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  • Lost LGBT Scene | Barcode Vauxhall

    We’re creating an online memory board for some of London’s lost venues. Since the turn of the century, London’s gay scene has lost over 100 venues.

    We’d love for you to help us grow this historical archive of London’s lost gay scene. If you’ve got photos or memories of any of the venues you’d like to share please use the comment section below and we’ll add them right here.

    Barcode Vauxhall

    Was an LGBT venue in Vauxhall, central/South London. If you can add to this description or have photos of the venue as it was please upload them in the comment section.

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    Help us deliver unique, usable and reliable journalism that supports the gay, bisexual and curious community of the United Kingdom. Can you help protect LGBT+ media? Publishers like us have come under severe threat by the likes of Google and Facebook. The problem is that advertisers are choosing to put their money with them, rather than with niche publishers like us. Our goal is to eliminate banner ads altogether on site and we can do that if you could pledge us a tiny amount each month.

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  • Lost LGBT Scene | Bar Aquda, Covent Garden

    We’re creating an online memory board for some of London’s lost venues. Since the turn of the century, London’s gay scene has lost over 100 venues.

    We’d love for you to help us grow this historical archive of London’s lost gay scene. If you’ve got photos or memories of any of the venues you’d like to share please use the comment section below and we’ll add them right here.

    Bar Aquda

    Was an LGBT venue on Maiden Lane near Covent Garden in Central London. If you can add to this description or have photos of the venue as it was please upload them in the comment section.

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    YOUR SUPPORT MEANS EVERYTHING

    Help us deliver unique, usable and reliable journalism that supports the gay, bisexual and curious community of the United Kingdom. Can you help protect LGBT+ media? Publishers like us have come under severe threat by the likes of Google and Facebook. The problem is that advertisers are choosing to put their money with them, rather than with niche publishers like us. Our goal is to eliminate banner ads altogether on site and we can do that if you could pledge us a tiny amount each month.

    We’re asking our readers to pledge just £1 per month, more if you’re feeling swanky. You can stop payment at any time.

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  • Lost LGBT Scene | The Bar, Shoreditch

    We’re creating an online memory board for the UK’s lost LGBT venues.

    We’d love for you to help us grow this historical archive of the UK’s lost gay scene. If you’ve got photos or memories of any of the venues you’d like to share please use the comment section below and we’ll add them right here.

    The Bar

    Was an LGBT venue in Shoreditch, East London. If you can add to this description or have photos of the venue as it was please upload them in the comment section.

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    YOUR SUPPORT MEANS EVERYTHING

    Help us deliver unique, usable and reliable journalism that supports the gay, bisexual and curious community of the United Kingdom. Can you help protect LGBT+ media? Publishers like us have come under severe threat by the likes of Google and Facebook. The problem is that advertisers are choosing to put their money with them, rather than with niche publishers like us. Our goal is to eliminate banner ads altogether on site and we can do that if you could pledge us a tiny amount each month.

    We’re asking our readers to pledge just £1 per month, more if you’re feeling swanky. You can stop payment at any time.

    It’s quick and easy to sign up and you’ll only have to do it once.

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  • Lost LGBT Scene | Artful Dodger, Highbury and Islington

    We’re creating an online memory board for the UK’s lost LGBT+ venues.

    We’d love for you to help us grow this historical archive the UK’s lost gay scene. If you’ve got photos or memories of any of the venues you’d like to share please use the comment section below and we’ll add them right here.

    Artful Dodger

    Was an LGBT venue in Highbury and Islington, North London. If you can add to this description or have photos of the venue as it was please upload them in the comment section.

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    YOUR SUPPORT MEANS EVERYTHING

    Help us deliver unique, usable and reliable journalism that supports the gay, bisexual and curious community of the United Kingdom. Can you help protect LGBT+ media? Publishers like us have come under severe threat by the likes of Google and Facebook. The problem is that advertisers are choosing to put their money with them, rather than with niche publishers like us. Our goal is to eliminate banner ads altogether on site and we can do that if you could pledge us a tiny amount each month.

    We’re asking our readers to pledge just £1 per month, more if you’re feeling swanky. You can stop payment at any time.

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  • Lost LGBT Scene | The Angel, Stratford

    Lost LGBT Scene | The Angel, Stratford

    We’re creating an online memory board for some of the UK’s lost venues.

    We’d love for you to help us grow this historical archive of the UK’s lost gay scene. If you’ve got photos or memories of any of the venues you’d like to share please use the comment section below and we’ll add them right here.

    The Angel

    Was a cabaret bar in Stratford, East London. If you can add to this description or have photos of the venue as it was please upload them in the comment section.

