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OUT THERE
Upcoming scene
highlights for June,
plus coverage
of Hustlaball,
Bootylicious, Duckie,
G-A-Y and the Black
Cap
PAGE 24
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PAGE 70
OUTNEWS
All the gay news from
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HUDSON’S LETTER
One of the best things
about editing Out In The
City is the opportunity to
interview so many of my
heroes and people who
inspire me. After Sir Ian
McKellen last month, this
month I had the pleasure
of a one-to-one session
(oo-er!) with rugby player
Gareth Thomas. I have to
admit that prior to Gareth
coming out last December,
I hadn’t heard of him, and
it wasn’t until I was doing
research for my piece that
I realised what a star he
is in the world of rugby
– playing more matches
for the Welsh rugby team
than any other player in
Welsh history. In short, the
guy’s a legend, and it was
a pleasure to discover what
a down-to-earth bloke
he remains – despite his
success. He’s enjoying his
heightened profile since
going public about his
sexuality, but at the end of
the day, he remains deeply
passionate about rugby.
Check out the interview on
page 24.
I also chatted with Marc
Almond – who I have
to admit to being rather
obsessed with back in
the 80s. Now in his 50s,
Marc continues to turn
out amazing material, as
exemplified by new album
Varieté.
This time last month,
we were gearing up for
the General Election. Now
we’ve got a new prime
minister – with the Lib
Dem’s propping up the
Conservatives in a hung
parliament. The jury
remains out on exactly
how gay-friendly this
new government will
prove to be, and I, for one,
will be interested to see
exactly how many – if any
– of the Lib Dem’s LGBT
manifesto pledges (widely
publicised before 6 May)
are now realised. Watch
this space!
[email protected]
PAGE 06
MY LONDON
Author Rupert Smith
gives us his capital
highlights
PAGE 08
SHOPPING
Fizzy vodka, Pride
jewellery and new
swimwear
PAGE 13
DIARY
June’s cultural
highlights in and
around London,
plus a preview of
the upcoming Pride
London festival
PAGE 24
GARETH THOMAS
The gay rugby star
speaks exclusively to
David Hudson about
his life post-coming
out, his career and
charity work
PHOTO © CHRIS JEPSON
CONTENTS
PAGE 46
G-A-Y
Ahead of the UK
release of his brand
new album, the impish
cult singer reveals why
it might be his last…
PAGE 32
FILM
The Killer Inside Me,
Brooklyn’s Finest and
Shrink reviewed
PAGE 36
THEATRE
Hair reviewed plus
theatre news
PAGE 38
FOOD
Circus reviewed
plus Donald MacInnes
– acclaimed hair and
make-up artist
PAGE 78
PROPERTY
Living in Victoria, and
the latest products for
the home
PAGE 88
MOTORING
We test drive the new
Škoda Yeti
PAGE 88
TRAVEL
Las Vegas and a
Postcard From Gran
Canaria
PAGE 96
HOROSCOPES
PAGE 28
MUSIC
New albums from
Scissor Sisters, Sia and
Kele Okereke
PAGE 30
MARC ALMOND
PAGE 74
CAREER
Mark PalmerEdgecumbe on the
implications of the
new Equality Bill,
PAGE 88
LAS VEGAS
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HEALTH
Body Dysmorphic
Syndrome, and Men’s
Cancer Awareness
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MANOHMAN
KYLIE
Back, back, back… our
favourite Aussie popstar
returns with the gorgeous
‘All The Lovers’ in mid June,
followed by new album
Aphrodite on 5 July.
MARRAKECH
One of our favourite holiday
escapes receives a boost
in popularity following a
starring role in the new Sex
& The City film.
THE GREEN PARTY
Celebrate the achievement
of their first elected MP,
with party leader Caroline
Lucas being elected in
Brighton.
WHAT’S HOT AND WHAT’S NOT
THIS MONTH’S RISE AND FALL
TACTICAL VOTING
Voted Liberal Democrat
to try and keep the
Conservatives out? Oops…
didn’t quite work out that
way, did it?
THE LABOUR PARTY
Forced to retire to the
back benches to lick their
wounds, choose a new
leader and rebuild their
popularity.
MICHAEL
BARRYMORE
Not gay anymore
apparently, according to
The Sun. The paper reports
he’s fallen for a woman and
has joked about throwing
a “going back in” party
to celebrate his return to
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VODKA FIZZ
Vodka queens rejoice! Camitz
Sparkling Vodka is here!
Yes, the makers of this new
tipple have combined bubbles
with premium-strength
vodka. Made in Sweden, it’s
distilled five times before the
carbonation process. Use it
to create a sparkling twist
on cocktail classics…
but don’t leave it open in
your fridge for too long.
Like Champagne, once
opened, it will only stay
bubbly for a limited
period.
Available priced
£13.99 for a small
200ml bottle, or
£29.99 for 700ml –
from Selfridges and
online specialists
DrinkEmporium.
com, Firebox.com
and Drinkshop.com
DISCO HEAVEN
The Gods of disco are truly spoiling us this month!
Following the success of their first disco quartet of
albums last autumn, another four compilation albums
get released this month in the Disco Discharge series.
Each features extended mixes of original disco classics,
rarities and forgotten gems. Titles in the series include
Diggin’ Deeper, European Connection, Disco Boogie and
– one for us all lovers of gay disco – Pink Pounders
(including the likes of Patrick Cowley, The Flirts and
Divine). Each title is out 7 June on Harmless Records
(www.disco-discharge.com)
If that weren’t enough, the Horse Meat Disco crew are
set to release their second compilation album. Like
its predecessor, Horse Meat Disco II will feature
forgotten rarities from the disco and Italo scene, all
mixed by residents James Hillard, Jim Stanton, Severino
and Filthy Luka. It’s released by the Strut label on 28
June. www.horsemeatdisco-thealbum.com/2
WITH THIS RING…
In one of this year’s more unusual Pride hook-ups, Star Jewellers of Hatton Garden are
celebrating Pride 2010 – and the 40 years since the formation of the Gay Liberation Front
– with the creation of some special jewellery. As this year’s Pride theme is ‘Painting The Town
Red’, this historic jewellers has fashioned an official ‘Pride London 2010 Commemorative
Ruby Ring’, featuring a 2.5 carat ruby set in 18 carat white gold. The ring will be on display over
the festival fortnight, and will be available to purchase after the event. Star Jewellers are happy
to design replicas, or offer a bespoke design service for anyone wanting to design their own
commemorative or personal piece of jewellery.
Star Jewellers, 70 Hatton Garden, London, EC1.
www.starjewellers.co.uk
&
MAN OF WORDS
What words best sum up the man in your life? That’s the basis for a new range of
commissioned art pieces from artist Rudy de Belgeonne. This month, he exhibits
an expansive piece at London’s Future Gallery (5 Newport Street, WC2), composed
of 1,000 hand-painted panels that each carry a word linked to manliness or malerelated attributes (‘Hero, Love God’, ‘Scoundrel’, ‘Stallion, ‘Geek’, etc). To coincide
with the show, he’s also offering you the chance to commission a unique ‘portrait in
words’. Special commissioned pieces start from £495 for a framed set of four handpainted panels (15cm x 20cm) up to £3,495 for a framed set of 64 hand-painted
panels (120cm x 80cm). They’re available to order now via the website www.
mrwoowoo.com – while the exhibition ‘Who’s The Man’ runs 3-8 June 2010.
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CALENDAR EVENTS//
JUNE 2010
10 JUNE-12 SEPT:
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Following French artist
Céleste Boursier-Mougenot
filling the space with musical
Zebra Finches, the latest
site-specific installation to
grace the Curve Gallery at
the Barbican comes from
internationally-acclaimed
German artist John Bock.
Bock is renowned for his
humorous, eccentric and
chaotic interventions which
combine sculpture, film and
his trademark performances
known as “lectures”.
For this new installation he’s
creating a madcap interpretation of experimental
architecture. Curve-Vehicle
incl. π-Man-(.) will feature
metal pod-like structures
adorned with plastics, fabrics
and found materials – the
end result aiming to resemble
a kind of utopian, plug-in
city. Bock and a select group
of actors will periodically
deliver live “lectures” using
the installation as a set, and
these performances will be
filmed and replayed on screens
throughout the exhibition.
It promises to be anything
but dull!
Admission is free. www.
barbican.org.uk/artgallery
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ex-husband of Marilyn Monroe, but across the Atlantic, Arthur
Miller remains one of America’s most venerated essayists and
playwrights. Reintroducing one of his most celebrated works
to British audiences, the Open Air Theatre in Regent’s Park
(pictured) stages The Crucible this month. Based around the
infamous Salem witch trials, this production is directed by
Timothy Sheader and stars Patrick O’Kane, Emma Cunniffe and
Oliver Ford Davies.
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Vauxhall Art Car Boot Fair takes place somewhere between Fire
and the RVT but, in this case, Vauxhall refers to the make of car
rather than that infamous district of London. A sophisticated
car-boot sale that takes place at the Old Truman Brewery on
Brick Lane, the event sees artists, designers and performers
congregate in east London to showcase and sell their wares, as
well as engage in one-off performances.
www.artcarbootfair.com
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CALENDAR EVENTS//
JUNE 2010
SAT 05 JUNE: Avant-garde
performance artist and
guerilla dragster, Jonny Woo,
is hosting a new monthly
event, Fete Surprise, at the
gorgeous 1901 restaurant,
in the Andaz Hotel, Liverpool
Street. Expect a ‘riotous
night of theatrical folly’,
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Releasing fabulous new album Varieté this month, the
brilliant Marc Almond will be performing at the Jazz Café
as part of the series of MOJO Honours List gigs. Expect new
material plus a selection of hits from his extensive back
catalogue –and check out our interview on page 30.
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evening will start at 7:30pm
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Bush Empire. Expect material from her debut album Lights,
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CALENDAR EVENTS//
JUNE 2010
22-23 JUNE: After a longerthan-expected hiatus, muchloved group the Scissor Sisters
finally return to London,
playing two gigs at Brixton
Academy. If you manage to
get a ticket you’ll be amongst
the first to hear tracks from
their new album, Night Work,
released 28 June.
www.scissorsisters.com
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Her first London gig in two years, Swedish popstar Robyn plays
a one-off gig at heaven this month. As well as some of her
older hits, fans can expect to hear new material from her latest
album Body Talk Pt 1, released June 14. www.robyn.com
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three dates at the Leicester Square Theatre off Leicester
Square. Expect appearances from many of her best-loved
characters and impersonations. www.katybrandlaughs.com
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the Kings Of Leon’s Only By The Night album – which truly
propelled them into rock’s premier league. The boys perform
their biggest date yet at Hyde Park on 30 June, supported by
the Black Keys and The Drums. www.kingsofleon.com
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CALENDAR EVENTS//JUNE 2010
26 JUNE-29 AUG:
Former Turner Prize winner, and all-round nice bloke, photographic artist Wolfgang Tillmans will
be showcasing new work at the Serpentine Gallery from the end of June till the end of August.
Having moved to the UK 20 years ago, Tillman reflects on his longstanding relationship with
London in this new show with both new works made specifically for this exhibition, as well as
a range of images from throughout his career. Expect both figurative and abstract pieces; from
unconventional yet intensely eloquent portraits, to large-scale, colour-saturated abstractions.
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Guys Hanging is the title of a short, debut exhibition from the
Gay Photographers’ Network. The group show will feature
a variety of work from both professional and accomplished
amateur photographers, many of whom will be exhibiting
for the first time. Around 20 artists are featured, with
work ranging in subject matter from uniquely personal
observations of the human form to abstract work, from
landscapes to simple images that capture a ‘moment in
time’. The Gay Photographers’ Network is an organization for
men who have a passionate interest in photography. It was
launched with the aim that members (beginners, enthusiasts
and professionals) can share ideas and knowledge and get
together on a regular basis. For more details, check www.
gayphotographersnetwork.co.uk
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Tottenham Street, W1T 4RJ, with the gallery open daily from
9am till 6pm. www.coningsbygallery.com
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Taking place as part of the Pride 2010 festival fortnight, ‘King
of cabaret’ Paul L Martin will be celebrating 20 years on the
cabaret scene by hosting ‘Cabaret Gold’ aboard the Battersea
Barge (Riverside Walk, Nine Elms Lane, SW8). Expect
appearances from the likes of Adele Anderson, Scales of the
Unexpected, Sarah-Louise Young, David Mills, Hilda Eusébio,
Earl Okin, The Lorraine Bowen Experience and Holly Penfield
(pictured above). Doors open at 7.30pm, with the shows
running nightly at 8.30pm. Tickets £12 from www.ticketweb.
co.uk and www.lastminute.com
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checking the website at: www.pridelondon.org
If you want to get involved in London Pride – contact the Pride
Team through their website. As always, they’re particularly
keen to hear from potential stewards for the parade.
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Taking a temporary break from frontman duties with Bloc Party,
the newly out and proud Kele Okereke releases his debut solo album.
He was apparently planning to take a break from music for 12 months,
but with time on his hands, found that he couldn’t keep away from the
studio. Leaving his guitar at home, he found himself experimenting with
synthesisers and drum machines, resulting in demos that were heavy
on programmed beats, techno flourishes and squiggly sound effects. He
duly teamed up with acclaimed New York bedroom-producer XXXchange
to complete The Boxer; ten tracks that will probably delight and surprise
most Bloc Party fans in equal measure. Opener ‘Walk Talk’ sets the
template for what’s to follow. It’s a brooding, uncommercial but grooveladen beast, complete with handclaps, synthesised vocals and buzz-saw
effects. It’s the military ‘shout-out’ anthem from hell. ‘On The Lam’ sounds
like something that’s been lifted from an electro pirate radio station circa
1991. Lead single ‘Tenderoni’ offers more dance beats and house-club
synths. It’s quite similar to Depeche Mode – a band whose sonic template
re-appears on other tracks (‘All The Things I Could Never Say’, ‘New Rules’).
Elsewhere, the spirit of Kid A era Radiohead is channelled on ‘Unholy
Thoughts’, while ‘Rise’ kicks off with pulse-like beats before dissolving
into a riotous techno meltdown. ‘Everything You Wanted’ is probably
the album’s most melodic offering, with Kele reflecting on a failed love
affair (“I could have given everything you
wanted, everything you needed”). There’s
more optimism on closing track, ‘Yesterday’s
Gone’, an upbeat, ambient number that finds
Kele’s vocals refreshingly pushed to the fore,
even if the sentiment is self-empowering and
saccharine (“open the window, let the sunlight
back into your room”).
The Boxer may not be a knock-out victory, but
it wins on points. DH
ALBUMS OUT
IN JUNE
KELE
The Boxer (Wichita)
In an interview in 2007, Marc
Almond announced that
he only intended to make
one more album of original material, simply because he
“preferred to sing other people’s songs”. Lyrically at least,
Varieté feels like he’s bringing the curtain down on an era
of his career.
“All I need is a glittery curtain to sing a cheap but potent
song, on a small wooden stage at the back of a bar, that’s
where I belong”, he opens the album with, pretty much
setting the standard for the numbers that follow, which
takes in Victorian music hall, Vaudeville and Eastern
European folk, all backing some of Almond’s wittiest lyrics.
