Tag: Queer
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Before the British colonized South Asia and bought colonial morality, South Asians championed gender and sexual fluidity. Call it redemption because today, London is home to some of the best South Asian collectives, organizations, and magazines that host queer-friendly spaces and club nights. Check out the collectives highlighted below to ring in your Pride Month. …
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Playwright Mojisola Adebayo has showcased groundbreaking theatre globally for decades. In her latest work, she takes over the ICA ahead of a national tour: STARS is a new play exploring pleasure, all performed by actress Debra Michaels alongside DJ Bradley Charles. Over the ninety minutes show, the audience follows Mrs, an old lady going into outer space in search of her orgasm.…
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Tucked in an alleyway in Soho sits Phillida Reid, an airy and bright gallery showcasing both emerging and established artists. In its latest exhibition, East Londoner Mohammed Z. Rahman takes center stage with paintings exploring personal and political (hi)stories of migration, labour, queerness, and class by depicting domestic settings. City of Burrows is the artist’s first solo…
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It is impossible to separate Lisbon’s creative scene from queer contributors and forerunners in this small city’s entertainment and creative industry. From fashion, music and art, this Portuguese city is full of curators of culture who are setting this scene’s pace. We sat down with some of these pace-setters as a collective who gave us…
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Clubbing has historically represented an avenue of solace and community for queer people, a space lacking judgment or censorship, where they’ve indulged in their raw liberated selves. However, for people of color this hasn’t always been the case as they’ve found themselves facing intracommunity racism and exclusion. In an attempt to challenge this over the…
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Ryan Lanji always knew that he would be destined for stardom. And now set to present a BBC Three show titled “The Big Proud Party Agency”, he is nothing short of that dream.
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3 years since the last in-person celebrations, Pride returns to the London streets and it’s set to be bigger than ever.
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Get ready to skin out at these femme-friendly events – we’ll see you there! London’s nightlife scene is never short of queer and femme-friendly nightlife events. These collectives and initiatives are creating safe, inclusive spaces for queer, trans and intersex people of colour (QTIPOC) in the capital – the perfect spaces to let off some…
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Words by: Alejandra Cabrera MARICAS are a pivotal force in the queer community in Spain, and they’re a collective you need to be paying attention to. Barcelona is one of the most queer friendly and liberal cities in the sometimes very conservative Spain. But when it comes to parties, the coastal city can be lacking…
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Akeil Onwukwe-Adamson, Founder of Queer Bruk a safe space for queer men of colour to enjoy a night out. Akeil identified there that was an opportunity within the market, for queer men who wanted to enjoy the beats of Dancehall and Afrobeats at nightclubs; so decided to create this QB. Akeil wasted no time and…