XXL presents Bear Pride
23/05/15: XXL kicked off last Saturday night with a Eurovision party hosted by those cheeky New Yorkers Miss Sherry Vine and Miss Peppermint. Chesterfield sofas, big screens and lots of yummy snacks,...
View ArticleComptons Eurovision Party
23/05/15: The bank holiday bonanza was off to a fabulous start this Saturday as the Grande Dame of Soho beamed the Eurovision finals to the bears, blokes and boys from their HD screens. It was like...
View ArticleDouze Points
Spencer Barnett reviews last weekend’s epic Eurovision Song Contest. And what a night it was… Whether happily watching at home among the UK’s 6.5 million viewers or joining the party at one of the many...
View ArticleFifth Harmony
Fifth Harmony, AKA the best thing to come out of US X-Factor ever (besides countless Britney Spears expression GIFs) are heading to G-A-Y on Saturday to BO$$ us up. James Egan dialled up his Dream...
View ArticleBye Bye, Barcode
Vauxhall institution Barcode closes its doors for the last time on Saturday May 30th. But before you take one last spin beneath those disco balls, take a walk down memory lane with manager Michal...
View ArticleThe Glory Needs You!
Jonny Woo and John Sizzle, The Glory’s answer to Michael Aspel and Anthea Redfern, are on the look out for Mr Glory 2015. Have you got the style, sex appeal and talent to snatch the crown and win...
View ArticleFuturo Beach
The gay drama Futuro Beach centres on a Brazilian lifeguard who follows a man to a new life in Germany, a journey that’s reflected in the life of filmmaker Karim Aïnouz (Madame Satã), who grew up in...
View ArticleRevelation Soho at Circa
It’s Saturday morning, you’re walking around Soho nursing the mother of all hangovers, you’re feeling extremely precious and if you don’t eat something soon there’s a very strong chance you’ll pass...
View ArticleQuaer 2015
Quaer was curated and hosted by James Massiah, an electric young poet of London who set up The A & The E, a platform for the discussion of culture, philosophy and the arts. In addition to hosting...
View ArticlePopcorn: Solar
01/06/15: The outside air may have been thick with drizzle, but inside Heaven Popcorn were celebrating the coming of the sun as they launched their summer season with Solar, an Aztec-inspired party....
View ArticleThings That Make You Go BANG!
It’s been almost a year since BANG! blew the doors off it’s first party, and since then, the name is rapidly becoming synonymous with something that comes out better than expected, kind of like...
View ArticleRUpresentin’ the UK
To coincide with the launch of RuPaul’s Drag Race on TruTV, twenty one shortlisted drag artists gathered in the West End two weeks ago to perform in front of Ru herself, for the chance to be crowned...
View ArticleAsylum in the Scene
Gay venues have long been hailed as safe spaces for the community – and rightly so. But not everyone is benefitting from the sanctuary they offer. Chris Godfrey speaks to LGBT asylum seekers about...
View ArticleWhy we really, really, really, really, really like Carly Rae Jepsen
The Canadian pop pixie responsible for the musical monolith that is “Call Me Maybe” (don’t pretend you haven’t held that imaginary Motorola Razr to your mouth in G-A-Y bar after a few jugs of Cheeky...
View ArticleFitladz East
Top up your Oyster cards and pack your jockstrap – Fitladz are going East! After their spunktacular success south of the river, they’ve upped sticks to a sexy new crowd and an awesome new venue in...
View ArticleTHE FUNKTION (RELOADED)
The Basement Boyz’ musical iconoclast descends on Dalston The function of a function is to drink, dance, drop and dabble in debauchery. Well, that’s the function of the functions we go to anyway. It...
View ArticleThe Exclusion Zone: How Cyberspace Has Made Us Callous
If you downloaded a job application form which said ‘no blacks or Asians’ you’d no doubt be a bit taken aback, whatever your ethnicity. And if you were one of the ostracised minorities, you’d probably...
View ArticleWhy the Taboo Around Sex and Age?
Adam Weymouth shadows performance artist Tammy Whynot as she tours the UK with her latest show, What Tammy Needs To Know About Getting Old and Having Sex. As the lights come up, Tammy WhyNot (Lois...
View ArticleNot Suitable For Work
In a city where queer spaces seem to be disappearing like the proverbial rabbits up the gaping property wizard’s sleeves, Not Suitable For Work was an experiment in bringing the LGBT community together...
View ArticleMichelle Visage
With RuPaul’s seventh season drawing to a close last week, Chris Godfrey catches up with the show’s resident ‘ball-busting bitch’ (her words, not ours), Michelle Visage. Hey Michelle! First things...
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