‘Trials Of Eyeliner’ is a typical Almond ode to a pan-sexual
waif of yesteryear: ‘In 1980s New York town, where leather
boys could all be found, you tried to get into their club
but the doorman gave you quite a snub, pointed to a sign
above the door, only denim and leather to be worn – far
too much black eyeliner dear, not a chance of coming in
here!’ Or on ‘Lavender, a pean to 70s confused queer culture:
‘you splashed on some Brut and lowered your voice, when
Charlie was really your choice’!
Varieté makes for his most personal work to date… and
his most heartbreaking. ‘My time has passed, I no longer
belong, so I’m singing goodbye and I’ll be gone,’ on the
appropriately named ‘Swan Song’. It won’t fail to prompt a
tear in the eye of all gutterhearts. DH
+++++
Out: 7 June
Out: 21 June
SCISSOR SISTERS
Night Work (Polydor)
Creating one of the past
decade’s biggest selling debut
albums has proved a tough act
to follow for the Scissor Sisters. Although 2006’s Ta-Dah
included the brilliant ‘I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’’, much of
the rest of the album sounded lacklustre compared to its
predecessor. Four years since the release of that material
and it would appear that the creation of the their third
album has not been without setbacks. Original drummer
Paddy Boom quit in 2008, and the remaining band
members apparently recorded a whole album’s worth of
material but subsequently scrapped it in mid 2009, opting
instead to start again. By recruiting Stuart ‘Confessions On
A Dancefloor’ Price as producer, Night Work is – predictably
– an 80s-influenced, synth-storm of disco grooves. The
honky tonk of Ta-Dah has thankfully been rejected, but the
light and shade of their debut has been jettisoned in favour
of consistently upbeat, syncopated beats. The opening title
track is classic Scissor Sisters, and lead single ‘Fire With Fire’
should comfortably place them back in the top ten. Further
highlights include ‘Skin Tight’ and the Giorgio Moroder-ish
closer, ‘Invisible Light’. Sadly, too much of the rest of the
album lacks soul or intimacy. It’s got BPM, but some bigger
choruses and heartfelt lyrics wouldn’t have gone amiss.
There’s nothing to match ‘Mary’ or ‘Take Your Mama Out’.
Instead, SS have created their underground disco epic. It
will do their credibility no harm, but don’t be surprised if it
doesn’t hang around the charts for long. DH
+++++
Out: 28 June
&
SIA
We Are Born (RCA)
Sia really should be more
famous by now. The Adelaideborn singer and songwriter is
the voice behind much of Zero 7’s work; the girlfriend of
JD Samson from Le Tigre; has written tracks for artists like
Christina Aguilera, and is now back again with her fourth
solo effort, the album We Are Born. A collection of 12 new
songs and one cover, the album may or may not succeed in
introducing Sia to a wider audience but her existing fanbase
is likely to consider it confirmation that she’s something
special. Current single ‘Clap Your Hands’ showcases the
album at its best, being that rare kind of up-tempo and
instantly catchy tune that can lend desirability to dull
mobile-phone adverts. Potential future hits ‘The Fight’ and
‘You’ve Changed’ are similarly charged, with Sia displaying
a more assured and confident side. They all show her
talent for crafting lush chords and memorable melodies
but it’s on later tracks that Sia’s distinctly dreamy voice is
most noticeable. ‘I’m in Here’ is lush and lovely, with Sia’s
soft tones drifting lazily through the track; ‘Oh Father’, the
album’s closing song and a cover of the Madonna track,
is both heartfelt and poignant and a fresh take on the 21year-old original. The whole album’s a thoroughly satisfying
amble through Sia’s creative quirks and endearing ingenuity
and although some tracks skirt into filler territory We Are
Born could be the album that finally broadcasts Sia’s talents
to a wider audience. J’O’C
+++++
Out: 7 June
REVIEWS: DAVID HUDSON AND JOHN O’ CEALLAIGH
MARC ALMOND
Varieté (Cherry Red)
+++++
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THE WOLFMAN
THE KILLER INSIDE ME
This remake of the classic
1941 horror film The Wolfman
may have the stars (Benicio
Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins,
Emily Blunt), the special
effects and several scenes to
make you jump, but those
expecting edge-of-the-seat
horror may find it all a bit too
camp and gothic to feel a shiver down the spine. Although
it looks suitably atmospheric, director Joe Johnson brings
little new to a tale that will probably scare anyone under
the age of 14, but leave anyone older a little non-plussed.
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Colin Firth won a BAFTA
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his portrayal of Californiabased English professor
George Falconer. The film is
set in 1962, and Falconer is
struggling to adapt to the
death of his gay partner. Does
he resign himself to suicide
or can he find a reason to live? A languid, beautifully
shot debut movie by Tom Ford, it rightly picked up critical
plaudits and box office success upon its cinematic release.
OUT: 7 JUNE
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END OF LOVE
The second feature from
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Ming, who finds himself in a
Christian ‘rehabilitation’ camp,
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hedonistic lifestyle as a male
escort, and the more settled, older lover, who ended their
relationship when he learned how Ming made his living.
It’s an explicit, subtle and tenderly told tale.
OUT: 7 JUNE
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WRANGLER –
ANATOMY OF AN ICON
This bizarre, charming and
entertaining story examines
the life of Jack Wrangler
– one of the biggest gay
porn stars of the 1970s.
The documentary recounts
Wrangler’s early years, mid70s success in the early adult
film industry, and his surprising shift to hetero porn at the
turn of the 80s. Most shocking of all – if only because he
remains an openly gay man – is his later romance and
marriage to songstress Margaret Whiting – a woman over
20 years his senior.
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Fresh Meat is a new play about a young, suicidal gay man.
Seeking a way to die, he finds a solution to his problems in
a married gay couple that happen to practice cannibalism.
In the process of preparing to be eaten by the hungry
lovers, he falls in love with one of them and finally finds a
reason to stay alive… something that proves to be easier
said than done. Fresh Meat is a dark comedy directed by
Manolis Emmanouel and written by Dylan Costello. The play
warns – or promises – to contain male nudity and scenes
of sexual nature. It will run for a month at the Courtyard
Theatre (Hoxton, N1) between 8 June and 4 July, with
tickets at £13.
Box Office: 08444 771 000
www.thecourtyard.org.uk
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The South African satirist Ben
Voss’s drag queen alter ego
Beauty Ramapelepele
hits the Oval House Theatre
in May. Ms Beauty is rich,
opinionated, botox-ed and
described as one of the most
‘controversial comic creations’ from South Africa. Her stage
show Beauty and the BEE has celebrated huge success in
venues from Johannesburg to Cape Town and she also has
her own nationwide broadcasted radio show. Bend It Like
Beauty is specially written for the Oval House Theatre as a
run-up to the World Cup in South Africa, one of the show’s
major themes.
Bend It Like Beauty runs between 25 May and 12 June
and tickets costs £12 (concessions £6).
Box Office: 020 7582 7680
www.ovalhouse.com
TAP DOGS
The legendary dance show
Tap Dogs returns to the
West End this summer – the
first time in over a decade.
The show – which was
originally created by Australian
choreographer and dancer
Dein Perry –offers a combination of workmen’s strength
and masculinity and tap dancers’ precision and elegancy.
Since its world premiere in 1995 it has been enjoyed by
11 million people worldwide and won 11 major awards. It
also featured prominently during the opening ceremony of
the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. This production will be
led by Aussie actor, dancer and talent show-judge Adam
Garcia, and directed by Nigel Triffitt. It will be running for 12
weeks, from 15 June to 5 September, at the Novello Theatre
(Aldwych, WCB2). Tickets cost £17.50-£49.50.
Box Office: 0844 482 5170
www.novellotheatre.com and www.tapdogs.co.uk
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space it is! The dining room boasts floor-to-ceiling glass
panels that give way to views over the lush greenery of
Kensington Gardens, flooding the restaurant with natural
light by day and providing a backdrop of silhouetted trees
against the sunset as night falls. The interior is modern;
IWAN WATSON REVIEWS PARK TERRACE
kitted out with luxurious materials and rich textures in the
RESTAURANT
2 Kensington High Street, W8
‘international style’ tradition. As you would expect from a
020 7937 8000 www.royalgardenhotel.co.uk
five-star hotel, the clientele are rather well turned out, too.
Everything looks and feels über-elegant, setting the scene
After complete refurbishment, The Park Terrace restaurant for things to come.
– located in the impressive five-star Royal Garden Hotel The menu offers British cuisine with a strong focus on
on High Street Kensington – re-opened three months ago. locally sourced ingredients. The captions on the menu
The newly transformed airy space is divided into three
promise the use of high- quality ingredients sourced
stylish areas: the restaurant, a lounge area for informal
from the UK, such as cured Carmarthen ham, organic East
dining and afternoon tea and a bar that offers a fabulous
Anglian beef, New Forest venison and scallops from the
of choice of drinks and cocktails. And what a beautiful
Dorset coast.
FIT FOR A QUEEN
ROLLUP!
ROLL UP!
JOHN O’CEALLAIGH REVIEWS CIRCUS
27-29 Endell Street, WC2.
020 7420 9300. www.circus-london.co.uk
Covent Garden is a mixture of fact and
fiction. Guidebooks wax lyrical about it as
the heart of London’s theatre land and the
capital’s creative enclave. More often, the
reality is buskers wailing ‘Wonderwall’ and
overpriced chain stores. However, make
your way to the recently launched Circus
restaurant and you’ll see this often contrived
district can still put on a show.
A new concept for London’s expansive
dining scene, Circus terms itself a
‘performance restaurant’, where cabaret
and cocktails are shaken with acrobatics
and American cuisine to create a venue
that’s part easygoing eatery and part
super-stylish showstopper. Diners walk
through a mirrored corridor before arriving
in the main dining room, lavishly decorated
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in silvers, blues and blacks, and with a
constellation of shimmering disco balls
hanging from the ceiling. The focal point of
the room is a huge, banquet-style dining
table with cement steps at its base. As
impressively imposing as it is, it’s probably
best to sit elsewhere as it’s up these steps
that contortionists later ascend, twisting
and turning as diners sip and slurp beneath
them.
A complement to the entertainment on
show rather than a distraction from it,
the menu is short and simple, with solid,
straightforward American dishes on offer.
We chose grilled cornbread with plum
tomatoes and feta (£5.95) and tuna
and salmon tartare (£9.95) to start. The
cornbread was excellent, toasty, warm and
homely; less successful was the tartare,
which tasted indistinct and forgettable.
For main courses we ordered the Josper
beef fillet steak (£23.95) and the Churrasco
sirloin (£20.50). Both were impressively
hefty slabs of perfectly cooked meat offset
by what are possibly the nicest chips we’ve
had in a London restaurant. And, as you
know, when chips are good they’re very,
very good.
It was before our main course that the
We started with oven-roasted wood pigeon, apple chicory
and beetroot caponata, all of which were beautifully
cooked, and my partner opted for the Cromer crab ravioli
and samphire with shellfish bisque which was mouthwatering.
Keeping with the seafood theme, my partner went for the
Anglesey organic sea bass, razor clams, hazelnut ragoût,
sweet potato purée and buttered spinach. The sea bass flesh
had a wonderful firm texture and melted beautifully on
the tongue. My partner ate the lavender and herb-crusted
rump of Suffolk organic lamb, broad bean purée, French
bean bundle and confit of potatoes. The meat was pink,
moist and tender and was complimented by the fresh
vegetables. Needless to say, that the presentation of the
dishes was faultless.
The restaurant staff were all outstandingly helpful
and we were just to happy to follow their enthusiastic
recommendations.
For pudding, my partner went for the White Mozzo coffee
tart with mascarpone cream and coffee crisp which was
incredibly sweet and absolutely satisfying.
The balanced taste and texture of my hot milk chocolate
pot with warm macerated morello cherry Bakewell was
chocolate/cherry heaven.
All of it was exceptional. The food in the Park Terrace is
impressive, both in presentation, flavour and price. The
dinner menu offers two courses for £26.50 and three for
£31.50, which is good value for money.
If you are in the area shopping and fancy a break, The Park
Terrace Restaurant has a great variety of cocktails priced
from £8.50 to £11.50. Most cocktails are named after
various things relevant to the hotel and adjacent Kensington
Gardens. We tried the Orangery (in honour of Sir Christopher
Wren, who designed the building for Queen Anne in 1702)
and the Betwixt & Between (referencing Peter Pan, which
was inspired by JM Barrie’s strolls in Kensington Gardens).
So whether it’s for a three-course evening meal, a cocktail
with friends or afternoon tea, The Park Terrace offers
something for everyone. A wonderful discovery.
first performer arrived. Heralded by the
dimming of the lights, an acrobat bounded
onto the banquet table and proceeded to
spin and swirl from a hoop that descended
from the ceiling. He was followed at
staggered intervals throughout the night
by a flame-throwing ballerina and a duo
of female contortionists who wowed the
audience and performed an incredibly
impressive and intricate routine.
It was at these times that the restaurant
came to life and the performers are
obviously the focal point of any visit. With
most tables seemingly ordering their fair
share of cocktails and champagne, the
audience reacted to the acts’ performances
with spontaneous whoops and bursts of
applause. We concluded by ordering more
cocktails ourselves and ended up staying
with the party until curtain call.
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HUSTLABALL
For those that like their
clubbing with a side
portion of raunch, the
annual Hustlaball
returned to Vauxhall
in early May...
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G-A-Y
Jeremy Joseph
celebrated his
marathon success with
a couple of special
celebrity guests at
G-A-Y in Charing Cross...
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There can be no more hedonistic
way to close a debauched bank
holiday weekend than with a
big gay circuit party, and they
don’t come much bigger and
gayer than Hustlaball London,
as presented by Rentboy.com
and Alex Erfan. As one of the
world’s most infamous cruise parties,
Hustla is know for terrific DJs and
sensationally sexy shows, and the
London version didn’t disappoint as
the main stage hosted a scorchingly
hot performance every 15 minutes for
four full hours. The production opened
with a religious orgy tableau featuring
legendary director Chi Chi La Rue and
some 40 ‘adult’ performers including
Logan McCree, Michael Lucas and
Jonathan Agassi, and continued with
themed scenes that catered to almost
every fetish interest and minority
perversion imaginable. There were
boxers, scally lads, highway men,
commandoes and super hot city
boys. Guys in swimwear wrestled,
Flavaworks stars paraded in pants
that were carelessly discarded and
lost to the audience and Expectations
presented a leather and latex orgy.
More than a dozen top DJs kept
the hot and horny crowd bubbling
along at boiling point on the brink
of an Icelandic-like explosion of hot
ash. For those new to, and possibly
intimidated by, the fetish scene,
there was a guidance dress code but
it wasn’t strict which made for an
attractively diverse array of outfits
from just jeans to just a smile, and
made us wonder why we can’t have a
party like this every month!
