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It’s £500, exclusively from Orange on a pay-as-you-go basis. www.orange.co.uk/watchphone DOLL FACE GILES FOR Unfortunately, these won’t be available CRUSAID in time for Christmas (released in Singer Dan February 2010), but we know that Gillespie Sells some of you will be excited to hear models a new about them, nonetheless. Mattel are Giles Deacon- releasing a new series of ‘Ladies of designed T-shirt the 80s’ Barbie dolls: Debbie Harry MUG’S GAME for Crusaid. (pictured above), Cyndi Lauper and If you want to help Stonewall this The limited Joan Jett. Could Barbie possibly get any Christmas, you could always invest in edition T-shirts, more kitsch? one of its new ‘Some people are gay. featuring the www.mattel.com Get over it!’ mugs. The bright red mugs GILES collection cost £4.99 plus £3.95 P&P mascot, ‘Eek’, www.stonewall.org.uk/mugs are being sold to help promote Crusaid’s new Think.Talk. Act.Give! campaign, and have been launched to coincide with this year’s World AIDS Day on 1 December. The T-shirts cost £30 from www.thinktalkactgive.org PICTURE THIS Have you spent hours attempting to take the perfect profi le picture? Something that might help is the new Samsung ST550 (£269.99) – the fi rst digital camera with two screens. The 12.2-megapixel camera has a 3.5in touchscreen on the back, and a postage-stamp sized screen on the front, perfect for taking self-portraits. www.samsungcamera.co.uk & =C bT`]\b 27/@G CALENDAR EVENTS// DECEMBER 2009 06 & 13 DEC: Pam Ann, the eternally glamorous creation of comedienne Caroline Reid, touches down in London for just two dates this month. Long loved on the gay scene, fans that have seen her perform throughout the capital can expect a venue upgrade as this time she performs in the renowned London Pal- ladium. An impressive accolade, but it’s unlikely that the grand setting will see her tone down her notoriously sharp-tongued take on all that’s fl awed and fabulous in the world of fl ight. www.pamann-live.com 26 NOV-20 DEC: BVS aWbcObW]\TOQSRPgUOg B`c[O\0`SeS`g^ZOga ;caZW[a E`WbbS\Pg V]abb]·/ZZ7EO\b4]` HOY2SS\O\RRW`SQbSR 1V`Wab[Oa¸³O^]^c^ Pg1VO\R`WYO>ObSZ aV]^^W\US[^]`Wc[ bVWaQ][SRgR`O[O O\RRSaWU\S`[O`YSb eWZZQ][ST]`]\S\WUVb `c\\W\UW\bVS[]\bV ]\Zgb]bVS@WQV;Wf ^`SQSRW\U1V`Wab[Oa O`badS\cS]\BcSaROg 3f^SQbOeWRSdO`WSbg 2SQS[PS`!#"% ]TSfQZcaWdSU]]Ra]\ 0SbV\OZ5`SS\@]OR aOZST`][W\RS^S\RS\b 3 BWQYSba `SbOWZS`aaV]eQOaSR eee `WQV[Wf ]`U cY W\UWTb[O`YSba SfVWPWbW]\aRSaWU\S` 01 DEC-10 APR:<]e aOZSaO\RW\RS^S\RS\b TW`[ZgW\[]bW]\OTbS` SAT 02 DEC aV]^a¬OZZc\RS` Wba <]dS[PS`RSPcb As part of its current retrospective of director Sally Potter’s ]\S`]]T /R[WaaW]\ 1Ob=\/6]bBW\ work, the BFI is giving fans of her 1992-fi lm Orlando a rare WaT`SSO\RS\b`O\QS @]]TQ]\bW\cSab] chance to see the cult classic with a screening and Q&A at the eWZZPSdWO3Zg¸aGO`R aV]eObbVS<]dSZZ] BFI Southbank. 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Flourishing in the title role is drag queen Bette Rinse, while Kat the Cookie Monster, who some of you may remember from a stint on Big Brother, plays Fairy Gone Wong. A playfully subversive take on the classic fairytale Cinderella, Sinderfella sees Bette Rinse turn drag debutante when the real Cinderella fails to show at the ball. Firmly tongue-in- cheek throughout, expect a bawdy mix of fabulous cross- dressing and near-knuckle comedy. Sinderfella runs in Leicester Square Theatre’s Basement Theatre from 4-30 December, with tickets costing £15. DISSENTING VOICES http://www.leicestersquaretheatre.com/ SHORE THING 32E/@25/;:7<@3D73EAB63@7A3/<24/::=4 Celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, Hampsted Theatre :7BB:3D=713 shows no signs of slowing down with two diametrically /a[S\bW]\SRW\^`SdW]ca`SdWSea7a^S\bO bVS`O^WabO\Ra][SO\bWRS^`SaaO\baOaWa^V]\S opposed plays running in U`SObRSOZ]T[gg]cbVaSSYW\USaQO^Wa[O\R e]`YS`0WZZg8O[Sa1O`be`WUVb:D¸aaVgO\R repertory throughout the festive a]ZOQSbV`]cUV[caWQ 7OZa]VOdSO^S\QVO\b \OdSZ]dSW\bS`Sab season. T]`a^SOYW\UW\_c]bSa³T`][;]\bg>gbV]\b] /[OhW\UZgOZZ]TbVSaSQ][^ZOW\badO\WaVW\abO\bZg For evening audiences, the premiere of Michael Punter’s new ]PaQc`S[caWQOZa BVSQ][PW\ObW]\]TbVSaSbe] eVS\;a DWQYS`aPSUW\ab]aW\U 2Sa^WbS[g play Darker Shores is a sinister and foreboding tale set on b`OWbaaV]cZRVOdS[SO\bbVOb7¸RPSVSOR]dS` Z]dS]T3c`]dWaW]\O\RQVSSag^]^7US\S`OZZg the desolate Sussex coast during Christmas 1875. 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Gullible but loveable dreamer Charity VS`a]ZSO\Ra^W\SZSaaT`WS\R ObOe]`YW\U[O\¸aQZcPWa`SOZZg faces various misadventures in love as she combats her AORWS@OQVSZ:c[PS`U 6S` Oµ`WaS¶e]`bVg]TOµTOZZ¶;a complete inability to resist the charms of men who are no P]gT`WS\R³]`a]aVSbVW\Ya DWQYS`aWaS\b`O\QW\UO\ROZ[]ab good for her. Haven’t well all been there? ³WabVS[O\W^cZObWdSeOaV]cb XcabWTWSabVSQ]ab]TObWQYSb]\VS` The soundtrack features upbeat classic tracks such as ‘Hey, Big @OgAOg]]hW\UaZW[ST`][SdS`g ]e\ /Z[]ab Spender’ and ‘If My Friends Could See Me Now’. ]\S]T;O`QEO``S\¸a^]`Sa :WbbZS +++++ Sweet Charity runs at Menier Chocolate Factory until 7th D]WQSVS`aSZT^ZOgSRPgT]`[S` Running until the 30 January 2010. The Vaudeville March, with tickets costing £29.50. F4OQb]`Q]\bSabO\b2WO\O Theatre, 404 The Strand, WC2. www.menierchocoatefactory.com DWQYS`aWaPORZgW\\SSR]TO www.vaudevilletheatre.com !" =C 4==2 bbVS`S Aqua Kyoto off ers plenty of choice on its menu, and you are encouraged to choose several dishes for sharing, rather than just a starter and main course. Throwing ourselves with gusto into this task, myself and my companion began our meal with seared beef tataki with chilli ponzu (£9.50) – six pieces of lightly seared, amazingly tender beef topped with fi nely chopped spring onion and chilli. It was similar to a Japanese beef carapaccio, and the meat was truly melt-in-the-mouth. The prawn tian (£8.50) – a fi nely chopped pile of papaya, cucumber and prawn with crab caviar was refreshing, but for our money, the beef was the better choice. Neither of us would normally have chosen the spinach rolls with homemade sesame sauce (£5), but our waiter, Jimmy, recommended the dish… and we were glad he did. Lightly blanched spinach, tightly squeezed and rolled into rolls and accompanied by a delicious, nutty sauce. It might not sound like much, but we wiped the plate clean. This was followed by Alaskan King Crab tempura with crab miso (£18) – fl avoursome chunks of crab, wrapped in seaweed, briefl y fried and then served with a crab miso sauce. The Aqua Kyoto Saikyo miso black cod (£26) was generous, although a tiny bit more of the wonderfully syrupy miso The sushi bar at Aqua Kyoto coating wouldn’t have gone amiss. Grilled beef tenderloin with Japanese mustard sauce (£19) was a winner, although it did rather resemble slivers of tenderloin with a dab of (a Spanish restaurant) and Aqua Kyoto (a Japanese- mustardy mayonnaise. Not everything was so highly priced. inspired restaurant) – plus a large roof terrace that will Cheaper hot dishes included a scallop and salmon tempura be particularly handy in the summer. You enter via a lift with soba noodles (£11.50), or braised octopus with taro REGENT STREET SPICE on Argyll Street (opposite the Palladium) and – for Kyoto and pumpkin (£9.50). DAVID HUDSON REVIEWS AQUA KYOTO – ascend to the fi fth fl oor, where gorgeous staff usher you Naturally, we had to try some sushi, and here Kyoto 240 Regent Street, W1 (entrance at 30 Argyll Street, W1) through to the main dining area. excelled. Its soft-shell crab sushi rolls (£11.50) and grilled 020 7478 0540 If you didn’t know that this was previously a Dickens & fatty tuna rolls (£18) were faultless works of art – the latter Jones canteen, you’d certainly never guess. Thousands of being truly to die for. pounds have been spent on transforming the space into a Finally, for dessert, we indulged in a green tea tiramisu (£5) Taking over the space formerly occupied by Dickens & Jones, dark and sexy dining room. There are mahogany fl oorboards and a yuzo chocolate fondant with yuzo sorbet and sweet Aqua is a lavish new restaurant and bar development on and tables, deep red lighting and gold, oriental silks on the rice sauce (£7.50). The latter was especially goo-ey and Regent Street. The brand is already well established in Hong walls. Mirrors disguise the square columns, while backlit comforting. Kong, but this is the fi rst branch in to the UK. Clearly not screens adorn the ceiling. Sushi chefs busy themselves in Aqua Kyoto is an accomplished and slick operation off ering one to do things by halves, the company has launched in an island bar in the centre of the room, and on my visit the very good Japanese cuisine and excellent sushi in seductive London with some ambition. This prime, central London atmosphere was noisy and bustling (the nearby bar was surroundings. It might not – yet – boast Nobu’s celebrity site is vast, and the group have designed three distinct busy with invitees for an Elle Decoration party taking place count, but is a welcome addition to the central London areas within it. There’s Aqua Spirit (a bar), Aqua Nueva in the adjoining room). restaurant scene. Rose ‘Le Grand Fricambault’ Domaine Andre Neveu (£33). My partner chose seared local scallops with a creamy Starters cater for both the vegetarian as well as the fi sh caulifl ower burell (mash to the rest of us!), pancetta, sage and game lover. I opted for the red cabbage, gorgonzola, and merlot vinegar (£17). Scallop portions are rarely TOP TABLE discovery apple and walnut salad (£4.50). This looked enormous, although it was more than enough even without MAZ OGDEN REVIEWS TABLE gorgeous but it was dwarfed by the daily special – the the massive crab claw starter. My Hotel Brighton, 17 Jubilee Street, The Lanes, Brighton, broken crab claws (£12 for a dozen, £6 for six). These Despite being pleasantly full, it would have been wrong not 01273 900 383 www.myhotels.com/table were ornately arranged on a silver salad platter with all the to make space for Table’s ‘dessert menu with a diff erence’. necessary accessories We decided to share for devouring them the chocolate fanatic’s Modern British cuisine, meat and seafood specialities in style. The bowl of dream Chocolate sourced straight from the south coast coupled with lemon water kept our Brownie Sundae fantastic service awaited us at Table. Located in the heart fi ngers smelling sweet. (£4.50) and the of Brighton’s famous North Laines adjoining the stylish, After much deliberation Coconut rice pudding, boutique My Hotel, Table is the place to impress a date or concerning main passion fruit and make your offi ce party feel appreciated without blowing a courses, this lapsed coriander (also £4.50). banker’s budget. vegetarian succumbed Adding passion On arrival, we were instantly impressed by the to trusting our waiter’s fruit and coriander contemporary yet comfortable décor. 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Look no further than Profi le on Wardour Street... PAGE 46 KIMONO KRUSH Evolving in to one of the scene's most unmissable dates is this once-a-monther at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern PAGE 48 LOVECHILD BIRDS OF A FEATHER LoveChild has returned to the scene, having 4:=19B=53B63@/BB634/0C:=CAB@/< " =C @3D73E bbVS`S TRANNY SHACK /::2@3AA32C>/<2<=E63@3B=5=-747B¸A /E32<3A2/G<756B53BG=C@A3:42=E<B= B@/< Leona Lewis and friend " =C bbVS`S @3D73E One of the scene’s late November disco, and just after 1am a whiskey- highlights, ahead of the Christmas lubricated Dusty hosted a show of mixed party season in December, is the talents and much enthusiasm. Sahara Trannyshack birthday. went live with a club version of ‘When Having had a somewhat turbulent time Love Takes Over’, Ritzy Crackers came over recently, co-promoter Dusty O and the all Lady Gaga with a version of ‘Paparazzi’, rest of the Trannyshack girls are now Camile and Lady Muck were ‘Sisters’ and happily settled in that West End bastion the wonderful Glendora went back to of drag, Madame Jojo’s, and are pulling in the 70s with the ‘Yo Yo Song’ before the more punters than ever. fabulous Transisters did a bitingly sharply Rocking up to this legendary venue just choreographed take on Beyoncé's ‘Single before midnight, we were obviously one Ladies (Put A Ring On It)’. of the latecomers as the club was already There was then plenty more time to nipple-to-nose with boys dressed as girls groove to some more of Tasty’s tunes and the boys who like them that way. and chat with the ladies at what is There were some intentionally comical consistently one of the most fun weekly creations on display, as well as some parties in London. stunning post-operative works of art. Dusty O and partner in crime, Tasty Tim, Trannyshack at Madame JoJo’s, were on the decks playing an eclectic 8-10 Brewer Street, W1, every WORDS AND PHOTOS © CHRIS JEPSON/LONDONCLUBLAND.COM soundtrack of pop classics and feel-good Wednesday from 10.30pm-3am. "! =C @3D73E bbVS`S :==97<54=@A=;3E63@3B=3<8=GA=;3 43AB7D32@7<9AB67A2313;03@-A=17/:7A37< PROFILE ABG:3/B>@=47:3=<E/@2=C@AB@33B¬ Defi nitely one of Soho’s best resident each Friday. Upcoming new additions in 2009, QSoft’s special parties over the next couple Profi le bar continues to pick up of weeks include a Soho Gyms a following on Wardour Street. 15th anniversary party on Thursday Where else can you go and enjoy a 26 November, and Lo-Profi le’s bite to eat, a gossip with friends in second anniversary on Friday 4 a diner-style leather booth, cheap December. This will be followed on cocktails, and some cute eye-candy? Friday 11 December by a special Despite what other bars may claim, Gaydar party. If you’re not a night we reckon Profi le is easily the most person, don’t forget that Profi le is stylish bar in gay Soho, with its open throughout the day, off ering bright yellow seating, glossy black a full food menu from lunchtime tiles, slate wall and dinky pink through ‘til evening – and lighting. It’s rarely overbearingly Sunday brunches, in particular, crushed either, having established are becoming something of an a discerning following of Soho institution. drinkers and diners. Profi le/Lo-Profi le, 84-86 The bar features DJs every weekend, Wardour Street, Soho, W1 with Gaydar’s Phil Marriott as the – www.profi lesoho.co.uk JEPSON/LONDONCLUBLAND.COM CHRIS © PHOTOS "" @3D73E =CbbVS`S PHOTOS © CHRIS JEPSON/LONDONCLUBLAND.COM CHRIS © PHOTOS "$ =C bbVS`S @3D73E KIMONO KRUSH =<3=4A=CB6:=<2=<¸A1==:3AB<756BA 7B¸A<=AC@>@7A3B6/BB634=::=E7<54=@ 97;=<=9@CA67A5@=E7<53/16;= Running for over a year now, makeovers, while cabaret was provided monthly club night Kimono Krush by Lazy Susan. Spinning the rather has been quietly and steadily excellent selection of tunes were Al building up a following down at Dente, The Duchess of Pork and The the Royal Vauxhall Tavern. Running Sugarlow Boys, who dropped in plenty on the second Friday of each month, of one-hit wonders and dance classics. we paid a visit for the club’s November ‘The alternative gay disco with a tranny date, and found the place comfortably edge’, Kimono Krush has really begun busy with a real hotchpotch of Friday to come in to its own, and word is night drinkers and lovers of eclectic spreading that this is one monthly disco. Promoter Panos (pictured on the party well worth traveling for… not facing page in yellow) was celebrating to mention slapping on some panstick his birthday on the night, and as it or throwing some glitter in your beard. fell on Friday the 13th (November), The team return with a Christmas bash, the whole shebang was based upon a following the RVT’s Vixens In The Wood horror theme – the perfect opportunity pantomime, on Friday 11 December to use up that leftover Halloween from 10.30pm till 2.30am. make-up. A professional make-up artist Royal Vauxhall Tavern, 372 was on hand to give everyone ghoulish Kennington Lane, SE11. "% =C @3D73E bbVS`S :=D3167:27A0/196/D7<5B/93< C>/<3E;= Earlier this year, promoter Alex grabbing a tall iced drink in a bid Erfan threw a party at Pacha to cool down. Elsewhere in the in Victoria called Lovechild. In three arches, some fresh faces on October, he brought the night back the Fire wheels of steel included to the London scene, but this time at Lee Harris, Gabriel Cutrano, Max the Vauxhall King (Queen?) of clubs Sanna and Phil Hewson – who – Fire. Revamped, pumped-up spun a pumped-up selection of and full of testosterone, this new funky house tunes. Designer Edna glossy version was slicker than a slick had gone mad with sheets of stick covered in Slik lube. It boasted polystyrene, a hot wire and a ton a whole raft of porn stars, muscle of glitter to transform the ceiling boys, go-go dancers and performers, into a porn-nativity for the sexy all cavorting and baring all for those crowd, and when topped off with assembled masses with a penchant a naughty playroom of cavorting for the male form. man-toys, it all made for a near Sporting wrestling singlets, jock perfect night out! straps and… um, just boots, Catch Lovechild again on Saturday the über-hot stage shows had us 12 December. Full details at www. sweating around the collar and AlexErfan.com JEPSON/LONDONCLUBLAND.COM CHRIS © PHOTOS "& =C bbVS`S A13<3 WORDS BY LOREM DELOREM | PHOTOGRAPH BY MAET IPSUM "' =C A13<3 bbVS`S [S`SQ]WZW\UT`][Pc`\W\UW\\S``OUS 7aWbbVOb 7[Waa[gOR]`SR:]\R]\a][cQVbVOb7QO\ PO`SZgSfWab]cbaWRSWb-=`^S`VO^a[gTO[WZgO`S []`SW\acTTS`OPZSbVO\[]ab]TbVSC9^]^cZObW]\ O\R7PgRSTOcZbO[a][SeVOb[]`SP`WZZWO\b eVWQVRS\WSabVSW``WUVbb]OaY[Sb]R]O\gbVW\U 6[[[¬7bVW\Y\]b <]7TSO`[gb`]cPZSaO`S[cQV[]`S ^agQV]Z]UWQOZZgS\U`OW\SR AWbcObW]\OZQcSaVOdS ObS``WTgW\UZgab`]\UV]ZR]\g]ceVS\bVSTO[WZg V][SbVObg]c\]edWaWbeOabVS]\Sg]cU`Se GET ON THE c^W\ <]b]\ZgR]g]c`SOQbb]bVSe]`RaO\R PSVOdW]c`abVObbg^WTgg]c`O\\cOZ`]c\R`]PW\]T GUEST LIST `SZObWdSaPcbg]cOZa]`SOQbb]bVSac``]c\RW\Ua( BVSTO[WZWO`ZO\R[O`YaO\RW\bVSESab;WRZO\Ra This needs little bVSaSQO\PS`SOZZgcUZg¬TO[WZWO`a[SZZabVS introduction, but the Q`SOY]\bVSZO\RW\UbVSP`O\R]TT]]RW\bVS Trade team will be back at the home of all things Orange at Fire this Christmas Day for another seasonal extravaganza. 