The Shame & Sexuality series… by Trygve Skogrand
Embarrassment is one of the markers of middle-class. Always wary of what anyone else may think, we shuffle demurely through life behind our paper-thin facades, hoping that no-one ever will peek behind....
View ArticleXXL presents Freemasons
17/04/15: The Freemasons, and no, we’re not talking about the hollow-eyed men in dark suits with signet rings, are perhaps one of the most recognizable names in clubland. Brighton coast boys, James...
View ArticleMykonos Comes to London
17/04/15: Last weekend, the infamous hedonistic homo hideaway that is Mykonos landed in London for a spring-break-style, weekend-long festival to launch the upcoming season. They brought a Mykonos...
View ArticleBank Holiday Clubbing Preview
02/05/15: XXL ‘Kink’ Are you good at being a very naughty boy? If there’s a little kink in your tail, then you should hotfoot it to the baddest bear bash in town. Break out the leather, rubber or...
View Article#WeAreTheBlackCap Protest
18/04/15: Last Sunday night, the 12th April, performers at the Black Cap were told the venue was closing with immediate effect and the doors were bolted shut on north London’s most iconic LGBT venue,...
View ArticleWhat is RVT Future?
Ben Walters explains why his working with a group of locals, promoters and performers to protect the Royal Vauxhall Tavern… Last week saw the launch of a new campaign, RVT Future. Coming in the wake of...
View ArticleRubber meets Leather meets Sports
QX talks to promoters Suzie Krueger and Rob Rutt about the upcoming Hotwired Sports special… After five years as a strict leather and rubber only club you’re doing Hotwired Sports. Why? Suzie: We...
View ArticleThe Shame & Sexuality series: Jeremy Joseph
G-A-Y head mistress Jeremy Joseph undertakes his sixth London Marathon in aid of the Elton John AIDS Foundation this weekend… not bad going for lil’ gay boy that once bunked off sports in school...
View ArticleMaking his Mark(cus)
Former Westlife heartthrob Markus Feehily will be bringing his addictive new single ‘Love is a Drug’ to G-A-Y this Saturday. Before that, the openly gay singer spoke with James Egan about everything...
View ArticleCirca’s Inner-Circle
It’s hard to believe one of Gay Land’s hottest hangouts has been sexing up Soho for four years now! It’s even harder to believe its owner Alana Winter has a liver left. We went ‘round to see the boss,...
View ArticleRise Like a Phoenix
When is the right time to tell somebody about your HIV status? Writer Paul Emelion presents a witty take on what you might expect to be an otherwise heavy subject matter. Tackling HIV in gay theatre is...
View ArticleBourgeois & Maurice Election Special Pt 1 – It’s My Party and I’ll Cry if I...
First things first – who should you vote for? Here’s a brief intro to the party leaders: David Cameron – Conservative An insane capitalist tyrant who must be stopped. Definitely a candidate for...
View ArticleFor Queen and Country!
Unless you live on Uranus, you’d have probably noticed there’s a General Election just around the corner. And the leaders of all the major political parties have been setting out their manifestos,...
View ArticleMidas Touch
You don’t need to be rich to be fabulous, that’s the ethos behind powerhouse party Gold Diggers, as they return for their sophomore soiree at Egg London this Saturday 2nd May. It’s one year since...
View ArticleBourgeois & Maurice Election Special Pt 2 – Man-Ifesto
What did each of the main parties’ manifestos have to say about LGBTQ issues? We put on our investigative wig caps, opened Google, and found out… Green Party Plans to provide mandatory HIV, sex and...
View ArticleVauxhall – It’s Question Time
23/04/15: Vauxhall. That strange world of chem sex and property development. Most gays view Vauxhall as a place to pass through, a crossroads where every direction leads to a heady mix of pleasure (or...
View ArticleTe amo España! (aka I ❤ SPAIN)
Holi cari! From Madrid’s WE Party, to the Ibiza Pride Pre-Party, to Barcelona’s Circuit Pre-Party, it’s one hell of a Spanish fiesta in south London this weekend. To save you from behaving like a Brit...
View ArticleThe Big Job
You may have heard that David Cameron’s job as Prime Minister is up for grabs. He wants to stay in the role, so we put him in the hot seat to see where he sits on some key LGBT issues. Does he get the...
View ArticleBourgeois & Maurice Election Special Pt 3 – Handkerchief Guide to Politics
Red, yellow, green, blue… the political spectrum covers all the colours of the rainbow. We decided to match each party’s signature colour with its corresponding Handkerchief Code to find out what these...
View ArticleHigh Heels in Low Places
For his final issue at QX, Editor Cliff asked me if I’d review Panti’s current run at the Soho Theatre for him. Of course, I obliged. He made a point of reminding me to bring my note pad and pen. by...
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