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Just a few days after the terrific
achievement of completing the
London Marathon, Jeremy Joseph
said a big ‘thank you’ to all his loyal
customers for their support and
fundraising help by abolishing the
door charges and making every
night at G-A-Y free entry for the
whole week. Not only did he hand
over a cheque for £30,000 to Amnesty
International, but also welcomed a
couple of old friends to the stage for
some pop-tastic fun. First up was the
bad boy of Blue, the über sexy Lee
Ryan, with his new track ‘Secret Love’
and four super hot dancers. He was
followed by the charming Sophie
Ellis-Bextor with a full show featuring
the hits, ‘Groovejet’, ‘Murder On The
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Dancefloor’,
‘Heartbreak’,
and new single
‘Bittersweet’
– exclusively
available to purchase
at G-A-Y before it was even in the
shops. For the cheque presentation,
Jeremy was joined on stage by staff
from G-A-Y/Heaven, G-A-Y Bar and
G-A-Y late as well as others who
had helped, cajoled, supported or
bullied him around the 26 miles 385
yards. Then everyone retired to the
Departure Lounge for cocktails and
champers, or lost themselves on one
of the many dancefloors that continue
to make G-A-Y the busiest party night
week after week.
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After a tip off from someone
‘in the know’, we popped along
to Duckie at the RVT at the
beginning of May in anticipation
of a very special guest. On the
dot of 10.30pm, Sarah Brown, the
wife of then Prime Minister Gordon
Brown, was welcomed on stage to
draw the winning ticket in the raffle
– which was a pink No.10 incidentally!
Officially marking 13 years to the
day that New Labour won the 1997
general election, Duckie Mother Amy
Lamé explained afterwards, “I asked
Sarah if she would come down to
Duckie to draw our winning raffle
ticket – I had done Cancer Research
UK’s Race for Life earlier that day and
we had a champagne raffle at Duckie
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to continue fundraising efforts. I
also thought it would be a great
opportunity for Sarah to remind
us of all the amazing things the
Labour Government have done for
LGBT people since 1997… the list
is very impressive and would never
have happened under any other
party. Sarah is a big champion of
equality, and she had never been
to the RVT before, so when she said
yes I was just thrilled. She wowed
the audience – the roar of the crowd
was deafening! Everyone was so
surprised to see her in our spit &
sawdust boozer – they gave her the
best Duckie welcome ever!”
www.duckie.co.uk
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Bootylicious enjoyed one of its
busiest parties of the year in
May. The reason? The gang were
hosting the grand final of their
annual ‘Bootylicious Next Top
Model’. Running for almost nine
years, the night – jointly promoted
by Kim and Thomas – always pulls
in a huge number to Vauxhall’s Club
Colosseum. The team have three
rooms to play with, with top jocks
Jeffrey Hinton, Tyron and the lovely
Sugabear spinning the hip hop,
house, dancehall, r’n’b, old-skool
and slow jams. The club pulls in
customers from all over London and
beyond, and boasts a vibe that’s
truly unique.
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May’s party. The contest was
co-hosted by MC Brandy and last
year’s winner of the title, Calvin
Opaleye. They introduced to the
stage each of the finalists, before
the audience decided on the
winner by roaring their approval.
The winner was decided to be
20-year-old Performing Arts
student Freddie Wilson, who took
to the catwalk like a pro. A clearly
delighted Freddie walked away
with this year’s title, a cash prize,
and prizes donated by sponsors,
including fashion label Rio Beach.
Bootylicious returns to Club
Coloseum on Saturday 19 June
– check www.bootyliciousclub.co.uk for full details.
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It has been too many years to
count since we lost the immense
talent that was Her Imperial
Highness Regina Fong, but every
year around her birthday, fans
(or Fongettes as they are known),
gather at the Black Cap on the
traditional Tuesday night for the
‘Regina Fong Winter Palace Gala’
in aid or Reg’s favourite charity:
Marie Curie Cancer Care.
Impeccably organised every year by
Titti La Camp with help from others, the
crème de la crème of the cabaret circuit
squeeze themselves into the broom
cupboard that doubles as a dressing
room to pay homage. For this, the 8th
memorial, the line-up included Black
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Cap guv’nor Russell as Billie Trix,
Sandra, Titti, Mrs Moore, Millie Turner,
Nicky Vixen, Trindy and Rose Garden,
among others. Hosted and almost
held together by Dave Lynn, we were
treated to a plethora of great Fong
moments… Thora Hird, Night Train,
Skippy, the typewriter, Janet Smith,
Cilla and any number of Coronation
Street sketches. For those of us
privileged enough to have witnessed
Reg in full flight back in the day, it
was a touching and loving tribute by
friends, and for those newbies in the
audience it was the briefest insight
into a great showman, and wherever
he is now I’m sure there was much
waving of Jungle Red nails!
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London’s indie boys and
girls go dirty on Friday
night/Saturday morning
4 June as the Popstarz
crew go fetish with a
special ‘Bondage Birthday’
party at The Den. To make
it a birthday not to forget,
this will be followed
by the launch of their
new after-hours shindig
‘Popstarz After Dark’. Let
your fetish fantasies run
wild – helped along by
the cheap drink and and
free give-aways. After
Dark promises a darker
soundtrack, which should
keep the mixed-up crowd
of students, indie boys and
riot grrls partying till the
early hours.
Popstarz’ Bondage
Birthday and After Hours
launch is Friday night/
Saturday morning 4 June
at The Den (formerly The
End), West Central Street,
WC1. www.popstarz.
org.
The annual Clapham
Street Party is on
Saturday 27 June from
1pm in Edgeley Road,
next to Kazbar in
Clapham High Street, with
performers Lola Lasagne,
Rose Garden, Lady Imelda,
Jacquii Cann, Titti La Camp
and more. Entry is free but
a minimum donation of
£1 is expected for charity.
Clapham Street Party is
on Saturday 27 June from
1pm-1am in Edgeley
Road, next to Kazbar in
Clapham High Street,
SW4.
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GLOBAL DJ TALENT
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The London Global Dance Festival is a major bank holiday event hitting London at the
end of May. It’s ambitiously billing itself as “the largest international gay clubbing festival
ever to be held in the UK”, and will be running from 28-31May. It will consist of no less
than eight parties, each with their own international theme, culminating with the ‘LGDF:
Sagat
The Main Event’ on Bank Holiday Sunday 30 May 2010. A staggering 30Francois
international
gay DJs are being flown in from all over the world, representing nine international clubs.
Names lined up to take part include Alex Taylor, Danny Verde, Steven Redant, Baby Marcello,
DJ Eros, Leroy Taylor, Tony Key, Aurel Devil and Leomeo, to name just a few. International
clubs taking part include Scream (Paris), Space of Sound presents Infinita (Madrid),
Muccassassina (Rome), Propaganda (Moscow), Sorry Shoes Recordings (Cologne),
Delice (Lilles), Club Crew (Cape Town), Spirit of Star (Paris) and NightKomm
(Cologne). The eight dance events will take place in and around Vauxhall, kicking off at
Onyx at Area on Friday 28 May, followed by A:M at Fire on the morning of Saturday 29
May (3am onwards). Beyond will take up the torch at Area on Sunday morning (30 May
– 6am-1pm), followed by another party at Later at Fire from noon till 8pm. The big party
– the LGDF Main Event – will take place at Fire on the evening of Sunday 30 May from
10.30pm till 7am, featuring DJs Danny Verde, Phil Romano, Steve Redant, Pagano, Ben
Manson (pictured), Tony Key, Danny Tuval and others.
That bash will be followed by an official after-party at Orange (Fire) from 6am till 2pm on
Monday 31 May. There will be a ‘Best Of British: LGDF Recovery Party’ on the evening
of Monday 31 May at Area from 10pm till 5am… although how much recovering you get
to do whilst throwing your arms in the air on the dancefloor is open to debate!
Easy-access wristbands, allowing entry to all parties, are available, or you can pay admission
per party. For full details about this exciting weekend of clubbing, check the website at
www.londonglobaldancefestival.com
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PHOTO © CHRIS JEPSON
A successor to the likes of Boombox and Foreign, east London gets a new monthly club
night this month with the launch of Shabba Dabba Da at Avalon on Shoreditch High
Street. Promising to provide a sanctuary for both East End club kids and the capital’s most
fashion-forward denizens, the night is the brainchild of Buster Bennett, Larry Tee and Daniel
Lismore. Club promoter Buster Bennett has been a stalwart on the London club scene for
the past decade and was previously involved in both Antisocial and Nuke Them All. Daniel
Lismore comes from the fashion industry and has contributed to club nights such as Beach
Blanket Babylon’s Slave to Fashion and Work! @ Heaven. Relatively new to London’s club
scene, Larry Tee featured in our May issue and
is a legendary New York DJ who has worked
with the likes of Lady GaGa and New Order.
Together the trio are aiming to re-inject a
sense of vitality into the city’s clubbing scene
and although it’s likely punters will have to
dress to impress in order to fit in, the playlist
is decidedly unpretentious. Pop, classic pop
and dance pop are the order of the day, with
everything eventually winding down at 6am.
The monthly party launches on 12 June
with tickets costing £15.
DJ Larry Tee
www.avalon-london.com
Now a traditional part of the Pride London calendar, this year’s Clapham Street Party
is set to take place on Saturday 26 June. The sixth such party to take place, this annual
get-together is run in conjunction with local gay venues Kazbar and the Two Brewers.
It takes place between 1pm and 1am on Edgeley Road (the road that runs along Kazbar),
and will feature community and market stalls, plus a stage hosting live entertainment
between 3 and 9pm. Hosted by the incomparable Sandra, this year’s line-up includes
Mrs Moore, Tanya Hyde, Cookie, Rose Garden, Lola Lasagne, Lady Imelda,
Maisie Trollette, Dave Lynn, Titti La Camp, The Drag With No Name,
SBANDXXX and the winner of Drag Idol 2010, among others. Next door, Kazbar DJs
on the day will include Jason E, Disco Queen Yonika, DJ Mark and new kid on the block,
DJ Chris. They’ll be spinning the best in disco gems, dance anthems and camp classics.
Special guest Sherrie Hewson, of Loose Women fame, will be hosting a charity auction
at around 6pm on the main stage: all proceeds go to the three designated beneficiaries,
with a fabulous array of fantastic prizes up for grabs.
Entry to the street party is free, but a minimum donation of £1 to the Street Party’s
aforementioned beneficiaries – GMFA, Albert Kennedy Trust and Eddie Surman
Trust – is appreciated.
WORDS BY LOREM DELOREM | PHOTOGRAPH BY MAET IPSUM
HIGHLIGHTS
Long-running, seminal
Barbara Tucker
club night Queer Nation
returns on the late May
bank holiday weekend,
with another one-off
date at Fire in Vauxhall.
Taking place on Saturday
29 May, from 11pm till
7am, the event has been
confirmed as being part
of the London Global
Dance Festival. Promoter
Patrick Lilley’s urban
and disco extravaganza
promises three rooms
of music, with special
guest DJ Robert Owens in
room one spinning NYC
soulful house alongside
Supadon and DJ Pierre
Nedd. Guy Williams and
Monsieur Dimanche
(D-Boyz) will spin the
European house sounds
Sophie Ellis-Bextor will appear at G-A-Y
in the second room, while
Jeffrey Hinton and Alan
X take care of the disco in room three. There will also be a ‘Hot Body Contest’ and special
live PA from Barbara Tucker (‘Beautiful People’, ‘Precious Love’, ‘Stop Playing With My
Mind’). Joint tickets allowing entry to Queer Nation and Beyond cost £20. Purchase online
in advance or at the door. Queer Nation is £12, or £8 with a flyer before 1am (£10 after). To
enter the Hot Body contest, text 07931424905.
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Lady Lloyd
Beginning in June, the award-winning
Ku Bar is offering a special opportunity
to all would-be DJs. It’s new ‘DJ Quest’
competition launches on Friday 4 June, and
will run throughout the summer. Anyone
interested in taking part should send a
30-minute CD and current photo (include a
tracklisting with your CD and a short note
saying why you should be a DJ at Ku Bar) to
Gary Henshaw, Ku Bar, 30 Lisle Street, London
WC2H. You’re also free to drop of your CDs in
person at the bar. Successful applicants get a
chance to play an hour-long set at
O Zone, the Ku’s busy Friday nightclub
session. The best three will go forward to
the venue’s Grand Final DJ Play Off in August. A word of advice – we hear that some
people have been sending mixes of hard dance – but you’re not likely to get a set at O
Zone spinning something more suited to a Vauxhall afterhours – pop along to the night
if you wanna check out what sort of tunes keep the punters happy.
Before that kicks off, there are plenty of other attractions at the Ku. Get down there on
the second May bank holiday weekend to catch some more May Pole dancing – when
sexy, skimpily dressed studs throw themselves around the bar’s very own poles! If you
go down there on Saturday 29 May, you’ll also catch Lady Lloyd’s Annual Eurovision
Party. Taking place in the basement, Lady Lloyd will host proceedings, introducing live
coverage of the contest on the bar’s big screens. The bar will be specially decorated and
special drinks deals will be available. Lady Lloyd will be on hand to play your favourite
Eurovision songs from the past both before and after the show, and you’ll also get free
entry to Fabulous, the Ku’s late-night Saturday session. If you love Eurovision parties (and
can’t be bothered to throw your own), then this is unmissable.
The Ku Bar, 30 Lisle Street, WC2.
VENUES:
CENTRAL LONDON
79 CXR, 79 Charing Cross Road,
WC2. 020 7734 0769. Leicester
Square tube. Mon-Sat 1pm-3am,
Sun 1pm-10.30pm. Cover charge
after 11pm. Large, cruisy, late-night
bar - always busy after 10.30pm
with those who don’t want to head
home too early.
ADMIRAL DUNCAN, 54 Old
Compton Street, W1. 020 7437
5300. Leicester Square tube.
Friendly, famous, traditional gay
pub - just look out for the purple
and pink exterior!
BARCODE, 3-4 Archer Street,
W1. 020 7734 3342. www.
bar-code.co.uk. Piccadilly Circus
tube. Mon-Sat 4pm-1.30am. Sun
until 10.30pm. Dance bar on three
floors, with club-style basement.
Comedy Camp stand-up night
each Tuesday, and more danceoriented sessions at
weekends.
THE BOX, 32-34 Monmouth
Street, Seven Dials, WC2. 020
7240 5828. Leicester Square tube.
11am-11pm. Stylish and awardwinning gay café bar popular with
scene and muscle queens. Frequent
exhibitions on the walls and
great food.
CANDY BAR, 4 Carlisle Street, W1.
020 7494 4041. Tottenham Court
Road tube. Mon-Thu 5-11.30pm. Fri
& Sat 5pm-2am. Sun 5-11pm. Longrunning and famed lesbian bar.
COMPTONS, 52 Old Compton
Street, W1. 020 7479 7961.
Leicester Square tube. Noon-11pm.
A Soho institution. Large, traditional
gay boozer on two floors, attracting
a butch and manly crowd. www.
comptons-of-soho.co.uk
THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON,
77 Wardour Street, W1. 020 7439
1274. Piccadilly Circus tube.
Mon-Thu noon-11pm, Fri & Sat
noon-midnight, ‘til 10.30pm
on Sun. Traditional and fun gay
pub over two floors, attracting a
good cross-section from across
the scene.
THE EDGE, 11 Soho Square,
W1. 020 7439 1313. Tottenham
Court Road tube. Noon-1am, Sun
2pm-11.30pm. Stylish, hip gay bar
spread over four intimate floors,
with regular nights from top DJs,
regular piano bar and tasty food.
ESCAPE, 10a Brewer Street, W1.
