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QUEER QUESTION TIME: A SUCCESS!

Queer Question Time at the RVT was quite the success for free debate.  Well, not always as the divisive figure of Julie Bindel provoked a lot of strong feeling that many had to vocalise.  Never have we seen hustings so besieged and the RVT's security having to earn their keep so much. Fortunately it was well managed under the stewardship of Stewart Who? and most got to make their points.  We thought this video may have been how Stewart and the panelists viewed the floor at times...

 

DEATH IN BULL, BERLIN

Last Friday night / Saturday morning (23rd January) a man was found dead in Bull, one of Berlin's sleaziest gay after hours sex bars. A witness said that the man, a local named Patrick, was found in the back room with his hands tied behind his back and a yellow plastic bag over his head. The police are now conducting an investigation. As far we know the bar's still open.

QUEEN OF THE NIGHT

Shay Malt is launching a new gay party on Saturday 13th February at Rhythm Factory 16-18 Whitechapel Road. It's called Queen of the Night and he hopes to attract a mixed, un-pretentious crowd who come for the music / atmosphere. The venue is big with two dance floors, one playing bitchy house & electro and the other playing disco/ trashy pop, and it's the biggest gay party happening in East London that weekend. DJ's playing are Alphabeat (Lady Gaga support), Per QX, Tasty Tim, Princess Julia, Holestar, A-Jam and Lukas Hopwood. Tickets £5/8. 10pm-5am.

DISCO FAG BAR 30TH JAN

Disco Fag Bar are in the top bar of Koko this Saturday the 30th with DJ's Jeffrey Hinton, Beartronic & The Sugarlow Boys. Tickets £5+, click the headline for details and guest list.

ANOTHER SURVEY WITH £50 PRIZE

GMFA is working on a project to help men diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection to inform any sexual partners who may have been exposed to the same infection. Click the headline for more details if you'd like to help them by taking part in a 15 minute survey and you can win £50 of iTune vouchers.

DTPM AT JALOUSE 14TH FEB

And now Lee tells us that "From DTPM with LOVE" will be at the "most exceptional and luxurious private members club" Jalouse in Hanover Square, Mayfair.  DJ’s will be House Husbands, Nick Tcherniak & Steve Thomas. Early bird tickets are sold out. They're now £15 / 18 from ticketweb (click there) and it'll be more on the door.

OINK OINK 4TH FEB

It's a new one for the gay London sleaze department: Every Thursday from 4th February at The Arches Oink Oink for skins, pigs, uniforms, naked and kinks. It will be £5 normally but click the headline, print the pic and it's free on the first night. "Huge play space and cruising maze." Its in that gay London calendar. The Arches are at 51/53 Southwark Street, London, SE1 1RU

NUKE THEM ALL FEB 6TH

Nuke Them All are back at Images on Saturday Februray 6th, Hackney Road, with DJs Buster Bennett , Fonteyn, Huakai and Jock DJ's. Images is at 483 Hackney Rd, London E2. Click the headline for details and guest list.

BBC SURVEY

The BBC is doing a survey on how its services reflect the lives of lesbian, gay and bisexual people. If you want to take part click here. You may help drive their programming in the right direction. It doesn't take long - about five minutes.

GAY BINGO FINALE AT ICA

The last ever Gay Bingo at the London's ICA is on the 6th February. Doors: 7.30pm / Bingo 8pm, ends 1am. You'll get mixed-media-skitophrenia from Jonny Woo, Ma Butcher and John Sizzle. Click the headline for details. Where's the next one?

LEADER OF THE PACK

Leader of the Pack is a show in two acts about girl band lyricist Ellie Greenwich. Doors 9pm, show 10.15, DJ until 3am at The Black Cap. Click the heading for more. Gay bar / club Black Cap is at 171 Camden High St, NW1.Tix £5

CHURCH BIGOTS AGAIN

Well the Canadians may allow gay church folk music (see below), but the good old Brit church wouldn't. The House of Lords, which has one or two unelected bishops in it, has rejected three government amendments to the Equality Bill which were intended to give improved protection to gay people and transsexuals. Thanks to iBoy for spotting this on the BBC. Read more here.

