles photographer Michael Stokes...
View ArticleDish
13/09/14: Better known as the ‘Hidden Gem’ of Shoreditch, East Bloc was delighted to announce the return of ‘Dish’. Now running for its second year, this delectable night hosted a dose of sexy muscle...
View ArticleWest 5 presents Adore Delano
13/09/14: All we can say is the QX crew were super super exited, heading to West 5 to see the one and only Adore Delano! We only arrived a tad late in sheer panic, hoping not to miss the talent that...
View ArticlePorn Idol with Courtney Act
11/09/14: The guests from Ru Paul’s Drag Race have showcased America’s best tranny talent on the stage at G-A-Y, but last week’s Porn Idol was a little different and more resembled a meeting of the...
View ArticleIt’s Time To Get Real About Sex & Relationships
by Cliff Joannou It’s rather ridiculous how we are in the middle of the second decade of the 21st century and the majority of children and teenagers go through their youth without ever having any...
View ArticleA Silver Service Roast
It’s less than a week until Brighton Belle Lola Lasagne offers herself up for the roasting of a lifetime. And after 25 years as one of the scene’s sharpest tongued entertainers, is she ready for the...
View ArticleSean Strub and the Art of Activism
Sean Strub is one of the foremost HIV/AIDS activists in the world, as well as an influential campaigner for LGBT rights. As he travels from his native US to London, where he will be speaking at London...
View ArticleDupree-Jokily
Arguably the UK’s top female impersonator, Ceri Dupree continues his 30th anniversary tour ‘Fit For a Queen’ at the Leicester Square Theatre this week. The show boasts sixteen costume changes and...
View Article90′s New York to make London Epic
QX chats to new promoter on the block, Michael Theriault who brings Epic back into town next Friday… Fifteen years after the strobe lights went black at Limelight, Palladium and Twilo, New York...
View ArticleFagburn: When the Trolls Come to Town…
QX has been trolled before by a blog named Fagburn By Patrick Cash Describing itself as a ‘a blog about gay men and the media, politics and your actual gay culture’, the writer’s ostensible aim is to...
View ArticleFraff
Fraff was billed as a ‘poetry night for people who don’t like poetry’. Devised by renowned gay performance artist Scottee, a packed crowd of mostly young-ish in-the-knows filled the circular tables...
View ArticleNew Bloomsbury Set
19/09/14: As I minced down the streets of WC1, I stumbled across this trendy little basement bar. Whilst entering down the dark staircase, it reminded me of an American 1920’s speakeasy but with a...
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