020 7734 2626. Piccadilly Circus
tube. 5pm-3am. Cover charge after
11pm. Every night’s a party at this
late-night video dance bar.
FIRST OUT CAFÉ, 52 St Giles
High Street, WC2. 020 7240 8042.
Tottenham Court Road tube.
10am-11pm. Sun 10.30pm. Over
20 years old and still going strong.
Long-running community café bar.
FREEDOM, 66 Wardour Street,
W1. 020 7734 0071. Piccadilly
Circus tube. Opulent style bar, with
late-night club promotions for a
mixed, metrosexual crowd.
www.freedombarsoho.com
FRIENDLY SOCIETY, 79 Wardour
Street, WC1. Trendy and unique,
intimate basement bar with
quirky decor and fun atmosphere
– attracts a mixed crowd.
G-A-Y BAR, 30 Old Compton
Street, W1. 020 7494 2756.
Leicester Square tube. 12pm12am. Huge, poptastic gay bar,
with a multitude of video screens,
pop tunes and drinks promotions.
www.g-a-y.co.uk
G-A-Y LATE, 5 Goslett Yard,
off Charing Cross Road, WC2.
Tottenham Court Road tube.
11pm-3am. Late-night sister
venue to G-A-Y Bar – more video
screens, camp pop fun and cheap
drinks.Gets very busy most nights
of the week.
THE GREEN CARNATION, 4-5
Greek Street, Soho, W1. 020-7434
3323. Stylish, three-floored
late night gay venue, with
bar, dancefloor and nightly
promotions. Attracts a very mixed
crowd. www.greencarnationsoho.
co.uk
HALFWAY TO HEAVEN,
7 Duncannon Street, WC2. 020
7321 2791. Charing Cross tube.
Mon-Thu noon-11pm, Fri & Sat
12pm-12am. Old-style gay pub
spread over two floors.
HEAVEN, The Arches, Villiers
Street, WC2. Charing Cross Road
tube. Huge, world-famous gay
club, which is now home to
G-A-Y, along with mixed/studenty
Monday nighter Popcorn. Check
www.g-a-y.co.uk for details
THE KINGS ARMS, 23 Poland
Street, W1. 020 7734 5907.
Oxford Circus tube. Mon-Thur
12pm–11pm, Fri-Sat 12pm-12am,
Sun 12pm-11.30pm. London’s bar
for bears and blokes. Traditional
atmosphere plus pool table.
Sunday night karaoke very popular.
KU BAR, 30 Lisle Street, Leicester
Square, WC2. 020 7437 4303.
Leicester Square tube. Large,
award-winning, upmarket gay
bar spread over three floors, open
till 3am daily and always busy
throughout the week. www.
ku-bar.co.uk
KU BAR SOHO, 25 Frith Street,
W1. Leicester Square tube. New,
smaller sister venue to Lisle Street
Ku Bar, with entrances on Old
Compton Street and Frith Street
- open till 11pm daily. The first floor
houses a Gay Tourist Office from
noon-6pm throughout the week
(www.gaytouristoffice.co.uk).
www.ku-bar.co.uk
KUDOS, 10 Adelaide Street, WC2.
020 7379 4573. Charing Cross
tube. 3pm-11pm, Sat noon-11pm,
Sun noon-10.30pm. Beautiful and
stylish café bar, with clubbier vibe
and video screens in the basement.
Popular with Asian crowd upstairs,
plus a basement women’s bar.
LO-PROFILE, The Basement,
84-85 Wardour Street, W1. Swanky,
sophisticated, 400-capacity
late-night
basement
bar and club space
– from the people that
bring you gaydar.co.uk. Open
10pm-4am on Fridays and
Saturdays. www.loprofile.com
LONG YANG CLUB, long-running
social group for East Asian gay
guys and friends. Regular parties
and social events. Check website
at www.lyclondon.com for full
details.
MADAME JO JO’S, 8-10 Brewer
Street, W1. Long-running, late
night gig venue, nightclub
and cabaret bar - open to very
mixed crowd. Home to popular
Wednesday nighter Trannyshack.
www.madamejojos.com.
MOLLY MOGG’S, 2 Old Compton
Street, W1. 020 7434 4294.
Tottenham Court Road tube. Small,
intimate little gay pub, with regular
drag shows attracting a mixed
crowd of theatre folk and tourists.
PENDULUM, 56 Frith Street, Soho,
W1. 0207 734 8300 . Tottenham
Court Road tube. Stylish, big gay
bar – spread over three floors,
with food, drink, art displays and
pre-club promotions.
www.pendulumsoho.co.uk
PROFILE, 84-84 Wardour Street,
W1. 020 734 3444. Piccadilly Circus
tube. Upstairs bar above Lo-Profile,
owned and run by the team behind
Gaydar. Stylish gay bar/diner,
COME
TOGETHER
Come Together
is a special, oneoff event taking
place ahead of
this year’s Pride
festival. It’s been organised by the same people who
run the quarterly Queer Question Time at the Royal
Vauxhall Tavern, and will be taking place at the
Electric Cinema (pictured) in Notting Hill between
1 and 3.30pm. Like this year’s Pride London festival,
the event will be commemorating 40 years since the
formation of the Gay Liberation Front. More specifically,
it will be looking back at the GLF’s original manifesto
and political demands, examining what has been met
and what may still need to be achieved. Stewart
Who? Will host a debate that will include former
members of the GLF and there will be film screenings
of interview footage of GLF members from the early
1970s, along with a Panorama programme originally
broadcast in April 1971.
Admission will be £7.50 (NUS and unwaged get
two-for-one admission), with all door proceeds
to go to Pride London. More details and tickets
at www.pridelondon.org/pride365/
pride365events - www.ticketweb.co.uk
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open for food and drink from early
morning through till 11pm – when
the action moves downstairs.
www.profilesoho.com
THE QUEBEC, 12 Old Quebec
Street, WC1. 020-7629 6159.
Marble Arch tube. Long-running
and huge pub, on two floors,
attracting an older crowd. Open till
3am at weekends. Off the beaten
Soho track but well worth checking
out. www.thequebec.co.uk
THE QUEEN’S HEAD, 25 Tryon
Street, SW3. 020-7589 0262.
Sloane Square tube. Popular, very
long-running, cosy gay pub – a
Chelsea institution.
RETRO BAR, 2 George Court,
WC2. 020 7321 2811. Charing
Cross tube. Mon-Fri noon-11. Sat
5pm-11pm, Sun 5pm-11pm.
A traditional boozer for the gay
scene’s indie, alternative and
student-types – Tuesday’s pop quiz
is an institution.
MILEY AND GOLDFRAPP FOR G-A-Y
Fresh from his success in running the London Marathon,
it’s back to the day job for promoter Jeremy Joseph;
namely, running London’s most high-profile gay club.
This June, he’s managed to pull in another exclusive for
G-A-Y, with a headline PA from none other than Miley
Cyrus! The US teen starlet and popstar will be hitting
the stage on Saturday 5 June, promoting new album
Can’t Be Tamed and no doubt treating the audience to
past hit single, such as ‘Party In The USA’. Other G-A-Y
Goldfrapp
dates for your diary include a guest appearance from
Emmerdale bad boy Aaron Dingle (aka actor Danny Miller) at G-A-Y Porn Idol on
Thursday 27 May (unfortunately only on the judging panel and not competing on
stage!), followed by Scootch at the G-A-Y Camp Attack on Friday 28 May for a preEurovision Party. Both the G-A-Y Bar on Old Compton Street and G-A-Y Late venue will
be screening the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday 29 May, while you can catch
an exclusive appearance from Goldfrapp (‘Rocket’, ‘Ooh La La’, ‘Strict Machine’) at the
club on that same evening. Heaven will host the G-A-Y Porn Idol final on Thursday 12
June, while Swedish popster Robyn will perform live on Saturday 19 June.
G-A-Y, the club, takes place at Heaven, Under the Arches, Villiers Street, London WC2.
In a separate development, Jeremy (who is currently considering embarking on another
mammoth fundraising event) has announced that for the next year, G-A-Y will be
affiliated to the Elton John AIDS Foundation, with a new fundraising target of
£50,000.To make a donation to the EJAF, just go to www.justgiving.com/G-A-Y or
drop money in the collecting buckets at all G-A-Y venues.
RUPERT STREET, 50 Rupert
Street, W1. 020 7292 7141.
Piccadilly Circus tube. 12-11pm, Sun
10.30pm. Large, designer-style bar,
popular with professional gay boyz
and post-work drinkers.
020 7437 2652. Piccadilly Circus
tube. Mon-Thur 4pm-11pm, Fri
& Sat 1pm-11pm, Sun 1pm10.30pm. Busy gay bar with hugely
popular courtyard area, outdoor
balcony and cosy loft bar.
SHADOW LOUNGE, 5 Brewer
Street, W1. 020-7287 7988.
Piccadilly tube. Exclusive, gorgeous,
late-night bar and club for A-list
gays and celeb-spotters. Open from
late each evening.
www.theshadowlounge.com
CHARIOTS WATERLOO, 101
Lower Marsh, Waterloo, SE1. 020
7401 8484. Waterloo tube. Wellpresented, popular sauna, open
24/7. www.gaysauna.co.uk
SWEATBOX, 1-2 Ramillies
Street, Soho, W1. 020-3214 6014.
Exclusively gay gym (ground
floor) and sauna (first floor), with
occasional late-night parties. Open
Sun-Thurs noon-2am, and till
7am Friday and Saturday. www.
sweatboxsoho.com.
VAULT 139, 139 Whitfield Street,
W1. 020-7388 5500. Central,
daytime and evening intimate
cruise club, for a men-only crowd.
Open 4pm-1am seven days a
week. www.vault139.com
VILLAGE, 81 Wardour Street, W1.
020 7434 2124. Piccadilly Circus
tube. 12-1am, Sun 11.30pm. Late
night door charge. Soho’s original
gay café bar, spread over four floors,
and now with basement dancefloor
and discos. Popular with a youngish
crowd of boys and girls.
THE YARD, 57 Rupert Street, W1.
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PLEASUREDROME, 124 Cornwall
Road, Waterloo, SE1. Waterloo tube.
Big venue with lots of different
areas – open 24 hours, 365 days of
year. www.pleasuredrome.com
SAUNABAR PORTSEA, 2 Portsea
Place, Marble Arch, W2. 020 7402
3385. Marble Arch tube. Small and
friendly gay sauna with masseurs.
www.gaysaunabar.com
SAUNABAR COVENT GARDEN,
29 Endell Street, Covent Garden,
WC2. 020 7836 2236. Covent
Garden tube. Basement sauna with
pool, sauna and rest rooms. Check
website for discount entry.
www.thesaunabar.co.uk
SWEATBOX SOHO, Ramillies
House, 1-2 Ramillies Street, Soho,
W1. 020 3214 6014. Oxford Circus
tube. Gay-owned and run gym and
basement sauna.
www.sweatboxsoho.com
NORTH LONDON
THE BLACK CAP, 171 Camden
High Street, NW1. 020 7485 0538.
Camden Town tube. Shufflewick
Bar: Mon-Thu Noon-1am, Fri-Sat
12noon-2am, Sun Noon-10.30pm.
Club: Mon-Thu 10pm-2am, Fri-Sat
10pm-3am, Sun 10pm-1am. Longrunning, famed gay pub – probably
the most famous cabaret pub in
London. www.theblackcap.com
CENTRAL STATION,
37 Wharfdale Road, N1. Tel: 020
7278 3294. Kings Cross tube. Big,
late-opening gay bar on three
floors, with ground floor cabaret
and infamously cruisy cruise nights
in basement. Upstairs restaurant
offering gastropub menu, plus
B&B accommodation. www.
centralstation.co.uk
CLUB KALI, The Dome, 1
Dartmouth Park Hill, Tufnell Park,
N19. World’s biggest lesbian and
gay Southern Asian music night,
running every third Friday of the
month. Always busy and rather
unique. www.clubkali.com
EGG, 200 York Way, King’s Cross,
N7. 020 7609 8364. King’s Cross
tube. Bespoke club space on three
floors, hosting occasional gay club
nights and after-hours sessions
(mixed afterhours every Saturday
night/Sunday morning). www.
egglondon.net
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diverse gay bar with late-night
club promotions, and open ‘til 3am
at weekends. Very popular with
lesbians and male friends.
www.oakbar.com
club, open till 11pm throughout
week, with regular boots-only and
underwear parties. Check website
for full listings.
www.thefortlondon.com
PLAYPIT, 357 Caledonian Road,
N7. Caledonian Road tube. 0333
700 1231. Intimate, King’s Cross
sleaze club – basically a basement
darkroom. Open Thur-Sat 9pm3am, Sun 3pm-1am. Take your
own booze.
www.londonplaypit.co.uk
FIRE, South Lambeth Road,
Vauxhall, SW8. Vauxhall tube.
Infamous, late-night gay venue
beneath the Vauxhall railway
arches, host to the likes of Orange,
A:M, Later and Juicy. Open
around the clock at weekends.
www.allthingsorange.com or
www.myspace.com/firelondon or
www.clubtickets.com
SOUTH LONDON
AREA, 67-68 Albert Embankment,
SE1. Gorgeously-designed, hard
dance club and cabaret rooms, with
eclectic roster of different gay nights
and one-off promotions, including
Jason’s Jukebox on Thursdays,
and Friday nighter Onyx, amongst
others. www.areaclub.info
BARCODE VAUXHALL, Arch 69,
Albert Embankment, SE11. 0207
734 3342. Vauxhall tube. Open 7
days a week. Mon-Thu 4pm-1am,
Fri-Sun 4pm-4am. Very popular
club bar, with dancefloor and
mezzanine chill-out space - gets
busy at weekends.
SCANDAL ROCKS
SHADOW LOUNGE
The late May bank
holiday weekend brings
with it another dose of
Scandal. That’s Scandal,
the occasional, glamorous
dance event from Steve
Elliot at the Shadow
Lounge in Soho! The night will return on Sunday 30 May,
Robert
between the hours of 10pm and 3am, with DJ Oliver
M
and very special guest jock Leroy Taylor flying in all Owens
the
way from South Africa for this very special party. They’ll
be spinning the upbeat house sounds to keep you glued
to that exclusive dancefloor. The night will be hosted by
Pieers, while Raul Gonzalez will be providing the sexy
dancers. If you’ve got a birthday to celebrate, you can
email for a VIP table and free tickets for your group by
emailing [email protected] - otherwise admission is
free for members, £5 for everyone else before midnight
and £10 after.
The Shadow Lounge recently celebrated its birthday, and
it remains one of Soho more discerning late-night haunts.
Originally a members-only club, it’s earned a reputation
as an intimate A-gay hangout, although the door policy
is a little more relaxed these days. Regular promotions
include Inferno with DJ Andrew Elmore each Saturday
night, and Shadow Couture – an informal, open-mic and
performance night on Mondays. Shadow Salon takes
place on Tuesdays, with DJ Mark Bambach and £5 Bellini
cocktails all night. Shadow Boxer on Wednesdays sees
the club link up with Covent Garden bar The Box. Visit
the bar first to enjoy free entry at the Shadow Lounge
afterwards. DJ Mark Bambach rules the roost at Thursdays
Glitz & Glamour, spinning the latest floor-fillers.
www.theshadowlounge.co.uk
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THE GREEN, 74 Upper Street,
N1. 020-7226 8895. Angel tube.
