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clubs t bars t cabaret t life No 1125 28 September 2016 RYNBHB[JOFDPNtRYHBZMPOEPO 18 Suitable only for persons of 18 years and over The who, what, why, where & when of gay London… THE INFORMER It’s pretty surreal to think that when BBC Seeking our parents were born, homosexual- ity was still criminalised, but 50 years LGBT+ Archive later, their gay sons can get married and can make a living writing pithy club reviews for an unabashedly Material for homo magazine. That’s what you call progress. Next year, the BBC is 50 Years going to be marking 50 years since the decriminalisation of homosexual- ity with an interactive, crowd-sourced Celebration archive and a television series based around these stories. So, if you think you have anything that could illustrate LGBT+ life in this period, whether it be photos, film footage, flyers, posters, banners, anything even vaguely relevant, then send them to [email protected]. ‘Pride of Place’ Campaign Wins Listed Status for LGBT+ Homes qxmagazine.com ACTING EDITOR Several significant LGBT+ properties have been listed by Historic England in a DYLAN JONES bid to commemorate queer history. Oscar Wilde’s house at 34 Tite Street in [email protected] Chelsea now has a blue plaque, as does composer Benjamin Britton’s home EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS in Suffolk. Other properties that have been included are the house shared JAMES EGAN by diarist Anne Lister, considered ‘the first modern lesbian’, and her partner JOE HOLYOAKE in 1836, as well as a mansion in Surrey shared by a gay couple, which was [email protected] designed with a master bedroom that could be separated in two for when [email protected] prying visitors came round. 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He will be back in court days before the relevant issue cover date. Sorry, but than welcome. Sadly, there’s no Cher though. for a pre-trial hearing on Novermber 7th. we cannot be held responsible for any unsolicited manuscripts , illustrations or photographs. 2 qxmagazine.com Robot Unless you’ve been living underd a Rock ROCK or in SLOUGH for the last month, you’ll have heard of the hottest new night to hhit LLondond n iinn yeyears.ars IIt’st’s ROROBOTBOT ROCK, a groundbreaking technological advancement in queer clubbing concept. DJ and promoter Kevin Clash is taking it to the fabulously debauched ShelterS in Faggerston, for a night of world class DJs, sweaty hedonism, and more amazing LGBT revelers ththanan yyouou canca shake a glowstick at! We asked him, and DJ Lazer Minnelli (lolz!) to tell us all about it. LAZER MINNELLI Lazer Minelli is such an amazing name! How did it come into being? Guess who, Clashy (Kevin Clash) he came up with it. He does it all the time! He’ll be laughing and joking, then someone will say something or he will then burst out laughing and say “Gurl I gotta write that down!” The name came about just like that. He said it, we screamed with laughter and it just stuck. Do you think LIZA Minelli would enjoy one of your sets? Dude we’re hoping to work with a quintet that we heard here in London, hell yes! Do you remember some of the tracks she made with the Pet Shop Boys? IT WAS HOUSE MUSIC! Describe your sound in three words. KEVINN I’m replacing Dancy Reagan as DJ at Funshine and Robot Rock due CLASHH to schedules and contracts but we’re both managed by the same company so I got to hang and hear the new stuff that Dancy was playing in New York so this style is a real departure for me but IT Hey Kevin! This sounds like an amazing event. How diddid it ROCKS!!! all come together? Which artist or DJ would you like to collaborate with most? I did short runs with Robot Rock at Whipping House, Vogue Fabrics Jayne County, Prince, Grace Jones & Jah Shaka all at the same & East Bloc. What I loved about RR as a DJ is I could just do what I time in one studio! If I can’t have that then Shit Robot, Robot Palmer wanted…Indie Rock, Remixes, Techno, Slow, Fast, Heavy, Light and & Kevin Clash.... oh I’m already doing one of the remixes for the just go for it! Robots Rockin’ EP - RESULT Tell us a bit about yourself. How did you get into what you’re doing today? I first started buying proper Underground Music when I was 12, and played it for my friends’ birthday parties. I became a professional vocalist at 14 and ran my first West End club night at 16, called WET. Now I’m starting a new company, and under that umbrella comes a series of record & art labels with events. First up - ROBOT ROCK There’s a lot of chat at the moment about London’s nightlife dying. What do you think about that? It is dying, and to some degree it’s being deliberately killed. We can really go into how, why, by whom etc. But I’m not here to talk about death, I’m here to talk about the celebration of the life that we have now! We should celebrate as often as possible, because others around the world have it way worse. Tell us what we can expect from Robot Rock. Lazer Minnelli is bringing a new sound from the underground of British Dance Music. We’ve got The Set Pistols on Production - they also do the sets at Glastonbury’s Block9, Electric Picnic & The Big Chill Festival. With our Rocktober Residency at Shelter, I want to bring festival partying to a little queer party three doors down from The Glory. What else d’ya want?! People to cop off with at the end of the evening? DISGUSTING! Mmmmmm! Robot Rock is on Sunday 2nd October at The Shelter, 267 Kingsland Road. 3pm – 9pm. £5. 6 qxmagazine.com Photo by Joel Ryder Austin Armacost American/British reality star Austin Armacost has had a surreal, breathtaking whirlwind of a life, from dating internationally renowned fashion designers, qxmagazine.com 8 to spending a night at The Beckhams’. Now he’s using his glamorous platform to campaign for LGBT rights. He sat down with Dylan Jones and they talked partying, pantos and politics. Hi Austin. So you’ve done a lot of campaigning for gay rights. so people get to see the real me. Opening up about my brother and my What first made you decide to use your platform for change? mom on CBB was a difficult thing to talk about, but extremely cathartic It was actually a very specific moment in time! We had finished filming and necessary for my sanity to get through that show. season 2 of “The A List New York” and the entire cast was doing The So you have a lot of experience of both American, and British Wendy Williams show.