Transgender News London Trans+ Pride to return to the capital on Saturday, 26 July with the theme, ‘Existence & Resistance’ London Trans+ Pride is to return to the capital on Saturday, 26 July with the theme, Existence & Resistance, for its seventh year of unapologetic protest, visibility, and solidarity. Sharing the news on social media, London Trans+ Pride shared a series of powerful pro-trans messages of solidarity an By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News London to come together for Act of Remembrance to remember those who lost their lives and were affected by the Admiral Duncan bombing Today, Soho’s iconic LGBTQ+ venue the Admiral Duncan is to hold an Act of Remembrance to remember those who lost their lives and were affected by a bombing which tore through the heart of London’s LGBTQ+ community on 30 April 1999. It was a warm April evening and revellers had gathered at the Soho h By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Transgender News Trans is Human photography exhibition for Trans Day of Visibility Europe’s biggest shopping centre, Westfield London in Stratford, invites you to experience Trans Is Human, an inspiring and thought-provoking photography exhibition honouring Transgender Day of Visibility on March 31. Running till April 2, this event showcases the richness and diversity of trans liv By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Transgender News India Willoughby says “transphobic” gym owner will have to do “undie inspections” after banning trans women Natalee Barnett, founder of a new “terf gym” in South London, has come under fire after banning trans women despite taking donations to open the premises on the basis they would be welcome. When Barnett, 25, first started raising funds for the space in 2021, she indicated her gym, Girls Spot in Wand By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Dog walkers, calling for an end to cruising on Hampstead Heath, clash with gay activists who claim the site is part of their cultural heritage Campaigners lobbying for an end to cruising on Hampstead Heath have clashed with gay activists who claim the site is part of their cultural heritage. The West Heath area of the park has been a well-known cruising spot, where gay men meet for anonymous sex, since the 19th century when homosexuality w By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Community News Fundraiser launches to “save” Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club, an icon among London’s queer-friendly venues A fundraiser to “save” Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club (BGWMC), an icon among London’s queer-friendly venues, has launched, aiming to raise £12,000 by April 8. A key player in London’s LGBTQ+ and alternative scene, the venue first opened as a traditional working men’s club in 1953, and two decades By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News New “deepling unsettling” report reveals challenges faced by a “hidden population” of LGBTQ+ over-50s in London Tonic Housing, a non-profit organisation which runs a retirement community for LGBTQ+ people in the capital, has published a “deepling unsettling” report, Precarious Lives, which reveals the challenges faced by a “hidden population” of LGBTQ+ over-50s in London. Tonic Housing surveyed 134 people acr By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Business News London loses another LGBTQ+ venue London is to lose yet another LGBTQ+ venue after plans to turn the The Apple Tree, a “quirky, non-conformist” pub in the heart of Clerkenwell, into an eco-decking firm’s showroom were presented to the council. The Apple Tree, which failed to return after Covid, offered a safe haven to those living a By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts Opera Review: ENO Mary Queen of Scots There are huge amounts of drama, of change of place, of journeying, of transformation, of betrayal, but for some reason this very low-key, low-budget production doesn’t allow any of this to be explored other than through the music and the occasional singing burst, which are amazing but rare. By Eric Page • 4 min read
LGBTQ+ News G-A-Y Bar on Old Compton Street, Soho is to go up for sale, its owner Jeremy Joseph has announced G-A-Y Bar on Old Compton Street, Soho is to go up for sale, its owner Jeremy Joseph has announced. The news follows the reopening of sister venue Heaven nightclub with strict new conditions after a woman was allegedly raped by a member of the venue’s security team in November 2024. In a statement sh By Graham Robson • 1 min read
News LGBTQ+ community of Forest Gate, London reacts after local council removes Pride flags after they were repeatedly vandalised The LGBTQ+ community of Forest Gate in London have reacted after the local council was forced to remove Pride flags after they were repeatedly vandalised. Flags, including the Progress Pride flag and Trans Pride flag, painted on the ground outside Forest Gate station, were vandalised four separate t By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News New LGBTQ+ venue announced on site of XXL gay club, which closed its doors in 2019 despite opposition from LGBTQ+ community Southwark Council has announced it is investing £1.5million towards the opening of a new LGBTQ+ venue in Bankside, on the site of the former XXL gay club that closed in 2019. The funds will be used to fit out the LGBTQ+ space, which will open in 2026 between two railway arches at Bankside Yards. The By Graham Robson • 1 min read