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After with a ‘Single Ladies’ medley that of Thechoreography Transisters the fabulousandbitinglysharp to Kinky, onewas closedwith act haunting vocals. Putting the ‘K’ in young andcute Sam Taylor andhis before handingover to avery Valli’s ‘Can’t Take MyEyes Off You’, in Jersey Boys Jersey ) gave usFrankie =C b bVS`S Dusty O Dusty WORDS AND PHOTOS © CHRIS JEPSON/LONDONCLUBLAND.COM =C A13<3:7AB7<5A bbVS`S RED HEADS HIGHLIGHTS One of the biggest parties to take place in Brighton each year, and well worth traveling for, is the annual Wild Fruit World AIDS Day event. Entitled The Red Party – in honour of the red ribbon PHOTO & STYLING © JEZ EATON – this year’s event is due to take place on Sunday 6 December at the huge Oceana nightclub. Besides off ering an excellent night of entertainment, the Red Party aims to remind people that the AIDS epidemic has not gone away. It also helps raise much-needed funds, with all proceeds from the 2009 event earmarked for the Sussex Community Rainbow Alliance. Headlining this very special night will be one of the UK’s most successful and respected singers – the amazing Beverley Knight (MBE). Other famous faces taking part in the event will include DJs Boy George and the Freemasons, Patsy Palmer, Rowetta, Dusty O, Tasty Tim, Leon Lopez, Dulcie Danger, Queen Josephine and Dolly Rocket, amongst many, many others. The stage entertainment is due to kick off at 11pm, andOceana will off er no less than seven themed party rooms. As always, all those attending are encouraged to wear red OUT TURNS THREE – ensuring that this is one of the most visual nights out in the UK! Although it’s a fundraiser, joining the fun won’t cost you an arm and a leg. In fact, if you join Out In The City, the world’s greatest gay magazine (ahem… well, we would say that, the Red party early (from 8.30–10.30pm) for pre-party drinks you can gain entry for only wouldn’t we?) will be celebrating its third birthday this month. Yes, the lovely magazine £7. It’s also only £6 NUS before 11.30pm (£8 NUS after). Advance tickets (available from that you lovingly hold in your hands has notched up three years of fabulousness. To Charles Street, Dr Brighton’s, the Dome box offi ce and the ticketweb website) are £10, and celebrate, we’re throwing a party and you are all invited. We will be taking over the swanky guests on the door pay just £12. Of course, you can always donate more if you wish! Shadow Lounge on Brewer Street, Soho, on the evening of Friday 11 December. Doors Oceana can be found on West Street, Brighton. For full party details, check www. will be open from 9pm onwards. Look out for a fl yer in Soho for free entry between 9 and aeonevents.co.uk 11.30pm. Admission will be £5 after 11.30pm. Expect DJs, entertainment, Out In The City staff giddy on champagne, and probably the odd celebrity or two! Out In The City’s third birthday takes place at the Shadow Lounge, 5 Brewer Street, W1, on Friday 11 December. NEW YEAR G-A-Y Saturday nights at G-A-Y at Heaven have been particularly packed out over recent weeks – due in part to the phenomenal interest around this year’s X Factor competition. Host Jeremy Joseph has been introducing PAs from all the contestants that have been voted off this year’s show, so has already had appearances from Miss Frank, Rachel and Kandy Rain. That’s set to continue in to December, with appearances on Saturday 5 and Saturday 12 December from those who came 4th and 3rd respectively. At the time of going to press, BEYOND CHRISTMAS Jeremy was still waiting for confi rmation that he might host a PA from the eventual winner. Unsurprisingly, the Orange team have some huge parties lined up for the festive season. However, he has already arranged details for his New Year’s Eve party arranged, which Special dates to look out for at Fire (South Lambeth Road, Vauxhall) include the Beyond will feature a very exclusive PA from reformed boy band A1 (‘Take On Me’, ‘Caught In The Christmas Spectacular on Saturday 5 December. Off ering the ‘12 Hours Of Christmas’, Middle’). Advance tickets for the party – which is sure to be a sell out – are now available the event will run from midnight till noon on Sunday, and will feature 12 amazing DJs and from the G-A-Y bar on Old Compton Street. For the month of November, advance tickets cost a dozen of the scene’s sexiest go-go dancers. There will also be a surprise PA. In keeping just £10 – probably one with the ‘12’ theme, admission, naturally, will be £12. Get advance tickets from www. of the cheapest New Year’s clubtickets.com and all the usual outlets (Clone Zone, Prowler, DV8, etc). Eve tickets for any of the This will be followed on Saturday 19 December by the Juicy Christmas Party, again at big London gay clubs! Fire, from 11pm till 8am. Special guest DJ Pagano will join the Juicy line-up, spinning the G-A-Y takes place at big, sexy, uplifting tunes for the sexy, tops-off crowd of late-night dance addicts. Advance Heaven, under The Arches, tickets cost £10. Villiers Street, Charing There’s no rest for the team over the Christmas Day itself, when the doors of Fire will be Cross, WC2. The G-A-Y opened for Trade’s annual Christmas Day party. The Orange Trade ‘Magic Of Christmas Bar can be found at 30 Night’ party will take place on 25th December from 10pm till 8am. This is always a well- Old Compton Street, W1, attended and very special party – with a truly unique atmosphere. Advance tickets cost £12 and G-A-Y Late is at 5 from Fire, Area, the usual Soho outlets and www.clubtickets.com Goslett Yard, W1. For full Finally, there’s a Beyond New Year’s Day spectacular arranged for Friday 1 January – from details, check the 5.30am till 2pm in the afternoon. Maximise your New Year’s Eve partying by ending your ‘G-A-Y Offi cial’ page night at the most debauched and hedonistic afterhours in gay London. Again, advance PHOTO © CHRISJEPSON.COM © PHOTO on Facebook. tickets will cost £15 from www.clubtickets.com #" =CbbVS`S A13<3 Long-running community café bar. crowd. Weekend jazz sessions in the basement. LONG YANG FREEDOM, 66 Wardour Street, CLUB, long-running W1. 020 7734 0071. Piccadilly KU BAR, 30 Lisle Street, Leicester social group for East Asian GOING=Cb Circus tube. Opulent style bar, with Square, WC2. 020 7437 4303. gay guys and friends. Regular KU CALENDAR BOYS late-night club promotions for a Leicester Square tube. Large, parties and social events. Check Following the huge success of last year’s event, mixed, metrosexual crowd. award-winning, upmarket gay website at www.lyclondon.com for the Ku Bar will be hosting another World AIDS www.freedombarsoho.com bar spread over three floors, open full details. Auction this December. Once again, the gorgeous till 3am daily and always busy Ku staff will be auctioning themselves for charity, FRIENDLY SOCIETY, 79 Wardour throughout the week. www. MADAME JO JO’S, 8-10 Brewer raising funds for the Food Chain. Last year’s event Street, WC1. Trendy and unique, ku-bar.co.uk Street, W1. Long-running, late raised over £2,500, and this year the team wants intimate basement bar with night gig venue, nightclub to do even better. The action all takes place on quirky decor and fun atmosphere KU BAR SOHO, 25 Frith Street, and cabaret bar - open to very Tuesday 1 December at 7.30pm at the Ku Bar on – attracts a mixed crowd. W1. Leicester Square tube. New, mixed crowd. Home to popular Lisle Street. Boogaloo Stu is your host and you’ll be smaller sister venue to Lisle Street Wednesday nighter Trannyshack. able to bid on a choice of ten of the bar’s finest bar G-A-Y BAR, 30 Old Compton Ku Bar, with entrances on Old www.madamejojos.com. hunks. The winning bidders will have the pleasure of Street, W1. 020 7494 2756. Compton Street and Frith Street accompanying their “dates” to an exclusive reception Leicester Square tube. 12pm- - open till 11pm daily.. www. MOLLY MOGG’S, 2 Old Compton in the venue’s Champagne Bar directly after the 12am. Huge, poptastic gay bar, ku-bar.co.uk Street, W1. 020 7434 4294. auction. If you don’t fancy bidding for one of the with a multitude of video screens, Tottenham Court Road tube. Small, boys, there will be plenty of other goodies up for grabs, including a PlayStation 3, and pop tunes and drinks promotions. LO-PROFILE, The Basement, intimate little gay pub, with regular VIP X Factor Live tickets. All winning bidders will be able to attend the after party in the www.g-a-y.co.uk 84-85 Wardour Street, W1. Swanky, drag shows attracting a mixed Champagne bar, which will include complimentary champagne and canapés. sophisticated, 400-capacity crowd of theatre folk and tourists. Also being launched on the night will be the first Ku Bar calendar, which will again G-A-Y LATE, 5 Goslett Yard, late-night basement bar and club feature several of the beautiful Ku bar boys. The calendars will be on sale from 1 December, off Charing Cross Road, WC2. space – from the people that bring PENDULUM, 56 Frith Street, Soho, and proceeds from its sale will go to the Food Chain. Tottenham Court Road tube. you gaydar.co.uk. Open 10pm-4am W1. 