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COMMENT | When lockdown is over, I’m headed straight to a gay bar
Columnist Al Jennings says that the LGBT+ community needs to invest some time and money in its scene or risk losing it forever. When you think of a night out in Leeds; you think of the trendy wine bars of Call Lane, Millennium Square for the students, and the rock and punk scene that was […]
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Theatre Review | Northern Ballet’s Victoria – Leeds Grand Theatre and National Tour
✭✭✭ | Northern Ballet’s Victoria Following on from the award-winning historical piece, Casanova, Northern Ballet return to the history books for a brand new ballet. Victoria tells the story of the monarch and matriarch through the eyes of her daughter, Beatrice, as she edits her mother’s diaries shortly after Victoria’s death. The ballet looks at […]
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New LGBTQ film ‘WRETCHED THINGS’ World Premiere in Londons’ Leicester Square
Wretched Things – a hedonistic, seductive and sexy gay film – had its film premiere in Leicester Square last week – an achievement for its cast and crew. Written and Directed by Gage Oxley, and made by 16-25 year olds and inspired by the #MeToo and #TimesUp campaigns, Wretched Things deals with sexual exploitation, toxic masculinity […]
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Taxi driver who raped male passenger in Leeds jailed
Mohammed Ilyas has been jailed for 12 years after being convicted by a Leeds Crown Court.
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Gay couple barred entry to “mixed couples only” bar
A bar in Leeds is investigating why two gay men were told that they could not enter the venue because they were not a “mixed sex couple”. Patrick Hannon, 30, and Jake Archer, 25 were told that they could not enter “Jake’s Bar” in Leeds on the 24th March. The couple were left “speechless” after […]
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THEATRE REVIEW | The Little Mermaid – Edinburgh Festival Theatre
★★★★| The Little Mermaid – Edinburgh Festival Theatre *This review was taken from the Leeds Grand Theatre review* Northern Ballet return with their third new ballet this year, The Little Mermaid. Based on the much loved fairy-tale, the ballet tells the story of Marilla, the little mermaid who dreams of life above the waves, and who […]
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THEATRE REVIEW | The Little Mermaid – Leeds Grand Theatre
★★★★| The Little Mermaid – Leeds Grand Theatre Northern Ballet return with their third new ballet this year, The Little Mermaid. Based on the much loved fairy-tale, the ballet tells the story of Marilla, the little mermaid who dreams of life above the waves, and who falls in love with Prince Adir after she saves him […]
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Railway bridge given a rainbow makeover to celebrate LGBT community
A 100-year-old railway bridge which passes through the gay village of Leeds has received a rainbow makeover. The rail bridge HUL4/53, which is called the Leeds Freedom Bridge, has been coloured the colours of the LGBT rainbow flag. The update is all thanks to Network Rail, Leeds City Council and local LGBT diversity campaigner Thomas […]
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GIG REVIEW | The Pet Shop Boys Super Tour – Leeds First Direct Arena
★★★★| The Pet Shop Boys Super Tour – Leeds First Direct Arena 32 years ago, The Pet Shop Boys burst onto the music scene with West End Girls, their first single and their first of many number ones. 32 years later, they have kicked off their UK tour, Super, at Leeds First Direct Arena, touring […]
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THEATRE REVIEW | The Boys In The Band – West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds
★★★★| Set in Brooklyn in the late 1960’s , nine gay men gather in an apartment to celebrate a friends birthday. Michael is an alcoholic shopaholic, Harold is a self-depreciating “Jew Fairy” (as he describes himself), Larry and Hank are a couple trying to make their differing views on monogamy fit together and Emory is […]
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Pro gay rights MP dies after being shot and stabbed multiple times
A British politician has died after being stabbed and shot in the street in her constituency. http://gty.im/538428452 MP Jo Cox has died after being shot and stabbed several times in an attack in her constituency. The 41-year-old Labour politician had only recently begun her career in the Houses of Parliament after being voted in as the […]