THE HIDDEN CAMERAS

We've gone all religious: Canadian songsters The Hidden cameras, a gay church folk music collective, are touring the UK – performance may involve blindfolded audiences, go-go dancers and a zombie chorus. Click the headline for details, dates and music samples.

A LIFE IN THREE ACTS

Patrick Lilley tells us about A Life in Three Acts. Bette Bourne, ground breaking veteran homosexual, tells playwright Mark Ravenhill about his magical gay life at the Soho Theatre, 21 Dean Street. Every day except Sundays February 8th-27th.

SUICIDE BOOTHS FOR THE OLD!

It's not easy to love the baby boomer generation. Their parents fought the war and handed them quite the post war prize: free healthcare including dental, a free education and the longest economic expansion we're ever likely to see. They promptly took all that, pulled the ladder up behind them and have saddled us with the bill, including a retirement many made no provision for - great. Well, Martin Amis has a solution, The Guardian today reported. He is calling for euthanasia "booths" on street corners where they can terminate their lives with "a martini and a medal". He says Britain faces a "civil war" between young and old, as a "silver �tsunami" of increasingly ageing people puts pressure on society. "They'll be a population of demented very old people, like an invasion of terrible immigrants, stinking out the restaurants and cafes and shops," he said. "I can imagine a sort of civil war between the old and the young in 10 or 15 years' time. We're pleased to report that our Sub Editoress has already made provision for his euthanasia death (drugs to do it available in Spring Gardens and Chariots) and we're moving him into a flat with a lot stairs if he chickens out.
 

LABOUR'S ID CARD IN LAST GASP

Labour are having a final push to get anybody to take their doomed ID cards. Already proven to be useless in the War on Terror as they can be copied, aren't universal and probably prone to abuse by the hundreds of thousands that would have access to your data, they've got a new wheeze -they're pitching them to London students as a form of ID for bars. Michael Parker of pressure group No2ID said: “This is laughable — they are asking skint students to spend £30 on a card that will be worthless after the election because the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats have promised to abolish them. These cards won't be worth the plastic they are printed on and there is a perfectly good age card available already for a tenner.”

HARD ON 30TH JAN

Your next Hard On will be on 30th Jan at Hidden. DJs Steven Black, Brent Nicholls, Dmac, Halo-is and Hugo’sland will be making the music for you. And they've got playrooms and chill out areas for essential relaxation. Click the headline for details. Club hidden is at 100 Tinworth St, Vauxhall.

A WEEK AT BARCODE VAUXHALL

Barcode Vauxhall reminded us of their gay week: Free entry every day except late on Fridays and Saturdays. Big DJ nights Thursday – Sunday. Happy hours every day and Bear Line Dancing on Tuesdays. Click the headline for detals. Gay bar /club Barcode is at 69 Goding Street, Vauxhall, London.

INFINITY ENDS

Rumour reaches us that Infinity, the b*stard daughter of Bromptons, has shut down for now...  We'd say died a death but that's not exactly news.  If you have more info we'd really appreciate it as our info is from locals not the venue.  We're always sad when we lose a venue and despite That Launch we imagine the boys there did their best so thanks for trying guys.  We hear they may try opening one night a week and/ or for special events and if we hear anything, we'll tell you.

EAST BLOC THIS WEEKEND

East Bloc, formerly Ghetto, has Beartonic tonight Friday 22nd with Wayne Shires & Sandiego and Wigout with DJS Lady Lloyd & Boogaloostu on Saturday 23rd. Beers only £2 a pint 10pm-midnight. Click the headline for details. Gay club East Bloc is at 58 Old Street, London EC2