0207 734 8300 . Tottenham The Ku Bar, 30 Lisle Street, Leicester Square, WC2. www.ku-bar.co.uk 11pm-3am. Late-night sister on Fridays and Saturdays. www. Court Road tube. Stylish, big gay venue to G-A-Y Bar – more video gaydarprofile.com bar – spread over three floors, screens, camp pop fun and cheap CANDY BAR, 4 Carlisle Street, W1. drinks.Gets very busy most nights VENUES: 020 7494 4041. Tottenham Court of the week. CENTRAL LONDON Road tube. Mon-Thu 5-11.30pm. Fri & Sat 5pm-2am. Sun 5-11pm. Long- THE GREEN CARNATION, 4-5 79 CXR, 79 Charing Cross Road, running and famed lesbian bar. Greek Street, Soho, W1. 020-7434 WC2. 020 7734 0769. Leicester 3323. Stylish, three-floored Square tube. Mon-Sat 1pm-3am, COMPTONS, 52 Old Compton late night gay venue, with Sun 1pm-10.30pm. Cover charge Street, W1. 020 7479 7961. bar, dancefloor and nightly HASTINGS MAGNUS © PHOTO after 11pm. Large, cruisy, late-night Leicester Square tube. Noon-11pm. promotions. Attracts a mixed bar - always busy after 10.30pm A Soho institution. Large, traditional crowd. www.greencarnationsoho. with those who don’t want to head gay boozer on two floors, attracting co.uk home too early. a butch and manly crowd. www. comptons-of-soho.co.uk HALFWAY TO HEAVEN, ADMIRAL DUNCAN, 54 Old 7 Duncannon Street, WC2. 020 Compton Street, W1. 020 7437 THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON, 7321 2791. Charing Cross tube. 5300. Leicester Square tube. 77 Wardour Street, W1. 020 7439 Mon-Thu noon-11pm, Fri & Sat Friendly, famous, traditional gay 1274. Piccadilly Circus tube. 12pm-12am. Old-style gay pub pub - just look out for the purple Mon-Thu noon-11pm, Fri & Sat spread over two floors. and pink exterior! noon-midnight, ‘til 10.30pm on Sun. Traditional and fun gay HEAVEN, The Arches, Villiers BARCODE, 3-4 Archer Street, pub over two floors, attracting a Street, WC2. Charing Cross Road W1. 020 7734 3342. www. good cross-section from across tube. Huge, world-famous gay GLITTERBALL 2010 bar-code.co.uk. Piccadilly Circus the scene. club, which is now home to Scene favourite Jodie Harsh has been chosen to host tube. Mon-Sat 4pm-1.30am. Sun G-A-Y, along with mixed/studenty this year’s New Year’s Eve extravaganza from Hed Kandi. until 10.30pm. Dance bar on three THE EDGE, 11 Soho Square, W1. Monday nighter Popcorn. Check The respected house music brand’s NYE party – this floors, with club-style basement. 020 7439 1313. Tottenham Court www.g-a-y.co.uk for details year entitled Glitterball 2010 – will be returning to Comedy Camp stand-up night Road tube. Noon-1am, Sun 2pm- London’s Indigo2 venue for the third consecutive year. each Tuesday, and more dance- 11.30pm. Stylish, hip gay bar THE KINGS ARMS, 23 Poland Expect the world’s biggest glitterball as a centerpiece to oriented sessions at weekends. spread over four intimate floors, Street, W1. 020 7734 5907. the celebrations – which will itself house the DJ booth with regular nights from top DJs, Oxford Circus tube. Mon-Thur and some state-of-the-art projectors! Spinning the music THE BOX, 32-34 Monmouth regular piano bar and tasty food. 12pm–11pm, Fri-Sat 12pm-12am, will be DJs Phil Faversham, Andy Daniels and Dean Rigg, Street, Seven Dials, WC2. 020 Sun 12pm-11.30pm. London’s bar and besides the hottest Hed Kandi house tunes all night 7240 5828. Leicester Square tube. ESCAPE, 10a Brewer Street, W1. for bears and blokes. Traditional long, you can expect a live performance from revered 11am-11pm. Stylish and award- 020 7734 2626. Piccadilly Circus atmosphere plus pool table. vocalist Julie McKnight (‘Finally’, ‘Diamond Life’), plus live winning gay café bar popular with tube. 5pm-3am. Cover charge after Sunday night karaoke very popular. musicians and a host of Kandi dancers throughout the scene and muscle queens. 11pm. Every night’s a party at this night. Jodie will be overseeing proceedings in the VIP Frequent exhibitions late-night video dance bar. KUDOS, 10 Adelaide Street, WC2. room. Hed Kandi events are mixed but predominantly on the walls and 020 7379 4573. Charing Cross straight affairs, but everyone is united by a common love great food. FIRST OUT CAFÉ, 52 St Giles tube. 3pm-11pm, Sat noon-11pm, for quality house tunes. Doors to the Glitterball 2010 will High Street, WC2. 020 7240 8042. Sun noon-10.30pm. Beautiful be open from 9pm till 4am. General admission tickets Tottenham Court Road tube. and stylish café bar, with clubbier will cost £45, with VIP tickets at £85. Check www. 10am-11pm. Sun 10.30pm. Over vibe and video screens in the hedkandi.com for full details. 20 years old and still going strong. basement. Popular with Asian ## =C A13<3 bbVS`S with food, drink, art displays Cross tube. Mon-Fri noon-11. Sat 020 7402 3385. Marble Arch tube. SHIFT LAUNCHED and pre-club promotions. www. 5pm-11pm, Sun 5pm-11pm. Small and friendly gay sauna with Pictured here are party- pendulumsoho.co.uk A traditional boozer for the gay masseurs. www.gaysaunabar.com goers and celebrity guest scene’s indie, alternative and Philip Oliver at big new gay PROFILE, 84-84 Wardour Street, student-types – Tuesday’s pop quiz SAUNABAR COVENT GARDEN night Shift – a scintillating W1. Piccadilly Circus tube. Upstairs is an institution. 29 Endell Street, Covent Garden, monthly affair for those in bar above Lo-Profile, owned and WC2. 020 7836 2236. Covent Hertfordshire. This monthly run by the team behind Gaydar. RUPERT STREET, 50 Rupert Garden tube. Basement sauna with night has confirmed dates Stylish gay bar/diner, open for Street, W1. 020 7292 7141. pool, sauna and rest rooms. Check lined up for Thursday 13 food and drink from early morning Piccadilly Circus tube. 12-11pm, Sun website for discount entry. www. December (a ‘Winter Fairyland’ through till 11pm – when the 10.30pm. Large, designer style bar, thesaunabar.co.uk party) and Thursday 28 action moves downstairs. www. popular with professional gay boyz. January (‘Shift Ahoy! Sexy Sailors Night!’). It takes place gaydarprofile.com SWEATBOX SOHO at the Forum, at the University of Hertfordshire’s Student SHADOW LOUNGE, 5 Brewer Ramillies House, 1-2 Ramillies Union (College Lane, Hatfield, AL10 9AB), but don’t THE QUEBEC, 12 Old Quebec Street, W1. 020-7287 7988. Street, Soho, W1. 020 3214 6014. be put off by the ‘student’ tag – the night is open to all Street, WC1. 020-7629 6159. Piccadilly tube. Exclusive, gorgeous, Oxford Circus tube. Gay-owned and members of the public. Doors are open from 9pm till Marble Arch tube. Long-running late-night bar and club for A-list run gym and basement sauna. 3am, and tickets cost just £4 in advance, £5 on the door and huge pub, on two floors, gays and celeb-spotters. Open from www.sweatboxsoho.com or £7.50 after midnight. Besides Mr Oliver, the night has attracting an older crowd. Open till late each evening. also hosted Charlie Drummond from the recent series of 3am at weekends. Off the beaten www.theshadowlounge.com NORTH LONDON Big Brother. Expect more celebrity guests at future club Soho track but well worth checking outings. out. www.thequebec.co.uk SWEATBOX, 1-2 Ramillies THE BLACK CAP, 171 Camden More details at www.forumhertfordshire.co.uk Street, Soho, W1. 020-3214 6014. High Street, NW1. 020 7485 0538. THE QUEEN’S HEAD, 25 Tryon Exclusively gay gym (ground floor) Camden Town tube. Shufflewick Street, SW3. 020-7589 0262. and sauna (first floor), which now Bar: Mon-Thu Noon-1am, Fri-Sat entertainment, beer garden and busy at weekends. Sloane Square tube. Popular, very hosts occasional late-night parties 12noon-2am, Sun Noon-10.30pm. food. One of London’s longest- long-running, cosy gay pub –a with a late-night alcohol licence. Club: Mon-Thu 10pm-2am, Fri-Sat running gay establishments. www. CLUB COLOSSEUM, 1 Nine Chelsea institution. Open Sun-Thurs noon-midnight, 10pm-3am, Sun 10pm-1am. Long- kw4.co.uk Elms Lane, Vauxhall, SW8. Huge, and till 5am Friday and Saturday. running, famed gay pub – probably late-night venue for after-hours RETRO BAR, 2 George Court, www.sweatboxsoho.com. the most famous cabaret pub in THE LOAD OF HAY, 207 Pinner crowd – hosting various monthly WC2. 020 7321 2811. Charing London. www.theblackcap.com Road, Watford, 01923-441113. promotions. VAULT 139, 139 Whitfield Street, Watford’s only gay pub, with W1. 020-7388 5500. Newly- CENTRAL STATION, big beer garden and regular THE EAGLE, 349 Kennington opened, central, daytime intimate 37 Wharfdale Road, N1. Tel: 020 entertainment. www.loadofhay. Lane, SE11. 020 7793 0903. Mon, cruise club, for a men-only crowd. 7278 3294. Kings Cross tube. Big, co.uk Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat 9pm-late, Open 1pm-1am seven days a late-opening gay bar on three Tue 9pm-2am, Sun 9pm-late. week. www.vault139.com floors, with ground floor cabaret THE OAK BAR, 79 Green Lanes, Vauxhall tube. Large, club-bar and infamously cruisy cruise nights N16. 020-7354 2791. with nightly promotions. Tonker VILLAGE, 81 Wardour Street, W1. in basement. Upstairs restaurant Manor House tube. Friendly, (Fridays) and Horse Meat Disco 020 7434 2124. Piccadilly Circus offering gastropub menu, plus diverse gay bar with late-night (Sundays) are particularly popular. tube. 12-1am, Sun 11.30pm. Late B&B accommodation. www. club promotions, and open ‘til 3am www.eaglelondon.com night door charge. Soho’s original centralstation.co.uk at weekends. Very popular with gay café bar, spread over four floors, lesbians and male friends. www. EGO, 82 Norwood High Street, and now with basement dancefloor CLUB KALI, The Dome, 1 oakbar.com SE27. 