London’s first ‘gay gay-stropub!’
Stylish, Islington bar, serving full
food menu and wide range of
cocktails. Mixed, chilled crowd
- now run by the same team as The
Edge in Soho.
KING EDWARD VI, 25 Bromfield
Street, N1. Tel: 020 7704 0745.
Angel tube. Sun-Thu 12noon12midnight, Thu 12noon-1am,
Fri-Sat 12noon-2am. Very
long-running gay pub, with ‘local’
atmosphere and character, plus
popular beer garden.
KW4, 77 Hampstead High Street,
NW3. 020-7435 5747. Large, cosy,
traditional old gay pub, with regular
entertainment, beer garden and
food. One of London’s longestrunning gay establishments.
www.kw4.co.uk
THE LOAD OF HAY, 207 Pinner
Road, Watford, 01923-441113.
Watford’s only gay pub, with
big beer garden and regular
entertainment.
www.loadofhay.co.uk
THE OAK BAR, 79 Green Lanes,
N16. 020-7354 2791.
Manor House tube. Friendly,
CABLE, 33a Bermondsey Street,
SE1 2EG. 020 7403 7730. London
Bridge tube. Huge, purpose-built
clubbing venue in railway arches.
Host to occasional one-offs and
monthly promotions such as
Matinee. www.cable-london.com
CLUB COLOSSEUM, 1 Nine
Elms Lane, Vauxhall, SW8. Huge,
late-night venue for after-hours
crowd – hosting various monthly
promotions.
THE EAGLE, 349 Kennington
Lane, SE11. 020 7793 0903. Mon,
Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat 9pm-late,
Tue 9pm-2am, Sun 9pm-late.
Vauxhall tube. Large, club-bar
with nightly promotions. Tonker
(Fridays) and Horse Meat Disco
(Sundays) are particularly popular.
www.eaglelondon.com
EXILIO, Bar Rez, Club Colosseum,
1 Nine Elms Lane, SW8. Vauxhall
tube. Long-running, Friday night
gay Latin and salsa night. Open
11pm till 4am. www.exilio.co.uk
FACTORY, 65 Goding Street, SE11.
Stylish, railway arch Vauxhall venue,
hosting occasional dance and
cruise nights.
THE FORT, 131 Grange Road,
SE1. 020-7237 7742. Small cruise
THE FRIDGE, Town Hall Parade,
Brixton, SW9. 020 7326 5100.
Brixton tube. Large and legendary
venue - formerly a theatre. Now
home to occasional gay club nights
such as Love Muscle. www.fridge.
co.uk and www.lovemusclexx.co.uk
THE GEORGE & DRAGON, 2
BlackheathHill, Greenwich, SE10.
020 8691 3764. Deptford Bridge
DLR. Mon-Thu 4pm-1am, Fri &
Sat 4pm-4am, Sun 4pm-2am.
Late-night pub with nightly
entertainment and cabaret.
www.gandd.org.uk
HIDDEN, 100 Tinworth Street,
SE11. Railway arch venue, home
BEAR DELIGHTS
The annual orgy of furriness that is Bear Pride takes place
over the late May bank holiday, offering six-days of bearrelated fun and mayhem. Things kick off on Wednesday
26 May at the London Bridge Arches with the XXL Bear
Pride Pre-Party, followed by a ‘Bears and Boots’ party
at Oink on 27 May, and then a Friday Night social at the
Kings Arms on Poland Street – London’s most famed
bears bar. XXL’s Alex Logan will be spinning the sounds
from 8pm till late. Boys in Birmingham can get in on the
action on Friday 28 May, with a big ‘XXL British Brummie
Bear Ball’ at the Nightingale club on Hurst Street. The fun
moves back down south on Saturday for the possibly the
biggest event of the whole festival – the ‘Bear Pride
– Attack Of The Beards’ party at the Saturday XXL
club in London. Special guest DJ for the night will be
Cahill – otherwise known as producers and remixers
Tim Condran, Anton Powers and Scott Rosser. They’ll be
joining residents Christian M, Mark Ames, Alex Logan
and Joe Egg, while the outdoor space will play host to the
CaBEARet stage.
Bank Holiday Party Fusion takes up the torch on
Sunday 30 May, with another special guest appearance
from the Freemasons, while those scamps from
Kimono Krush (‘the alternative gay disco with a tranny
edge’) will be hosting the back bar, laying down their own
trashy yet cool, retro soundtrack. There will be a ‘Wet Bears’
sauna closing the festival on Monday 31 May – check
the Bear Pride website (www.bearpride.co.uk) for full
details about this and the rest of the festival.
A limited number of XXL Bear Pride weekend tickets are
available that will allow you access to all the events taking
place at the The Arches of the weekend. These cost £18 for
members and £25 for guests, and are available exclusively
at www.bearpride.co.uk/tickets
Proceeds from all Bear Pride events will be donated to the
Terrence Higgins Trust and Albert Kennedy Trust.
XXL takes place at the Arches, 51-53 Southwark Street,
SE1. Other June dates for your diaries include an ‘XXL
RETROspective’ party on 4 June and a ‘Daddies Night’
on 19 June.
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to infamous Hard On night once
a month (www.hardonclub.co.uk),
and now also Megawoof (www.
megawoof.com) and popular urban
night Work on Wednesdays.
THE HOIST, Arch 47c, South
Lambeth Road, SW8. 020 7735
9972. 10pm-late. Door charge and
strict dress code. One of London’s
most famous dress-code and cruise
clubs - busy with a men-only
crowd. Open Friday-Sunday and
occasional Thursdays (SM Gays
every third Thursday of the month
- www.smgays.org).
www.thehoist.co.uk
JACKIE’S JUKEBOX, Rivoli
Ballroom, 350 Brockley Road,
SE4. First Saturday of the month,
7pm-midnight (£7). Gay ballroom
and Latin dancing night, attracting
up to 300 dancers a month to the
glam 1950s-style Rivoli Ballroom.
Crofton Park BR. www.therivoli.co.uk
KAZBAR, 50 Clapham High Street,
SW4. 020 7622 0070. Clapham
North tube. Mon-Thu 4pmmidnight, Fri 4pm-1am, Sat noon1am, Sun noon-midnight. Clapham
video bar, popular throughout the
week, with DJs at weekends.
LITTLE APPLE, 98 Kennington
Lane, SE11. 020 7735 2039.
Kennnigton tube. Open 7 days a
week. Small, traditional gay boozer
for local gay boys and girls - open
SUMMER LOVIN’
The Royal Vauxhall Tavern has plenty of
entertainment arranged for the month of June…
but before we get to that, don’t forget that you can
enjoy a double helping of S.L.A.G.S/Chill-Out
on the late May Bank Holiday. Simon Le Vans,
Andy Almighty, Sean Sirrs and Rob C will be
spinning the uplifting dancefloor anthems from
2pm till midnight (with entertainment from the
D.E Experience at 5.30pm) on both Sunday 30
May and Monday 31 May. Arrive early to enjoy the
special drinks offers - £2 pints of beer and £2 for a
vodka and mixer between 2 and 4.30pm.
Regular events in June include the Bingo
Pub Night on Mondays, the fantabulous Bar
Wotever on Tuesdays – with free admission and
eclectic cabaret for ‘boys, girls and wotevers’ – and
the ever popular Duckie on Saturdays.
David Hoyle’s limited run of shows – Licking
Wounds 2 – continues on 3, 10 and 17 June,
with the inimitable Mr Hoyle offering topical
debate, forthright opinion and avant garde cabaret.
The show starts at 8.30pm and admission is £8.50.
It’s worth every penny. If you’ve still never caught
Timberlina
his act, what are you waiting for? The run finishes
17 June, and will be followed by more avant-garde cabaret on 24 June – “Tricity Vogue’s
Uke-Off! - A Night of Duelling Ukuleles”.
Special Wednesday night presentations this month include ‘Being With Timberlina’
(2 June), in which the bar’s resident dragster (Timberlina - pictured above) offers an
evening of “testimony-meets-performance moments that confront indifference and
challenge the status quo”. Doors open 7pm till midnight, with the show at 8.30pm (£5
entry). Bookings for 9 and 16 June were still being confirmed at the time of going to
press, while Dr Sketchy returns on 23 June with special guests Tricity Vogue, dancing and
posing for the live drawing class, and musical comedian Mister Meredith.
Fridays in June will offer more entertainment from the Magic Faraway Travel Agency
on Friday 4 June (with their show – ‘The Tina Turner Prize’), followed by one-off party
Fire Island, promising retro sounds from the likes of Inner City, Yazz, CeCe Peniston and
Robin S (10.30pm-2am). The brilliant Kimono Krush returns on 11 June, with guest
cabaret from Holestar, followed by the Anthem – Old Skool Reunion on Friday 18
June, when Andy Almighty will be spinning the floorfillers for the S.L.A.G.S/Chill-Out
devotees. That special party will run 9pm till 6am. The Kitten Club returns on Friday 25
June, followed by the first birthday of Splosh-A-Rama between 10pm and late.
Fans of Queer Question Time, the RVT’s quarterly debate night, should also note that the
organisers are hosting a very special event – Come Together – an afternoon of film
and debate on the 40th anniversary of the Gay Liberation Front – on Saturday 26 June
at the Electric Cinema in Notting Hill. A fundraiser for Pride, for more details and tickets:
www.pridelondon.org/pride365/pride365events - tickets also soon available via www.
ticketweb.co.uk
For more details about any events at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern, check
www.rvt.org.uk
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till 1.30am Fri-Sat.
SPLISH
SPLOSH
PARIS GYM,
73 Goding Street, Vauxhall, SE11.
020 7735 8989. Vauxhall tube.
Huge, well-equipped men-only
gym with large, devoted following.
Regular classes. Tourists welcome.
Check website for entry details and
membership. www.parisgym.com
Splosh-A-Rama
– the monthly
custard-pie
and cream fest
from eccentric
club promoter
Boogaloo
Stu – will be
celebrating its
first birthday on
Friday 25th June.
Stu and his cast of
entertainers and
saucy sidekicks will be celebrating celebrate a whole year
of slapstick tomfoolery with a very special splosh-fest,
which as usual, will feature a host of titillating cabaret
followed by the inevitable food fight finale. For the
birthday, Stu’s promises us that things are going to get
extra messy… so perhaps it would be a good idea to
leave your Dolce & Gabbana at home!
Splosh-A-Rama runs every fourth Friday of the month
at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern, 372 Kennington Lane, SE11.
Expect trashy pop and disco sounds between 10.30pm
and 3am, plus the chance to, “Decorate your own minigateau and then push it in someone’s face...”
What other club night offers you that opportunity! Entry
is £5 with a flyer, £7 without. Check ‘Splosh-A-Rama’ on
Facebook for more details.
ROYAL VAUXHALL TAVERN,
372 Kennington Lane, SE11.
020 7840 0596. Opening times
vary. Vauxhall tube. Door Charge.
Huge, traditional and historic gay
pub, with long history of hosting
cabaret. Packed to rafters on
Saturday (Duckie) and Sunday
(S.L.A.G.S/Chill-Out). Check
www.rvt.org.uk or the facebook
group RV Taverners for information.
THE STAG, 15 Bressenden Place,
SW1. 020 7828 7287. Victoria
tube. Mon & Tue midday-midnight,
Wed-Fri midday-2am, Sat 5pm2am, Sun 4pm-midnight. Dark and
atmospheric gay bar in Victoria,
with occasional cabaret and DJs
at weekends, and now an upstairs
theatre space.
286, 286 Lewisham High Street,
SE14. 020-8690 7648. Large, lateopening gay venue, with regular
entertainment, DJs and cabaret.
Open till 2am Sun-Thur and 4am
Fri-Sat. www.two8six.co.uk
THE TRAFALGAR ARMS,
148 Tooting High Street, SW17.
020-8767 6059. A spacious, lively,
attitude-free pub. Excellent food
served all day. Weekly DJs on Friday
and Saturday nights. Karaoke on
Wednesdays.
THE TWO BREWERS,
114 Clapham High Street, SW4.
020 7819 9539. Clapham Common
tube. Mon-Thu 5pm-2am, Fri & Sat
5pm-4am. South London’s most
famed gay cabaret venue. Large
bar and separate dancefloor room.
An institution for over 20 years.
www.the2brewers.com
UNION, 66 Albert Embankment,
SE1. 020-7793 9262. Cruisy
dance club which hosts regular
promotions. Plays areas and hot
go-go’s. www.clubunion.co.uk and
www.ma1.co.uk
XXL, The Arches, 51-53 Southwark
Street, SE1. www.xxl-london.
com. London Bridge tube. Huge
world-famous club for bears, big
men and admirers, on Saturday
and Wednesday. Pulls in 1,000+
customers each Saturday with
uplifting dance anthems and
occasional guest DJs.
SAUNAS
CHARIOTS STREATHAM
292 Streatham High Road, SW16.
020 8696 0929. Streatham station.
Large sauna, with weekly theme
nights (bears, men of colour, etc).
www.gaysauna.co.uk
CHARIOTS VAUXHALL
63-64 Albert Embankment,
Vauxhall, SE1. 020 7247 5333.
Vauxhall tube. Large, modern
sauna in converted railway arch.
www.gaysauna.co.uk
THE LOCKER ROOM, 8 Cleaver
Street, Kennington, SE11. 020
7735 6064. Kennington tube.
Long-running, intimate gay-owned
and run sauna.
www.the-lockerroom.co.uk
cabaret, DJs and disco nights.
THE BACKSTREET, Wentworth
Mews, off Burdett Road, E3.
020-8980 8557. Over 25 years
old – small but legendary East
End dress code leather club, open
Thur-Sun. Very strict rubber and
leather dresscode, ensuring a
wide and loyal following. www.
thebackstreet.com
BISTROTHEQUE, 23-27 Wadeson
St, E2. Tel: 020 8983 7900.
Bethnal Green tube. Very mixed,
gay/straight crowd of trendy
metrosexuals. Great bar, restaurant,
plus separate cabaret room.
www.bistrotheque.com
CHARLIE’S BAR, 124 Globe
Road, E1. Tel: 020 7790 1007.
Whitechapel tube. Recently
refurbished, Moroccan style
– friendly, local gay bar.
EAST LONDON
DALSTON SUPERSTORE, 117
Kingsland High Street, E8. 020
7254 2273. Highbury & Islington
tube. New, two-floor mixed
gay-straight venue - café by day
and fashionable performance
space and club promotions at
night. Open noon-2am seven days
a week.
THE ANGEL, 21 Church Street,
E15. Tel: 020 8555 1148. Stratford
BR and tube. Big gay pub, always
popular at weekends, with regular
DANDY BOYS, Visage, 442
Cranbrook Road, Gants Hill, IG2.
020 8554 003. www.Visage80sBar.
co.uk. Gay club night running
STEAMWORKS, 309 New Cross
Road, New Cross, SE14. 020 8694
0606. New Cross/New Cross Gate
station. Small, long-running
establishment.
www.steamworkslondon.co.uk
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every Wednesday night at a fab
80s-themed venue. Open 8pm1am. Regular entertainment. Email
[email protected]
EASTERN BLOC, 58 Old Street,
EC1. 020-7287 3726. Trend-setting
gay club venue, spread over two
floors. Bar upstairs with small
dancefloor, and grond floor dance
space. Regular promotions at
weekends.