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    YOUR SUPPORT MEANS EVERYTHING

    Help us deliver unique, usable and reliable journalism that supports the gay, bisexual and curious community of the United Kingdom. Can you help protect LGBT+ media? Publishers like us have come under severe threat by the likes of Google and Facebook. The problem is that advertisers are choosing to put their money with them, rather than with niche publishers like us. Our goal is to eliminate banner ads altogether on site and we can do that if you could pledge us a tiny amount each month.

    We’re asking our readers to pledge just £1 per month, more if you’re feeling swanky. You can stop payment at any time.

    It’s quick and easy to sign up and you’ll only have to do it once.

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  • Lost LGBT Scene | 3 Monkey, Greenwich

    Lost LGBT Scene | 3 Monkey, Greenwich

    We’re creating an online memory board for some of the UK’s lost venues.

    We’d love for you to help us grow this historical archive of the UK’s lost gay scene. If you’ve got photos or memories of any of the venues you’d like to share please use the comment section below and we’ll add them right here.

    3 Monkey

    Was an LGBT venue in Greenwich. If you can add to this description or have photos of the venue as it was please upload them in the comment section.

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    YOUR SUPPORT MEANS EVERYTHING

    Help us deliver unique, usable and reliable journalism that supports the gay, bisexual and curious community of the United Kingdom. Can you help protect LGBT+ media? Publishers like us have come under severe threat by the likes of Google and Facebook. The problem is that advertisers are choosing to put their money with them, rather than with niche publishers like us. Our goal is to eliminate banner ads altogether on site and we can do that if you could pledge us a tiny amount each month.

    We’re asking our readers to pledge just £1 per month, more if you’re feeling swanky. You can stop payment at any time.

    It’s quick and easy to sign up and you’ll only have to do it once.

    Click to start the journey and support THEGAYUK!

  • The original rainbow flag is coming to the UK

    Gilbert Baker’s original rainbow flag is going to be displayed in London’s Design Museum – as a permanent feature.

    The original iconic rainbow flag, created by Gilbert Baker in 1978 is to be displayed permanently in London. The Design Museum in London has acquired a series of new objects for its permanent collection

    New acquisitions include the rainbow flag, David Bowie’s Blackstar album, a coffee cup for astronauts and Oculus Rift’s virtual reality headset.

    The rainbow flag, originally created by San Francisco artist Gilbert Baker, is the Design Museum’s first acquisition since moving to its new home in Kensington High Street. Identified as one of the defining designs of the modern age, the flag was part of an original series of ten that Baker designed and created in 1978.

    Also known as the gay pride flag or LGBT pride flag, the design reflects the diversity of the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) community. Originating in northern California, the flag has been adopted worldwide and is now a globally recognised symbol.

    Gilbert Baker sadly died earlier this year at the age of 65.

     

    OPENING TIMES AND TICKET INFORMATION:
    Open daily 10:00 – 18:00 (last admission 17:00)
    Adult £10.50
    Student/concession £8*
    Family (1 adult + 3 children) £17
    Family (2 adults + 3 children) £24
    Child (6 – 15 years) £5.25
    Children under 6 years free
    Members free

  • Casting announced for National Theatre’s run of Bent

    The National Theatre will mark the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales by staging the first of many LGBT+ events.

    A group of world-class actors and directors will look at how theatre has charted the LGBT+ experience through a series of rehearsed readings and post-show discussions in the Lyttelton Theatre.

    The fourth play in the NT’s Queer Theatre series of rehearsed readings is Bent by Martin Sherman (1979), directed by Stephen Daldry on Sunday 9th July 2.30pm.

    Following Nazi Germany’s Night Of The Long Knives in 1934, gay lovers Max and Rudy are taken away to Dachau by the Gestapo. Desperate to avoid the dreaded Pink Triangle, Max claims to be Jewish. In amongst the horrors of the Camp, he meets Horst who wears his Pink Triangle with pride.

    Cast announced today includes:

    George Mackay, Simon Russell Beale, Giles Terera, Pip Torrens, Paapa Essiedu, John Pfumojena and Adrian Grove.

    The NT’s Queer Theatre event series is hosted in partnership with Pride in London and includes:

    • Neaptide by Sarah Daniels, directed by Sarah Frankcom, Thursday 6 July, 7.30pm
    • Wig Out! written and directed by Tarell Alvin McCraney, Friday 7 July, 7.30pm
    • Certain Young Men written and directed by Peter Gill, Sat 8 July, 7.30pm
    • Bent by Martin Sherman, directed by Stephen Daldry, Sunday 9 July, 2.30pm
    • The Drag by Mae West, directed by Polly Stenham, Monday 10 July, 7.30pm.