020 8761 5200. West and discos. Popular with a youngish Dartmouth Park Hill, Tufnell Park, Norwood BR. Sun-Thu 8pm-late, crowd of boys and girls. N19. World’s biggest lesbian and PLAYPIT, 357 Caledonian Road, 7pm-4am. Door charge on gay Southern Asian music night, N7. Caledonian Road tube. 0333 weekend. Large, popular bar and HATEFUL BIRTHDAY THE YARD, 57 Rupert Street, W1. running every third Friday of the 700 1231. Intimate, King’s Cross club, attracting big crowds at Eat Your Heart Out, the avant-garde cabaret night from 020 7437 2652. Piccadilly Circus month. Always busy and rather sleaze club – basically a basement weekends. performer Scottee, will be celebrating its first birthday tube. Mon-Thur 4pm-11pm, Fri unique. www.clubkali.com darkroom. Open Thur-Sat 9pm- www.ego-southernpride.co.uk on Saturday 5 December… adopting a loose theme of & Sat 1pm-11pm, Sun 1pm- 3am, Sun 3pm-1am. Take your ‘We hate you’ for the night! 1.10.30pm. Busy gay bar with THE GREEN, 74 Upper Street, own booze. www.londonplaypit. EXILIO, Bar Rez, Club Colosseum, “I know you’re thinking ‘hate’ is a strong word… Well, it’s hugely popular courtyard area, N1. 020-7226 8895. Angel tube. co.uk 1 Nine Elms Lane, SW8. Vauxhall not fucking strong enough,” explains Scottee. “Everyone outdoor balcony and cosy loft bar. London’s first ‘gay gay-stropub!’ tube. Long-running, Friday night knows we would love to bring back capital punishment Stylish, Islington bar, serving full SOUTH LONDON gay Latin and salsa night. Open for those who remotely look like they’re from the SAUNAS food menu and wide range of 11pm till 4am. www.exilio.co.uk burlesque clan, or to slice the tongues off any drag queens cocktails. Mixed, chilled crowd AREA, 67-68 Albert Embankment, who lip sync to Whitney’s awful new record, but there are CHARIOTSWATERLOO - now run by the same team as The SE1. Gorgeously-designed, hard FACTORY, 65 Goding Street, SE11. much more important issues to hand.” 101 Lower Marsh, Waterloo, SE1. Edge in Soho. dance club and cabaret rooms, with Stylish, railway arch Vauxhall venue, “This month we’re wearing our heart on our sleeve and 020 7401 8484. Waterloo tube. eclectic roster of different gay nights hosting occasional dance and offering a space for our performers to vent their anger. It Well-presented, popular sauna, KING EDWARD VI, 25 Bromfield and one-off promotions, including cruise nights. won’t be nice, it quite possibly will be violent and it will open 24/7. www.gaysauna.co.uk Street, N1. Tel: 020 7704 0745. Jason’s Jukebox on Thursdays, definitely be hateful. Jan Moir, Nick Griffin, Paris Hilton Angel tube. Sun-Thu 12noon- and Friday nighter Onyx, amongst THE FORT, 131 Grange Road, – you’re all in for it!” PLEASUREDROME 12midnight, Thu 12noon-1am, others. www.areaclub.info SE1. 020-7237 7742. Small cruise Expect live performances from Scottee, Holestarr, Jordan 124 Cornwall Road, Waterloo, SE1. Fri-Sat 12noon-2am. Very club, open till 11pm throughout Hunt, Mitzi Von Melbatoast, Miss Anabel Sings, Bird La Bird, Waterloo tube. Big venue with long-running gay pub, with ‘local’ BARCODE VAUXHALL, Arch 69, week, with regular boots-only and Myra Du Bois and Pop Collective, with video work from lots of different areas – open 24 atmosphere and character, plus Albert Embankment, SE11. 0207 underwear parties. Steph Bedford and Rebecca Landey. hours, 365 days of year. www. popular beer garden. 734 3342. Vauxhall tube. Open 7 www.thefortlondon.com Eat Your Heart Out takes place at the Marie Lloyd Bar, pleasuredrome.com days a week. Mon-Thu 4pm-1am, Hackney Empire, 291 Mare Street, E8. Tickets cost £7 KW4, 77 Hampstead High Street, Fri-Sun 4pm-4am. Very popular FIRE, South Lambeth Road, on the door, £5 in advance, or £3 for NUS. SAUNABAR PORTSEA NW3. 020-7435 5747. Large, cosy, club bar, with dancefloor and Vauxhall, SW8. Vauxhall tube. 2 Portsea Place, Marble Arch, W2. traditional old gay pub, with regular mezzanine chill-out space - gets Infamous, late-night gay venue #$ =C :7AB7<5A bbVS`S Ballroom, 350 Brockley Road, 020 7819 9539. Clapham Common 020 8696 0929. Streatham station. SE4. First Saturday of the month, tube. Mon-Thu 5pm-2am, Fri & Sat Large sauna, with weekly theme 7pm-midnight (£7). Gay ballroom 5pm-4am. South London’s most nights (bears, men of colour, etc). and Latin dancing night, attracting famed gay cabaret venue. Large www.gaysauna.co.uk up to 300 dancers a month to the bar and separate dancefloor room. glam 1950s-style Rivoli Ballroom. It’s been pulling in the punters for CHARIOTSVAUXHALL Crofton Park BR. www.therivoli.co.uk over 20 years. 63-64 Albert Embankment, www.the2brewers.com Vauxhall, SE1. 020 7247 5333. KAZBAR, 50 Clapham High Street, Vauxhall tube. Large, modern SW4. 020 7622 0070. Clapham UNION, 66 Albert Embankment, sauna in converted railway arch. North tube. Mon-Thu 4pm- SE1. 020-7793 9262. Cruisy www.gaysauna.co.uk midnight, Fri 4pm-1am, Sat noon- dance club which hosts regular 1am, Sun noon-midnight. Clapham promotions. Plays areas and hot THE LOCKER ROOM video bar, popular throughout the go-go’s. www.clubunion.co.uk 8 Cleaver Street, Kennington, week, with DJs at weekends. SE11. 020 7735 6064. Kennington XXL, The Arches, 51-53 Southwark tube. Long-running, intimate LITTLE APPLE, 98 Kennington Street, SE1. www.xxl-london. gay-owned and run sauna. www. Lane, SE11. 020 7735 2039. com. London Bridge tube. Huge the-lockerroom.co.uk Kennnigton tube. Open 7 days a world-famous club for bears, big week. Small, traditional gay boozer men and admirers, on Saturday STEAMWORKS for local gay boys and girls - open and Wednesday. Pulls in 1,000+ 309 New Cross Road, New Cross, till 1.30am Fri-Sat. customers each Saturday with SE14. 020 8694 0606. New uplifting dance anthems and Cross/New Cross Gate station. PARIS GYM occasional guest DJs. Small, long-running establishment. 73 Goding Street, Vauxhall, SE11. www.steamworkslondon.co.uk 020 7735 8989. Vauxhall tube. SAUNAS Huge, well-equipped men-only EAST LONDON gym with large, devoted following. CHARIOTS STREATHAM Regular classes. Tourists welcome 292 Streatham High Road, SW16. THE ANGEL, 21 Church Street, – check website for entry details and membership. www.parisgym. com ROYAL VAUXHALL TAVERN, 372 Kennington Lane, SE11. beneath the Vauxhall railway 020 7840 0596. Opening times arches, host to the likes of Orange, vary. Vauxhall tube. Door Charge. PHOTO © DICK GOOSE A:M, Later and Gravity. Open Huge, traditional and historic gay around the clock at weekends. pub, with long history of hosting www.allthingsorange.com or cabaret. Packed to rafters on www.myspace.com/firelondon Saturday (Duckie) and Sunday (S.L.A.G.S/Chill-Out). Check THE GEORGE & DRAGON, 2 www.rvt.org.uk or the facebook XXL CHRISTMAS BlackheathHill, Greenwich, SE10. group RV Taverners for information. December is one of the busiest months down at XXL 020 8691 3764. Deptford Bridge in London Bridge. The world’s most famous bears club DLR. Mon-Thu 4pm-1am, Fri & THE STAG, 15 Bressenden Place, loves to get into the full festive spirit… and there never Sat 4pm-4am, Sun 4pm-2am. SW1. 020 7828 7287. Victoria any shortage of jolly Santa bears! Expect the club to be Late-night pub with nightly tube. Mon & Tue midday-midnight, fully decked out for the Yuletide season, with several FEELING DANDY? entertainment and cabaret. www. Wed-Fri midday-2am, Sat 5pm- special parties – including its officialChristmas Party Dandy Boys is a brand new gay night being launched gandd.org.uk 2am, Sun 4pm-midnight. Dark and on Saturday 19 December. This will be followed by XXL’s on Wednesday 2 December at new 80s-themed Visage atmospheric gay bar in Victoria, Boxing Day Blowout on Saturday 26 December, and nightclub in Gants Hill, on the east London/Essex border. HIDDEN, 100 Tinworth Street, with occasional cabaret and DJs the mega New Year’s Eve party on Thursday 31st The launch night will be a World AIDS Day fundraiser in SE11. Railway arch venue, home at weekends, and now an upstairs December. Limited ‘early bear’ tickets are available now aid of Positive East. Lesbian comic Suzi Ruffles will be on to infamous Hard On night once theatre space. costing £20 for members and £25 for guests – check the hand to host the Dandy Boys Boy Auction, allowing a month (www.hardonclub.co.uk), website at www.xxl-london.com for full details. you the chance to ‘Date A Dandy!’ Anyone interested in and now also Megawoof (www. 286, 286 Lewisham High Street, Before all that, the club will be throwing its annual World being auctioned off for charity can email dandyboysclub@ megawoof.com) and Work on SE14. 020-8690 7648. Large, late- AIDS Day event, with a special club night on Saturday 5 googlemail.com Wednesdays. opening gay venue, with regular December. DJ Julio Bravo will be spinning the 80s retro and remix entertainment, DJs and cabaret. The club recently announced new opening hours. It’s now sounds from 8pm till late, and the night will run every THE HOIST, Arch 47c, South Open till 2am Sun-Thur and 4am throwing open the doors at 10pm on both Saturdays and Wednesday. Gants Hill is on the Central Line, just 20 Lambeth Road, SW8. 