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21/11/14: Cold and wet. That was the start to our night last Friday. Hoxton in da east was our destination and we could not wait to get in out of the chilly night. But inside venue Rolling Stock and...
View ArticleWillam @ West 5
19/11/14: London has been awash with American drag stars over the last few months, from judging strip contests to throwing the odd wobbly in Camden, and serving it up in Ealing. Us drag devotees really...
View ArticleHonestly Lush
Almost 1 in 8 gay and bisexual men in London are HIV positive. The gay scene is a huge community yet so few drag performers, DJs or scene personalities are openly HIV positive. As World AIDS Day...
View ArticleLet’s Talk About Gay Sex & Drugs – World AIDS Day
‘Let’s Talk About Gay Sex & Drugs’ hosts a World AIDS Day special, including a gay scene ‘Older & Younger Discussion of HIV’. Patrick Cash writes on what the event is about. Being gay, being a...
View ArticleReid about living with HIV
As a reader, you won’t know him as well as the many DJs and drags that are featured in these pages every week, but QX writer Jason Reid is a very familiar face on London’s queer cabaret scene. He knows...
View ArticleWhat Indie Did Next: MJ Woodbridge
MJ Woodbridge excites our attention because his songs are unique enough to already be their own classics. By Patrick Cash We were agonising whether to choose ‘Electr!c Shock’ or epic 80s-like power...
View ArticleRemember, Remember, the Club Called Members!
MEMBERS is one of Berlin’s most happening gay nights, with a vibe for the underground and tech-house beats. We had to find out more! Describe MEMBERS in five words. Music, men, boys, buzz, Berlin....
View ArticleI Am Anonymous
‘Anonymous’ is a 20 something drag artist currently working on the London scene who was diagnosed HIV+ in 2011. They have chosen not to disclose their identity for this article because they feel it’s...
View ArticleWAD
QX asked resident snapper Chris Jepson to swing by G-A-Y Bar and pose these three questions to its customers… 1. Would you have sex with someone who was HIV positive? 2. Do you ask some if they are...
View ArticleJohn
By Patrick Cash ‘And then there’s the poo’ begins one scene in John, where gay sauna owners talk about cleaning up at the end of the night. They talk about poo in the showers; about poo dropping out...
View ArticleSleeping Booty!
Christmas is nearly upon us and a long standing British tradition is being unleashed yet again. I am talking about pantomime! This year (thank the Lord) I am performing in an adult panto at the...
View ArticleIs life treating you well?
New wellbeing choices for gay men. London has the largest population of gay men in Europe. Our urban scene is famous the world over, and access to ever more sophisticated digital media means that...
View ArticleFamilyyy Beautyyy
This December, The Black Cap will be putting on a scandalous, show-stopping production of Sleeping Beautyyy. Dom Top spoke to head honcho Jamie Henderson and one of the mothers of the Familyyy Fierce,...
View ArticleFetish Freak @ Clone Zone
29/11/14: These days there are a plethora of fetish retail outlets, both virtual and bricks and mortar, so standing out in a crowd is becoming much more important. In his south London emporium for the...
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29/11/14: What began as an epic gay party in Berlin has once again hit the streets of East London, and where better to host this uber-tastic evening than at East Bloc? This Saturday saw bearded muscle...
View ArticleDirty Diana
28/11/2015: The eleventh installment of East London cult queer club night Dirty Diana filled up Dalston Superstore with fitness last Friday, as the East End’s beloved royal batty baby burst back into...
View ArticleKu Bar’s World AIDS Day Auction
01/12/14: We had an absolute ball at Ku Bar last year over World AIDS Day, and why break a tradition that works so well? Each year, Ku Bar decorates the bar with red balloons in support and auctions...
View ArticleG-A-Y Bar & 56 Dean St World AIDS Day HIV Testing & Balloon Memorial
01/01/15: Continuing their great work to raise funds for the Elton John AIDS Foundation, as well as raise awareness of HIV, last Monday G-A-Y again partnered with the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital’s...
View ArticleThe Gay Poets of London
Six gay poets living in London share their beats, rhymes and visions ‘Haus Ov La’Bixta’ – Anthony Gilét, 24 Haus OV La’Bixta, not Haus of Gaga, The Fame Monster, we eat sushi, not lobster. We’re not...
View ArticleMy Gay Life in Nigeria: Isolation, Danger & Fear
Ethan Regal tells his personal story of living in Nigeria as a gay man, where homophobia is stirred by politicians, priests, papers & the public. When I was a young boy in Lagos, Nigeria, I had a...
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