GAY LICK, Club Lick, 58 Hoe
Street, E17. Walthamstow tube.
Twice-monthly gay promotion at
a cruisy club space. Every first and
third Friday from 9pm-4am. Entry
£4 before midnight and £7 after.
www.gaylicke17.co.uk
THE JOINERS ARMS, 116
Hackney Road, E2. Tel: 020 7739
9854. Debauched decadence
– old-skool boozer popular with
post-club crowd at weekends. Gets
busy later in the evenings.
KINGS HEAD, 11 Church
Street, E15. Tel: 020 8534 0197
Stratford BR and tube. Intimate
and welcoming East End gay pub
– regular cabaret. Open till late
throughout the week.
THE OLD SHIP, 17 Barnes
Street, E14. Tel: 020 7790 4082.
Limehouse DLR. Small, local,
traditional gay pub, with regular
cabaret - five minutes’ walk from
BJ’s White Swan (see below).
BJ’s WHITE SWAN,
556 Commercial Road, E1. Tel: 020
7780 9870. Limehouse DLR. A
large, legendary, long-running gay
pub and club, open throughout
the week. Wednesday’s Amateur
Strip is an institution. www.
bjswhiteswan.com
SAUNAS
CHARIOTS LIMEHOUSE,
574 Commercial Road, E14. 020
7791 2808. Limehouse rail station.
Multi-level, well-established
sauna. Themed parties such as ‘Big
and chunky’ each Monday evening,
amongst others.
www.gaysauna.co.uk
CHARIOTS SHOREDITCH,
1 Fairchild Street, Shoreditch, EC2.
020 7247 5333. Liverpool Street
station. Biggest gay sauna in UK,
with a maze of rest rooms.
www.gaysauna.co.uk
E15 CLUB, 6 Leytonstone Road,
Stratford, E15. 020 8555 5455.
Stratford tube. Deceptively large
ACTING UP
Censorship
and culture
have always
been uneasy
bedfellows. From
the fig leaves that
were required to
cover the genitalia
of pre-Raphaelite
sculptures to
the scandalised
response to Robert
Mapplethorpe’s sexually explicit photographs, there’s a
recognised history of disharmony between the art world
and the authorities. Examining this enduring friction and
its implications, the biannual Act Art event marks its first
2010 appearance with an exhibition dedicated entirely
to the theme of censorship. Curated by Marc Massive and
Oliver Frost (pictured), the current incarnation continues
Act Art’s mandate of presenting an experimental, radical
and challenging programme, but this time the works on
show will be especially provocative. Stalwarts of the gay
scene, such as Jonny Woo and David Hoyle are among
those participating, but artists lesser known in London
are likely to make the most shocking and challenging
impressions. Alex Fear will perform a rendition of Sheryl
Crow’s ‘If It Makes You Happy’ before jumping “all over a
pile of dead animal organs… stripping off… and fucking
a decapitated pig’s head.” Nicola Canavan will lie in a
room as visitors dip lilies in a bowl of her blood before
throwing them at her naked body. A total of 100 artists
perform at the event, held at the Islington Metal Works on
9 July; tickets £10-£12. www.actart.co.uk
$"
sauna behind a discreet facade.
www.londonnoise.com/e15
WEST LONDON
BRIGHTON
THE CULVERT, 54 Cowley Mill
Road, Uxbridge. 01895 256 690.
Uxbridge tube. Mon-Wed 4pm-1am,
Thu noon-2am, Fri & Sat noon-3am,
Sun 3pm-1am. Regular discos,
cabaret, karaoke and one-off events.
Established, local gay venue.
www.theculvert.com
ESCAPE, 184 London Road,
Kingston-Upon-Thames, Surrey, KT2.
020 8549 9911. Revamped, longrunning gay club open WednesdaySunday. www.therclub.co.uk
THE HOPE & ANCHOR, 20
Macbeth Street, Hammersmith,
W6. (020 8748 1873). New
gay pub for Hammersmith and
Chiswick. Traditional boozer with
nightly entertainment – open
noon-11pm throughout week,
with popular karaoke at weekends.
INFINITY, 294 Old Brompton
Road, SW5. 020 7370 3494.
Earls Court tube. Big gay pub and
disco, formerly Bromptons. Open
late throughout the week, with
weekend cabaret.
www.infinityclubs.com
THE RICHMOND ARMS, 20
The Square, off Princes Street,
Richmond. 020-8940 2118. Longrunning, traditional gay pub, with
regular cabaret and entertainment.
One of gay London’s better locals.
TED’S PLACE, 305a North End
Road, West Brompton, W14. 0207
385 9359. Earls Court or West
Brompton tube. Mon-Fri from 7pmlate, closed Sat & Sun. Small, West
London cruise club. Dark and sleazy.
www.tedsplaceuk.co.uk
WEST 5, Popes Lane, South
Ealing, W5. 020-8579 3266. Large,
popular gay pub with Piano Room
and cabaret bar, open till late at
weekends with entertainment
and DJs. Attracts a big local crowd
- particularly at weekends.
www.west5ealing.com
WINDSOR CASTLE, 152 Bath
Road, Hounslow, TW3. 0208577
6590. Large, local gay pub with
regular cabaret and entertainment
throughout the week.
www.winz.co.uk
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AUDIO, Marine Parade, BN1.
www.audiobrighton.com. Club
venue with outdoor terrace
– making it a summer favourite.
Hosts regular club nights such
as Sunday Sundae (www.
aeonevents.co.uk)
AMSTERDAM BAR, 11-12
Marine Parade, BN2. www.
amsterdam.uk.com. 01273
688825. Long-running
establishment, with an adjoining
hotel and sauna. Great outdoor
terrace for the summer months.
AQUARIUM, 6 Steine Street,
Brighton. 01273 605525. www.
the-aquarium-theatre-bar.
co.uk. Long-running, traditional
style pub popular with gay guys.
Regular entertainment.
BLANCH HOUSE, 17
Atlingworth Street, Brighton,
BN2. 01273 603504. www.
blanchhouse.co.uk. Plush, hip,
mixed hotel cocktail bar that’s
popular with a cross-section of
Brighton residents and visitors.
Open late at weekends.
BRIGHTON TAVERN, 100
Gloucester Road, North Laine,
BN1. 01273 680365. A stylish
but homely venue with wooden
flooring, open fire, real ales and a
friendly welcome.
THE BULLDOG, 31 St. James
Street, Brighton, BN2. 01273
696996. www.bulldogbrighton.
com. Legendary scene bar
(nearly 30 years old!), attracting
a bloke-ish crowd with drinks
promotions, entertainment and
long hours thanks to a 24-hour
licence in operation at weekends.
CHARLES STREET BAR, 8
Marine Parade, BN2. 01273
624091. www.charles-street.
com. Large, stylish and popular
gay bar overlooking the seafront
– particularly busy with pre-club
crowds at weekends.
DOCTOR BRIGHTONS, 16-17
Kings Road, BN1. 01273 208113.
www.doctorbrightons.co.uk.
Another long-running scene
institution, ideally placed for the
seafront, shopping on The Lanes, or
Brighton’s club life.
THE HONEYCLUB, 214 Kings
Road Arches, BN1. 01273 202807.
www.thehoneyclub.co.uk.
Acclaimed club venue, which hosts
occasional gay nights and parties.
THE KING’S ARMS, 56 George
Street, BN2. 01273 245128.
www.kingsarmsbrighton.co.uk.
Brighton’s bar for bears and blokes,
with promotions throughout the
week and occasional dress-code
parties.
LEGENDS, 31-32 Marine Parade,
BN2. 01273 624462. www.
legendsbrighton.com. A true
scene stalwart, and part of the
New Europe hotel complex. Longrunning bar that’s still going strong
– open late throughout the week.
MARINE TAVERN, 13 Broad
Street, BN2. 01273 681284. www.
marinetavern.co.uk. Small, cosy,
traditional-style bar.
QUEEN’S ARMS, 7 George
Street, BN2. 01273 696873.
www.queensarmsbrighton.com.
Long-running scene pub with
camp tunes and fun entertainment
throughout the week.
R-BAR, 7 Marine Parade, BN2.
01273 608133. www.revenge.
co.uk. Sister bar to the longrunning and famous Revenge
nightclub. A hip and stylish
establishment that’s popular with
its own crowd of regulars.
REVENGE, 32-34 Old Steine,
BN1. 01273 606064. www.
revenge.co.uk. Brighton’s famous,
long-running, full-time gay club,
offering two floors of music and
club promotions. Attracting a
wide range of customers from all
sections of the city’s gay scene, and
a hot spot for visitors.
VAVOOM VIDEO BAR, 31 Old
Steine, BN1. 01273 603010.
www.vavoom.co.uk. As its name
suggests, a bight and glitzy video
bar, next door to Club Revenge.
WILD FRUIT, Tru, West Street,
BN1. 01273 327083. The biggest
gay night on the south coast. A
huge, monthly party that’s been
running for years – pulling in
clubbers from far and wide. Check
the website at www.aeonevents.
co.uk for details of upcoming dates
and ticket prices.
THE ZONE, 33 St James’s Street,
Brighton, BN2. 01273 682249.
Friendly, mixed venue with regular
entertainment and laid-back
attitude.
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GAY BUSINESS
CONFERENCE
Taking place on Tuesday 29
June 2010 at Central Hall
Westminster is the Gay
Business Conference – aimed
at gay and mainstream
businesses/organizations
and professionals. It offers an
opportunity to listen to talks
from gay business experts,
gain ideas for improving
marketing and customer
service, and network with
other delegates. Admission
costs from £95 per delegate
– full details at: www.
gaybusinessconference.com
GROUPS//ORGS
Albert Kennedy Trust: 020
7831 6562 (London). Housing
advice for under 21s.
Antidote: 020 7437 3523.
Counselling, Thursday drop-in,
complementary therapies
around alcohol and drug issues.
BKY - Alternative Jewish
Community: www.bkylondon.
org.uk
Islington LGB Forum:
Rachael: 07989 747824. An
initiative between local police,
the council and victim support.
Regard: Regard, BM REGARD,
London WC1N 3XX, secretary@
regard.org.uk/www.regard.org.
uk. Disabled LGBT group.
Jewish Gay and Lesbian
Group: 020 8952 0137.
Step Out Tower Hamlets:
Social & support group for LGBT
and questioning young people.
5-8pm Tues 079 4633 7160
Kairos: 020 7437 6063, www.
kairosinsoho.org.uk. Soho project
promoting health and wellbeing among LGBT community.
Lesbian Gay Christian
Movement: 020 7739 1249,
[email protected]/www.lgcm.
org.uk.
London Friend: 020 7837
3337. Groups in Islington.
Quaker London Lesbian &
Gay Fellowship: Religious
group – 020 8675 6740.
Metro Centre: 020 8265 3311,
www.metrocentreonline.org.
Greenwich-based LGBT support.
Croydon Area Gay Society:
Friendly social group in Croydon.
020 8645 0943 - www.cags.org
One-Up: LGBT under-18 youth
Gay and Lesbian Humanist
Association, (GALHA):
National campaigning
organisation, founded 1979.
Monthly meetings in central
London, all welcome. www.
galha.org - [email protected]
- 0844 800 3067
Outrage!: 020 8240 0222.
Political campaiging group.
group, meets every Monday
4-7pm (based in Hendon - North
West London) - contact Theresa
(PACE) 07504226793 (mobile).
OutZone: London-based social
and support group for gay and
bisexual young men under
25. Every Friday 6.30-9.30pm
- [email protected] - www.
outzone.org
PACE: 020 7700 1323.
Counselling and support groups.
Quest LGB Catholics: 0808
808 0234.
MSC LONDON MOVES
BACK “HOME”
The long-running Motor Sports
Club (MSC) London – a social
group for guys into bikes and leather
that’s been running for a whopping
37 years – has moved its monthly
meeting venue back to the ‘gay
friendly’ Princess of Prussia in
the east end of London. The social
club that caters for gay men who are
into motorbikes, leather or rubber
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Stonewall: 020 7593 1850.
Campaign group for LGBT rights.
STONEWALL FOOTBALL CLUB
Lesbian & Gay Immigration
Group: – 020 7922 7811.
www.uklgig.org.uk - Every
Mon 2-6.30pm, Tue 10am-5pm
and Wed/Thur 10am-1.30pm.
Helpline and meetings.
Mosaic: 0800 0433 411. www.
mosaicyouth.org.uk. Youth group
based in Brent.
ELOP: 020 8509 3898. Support
and community events in
Walthamstow. Youth, advice,
counselling and groups.
South London Gays: 020 8672
5268/020 8674 5191.
www.slago.org.uk/slg. Friendly
social group.
HATE CRIME
Gay Police Association:
Action Line 07092 700 000
(24hrs), [email protected].
Galop: 020 7704 2040. www.
galop.org.uk. Advice and support
for victims of hate crime.
HIV//AIDS
Crusaid: 020 7539 3880,
www.crusaid.org.uk.
The football league season may be over, but because of the World Cup in South Africa, it
feels like it just started. Stonewall Football Club became the UK’s first football club
for gay men when it was founded in 1991. From the start, it proved a huge success, with
the team winning the European Championship in Berlin in 1992. The winning tradition
has continued ever since, and Stonewall FC became IGLFA World Champions in
Washington last year. In 2006, they competed in the world’s biggest gay sport event:
Outgames in Chicago, and beat Florida in the final (3-1). Not surprisingly, the club’s motto is
to be ‘serious about soccer’.
When the lads don’t compete on the world stage they participate in the Middlesex County
Football League - the ‘Premier’ as well as the ‘Junior Reserve’ Division. The club also has
regular training sessions, five-a-side nights and social evenings. Stonewall FC has three
teams: the London Lions (who have brought the club most of its silverware), the London
Apprentices and the Stonewall 3rds (a chiefly social Sunday team). The summer training
starts in June on Thursday nights. Contact the website for full details.
www.stonewallfc.com
GMFA: 020 7738 6872. Gay
men’s health charity.
Grace’s Cricket Club: The
National AIDS Trust: 020 7814
6767, www.nat.org.uk.
world’s only gay cricket club!
www.gaycricket.org.uk or 020
8376 0630.
Terence Higgins Trust: 02078121777. Counselling Services.
Irons: www.ironsgolf.org.uk .
Gay golfing, events for all levels.
SPORTS
King’s Cross Steelers Rugby
Football Club: 07090 421 367,
www.kxsrfc.com. Gay men’s rugby.
Cruisers basketball: 020 8960
0750 (Debbie)/ 020 7582 7009,
www.cruisers.org.uk (Jordi).
Mixed basketball.
Frontrunners: 07092 346340,
www.londonfrontrunners.org.
Gay running group.
Goslings Swimming: 07814
258 055. Gay social swimming
group, Thur 8.30pm-9.30pm.
www.goslingssportsclub.com
meets every third Friday of the
month for a social catch-up and pint
in friendly surrounds. It’s one of the
largest MSC clubs in the UK and a
founder member of the European
Confederation of Motorcycle
Clubs (ECMC).