     

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  • Books tickets for Mamma Mia the UK Tour 2017/18

    Tickets for Mamma Mia the UK Tour are available to buy today.

    Books tickets for Mamma Mia the UK Tour 2017/18

    What is Mamma Mia About?

    Sophie is determined to have her father walk her down the aisle at her forthcoming wedding. After finding out that there are three potential guys who may be her father, she invites them all to the forthcoming nuptials; but will she find out which one really is her father, and how will her mother react when three of her former lovers all turn up unexpectedly?

    Our review

    ★★★

    The real star of the show is the music, and with a soundtrack which plays out like your ABBA Gold CD, there are more than a few songs here that you will know every word to. There are some storming numbers, which work really well; “Money. Money, Money”, “Mamma Mia” and “Does Your Mother Know” are good ensemble pieces, and the collision of the stag and hen do’s to “Voulez Vous” was an enjoyable highlight; with this show reminding you of just how good ABBA really were.

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    Theatre Information & Directions

    Mamma Mia plays at the following theatres:

    30 May – 8 July 2017
    Leeds Grand Theatre
    11 – 29 July 2017

    The Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury

    1 – 12 August 2017
    Bournemouth Pavillion Theatre

    15 August – 3 September 2017
    The Brighton Centre

    19 September – 14 October 2017
    His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen

    17 October – 11 November 2017
    Sunderland Empire

    14 -25 November 2017
    New Theatre Oxford

    5 – 30 December 2017
    Theatre Royal, Glasgow

    9 – 14 January 2018
    Venue Cymru Llandudno

    23 January – 3 February 2018
    Derngate Theatre, Northampton

    6 – 24 February 2018
    Wolverhampton Grand Theatre

    27 February – 17 March 2018
    Lyceum Theatre Sheffield

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  • A non-binary parent has won the right to have “U” written on their baby’s birth certificate

    The child of a non-binary parent has been issued with a health card with their sex classified as “U” in a landmark decision.

    A non-binary parent has won the right to have "U" written on their baby's birth certificate

    Kori Doty, who identifies as a non-binary transgender person, is the parent of an eight-month-old baby and has successfully won the right to have the child’s birth certificate marked with “U” where the sex marker is registered. It is believed that the”U” marker is the first of its kind.

    The child’s name is Searyl and was born eight months ago in Canada.

    Doty is now using the “they, their and them” pronouns and said that they would recognise the child “as a baby” rather than a boy or a girl.

    Speaking to CBC, Doty said,

    “I’m raising Searyl in in such a way that until they have the sense of self and command of vocabulary to tell me who they are, I’m recognising them as a baby and trying to give them all the love and support to be the most whole person that they can be outside of the restrictions that come with the boy box and the girl box”.

    Speaking to Global News, the family’s lawyer, barbara findlay, who chooses to spell her name without capital letters, said,

    “The assignment of sex in this culture is done when a medical person lifts up the legs and looks at the baby’s genitals. But we know that the baby’s own gender identity will not develop for some years until after they’re born.”

     

     

  • Book tickets for The Play That Goes Wrong, London

    Tickets for The Play That Goes Wrong are available to buy today.

    Book tickets for The Play That Goes Wrong, London

    What is The Play That Goes Wrong About

    The Play That Goes Wrong was a comedic masterpiece, like its successor Peter Pan, Goes Wrong, with dangerous and risky tricks that left audiences clutching on to their seats as pieces of stage fell off and got thrown around, sometimes missing the actors by inches. The actors were so efficient in everything they did, from balancing three objects across two body parts, to expertly delivering their lines while dodging canvasses, candelabras and each other. What was sublime about The Play That Goes Wrong was that if ever you have seen an amateur, or a badly produced professional, play, this show embodies the different mistakes and disasters that have occurred in the former shows. There’ll be a moment where you cannot help but recall a bad production where sets had fallen down or actors had genuinely forgotten lines and asked for “line” throughout entire speeches.

    Our review

    ★★★★★ The Play That Goes Wrong was especially entertaining for the set was a safety hazard, as the study, built atop of the drawing room, with no rails or support, collapsed gradually while the actors were still on there. It eventually fell down while an actor was under it, but the dexterity by which the actors moved and positioned themselves, made the accidents sort of safe, and we could exhale once again.

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    Theatre Information & Directions

    The Duchess is one of the youngest and smallest West End theatres. The building was originally promoted by Arthur Gibbons and designed by architect Ewen Barr to overcome objections about ancient lights which had prevented previous building on the small site. The interior decoration as it is today was introduced in 1934 under the supervision of Mary Wyndham Lewis, wife of J B Priestley.

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