We feared it might be a “wicker man meets village fete” affair but the Queer Chub Harvest Festival was a rip-roaring, face stuffing, carrot grabbing, vegetable monster of a success bursting at the seams with fabulous, colourful harvest produce and overflowing – appropriately – with …
Ah, harvest festivals, a time to dig out the corned beef from the back of the cupboard, shove it in a cardboard box along with some other unwanted groceries, and thrust it upon some unsuspecting OAP whilst singing ‘All things bright and beautiful’. Fast forward …
As part of their ongoing new Friday night clubs, the Royal Vauxhall Tavern played host to a whirlwind of power ballads and soft rock a couple of months. This Friday, the meaningfully titled ‘We Built This Speedwagon On A Prayer’ returns to our favourite club …
courtesy GMFA To make the decision of what to do during the Bank Holiday even more complicated than it already is, we are throwing another option in the already rich mix. On Monday 31st, should you fancy a bit of sporty fun in aid of …
courtesy of Stonewall In February last year, Stonewall, the gay equality organisation, put vibrant posters saying “some people are gay, get over it” on 600 billboards around the country. The posters, were developed with pupils and teachers as part of Stonewall’s Education for All campaign …
Photo by steve.wilde You’d be forgiven to think that Gay Pride is already back in town, today. No less than three Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans events will be taking in various parts of the capital. First there is the 4th UK Black Pride in …
This afternoon at the time when hundreds of people were also gathering in Tel Aviv, 30 to 40 people, mostly friends and friends of friends gathered by email and via facebook, came together in Soho Square for an impromptu vigil in support of the victims …
Joe Dallesandro by Paul Morrissey 1968, k.d.lang by Jill Furmanovsky 1992 & Joe Orton by Lewis Morley 1965 all courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery The National Portrait Gallery has gone a bit queer this summer. Beyond the perennial portraits of gay, lesbian, bi or …
London 2012 Open Weekend saw the first heat of an unlikely new discipline: the same-sex hand holding relay walk. The relay, which aimed to promote more visibility for same-sex couples and quietly fight homophobia, was part of the three-day celebration marking the countdown to the …
A week after London’s minimalist Stonewall celebrations, London’s Pride Parade took over town yesterday afternoon. There are grumbles that it’s been depoliticised and some were unhappy at the growing commercialisation of the colourful event (Selfridges and Calvin Klein taking advantage). But Gordon and Sarah Brown …
The anniversary march sets off by zefrog There was a rainbow in the sky yesterday in NYC as the Stonewall 40th anniversary celebrations happily coincided with Pride in the US. It was an altogether quieter affair in London but around 40 people gathered yesterday afternoon …
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