There are branches of MSC all over
Europe. The forerunner to modern
‘gay’ clubs of today, the ECMC
network was created 35 years ago
and now, in 2010, there are 45
London Amateur Wrestling:
www.law-wrestling.org
The London Royals Hockey
Team: Mixed hockey for all
levels. www.pinkhockey.com
or email iainkimmins115@
hotmail.com
Out to Swim: 07090 422
526, www.outtoswim.org. Gay
swimming group.
MSC branches around the UK and
mainland Europe, from Iceland to
Estonia and from Norway to Italy.
Individual groups organise events
with the aim of attracting visitors
from fellow clubs and generating
a genuine feeling of solidarity
amongst all European members.
MSC London also organise special
events for members and their
friends in the form of two annual
dinners and a summer Presidents
London Raiders: Gay and
lesbian softball club – both
beginners and experienced
players welcome. www.
londonraiders.com
Stonewall Football Club:
07090 422 390. Sunday soccer.
3337. Counselling service.
PACE: 0808 1807 223. Helpline
open Monday 9.30am-12.30pm
and Thursday 6.30-8.30pm,
offering structured telephone
counselling or 30-minute
counseling sessions. Or email
[email protected]
HELPLINES
POSITIVELINE: 0800-1696806.
Broken Rainbow: LGBT
Domestic Violence Helpline.
0300 999 5428 (Mon and Thurs,
2-8pm/Weds, 10am-1pm).
www.broken-rainbow.org.uk.
Dazz-elle: 020 8257 3068.
London drug/alcohol support.
HIV info and counselling
(weekdays: 11am-10pm and
weekends: 4pm -10pm). www.
eddiesurmantrust.org.uk
Stonewall Housing Advice:
020 7359 5767.
Stonewall infoline:
London Lesbian & Gay
Switchboard: 020 7837 7324
London Friend: 020 7837
‘uniform’BBQ in August. They host
visiting members from other ECMC
clubs and attend various events
around Europe.
For more information visit the
MSC London website www.
msclondon.co.uk or pop over to
the East End and join them in the
Princess of Prussia, 15 Prescot Street,
E1 (near Aldgate, Aldgate East or
Tower Hill tube), from 9pm on the
third Friday of the month.
Information on all LGB rights
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[email protected]
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UK NEWS
GAY COUPLE TO SUE B&B OWNERS
A gay couple who were refused a room at a B&B because
of their sexuality are planning to sue the owners of the
establishment. When Michael Black and John Morgan – from
Brampton, Cambridgeshire – were turned away from the Swiss
B&B in Cookham, Berkshire, the case was widely reported in the
press – chiefly because such discrimination was outlawed by
the previous Labour Government in the 2007 Equality Act. The
couple are being represented in their action by civil liberties
organisation Liberty. Legal director James Welch, “This isn’t
about money for them. Their only motive is to prove the point
that it is unlawful and should not have happened. If they win,
they have said they will give any money to charity.”
STONEWALL EQUALITY
WALK BREAKS RECORDS
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NEWS FLASHES
Rikki Beadle Blair and other Stonewall supporters
VETERAN CAMPAIGNER ANTHONY GREY DIES
One of the UK’s longest active and respected gay rights
campaigners, Anthony Grey, has died at the age of 82. He
passed away on 30 April at King Edward VII Hospital in London
after suffering for several years from leukaemia.
Grey, born Anthony Edgar Gartside Wright, began his
campaigning work in the 1950s, joining the Homosexual Law
Reform Society in 1958 and vigorously campaigning for the
then government to push through the 1967 Sexual Offences
Act, which decriminalised homosexual activity between
consenting adults. He wrote several books on gay rights and
sexuality, and later became involved with counselling and
training work. He lived with his partner, Eric Thompson, for
50 years, and Mr Thompson described his death as “the end of
an era”.
Laura Doughty, Ben Summerskill and Guinivere Turner
GAY SIN PREACHER ARRESTED
A Christian street preacher in Workington, Cumbria was
arrested (20 April) after claiming in public that homosexuality
is a “sin”. Dale McAlpine, 42, says that he did not mention
homosexuality while delivering his stepladder sermon, but
made the comments when approached by a woman and asked
to clarify his views. A Police Community Support Officer (PSCO)
overheard the comments, and warned Mr McAlpine that he
could be arrested if he said anything racist or homophobic. Mr
McAlpine admits telling the PCSO – who identified himself as
an LGBT liaison officer – that homosexuality is a sin. He was
then arrested. He pleaded not guilty to breaching the Public
Order Act. He was released on bail, but charges were later
withdrawn. The decision to drop charges was – surprisingly
– welcomed by gay rights activist Peter Tatchell, who spoke
out in defence of Mr McAlpine’s right to freedom of speech.
“Although I disagree with Dale McAlpine and support protests
against his homophobic views, he should not have been
arrested and charged. Criminalisation is a step too far. Despite
my opposition to his opinions, I defend his right to freedom of
expression.”
MANCHESTER PRIDE TICKETS NOW ON SALE
Tickets for this year’s Manchester Pride are now on sale. The
four-day Big Weekend will take place on the August bank
holiday weekend (27-30 August). Early bird tickets are offered
at a reduced rate of £12.50 plus booking fee, and will be
available until 30 June. After that date they’ll cost £17.50.
Jackie Crozier, festival director of Manchester Pride, told Out In
The City: “Last year saw a record number of tickets sold, with
Pride raising £135,000 for LGBT organisations and groups. I’m
extremely proud of this figure and I hope we can raise as much
money this year. I would encourage as many people as possible
to come along and enjoy our fun filled weekend which supports
LGBT groups and HIV charities.”
For more information, visit: www.manchesterpride.com
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Some people are gay... beneath umbrellas
Dragging up for equality!
It’s been announced that the latest Stonewall
Brighton Equality Walk raised a record amount
for the gay equality charity. Taking place on
Sunday 2 May, and supported by American Express, 350
walkers braved the wet and windy bank holiday weather
to embark on the 10km walk. They were joined by
joined former Coronation Street star Charlie Condou and
Brighton’s Chief Superintendent Graham Bartlett, while
celebrity hosts launching the event were L Word actress
and screenwriter Guinevere Turner and Rikki Beadle-Blair,
director of FIT – Stonewall’s anti-bullying film for schools.
The route led along the seafront, through Brighton’s gay
village and finished at Brighton’s R-Bar for the post walk
party and prize giving. After the event, organizers said
that a record £55,000 had been raised for the charity.
“Stonewall’s work can make an even greater difference
to the lives of young lesbian, gay and bisexual people
around the country, thanks to the success of this year’s
Equality Walk,’ said Laura Doughty, Stonewall’s Deputy
Chief Executive. ‘Money raised by our supporters at this
walk will enable us to develop materials that primary
schools can use when teaching and celebrating different
families.”
For more details about Stonewall, check www.
stonewall.org.uk
WALK FOR LIFE RETURNS
This year’s Walk For Life is scheduled to take place on Sunday
6 June. The annual Crusaid fundraiser has plenty of celebrity
support from the likes of Dannii Minogue, Paul O’Grady and
Four Poofs and a Piano. Participants are expected to raise
sponsorship and embark on a ten-kilometre walk, beginning at
Potters Field Park (between London Bridge and City Hall). This
will be the 21st Walk For Life, and organisers are hoping to top
the £325,000 raised by the 2009 event. To celebrate its 21 years,
the walk will be complemented this year with an after-walk
party, featuring live music from The Feeling (pictured). For
more details, check www.walkforlife.co.uk
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS
OUTSPOKEN:
CHINA LIFTS HIV
TRAVEL BAN
JORDAN HAY
Following the news that the
United States was lifting
its ban on people infected
with HIV from entering
the country (a change in
U.S. law which came into
effect in January 2010), the
Chinese government has
also now announced that
it plans to overturn its own
ban on foreign nationals
with HIV from entering the
country. The ban has been in
place for the past 20 years.
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An impromptu Pride parade
in the Belarus capital of
Minsk ended in violence
on Saturday 15 May 2010.
Authorities had earlier
ruled that Pride festivities
could not go ahead, but
a small number of gay
activists decided to stage a
small Pride demonstration.
Reuters reports that local
police broke up the march.
Around 20 participants
carried rainbow flags and
signs, but police armed
with batons moved in on
them soon after the parade
began, and took away
several of those involved.
...AND FINALLY
GAGA GOES FOR INTERNSHIP
Gay icon and pop megastar Lady Gaga (pictured right) looks set to further develop her love of
fashion further… by working as an intern for world-famous hat designer Philip Treacy! Vogue
has reported that the bisexual singer is seeking to learn how to create her own unique headgear
through working with the acclaimed milliner. The two have previously worked together on several
headpieces to accompany Gaga’s extravagant stage outfits – including a wacky lobster headpiece.
“The request came through quite a while ago,” a spokesperson for Treacy told Vogue. “They get on
well and she has applied for an internship although nothing has been confirmed yet.”
IMAGE © BBC
ED BALLS IS EQUALITY FAVOURITE
Following the resignation of Gordon Brown, and with the Labour Party set to decide upon its next leader, equal rights charity
Stonewall has released details about the voting records of the most favoured contenders. The results are based on an analysis
of 14 key votes on gay equality in the House of Commons between 2001 and 2010. Each candidate for the Labour leadership is
ranked on the votes he could have cast during his time as an MP.
Ed Balls, the former Education Secretary, scores 93%. Both David and Ed Miliband score 86%. Former health secretary
Andy Burnham comes fourth, scoring just 71% after failing to support a range of equality measures during his nine years in
Parliament. Full voting records are available at www.stonewall.org.uk/election2010
GRAHAM NORTON TAKES OVER JONATHAN ROSS’ RADIO SHOW
The BBC has announced that Graham Norton (pictured left) is to take over the Saturday morning
Radio 2 slot that will be left vacant by Jonathan Ross when his contract with the BBC expires this
summer. Norton, who has recently covered for Chris Evans on the Radio 2 Breakfast show while the
presenter was on holiday, will take over the Ross slot in October. Talking about his new role, he said:
“I’m thrilled to be a part of it. My liver is also delighted that I’ll now have an excuse to leave the pub
early on a Friday night.”
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF
LEADING HIV AND AIDS
CHARITY CRUSAID
EXPLAINS WHY
CRUSAID’S WORK IS
SO IMPORTANT AND
WHAT YOU CAN DO TO
HELP PUT HIV AND AIDS ISSUES BACK ON THE
NATIONAL AGENDA.
As Chief Executive of Crusaid, I see the relationship
between poverty and HIV on a daily basis. Although
antiretroviral therapy treats the symptoms of HIV and can,
in many cases keep people healthy, issues surrounding
poverty still remain. Crusaid aims to break this link through
targeted grants to address immediate need, thereby
providing a stable platform from which individuals – or
entire communities in the case of our international work
– can lift themselves out of poverty.
Since its creation, Crusaid’s work has helped to transform
the lives of
thousands of
people living with
this chronic illness.
CRUSAID RECEIVES
In the UK and
internationally we
NO GOVERNMENT
offer vital help and
hope to people living FUNDING AND
with HIV and AIDS RELIES ENTIRELY
experiencing poverty
when they need it
ON DONATIONS
the most. It is our
hope that, one day, AND MONEY THAT
people affected by WE RAISE
HIV and AIDS can
live with dignity and
have a decent quality
of life.
Crusaid receives no government funding and relies
entirely on donations and money that we raise
from our events such as Crusaid’s Walk For Life.
The Walk is our single largest fundraising event and also
Europe’s largest fundraising walk for HIV and AIDS. Since its
launch in 1989, the event has raised millions of pounds to
fight the global HIV and AIDS pandemic, with thousands
joining us year after year for the 10km walk around central
London taking in all the iconic sites.
This year, Crusaid’s Walk for Life will celebrate its 21st
Birthday and we are aiming to make the event bigger and
better than ever before. We’ve got some exciting acts lined
up for the after-walk party at Potters Fields Park. A number
of other celebrity supporters will also be joining our
walkers along the route helping us to raise important funds
for people in hardship living with HIV and AIDS.
Without the support of the public we would not be able
to continue the vital work that we do. We’re really excited
about the 21st Birthday of Crusaid’s Walk for Life and we
want you there to help us to celebrate and raise much
needed funds - we promise you a day out that you’ll never
forget, and all for a fantastic cause.
So please, get involved by registering now at www.
walkforlife.co.uk for just £10. And spread the word – tell
your friends, family and colleagues and even create your
own walking team. The more the merrier – everyone is
welcome!
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NEWS
MALAWIAN COUPLE FOUND GUILTY
A judge in Malawi has found a gay couple guilty of “unnatural
acts and gross indecency” and sentenced them to 14 years in
prison with hard labour. Steven Monjeza, 26, and Tiwonge
Chimbalanga, 20, were arrested last December after throwing
an ‘engagement party’ to celebrate their union. Homosexuality
is outlawed in the southern African state, and the couple’s arrest
and subsequent trial and treatment had drawn worldwide
attention and condemnation. “I will give you a scaring sentence
so that the public be protected from people like you, so that
we are not tempted to emulate this horrendous example,”
said Judge Nyakwawa Usiwa-Usiwa in the commercial capital,
Blantyre.
Veteran campaigner Peter Tatchell, who has been in contact
with the men over the last few months, was amongst the first
to denounce the guilty verdict.
“This is an outrageous verdict. While Steven and Tiwonge freely
confirmed their love for each other, there was no credible
evidence that they had committed any illegal homosexual acts.”
Michelle Kagari, deputy Africa director of Amnesty
International, also called the sentence “an outrage”, and
confirmed that the organization would continue to campaign to
have the pair freed.
Prior to the verdict, Tiwonge and Steven issued a defiant
message from their prison cell. It affirmed their love for
each other and thanked their supporters in both Malawi and
worldwide.
Tiwonge said: “I love Steven so much. If people or the world
cannot give me the chance and freedom to continue living
with him as my lover, then I am better off to die here in prison.
Freedom without him is useless and meaningless.”
POPE CALLS GAY MARRIAGE A ‘DANGEROUS
THREAT’
The Pope has again spoken out against same-sex marriage,
prompting anger among gay equality campaigners. During a
visit to Fatima in Portugal, Pope Benedict said that same-sex
marriage and abortion were “some of today’s most insidious
and dangerous threats to the common good”, and called for the
protection of the “family” based on the indissoluble marriage
between a man and a woman.”
Equality charity Stonewall were amongst those who criticised
the remarks, with Director of Public Affairs Derek Munn telling
the Daily Telegraph: “Some might say that it’s dangerous and
insidious for the Pope to spend so much time publicly belittling
gay, lesbian and bisexual people.”
HOME OFFICE CRITICIZED FOR FAILING LGBT
ASYLUM SEEKERS
A report by the UK Lesbian and Gay Immigration Group (UKLGIG)
has concluded that approximately 98-99% of asylum claims
by LGBT people are being refused by the British Government,
compared against 73% of claims made on other grounds. The
report, entitled Failing The Grade, was highly-critical of the
Home Office, and was based upon a review of 50 Home Office
Reason for Refusal letters issued between 2005 and 2009 to
claimants from 19 different countries who claimed asylum
on the basis of their sexual orientation. The report does
not purport to be a definitive piece of research but rather a
study that indicates trends emerging from the Home Office’s
consideration of LGBT asylum claims. Definitive statistics
relating to LGBT asylum seekers are not known. In 2008,
Scottish activist Robert McDowell asked the Home Office in a
Freedom Of Information request how many LGBT asylum claims
had been made the previous year, but was informed that the
specific information he had requested was not collected and
would be too expensive to retrieve.
