NO 629 • 21 MARCH 2007 Suitable only for persons of 18 years and over. 18 *cover.indd 1 19/3/07 4:53:42 pm QX 629 MASTER PT.1.indd 2 19/3/07 10:45:01 am QX 629 MASTER PT.1.indd 3 19/3/07 10:45:22 am 0 4 qxmagazine.com [email protected] x-tractsb y MICHAEL Bookshop of the Year Award. The SAVE GAY’S THE store also features regular readings by celebrated gay writers such as WORD! Cherry Smith (reading from her Top independent collection of poetry, ‘One Wanted gay book store Thing’ on 3rd April, 7pm) and Neil Bartlett (reading from his faces closure brand new novel ‘Skin Lane’ on 12th April, 7.15pm). AFTER 28 years of trading, Gay’s The shop was founded in 1979 The Word – the oldest and only by members of a gay socialist surviving independent gay and group but nearly didn’t open at lesbian bookshop in Britain – is all due to Camden Council being facing closure unless £20,000 can reluctant to grant a lease. We have be raised in the next two months. Ken Livingstone to thank, then a The effects of rising rents and the Camden councilor, who helped to availability of some LGBT litera- persuade the Council and the shop is ture in mainstream bookstores now looking for well-heeled donors have contributed to the shop’s cur- or investors to help stay in business rent situation. and, of course, new customers. “It’s a case of use us or lose us. To survive in the 21st century, We are on the verge of clos- Gay’s The Word needs to adapt buy one (or two or three) of their Lesbian & Gay Film Festival at the ing. It’s tough trading for all and change, possibly acquiring fabulous books or send a cheque NFT, for just £10. independents,” Manager, Jim charity status, updating computer or donation (cheques payable to Gay’s The Word still has a pur- MacSweeney said. “People came systems to establish a strong web GTW) or call with a credit card pose, MacSweeney said. “The big to us when we were the only shop presence and renovating and donation. A novel way is to spon- shops’ gay sections, if they exist, selling gay literature. But times developing the shop’s downstairs sor a shelf for £100. You’ll become are badly stocked. We counsel peo- have changed.” space as a resource for community an official ‘Friend of Gay’s The ple. We advise them. This is much Ironically, Gay’s The Word has events. But to put these changes in Word’ and your name will be offi- more than a shop.” just been named as one of the to effect, the shop has to survive cially listed as such in-store or you UK’s best independent bookshops its current crisis. can order a copy of the Gay’s The Gay’s The Word is at 66 Marchmont and is included in a regional short- So how can you support Gay’s Word documentary film, which Street, W1. Tel: 020 7278 7654, list for the prestigious Independent The Word? 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If munity and their friends to SAHF’s you’re interested in this meeting next meeting on Thursday 29th but are unable to attend, any ques- March at Southwark Town Hall. tions or comments you have can be Councillor Linda Manchester sent to Dax via email or phone. (Chair of the Licensing Committee) and Richard Parkins (Licensing Unit Manager) at Southwark Council will be present for the first part of this meeting to explain the role of licensing, including how they work with venues such as MATINÉE RETURNS… BIGGER, BOLDER, pubs and clubs. There will also be BLANCO! WIN! 5 pairs of VIP passes to one-off Club Colosseum special MATINÉE, one of the most G, Paul Heron, Brent Nicholls, popular special event of 2006, Mikey D, DJ Pagano, Severino, returns on Saturday 31st March & Ben Jamin’. Plus, in keep- for another sensory spectacular ing with the Blanco theme, the at Vauxhall’s Club Colosseum. venue will be transformed into a The last event saw queues stretch white wonderland and if you’re along the Vauxhall Embankment deemed to be wearing the best and the club rammed with white outfit you could win a trip London’s bold and the beautiful. for two to Barcelona to sample With the even larger Colosseum Matinée, Spanish-style. We have as a place space expect even five pairs of VIP tickets up for more bang for your bucks when grabs for this special event. To two of Matinée’s top DJs fly in be in with a chance of winning for the event. Juanjo Martin a pair, simply send your contact returns after storming past events details to admin@qxmagazine. and is joined by fellow resident com with ‘Matinée Blanco’ in the Toni Bass (see interview, page subject field to arrive by midday 20). Providing more than able Wednesday 28th March. Winners support are Crash/Area’s hot- will be drawn at random and Steve Elliott, Glenn Holder, John Addy and Alex Erfan: Salvation club promoters present a cheque for test DJ talent, including Wayne notified by email. Good luck! £500 to Glenn Holder, head of fund raising for Elton John Aids Foundation. *xtracts.indd 6 19/3/07 3:59:07 pm QX 629 MASTER PT.1.indd 9 19/3/07 3:56:42 pm 1 0 qxmagazine.com Gay Scene Head Office By ANDY NEILL, Minister for Miss-Information NEWSLETTER myspace.com/gshooffi cial OUT!RAGEOUS under one arm and a torch in each hand - which didn’t go down too well with the yank having a DESPITE the mild weather that you lot have wank in the corner and the tart that was being been enjoying, GSHO has been the victim of an spit-roasted at the time. San Fran’ PD charged unprecedented ‘isolated Arctic winter’. This is Marigold with ‘prompting the premature termi- because a bizarre grey cloud has been hovering nation of a threesome’ and fi ned her $9,000 to over our vicinity for the past month, and meteor- cover the cost of replacing four pairs of bleach- ologists have never seen anything like it, describ- damaged leather chaps. Additional costs were ing it as “a site-specifi c, nimbocumulus cloud with added for the medical bills of the sorry slag who stubborn propensities” – which basically means was caught in the middle having a fi ddle and that while you lot have been basking in it, we’ve been brickin’ it; having to withstand thunderbolts and lightning for weeks on end! The cloud’s arrival conspicuously coincided with our recent run of bad luck at the hands of Marigold Avascrub, who was exposed as the perpetrator behind the protests at last month’s CLIT Awards. Marigold is the commander- in-chief of a new Stvi B & Meg right-wing, ultra conservative political pres- sure group called proclivities where, as a young studmuffi n, he Out!rageous, liked to receive two fi sts up his rectum and was Cte Clu Cvr whose policies renowned for having an arse as loose as a wiz- include being ard’s sleeve. opposed to coming In an attempt to satiate his pulsating prostate out, obliterating sexual liberation and the abolish- his elasticated sphincter got stretched to its ment of gay rights ad infi nitum! limits to accommodate feet, and he got hoofed to the max until his colon collapsed. Rectal Ern B repairs left him with a very tight ring-piece and he couldn’t get so much as a thumb up his bum THE GRINCH BEHIND THE again, let alone two fi sts and a foot! This left GLOVES Ernest psychologically disturbed, and he went from being ‘the bitch with the gusset the size of a bucket’ sustained whiplash injuries when his spit-roasting WE were amazed to discover that Marigold is a rel- to a ‘tight-lipped, bitter, twisted and forever-un- session was stunned into submission by Marigold’s ative of disc jockey Stevie B, who was devastated fi sted old queen’ with a classic case of ‘colon envy’ fl ashlights.