020 7735 Fri-Sat. www.two8six.co.uk Wednesday nights (staying open till 6am on the former minutes from central London, and the Visage club is just by 9972. 10pm-late. Door charge and and 3am on the latter). It also introduced a new ‘Naughty the station. Alternatively, you can get an overground train strict dress code. One of London’s THE TRAFALGAR ARMS, Night Cap Drinks Promotion’ at the Saturday night club from Liverpool Street to Iford station (12 minutes), which most famous dress-code and cruise 148 Tooting High Street, SW17. from 4-6am, when you might be feeling a bit cash- is also not far away. The area has not had a regular gay clubs - busy with a men-only 020-8767 6059. A spacious, lively, strapped but not yet in the mood to head home. Expect club night, so organizers are hoping for plenty of support. crowd. Open Friday-Sunday and attitude-free pub. Excellent food various reductions at the bar at this time. Admission will be free, but any donation to Positive East occasional Thursdays (SM Gays served all day. Weekly DJs on Friday You’ll find XXL at the London Bridge Arches, 51-53 on the door will be more than welcome. For more details, every third Thursday of the month and Saturday nights. Karaoke on Southwark Street, SE1 each Wednesday and Saturday check the Facebook group ‘Dandy Boys’. - www.smgays.org). www. Wednesdays. night. DJs on rotation include Christian M, Leonardo Dandy Boys at Visage, 442 Cranbrook Road, thehoist.co.uk Glovibes, Joe Egg, Mark Ames, Steve Felice and Alex Gants Hill, Essex, IG2 6LL. THE TWO BREWERS, Logan. Full details at www.xxl-london.com JACKIE’S JUKEBOX, Rivoli 114 Clapham High Street, SW4. #& #' :7AB7<5A =CbbVS`S E15. Tel: 020 8555 1148. Stratford Kingsland High Street, E8. 020 WEST LONDON BR and tube. Big gay pub, always 7254 2273. Highbury & Islington popular at weekends, with regular tube. New, two-floor mixed THE CULVERT, 54 Cowley Mill cabaret, DJs and disco nights. gay-straight venue - café by day Road, Uxbridge. 01895 256 690. and fashionable performance Uxbridge tube. Mon-Wed 4pm-1am, THE BACKSTREET, Wentworth space and club promotions at Thu noon-2am, Fri & Sat noon-3am, Mews, off Burdett Road, E3. night. Open noon-2am seven days Sun 3pm-1am. Regular discos, 020-8980 8557. Over 24 years a week. cabaret, karaoke and one-off events. old – small but legendary East Established, local gay venue. End dress code leather club, open GHETTO OLD STREET, 58 Old www.theculvert.com Thur-Sun. Very strict rubber and Street, EC1. 020-7287 3726. Trend- leather dresscode, ensuring a setting gay club venue - now in ESCAPE, 184 London Road, wide and loyal following. www. a new Old Street home! Spread Kingston-Upon-Thames, Surrey, KT2. thebackstreet.com over two floors, with Trash Palace 020 8549 9911. Revamped, long- bar upstairs (open from 5pm) and running gay club open Wednesday- BISTROTHEQUE, 23-27 Wadeson late night club downstairs. Nightly Sunday. www.therclub.co.uk St, E2. Tel: 020 8983 7900. alternative promotions, such as Bethnal Green tube. Very mixed, Wig Out (Sat). www.ghetto- THE HOPE & ANCHOR, 20 gay/straight crowd of trendy london.co.uk Macbeth Street, Hammersmith, ROYALVAUXHALL CHRISTMAS metrosexuals. Great bar, restaurant, W6. (020 8748 1873). New The Royal Vauxhall Tavern will be kicking off plus separate cabaret room. www. THE JOINERS ARMS, 116 gay pub for Hammersmith and December with a World AIDS Day special gathering bistrotheque.com Hackney Road, E2. Tel: 020 7739 Chiswick. Traditional boozer with of Bar Wotever on Tuesday 1 December, with an 9854. Debauched decadence nightly entertainment – open appearance from Ajah. Doors will be open from 6pm CHARLIE’S BAR, 124 Globe – old-skool boozer popular with noon-11pm throughout week, till midnight and admission is free. Things turned Road, E1. Tel: 020 7790 1007. post-club crowd at weekends. Gets with popular karaoke at weekends. seasonal with A Festive Happening, a special Whitechapel tube. Recently busy later in the evenings. Christmas-themed event featuring Bourgeois & Maurice, refurbished, Moroccan style INFINITY, 294 Old Brompton Jonny Woo and Scottee that will run on the 2, 3 and – friendly, local gay bar. KINGS HEAD, 11 Church Road, SW5. 020 7370 3494. 4 December. Expect songs, spoken word and festive Street, E15. Tel: 020 8534 0197 Earls Court tube. Big gay pub and refreshment. Doors will open at 8pm, with admission DALSTON SUPERSTORE, 117 Stratford BR and tube. Intimate disco, formerly Bromptons. Open £10. It’s preceded at 7.30pm on those same dates by and welcoming East End gay pub late throughout the week, with performances of Dogging – a new play by Tony Higgins – regular cabaret. Open till late weekend cabaret. goinfinity.co.uk that will take place in the Vauxhall Tavern’s neighbouring throughout the week. car park. THE RICHMOND ARMS, 20 The RVT’s traditional Christmas pantomime, this year THE OLD SHIP, 17 Barnes The Square, off Princes Street, entitled Vixens In The Wood, will take place on the Street, E14. Tel: 020 7790 4082. Richmond. 020-8940 2118. Long- following on the evenings of 10 and 11 December, with Limehouse DLR. Small, local, running, traditional gay pub, with matinees on Saturday 12 and 19th December. Written traditional gay pub, with regular regular cabaret and entertainment. by Natalie McGrath and presented by Lustre & Bluster cabaret - five minutes’ walk from One of gay London’s better locals. productions, the panto is described as “a thigh-slappingly BJ’s White Swan (see below). dark comic tale of babes in the wood.” Tickets will cost TED’S PLACE, 305a North End £10. BJ’s WHITE SWAN, Road, West Brompton, W14. 0207 Sure to be one of the venue’s busiest nights this month 556 Commercial Road, E1. Tel: 020 385 9359. Earls Court or West will be Dave’s Drop-In Centre – Yule Special, when 7780 9870. Limehouse DLR. A Brompton tube. Mon-Fri from 7pm- the inimitable David Hoyle will return for a special festive large, long-running gay pub and late, closed Sat & Sun. Small, West performance ‘for debtors, dropouts, deviants, drunks, the club, open throughout the week London cruise club. Dark and sleazy. disturbed, the disempowered and the discerning’ (which and legendary across London! www.tedsplaceuk.co.uk just about covers all of us, yes?). It all takes place on Wednesday’s Amateur Strip is an Wednesday 16 December, with admission £10. institution. www.bjswhiteswan. WEST 5, Popes Lane, South Singer Alp Haydar will be hosting the one-off night MID-WINTER MATINEE com Ealing, W5. 020-8579 3266. Large, Alparet on Friday 18 December, crooning his way through Matinee London returns for its big Christmas bash popular gay pub with Piano Room some Christmas favourites with accompanist Richard on Saturday 5 December to the fabulous Cable club SAUNAS and cabaret bar, open till late at Link, followed later in the evening by Boogaloo Stu’s complex (Bermondsey Street Tunnel, London Bridge, SE1) weekends with entertainment monthly Splosh-a-rama club night. in London Bridge. Last month’s party was heaving, so you CHARIOTS LIMEHOUSE and DJs. Attracts a big local crowd The venue’s second festive pantomime, Scallyladin, will can expect this December date to be nose-to-nipple with 574 Commercial Road, E14. 020 - particularly at weekends. take place on Monday 21st, Tuesday 22nd, Wednesday hot hunks. This month’s event has been themed ‘The 7791 2808. Limehouse rail station. www.west5bar.co.uk 23rd, Tuesday 29th and Wednesday 30th December. Red Party’ (or ‘La Noche Roja’), and the team will be Multi-level, well-established Written and directed by Nathan Evans, this lavish cabaret decking out the club appropriately scarlet for the evening. sauna. www.gaysauna.co.uk WINDSOR CASTLE, 152 Bath production will feature Fancy Chance, Scottee, Dickie DJs on the night will include Oliver M, Guy Williams, Pier Road, Hounslow, TW3. 0208577 Beau, La John Joseph and David Hoyle, alongside MD Morrocco, Paul Heron, Jonny M, Alessandro, Brent Nicholls CHARIOTS SHOREDITCH 6590. Large, local gay pub with Simon Wallace and DJ Dawn Right Nasty. Tickets will cost and Saki, and you can expect at least 15 sexy dancers 1 Fairchild Street, Shoreditch, EC2. regular cabaret and entertainment £8… and will be worth every penny! from the Fierce International collective. The special guest 020 7247 5333. Liverpool Street throughout the week. www. There’s a Wotever Slumber Party on Christmas Eve DJ from Matinee in Spain will be Lydia Sanz. Needless to station. Biggest gay sauna in UK, winz.co.uk (24 Dec), and then Duckie returns for a Boxing Day say, all those attending are encouraged to wear red for with a maze of rest rooms. www. blowout on Saturday 26 December. The venue will then this very special Christmas affair. gaysauna.co.uk TO UPDATE LISTINGS, PLEASE ring in the New Year (31 Dec) with a S.L.A.G.S/Chill- Doors will be open from 11pm till 8am, and advance SEND INFORMATION TO Out New Year’s Eve Party (tickets £20), followed by tickets are available now from www.evolvedevents.co.uk E15 CLUB [email protected] an extra helping of S.L.A.G.S/Chill-Out on 1 January. Matinee will follow this with a big afterhours party on 6 Leytonstone Road, Stratford, E15. Tickets for most cabaret shows can be obtained through New Year’s Day (Friday 1 January 2010) morning, from 020 8555 5455. Stratford tube. www.ticketweb.co.uk & www.lastminute.com 5am on 1 January till 2pm in the afternoon. 