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GAY CANDIDATES GET
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On a largely positive
night for many
gay parliamentary
candidates, Margot
James became the
first openly lesbian
Conservative candidate
to join parliament
during the recent
General Election.
The most closely fought
election in decades
resulted in the Labour
Government leaving
office, and a Conservative Margot James
and Liberal Democrat
coalition taking power – after much post-election
deal brokering. Conservative leader David Cameron
became Prime Minister, with Liberal Democrat leader
Nick Clegg as his Deputy Prime Minister.
Margot James became the MP for Stourbridge in the
West Midlands, convincingly beating the sitting Labour
MP, Lynda Waltho, by over 5,000 votes. She becomes
only the second openly lesbian MP in Parliament, after
Angela Eagle, the Labour MP for Wallasey, who
managed to hold on to her seat with an increased
majority.
Several gay Conservative MPs also held on to their
seats, including Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton,
East Midlands), Nick Herbert (Arundel and South
Downs, South East) and Greg Barker (Bexhill
and Battle). Mr Duncan has now been appointed
International Development Minister, while Mr Herbert
has been appointed Policing Minister. On the Labour
benches, Ben Bradshaw held on to his seat in Exeter,
despite a strong challenge from the local Conservative
candidate. Chris Bryant, MP for the Rhondda in
Wales, comfortably retained his seat, taking over 55%
of the local vote.
Tory high-flyer Philippa Stroud, who, it was recently
alleged, had once help found a church in Bedford in
the late 1980s that “tried to ‘cure’ homosexuals by
driving out their ‘demons’
through prayer” – failed to
win her seat in Sutton and
Cheam which was held
by the Liberal Democrats.
However, Shadow Home
Secretary Chris Grayling,
who recently expressed
the view that people
who run Bed & Breakfast
establishments in their
own home should perhaps
be allowed to turn away
gay customers if they so
wish, managed to retain
Ben Bradshaw
his Epsom seat with a
slightly increased majority. However, it’s believed that
his comments may have cost him a promotion to
the position of Home Secretary. Instead, the position
of Home Secretary and Equalities Minister has been
given to Theresa May – an appointment that has
surprised and dismayed some gay rights campaigners.
News website PinkNews.co.uk was among the first
to highlight the fact that Mrs May has voted against
LGBT equal rights on several occasions in the past.
She has voted against the equalisation of the age of
consent, against the repeal of Section 28, and against
gay couples being able to jointly adopt. She has since
defended her appointment to the role, promising to
tackle inequalities across the board; “What we intend
to do in government is taking forward an agenda on
equalities across the whole range of equalities.”
She highlighted homophobic bullying in schools as a
particular area that needed attention.
Out In The City interviewed four gay Prospective
Parliamentary Candidates in its May issue, but all
four of them failed to win their contested seats. These
included Andrew Pakes (Labour candidate for Milton
Keynes North), David Gold (Conservative candidate for
Eltham), Jonathan Fryer (Liberal Democrat candidate
in Poplar and Limehouse) and Christopher WarleighLack (Green candidate for Ealing North).
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03 ROCHESTER ROW, SW1P
£995,000
Situated within a distinctive
and well-maintained period
mansion block on Vauxhall
Bridge Road, this onebedroom, fourth-floor flat
(right) is located just moments
from Victoria Station - and also
perfect for the nearby clubs
and bars of Vauxhall.
Foxtons: 020 7591 9000
Spacious and stylish, this
three-bedroom maisonette
is spread over three floors. As
well as offering all standard
amenities, the property has
a separate shower room and
guest cloakroom. It’s close
to both Victoria and the river
Thames.
Foxtons: 020 7591 9000
THE LIBRARY
BUCKINGHAM PALACE
ROAD, SW1W
Located within Rubens Hotel,
The Library’s classic British
menu make it a popular spot
for a traditional feed. We
recommend the Dover sole
with chives and butter.
THE STAG
15 BRESSENDEN PLACE,
SW1E
The only gay bar in SW1, The
Stag’s popularity doesn’t rest
on its monopoly. It offers a
reliably raucous night out for
locals and visitors to the area.
ABOVE THE STAG,
15 BRESSENDEN PLACE,
SW1E
Directly above The Stag,
obviously, this intimate fringe
theatre stages a constantly
changing programme of
off-kilter productions.
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Strikingly elegant and reliably
robust, Müller’s range of
furniture is simple and stylish,
as exemplified by this tea trolley.
Made of handcrafted sheet
metal, the unit is light in weight
and features casters for easy
manoeuvrability, while the highgloss surface is easily cleaned.
Handy if you happen to drop
clotted cream upon it.
£383
www.macandmacinteriors.co.uk
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Espresso cups are usually boring,
but this set of six mirrored
espresso cups and saucers does
revitalise what has always been
an inconspicuous component of
the crockery cupboard. Available
from homeware and furniture
store Dwell, the individual pieces
are made from mirror-coated
porcelain.
03 LA BOHÈME STOOL
Italian company Kartell have won
a legion of loyal fans and seen
celebrity designers clamour to
collaborate with them. Developed
in partnership with Philippe Starck
the ‘La Bohème’ stools shown
here have been moulded from
polycarbonate to resemble giant
vases and come in a series of five
translucent colours.
£34.95
www.dwell.co.uk
£91
www.macandmacinteriors.co.uk
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Why exactly do they call them
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mouldy rubbish? Disregarding the
dodgy etymology of the product,
this stylish storage solution is one
of those hard-to-find pieces that
manages to make a kitchen look
both homely and modern. And
flip it over and it functions as a
slicing board.
05 MEASURING JUG
Further ingenuity from Joseph
Joseph comes in the form of this
two-in-one measuring jug. Using
a clever dual-chamber design,
the smaller container accurately
measures liquids from as little as
5ml (a single teaspoon), while
larger volumes are measured by
turning the jug upside down and
using the larger chamber.
06 ‘DISCS’ BOWL
As containers go we have to
admit that this bowl isn’t the
most practical – the series of
discs that make up its form
leave ample space for keys and
random household minutiae to
slip through the cracks. As a fruit
bowl or ornamental focal point,
however, the affordable John
Rocha design gets full marks.
07 OTTO FAN
Last year’s Met Office promise of a
“barbecue summer” never came
to fruition but optimists with cash
to spare can invest in this Carlo
Borer-designed fan. Solid and
stylish, its three separate speed
settings should be enough to cool
you down whether this year’s
summer turns out to be muggy,
middling or mild.
08 SOLAR-POWERED LAMP
An indoor lamp that’s powered by
sunlight sounds about as useful
as a chocolate fireguard but those
savvy Swedes at IKEA have had
another bright idea with this
Solig table lamp. Placed outside,
the lamp’s solar panel absorbs
and stores energy, emitting
approximately three hours of light
once darkness falls.
£42
www.josephjoseph.com
£8
www.josephjoseph.com
£17.60
www.debenhams.com
£220
www.heals.co.uk
£19.99
www.ikea.com
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It’s called Spaceleader, and
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watches using spacey
names since the ’70s.
Why Volkswagen
should lend its
name and design
team is anyone’s
guess, but the result
is a rather slick shape
with the purity of
line of the cars they
manufacture and the
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Presented in a polished
steel case behind anti-dazzle
sapphire glass, the automatic chronograph with its
striking black dial and contrasting white accents is
embedded in a black coautchouc rubber strap with
a butterfly folding clasp. We quite like the styling,
although the instrument face is a little cluttered and
the sheer thickness of the watch might be a problem
for some. Two thousand and twelve of these awardwinning watches will make it to the marketplace:
a limited edition designed to celebrate the 100th
anniversary of Fortis watches.
Price: £3,240 (estimated)
Visit: www.fortis-watches.com
WORDS BY ADRIAN FOSTER/DRIVELINES
COMING IN FROM THE COLD
The Ferrari GTO is back. A scorching version of the 599
GTB Fiorano supercar is set to wear the Prancing Horse’s
most famous initials for the first time in a quarter of a
century.
The 599 GTO will effectively be a road-going version
of the track-only £1million Ferrari 599XX. Chiefly
by raising the rev-limit of the 599’s Enzo-derived
6-litre V12 to 9000rpm, power has been boosted to
a whopping 700bhp – an increase of 89bhp over the
standard car. And with quicker gear changes (down
from 100 milliseconds to around 60), expect the 060mph time to tumble from 3.7sec to around 3.2, while
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an Enzo-rivalling 217mph. That means there’s a very
real chance the 599 GTO could be Ferrari’s fastest ever
road car. The UK is set to get 50 cars, priced at £300K
each, with deliveries expected to begin shortly.
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Visit: www.ferrari.com/english/gtoandsports
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Encore Hotel
PLACES TO STAY
Q For more information
Q Caesar’s Palace, 3570 Las
on Las Vegas, visit the
official website of the Las
Vegas Convention and
Visitors Authority (LVCVA)
www.VisitLasVegas.co.uk
T: 020 7367 0979
Vegas B’vard South, NV 89109.
www.caesarspalace.com
Q Encore, 3131 Las Vegas
The pool at the Vdara
Boulevard South, NV 89109.
001-702-770-7171. www.encorelasvegas.com
Q Vdara, 2600 West Harmon Avenue, Las Vegas - (866)
745-7111. www.vdara.com
Q Aria, 3730 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, NV
89109. 001-866-359-7111 – www.arialasvegas.com
Q Bellagio, 3600 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas,
NV 89109. 001-702-737-3003. www.bellagio.com
Q British Airways offers daily flights from London
Heathrow to Las Vegas from £657 return including taxes
travelling in June. To book visit ba.com or call British
Airways on 0844 493 0787.
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LIBRA
It may be time for you to
toughen up a little Virgo. We
know you’re the sensitive type
and you don’t always have the
thickest of skins, but you really
need to be able to stand up for
yourself. Now is definitely the
time to be brave and let your
voice be heard. People will
respect you more for it.
GEMINI
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07.06.52
The lovely Liam Neeson
may be turning 58 on the
7 June but he seems to
have let his more childlike Gemini side emerge
recently with some great
action movies (Taken,
Clash Of The Titans and the
upcoming A Team movie).
Being an actor is perfect
for those born under the
sign of Gemini, who often
exhibit dual personalities.
However, it also means
that Geminis are often
restless, and you can never
be sure what role they
might inhabit next.
There might be a lot of things
happening in your life Libra, but
that’s no excuse to take your eye
off the ball. You’re getting lazy in
some areas of your life. Get back
down to the gym or pool, and
reach out to some friends with
whom you’ve not spoken with
recently. Life shouldn’t revolve
around the office alone.
22 DEC-19 JAN
We all wear disguises
sometimes – but, Capricorn,
you’re starting to lose yourself
behind one. It may be down to the company you’re keeping, but
don’t bury your identity. Reconnect with people from your past
– remind yourself where you come from, and re-consider your
priorities and what’s most important to you at the moment.
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22 NOV-21 DEC
SCORPIO
SAGITTARIUS
You need to re-ignite your
ambitions, Scorpio. Some
recent rejections have knocked
your motivation and sense of
self-esteem. However, don’t
be dissuaded. Nothing will be
achieved by waiting for life to
happen. Set targets – even small
ones. You need something to
strive towards.
You may have to take some time
out from a relationship that’s
been slowly going off the rails
recently, Sagittarius. Distance
yourself in order to clarify where
you stand – you need some time
to yourself to analyse the root of
the problems and the beginnings
of a solution for both of you.
Things will work themselves out.
20 JAN-18 FEB
Sometimes you can appear
to be a little too stoic and
unmoved by beautiful things,
when – deep down – you really appreciate things on the inside.
Allow this ‘hard man’ image to drop. We may all want to appear
butch, but allowing your caring side to show through would do no
harm. It might even impress a certain someone in particular...
AQUARIUS
19 FEB-20 MAR
21 MAR-19 APR
20 APR-20 MAY
21 MAY-21 JUN
22 JUN-22 JUL
23 JUL-22 AUG
PISCES
ARIES
TAURUS
GEMINI
CANCER
LEO
It really is a great month, Pisces;
the ball is truly in your court.
Don’t allow paranoia to drag
you down. You’ve a tendency to
dwell upon the worst possible
outcome in any given situation
–though such outcomes rarely
come to pass. Relax and allow
yourself some optimism. The
future is looking brighter.
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23 OCT-21 NOV
Throw a party Aries. You can
be too meek for your own
good. Show that you have a
big personality to go with the
looks and the brains. Try to have
a laugh and don’t worry about
tomorrow; live in the moment.
Invite some sexy guys, from
Facebook to widen your circle.
(Ooh! Matron!)
Although you’re confident
regarding a forthcoming
event at work don’t get your
hopes raised too much. You’ll
succeed in your plans, but not
necessarily to the degree you
expected. However, be happy
with what you get as it’s a step
in the right direction. Be patient;
keep networking.
Gemini, a change in your
lifestyle is absolutely necessary
if you don’t want to go out of
your head with frustration.
Prioritise and focus on those
things that need changing
urgently – including any bad
habits. Don’t do everything
on your own – ask friends for
advice and help.
There are changes that may
seem difficult and jarring
at the moment but keep
the knee-jerk reactions to
a minimum. After the dust
settles you will be in a much
better place. The universe is
nudging things in the right
direction so don’t be impatient.
Go with the flow.
Strive to be more proactive
in your life this month Leo. It
doesn’t mean you have to be
more aggressive, just more
focused and assertive. Do you
know what you want? If so,
make steps towards reaching for
it. It might take effort, but few
achieve people success through
sheer luck alone.
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The World Health Organisation
(WHO) has issued a worrying report
about the spread of gonorrhoea,
indicating that the infection could
become untreatable as the improper
use of antibiotics is reducing their
ability to clear the infection.
Gonorrhoea is a sexually transmitted
infection (STI) caused by bacteria
called Neisseria gonorrhoeae or
gonococcus. The problem with
treating bacterial infections with
antibiotics is that – over time
– those bacteria can evolve
resistance to the drugs.
Research has discovered that some
gonorrhoea bacterium are now
displaying ‘widespread resistance’
to the cheaper first-line antibiotics
that are most commonly prescribed
to treat the disease. Even worse,
WHO have reported an increase in
treatment failure in Australia, Hong
Kong and Japan with cephalosporin
– a class of antibiotics that’s usually
“the last line of defence against the
disease”.
Matthew Hodson, Head of
Programmes at GMFA, the gay
men’s health charity, commenting
on the news, said: “Hearing this
report is a major concern. Not only
can gonorrhoea have major health
consequences, but also it can
considerably increase the likelihood
of HIV being transmitted. HIV
positive men with gonorrhoea will
be more infectious. HIV negative
men with gonorrhoea will be more
vulnerable to HIV infection.”
“It is a reminder that prevention
is the best way to look after our
sexual health. Gonorrhoea is easier
to transmit than HIV and can be
passed on by rimming or oral sex.
Even if you always have safer sex, if
you have lots of sexual partners you
should get checked out regularly. As
gay men, using condoms for anal
sex, and reducing the numbers of
men you have sex with, are the most
reliable ways to protect ourselves
and our partners.”