Le Cock
17/06/16: Friday night saw the QX posse hit the east end with a vengeance starting off with our favourite subterranean watering hole East Bloc. A warm welcome and a frisk from the cute security boy had...
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18/06/16: If you went down to the Pulse this weekend, like a modern day Goldilocks perhaps, you weren’t in for a big surprise. As with every weekend, its cavernous arches had been invaded by hordes of...
View ArticlePopHorror: I Still Know What You Did Donna Summer
15/06/16: There’s been a gap in the market for a gay-pop-disco-horror-cabaret-club night for a while. Let’s face it, the gayboys love a queen, be they scream or scene! So when we received our...
View ArticleQX Pride Guide
So last week we whipped up the DEFINITIVE QX Pride Guide. Our esteemed pick of things to do over the Pride season. Well, turns out it wasn’t quite as definitive as we thought, because here we are with...
View ArticleOrange Pride
Stumble from the sea of plastic beakers in Soho, in a shower of rainbow flags and glitter, past Alexandra Burke clambering out of the Trafalgar Square fountain in a sparkly ballgown, and order an Uber...
View ArticleDua Lipa’s Pride Essentials
We thought we’d ask Dua Lipa what her Pride Essentials were! She’s totes qualified. For a start, she’s performing at Brighton Pride, so she IS a pride essential! A camp commodity! An indispensible...
View ArticleLondon Pride Cabaret Guide
HAPPY PRIDE! For me this year’s Pride is more pertinent than ever considering recent events; of course every year we should be standing tall and proud, celebrating who we are, being visible in the face...
View ArticlePlease Yourself!
You must have heard by now that THE cult 90’s club Pleased is back, and this Saturday 25th June it’s taking over the Eagle in Vauxhall. Pleased was reborn as a labour of love: from one who gave birth...
View ArticleMeet the World’s First All Drag Choir
For the past few months the world’s first drag choir have been rehearsing tirelessly at The Royal Vauxhall Tavern, in preparation for their grand unveiling. A mixture of stunning drag and vocal styles...
View ArticleCloneZone’s Pride Bash. Free Ice Cream and Pornstars… Why The Hell Not?
Fancy some cheeky fun at Pride? WELL YOU’RE IN LUCK! Our fave fetish store Clone Zone has been titillating tourists on Old Compton Street since before Ariana Grande was famous! 2009 BG (Before Grande)....
View ArticlePagano’s Party Essentials
CALLING ALL BEARS: Pagano will be playing at XXL London Pride on Saturday 25th June, so put on your dancing pelts! Last week we gave you the lowdown on why he’s basically one of the most successful...
View ArticleLooks To Try For Pride
We don’t care if you’ve read a few issues of Vogue, or done half a fashion communications course at Central Saint Martins, once spilled a glass of cheap plonk down Alexa Chung’s Peter Pan collar...
View ArticleEditor’s Letter: Pride In London
Jesus, is it Pride again already? I’ve barely recovered from the last one. Right, where’s my Oyster card? Where’s my bandana? Someone wake up Rebecca Ferguson, I think she’s still curled up asleep on...
View ArticleOver 50,000 sign petition to declare London independent from the UK
A petition has been started imploring London Mayor Sadiq Khan to remove London from the UK, and it is gaining meteoric traction online. Started by James O’Malley earlier this afternoon, the petition...
View ArticleLeast Proud Moments
As it’s Pride, we’ve made a list of our LEAST PROUD MOMENTS! Recognising Jamelia when it wasn’t Jamelia So when I worked at a wanky fashion magazine whose name we shan’t mention, I used to get...
View ArticleEditor’s Letter: Pride
On Monday June 6th I, a queer man, met with one of my oldest and best friends for dinner and laughed for hours. On Tuesday June 7th, I helped create another issue of the amazing queer publication I...
View ArticleOrlando: Remembering the Fallen
Below is a list of all 49 victims of the Pulse nightclub massacre, the worst mass shooting in US history and a devastating attack to the LGBTQI community in both Orlando Florida, as well as world....
View ArticleDalston Superstore presents: ‘Orlando, With Love: Pulse Victims Fundraiser’
DSS’ Jacob Aria gives us the lowdown on next Tuesday’s fundraiser for the Pulse Massacre. Our hearts have been shattered by the horrific act of violence committed against the LGBTIQA+ & Latinx...
View ArticleLiving Art Divas!
Pride means deliriously celebrating diversity in every way possible, and for some, living every moment as human performance art. So, ever heard of an ex-transsexual? You have now – s/he’s writing this...
View ArticleFitladz: Thirsty for Pride
25/06/16: Following the day-time proud merriment in the West End, the party had moved east in the evening. The now notorious dance and cruise club Fitladz had taken over East Bloc for quite a unique...
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