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Please send listings to [email protected] ALBERT KENNEDY AUCTION CK will also off er cabaret in the Al Fresco bar, Following the success of a similar event last while DJs will lay down a festive soundtrack year, the Albert Kennedy Trust will be in the club bar until late. The event is free of hosting its second Christimas Auction Party charge and all are welcome… but make on Thursday 3 December. This year, the sure you take along some money for the event will take place on the second and raffl e and auction, which last year included third fl oors of The Edge on Soho Square some high-quality prizes going for very between 6.30pm and 1am. Hosting the attractive prices indeed. All proceeds from event will be drag duo Crystal D’Canter and the event will go towards helping young Kelly Mild (aka CK), who will preside over LGBT people in crisis. both the auction and raffl e (which will take The Edge, 11 Soho Square, W1. place from around 7.30pm). www.edgesoho.co.uk PHOTO © CHRIS JEPSON $" $# =C <3EA b\Sea NEWS FLASHES UK NEWS CANDLE-LIT VIGIL HELD TRAINEE POLICEMAN ASSAULTED IN LIVERPOOL AGAINST HATE CRIME Twelve boys have been arrested and bailed in Liverpool following what police are describing as a homophobic hate-crime in the city’s gay district. Trainee police officer Jamie Parkes, 22, was assaulted on the evening of Sunday 25 October by a large gang of youths on Stanley Street, after leaving well-known gay venue Superstar Boudoir. He was with his partner and another man and woman. Parkes was taken to hospital in a critical condition with multiple skull fractures and other injuries, but has since been released. Those arrested and bailed by police range in age from 13 to 17. The attack has prompted widespread anger and shock amongst Liverpool’s gay community. Speaking of the attack, Det Chief Inspector Tim Keelan, who has appealed for witnesses to come forward, said: “We are treating the assault as a homophobic hate crime and this incident shows there are still some people who have not learnt that crimes of this type are completely unacceptable.” Parkes parents, Ann and Roy, also issued a statement, saying, “We can’t believe the ignorance of the young people who carried out the attack on someone who was just on a night out with friends and had done nothing wrong. We are really keen that the young people involved in the attack are caught and brought to justice and would ask anyone who knows anything about the attack to contact the police.” 50-PLUS AND POSITIVE SURVEY The Terrence Higgins Trust, Age Concern and Help the Aged have launched a survey to determine the needs and concerns of people living with HIV who are aged over 50. The findings of the research, titled 50Plus, will be made available to services for both older people and people with HIV, to help them develop appropriate support. Online and paper questionnaires will be distributed and can be filled in until January 4th, when October’s candle-lit vigil in memory of the victims of hate crime attracted around 8,000 people to Trafalgar Square the survey closes. The survey is anonymous, and those taking part may enter into a prize draw to win £100 in shopping Organisers of a candle-lit vigil that took place or affected by the London nail bomb attacks of 1999. vouchers. To find out more, please visit http://www.tht.org. in Trafalgar Square on Friday 20 October He was soon flooded by messages of support. Many in uk/howyoucanhelpus/surveys/ have the hailed the event a huge success. An London’s gay community shared the desire to respectfully estimated 8,000 attended the vigil, which was arranged express their outrage at Baynham’s murder and to unite GAY CHATLINES BURGLAR to demonstrate against a recent rise in hate-crimes at a time when anti-gay hate crimes in the capital appear A Walthamstow man, Adil Zahid, 27, had been sentenced to – particularly against the gay community. The vigil to be on the rise. six years in prison after being found guilty of four counts of location was chosen following the tragic death of Ian The vigil was hosted by Sandi Toksvig, while members robbery, one of false imprisonment, and one theft of a car. The Baynham in October. Baynham, 62, had been enjoying from several gay choirs provided musical interludes. court heard that Zahid, a drug addict with a history of armed a night out with a friend in late September when he was Guest speakers included deputy mayor Richard Barnes robbery, had used gay chatlines to find his victims. Although subjected to a homophobic assault in Trafalgar Square. He and Galop’s Deborah Gold. Also attending were friends of none of his victims were assaulted, Judge Peter Ader said that died two weeks later from his injuries. Three people have Ian Baynham and his sister, Jenny. Messages of support Zahid had subjected them all to fear and trauma. been arrested in connection with his death. were also sent from the leaders of all the main political “It all started when a friend called me to say that his parties. BLACKMAIL PAIR JAILED friend Ian Baynham had died and would I bring it up at “It was an amazing event and the response from the Two men from South Shields have been jailed after pleading the Westminster Community/Police Consultative forum LGBT community has been overwhelming,” said Healey guilty to charges of blackmail. The victim, who was gay and that I was attending that night,” said Mark Healey, who afterwards. “Thousands of people attended the event works in the civil service, sent a series of raunchy text messages was instrumental in getting the vigil idea off the ground. in London, whilst many more joined us throughout the accidentally to one of the men, David McSthey, aged 27. When “On the way, I thought about organising a vigil for Ian, world – with reports coming in that vigils were held McAthey realised who the text messages were from, he and a like the Tel Aviv Vigil that I had attended earlier in the in New Zealand, Canada, America, South Africa and friend, John Mercer, 29, threatened the victim with exposure year [commemorating those killed and injured when a Eastern Europe. I’m really pleased with the way that in a local newspaper. The victim then handed over a total of gunman attacked a young person’s group at the Tel Aviv things turned out and there is a lot of positive energy £5,300, but went to the police after the men demanded a gay centre].” being created around this that I hope will take things further £5,000. McAthey and Mercer were jailed for six months Healey co-ordinated events through a Facebook group forward… The International Day Of Remembrance for and 18 months respectively. that he had already set up [17-24-30], which was Victims of Hate Crime looks like it will become an annual established earlier in the year to remember those killed event – hopefully in many countries.” $$ =C b\Sea <3EA NEWS FLASHES INTERNATION NEWS OUTSPOKEN: CRUSAID’S SUPPER JAMAICA PC JOHN FRAME In a sign of the ever- THE LGBT LIAISON constant homophobia faced OFFICER FOR THE CLUB FUNDRAISER by the LGBT community in LONDON BOROUGH OF Jamaica, a suburb of east WANDSWORTH GIVES Kingston declared a local OUT IN THE CITY ‘Gay Eradication Day’ at the HIS TOP SEASONAL end of October. Residents of SAFETY TIPS FOR McGregore Gully announced THE COMING PARTY the day to the Jamaica Star SEASON. newspaper after giving local lesbians and gay men two At this time of year, everyone’s mind is on the weeks to leave the area, or joys of the season, meeting friends and what “suff er the consequences”. to wear at the offi ce party. What people are not It’s believed that the always thinking about is how vulnerable they might be to residents had taken off ence attacks, theft or sexual assaults. to a local hangout that they I want to remind you how you can keep yourself safe claimed was frequented by during the party season. Here are two hot tips for starters. lesbians, who “kiss, hug, Jodie Prenger and Graham Norton Kenny Goss and Brian Paddick and even touch each other.” First: Don’t let alcohol aff ect your judgment. Most of us like a drink or two at a party but remember 67DO\RaSfcOZVSOZbVQVO`WbgBS``S\QS6WUUW\aB`cab`OWaSRW\SfQSaa]T KENYA that alcohol will make you more relaxed and could aff ect ' ObWbaO\\cOZAc^^S`1ZcPSdS\beVWQVb]]Y^ZOQSW\:]\R]\]\ The National AIDS/STD your decision- bVSSdS\W\U]TBcSaROg!<]dS[PS` 6WUV^`]TWZSUcSabaeV]ac^^]`bSRbVS Control Programme making – don’t let SdS\bW\QZcRSR5`OVO[<]`b]\1WZZO0ZOQY5OWZ>]`bS`8Oa]\7aOOQa9S\\g of Kenya (Nascop) has it endanger your 5]aa0`WO\>ORRWQYO\R>ObbWS0]gR announced that it will personal safety. PEOPLE ARE NOT BVSO\\cOZSdS\baOe]dS`# RW\\S`^O`bWSabOYW\U^ZOQSaW[cZbO\S]caZgW\ launch a six-month study If out and about bVSQO^WbOZ¸aPSab`SabOc`O\baW\QZcRW\U<]PcAQ]bb¸aO\R;O`QcaEO`SW\U to try to determine the please pay special THINKING ABOUT ObBVS0S`YZSgO\R^`WdObSV][Sa /TbS`RW\\S`UcSabaeS`SQVOcTTSc` number of gay men living in attention to your R`WdS\b]O^O`bgOb1cPO\dS\cS4Z]`WRWbO]\EO`R]c`Ab`SSbA]V]T]` the country. This is despite drinks. Don’t leave HOW VULNERABLE QVO[^OU\SO\RQ]QYbOWZa^Zca[caWQT`][/Z^VOPSObO\RZSUS\RO`g28 the fact that homosexuality any drink lying THEY MIGHT 2O\\g@O[^ZW\U is illegal in Kenya. Nicholas around; and, if 2SPPWS6]Z[Sa2W`SQb]`]T4c\R`OWaW\UObBS``S\QS6WUUW\aB`cabaOWR Muraguri, director of you’re unsure that BE TO ATTACKS, OTbS`eO`RaµBVWagSO`bVSAc^^S`1ZcPVOaPSS\PWUUS`bVO\SdS`PST]`S Nascop, said the results of someone may have THEFT OR SEXUAL eWbV]dS`$ UcSaba[]`SbVO\# RW\\S`aO\RO\O[OhW\UZWdSaSbT`][ the study would facilitate put something in /Z^VOPSOb /ZZbVS[]\Sg`OWaSReWZZU]RW`SQbZgb]eO`Ra]c`dWbOZe]`Y targeted interventions, such your drink, don’t ASSAULTS ac^^]`bW\U^S]^ZSZWdW\UeWbV]`OTTSQbSRPg67Da]eS¸`SRSZWUVbSRbVObbVS as condom distribution. drink it. Moreover, SdS\beOaa]eSZZac^^]`bSR ¶ don’t fl aunt valuables – why not leave them at home? And try to make sure you and ...AND FINALLY your friends look after each other and all get home safely. BEA ARTHUR LEAVES MONEY TO GAY TEENAGERS Second: Be safe on the streets. Research shows that Much loved-actress Bea Arthur, who shot to worldwide fame in the 1980s playing the part of Dorothy in Miami sitcom The looking confi dent and purposeful on the street is a real Golden Girls, and who died earlier this year aged 86, has reportedly left $300,000 in her will to a shelter for homeless gay deterrent to criminals. So, look purposeful, be alert, hold teenagers. It’s believed that Arthur was a keen supporter of the New York-based Ali Forney Centre since its inception in 2003. She your head up and be aware of your surrounding – even attended benefi ts for the organisation and told gay magazineNext that she believed the centre was saving lives. The centre now if it is not an area you know well. Use all your senses, so plans to purchase a building that will be able to house 12 teenagers, and will name it after the late actress. don’t limit your ability to see or hear trouble by wearing hoods, listening to music through earphones or talking MORE PLAQUES FOR WILLIAMS on your mobile. You wait years for a plaque and then three turn up at once! Last month we carried news of the unveiling of a commemorative blue plaque to camp comedian Kenneth Williams. The Heritage Foundation These are just a few things to look out for to plaque is at 56 Marchmont Street, Bloomsbury, WC1, where Williams lived as a young man. Camden ensure you have a safe and happy time over this New Journal has reported that two other bodies have announced plans for similar plaques, with festive period. the British Comedy Society indicating plans for a plaque on nearby Osenaburgh Street, and English May I wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Heritage also announcing interest in commemorating Williams. Ricci de Freitas, chairman of the Year but – above all – may I wish you a safe one. Marchmont Association, who campaigned for the Marchmont Street plaque, said: “It is not unheard of for Should you encounter diffi culties and need to report an people to be recognised more than once. We support any additional plaques.” incident there are several ways to do so: In an emergency you should always dial 999. FESTIVE GEORGE AND PET SHOP BOYS In a non-emergency situation you can contact your local Two of the UK’s most high-profi le gay artists are to release Christmas songs.George Michael police station direct. has confi rmed that he is giving a full release to his ‘December Song’, which was released as a free download from his website on Christmas Day last year. It will be available to buy on 13 December, You might prefer to contact your local LGBT Liaison Offi cer and it’s believed that Michael will perform the track on TV show X Factor. – their contacts can be obtained on-line: www.met.police. Meanwhile, the Pet Shop Boys have announced their own Christmas EP, out on the same day. It uk/contacts/lgbt.htm will include a re-recording of ‘It Doesn’t Often Snow At Christmas” (previously released as a fan club You may prefer to report via a third-party reporting site single in 1997), a cover of ‘My Girl’ by Madness, and new versions of ‘All Over The World’ and ‘Viva La such as Galop (www.galop.org.uk) or London Friend (www. Vida/Domino Dancing’. londonfriend.org.uk), either on the record or anonymously. $% =C <3EA b\Sea NEWS FLASHES NEWS TERRENCE HIGGINS’ NEW BUMBOY CAMPAIGN Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) is launching a new campaign called ‘Bumboy’, teaching gay men in London just how HIV is passed on during unprotected anal sex. With little or no sex education relevant to young gay men in schools, this new campaign aims to provide a valuable biology lesson to fi ll these important knowledge gaps. The ‘Bumboy’ campaign, aimed especially at younger men, utilises diff erent bottom-themed images, illustrating how HIV can be transmitted via anal sex. From now until 13 December, specially-trained teams of THT staff and volunteers will tour over 40 gay venues across Soho and central London, Vauxhall and the East End, distributing condom packs ghghghghghMark Palmer-Edgecumbe hghghghghgh (left), hghghghghh Stonewall’s hghghghgh Ben Summerskill hghghghhg (centre), ghghhghg Square Peg Media’s and handing out information on the campaign. Marc Thompson, Sarah Garrett (right), with Stonewall volunteers at the inaugural Diversity Careers Show Deputy Head of Health Promotion said: “Many men become sexually active having left school without the basic HIV facts they need to stay safe. Young men have been very enthusiastic about this new campaign. With its simple language and easily understood visuals, men of all ages will benefi t from hearing CAREERS SHOW SUCCESS how HIV is transmitted and how condoms – or having sex without fucking – greatly reduces their risk.” Prime Minister Gordon Brown has heaped included American Express, Shell, Deutsche Bank, praise on the fi rst ever Diversity Careers Show, Tesco and many more blue chip employers, all of HEAVENLY QUEEN PROTESTS which was held at the Grand Connaught Rooms whom are committed to LGBT recruitment. Seminars A theatre production at the Tron Theatre in Glasgow, running as in London’s Covent Garden on 20 November. In and workshops by Strudel and Interbank took place part of this year’s Glasgay! Arts festival, has prompted protests a letter to organisers, the PM stated that he was “proud during the day, and the exhibition welcomed students, from local Christians. An estimated 300 protestors stage a of the massive progress made under this Government graduates and other potential employees from all over candle-lit vigil outside the Tron in protest against a production with the establishment and strengthening of the law the country, many of whom had been bussed in free-of- of Jesus, Queen Of Heaven, a production that imagines Jesus as on equality”, while at the same time acknowledging charge by the event organisers. a man who wants to be a woman. Glasgay! organisers said that that, “there is more to do, and that is why we are “It’s really great to see so many companies supporting it had not intended to incite or off end anyone. “Jesus, Queen proposing the Equality Bill which will, for the fi rst time, diversity in the workplace,” enthused Linda Riley of Of Heaven is a literary work of fi ction exploring the artists place a duty on public bodies to proactively consider Square Peg Media. Her comments were echoed by own personal journey of faith as a transgendered person,” said the needs of their LGBT staff and service users.” Stonewall’s Laura Doughty: “It’s been a resounding Glasgay! producer Steven Thomson. “Glasgay! supports the right The Diversity Careers Show – which was sponsored success with lots of positive feedback from recruiters and to freedom of expression and off ers audiences a diverse view by Credit Suisse, The Guardian and Stonewall – was those attending.” of LGBT life.” organised by Square Peg Media, publishers of Out Following the popularity of this year’s event, next year’s in the City, Stonewall ‘Publication of the Year 2009’ show has already been confi rmed for 22 November g3 magazine, Out At Work and Proud!, and this year 2010. Keep watching for all the latest updates at attracted around 70 top-quality exhibitors. These www.diversitycareersshow.com L-R: Ivan Massow, Boy George, Sir Ian McKellen and the Albert Kennedy Trust’s Tim Sigsworth JAKE HELPS RAISE £15,000 FOR ALBERT Over £15,000 was raised for young homeless LGBT charity the Albert Kennedy Trust at an exclusive event held in conjunction with social networking site Jake and members The London Ambulance Service Representatives from the Army club Quintessentially. The event, which was hosted by Sir Ian McKellen, took place on Sunday 8 November at the House of St. Barnabus, a Grade-1 listed Georgian building in Greek Street, Soho, W1. BBC TV’s Open House presenter Kristian Digby and Dr David Bull encouraged partygoers to dig deep by auctioning an oil painting of Sir Ian McKellen for £5,700, along with a host of other lots, including a night for two at the fi ve-star Mayfair hotel in London, and top price tickets for the musical, Sister Act. 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