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HUDSON’S LETTER
Besides the hit and miss
weather, the British
summer now also comes
with the predictable tabloid
column inches dedicated
to Big Brother. This year’s
contest continues to be
overshadowed by the furore
over January’s Celebrity
version, and a contestant
has already been evicted
by producers after using a
racist expression.
Am I the only one to
wonder whether they
would have reacted so
swiftly if homophobic
language or behaviour had
been used? In previous
years, contestants have
been placed in the BB house
after openly expressing
anti-gay sentiments in
their audition tapes. Is
intolerance towards gay
people somehow supposed
to be more acceptable or
forgivable?
When it first aired, Big
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Brother seemed like a
benign observation of group
dynamics. Increasingly, the
producers have attempted
to foster an atmosphere of
confrontation and drama. If
they’re going to intervene
further – deeming
what is acceptable and
unacceptable language
– they need to act across
the board, tackling racism,
homophobia, sexism and all
forms of bigotry. To elevate
one form of prejudice as
being more taboo than
others sends out an equally
inflammatory message.
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CONTENTS
PAGE 04
LETTERS
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PAGE 06
MY LONDON
DJ and graphic
designer Ben Jamin
PAGE 08
SHOPPING
The new Gucci
fragrance and Uniqlo’s
designer UT t-shirts
PAGE 11
DIARY
July’s cultural
highlights in and
around London
PAGE 12
JULY HIGHLIGHT
The Latitude and
LoveBox festivals
PAGE 14
PRIDE LONDON
All you need to know
about this year’s
festival on the 30 June
PAGE 16
HEROES
We take a look at the
year’s hottest new TV
show, and chat to actor
Milo Ventimiglia
PAGE 20
MUSIC
New albums from
Chemical Brothers,
New Young Pony Club
and Kelly Clarkson
PAGE 48 24
WHITE PEREZ HILTON PARTY
PAGE 24
NEMESIS RISING
Seeing double with
Montana’s gay
popstar twins
PAGE 26
FILM
Die Hard 4.0,
Flanders and
Sherrybaby reviewed
PAGE 32
BOY MEET BOY
How gay
relationships differ to
straight ones… and
how to make them
stronger
PAGE 06
BEN JAMIN
PAGE 35
OUT THERE
Upcoming scene
highlights for July,
venue listings, Dusty O
on her new night Pop,
plus reports on Fire’s
White Party, Club Kali,
Discotec, the Golden
Lion and Heaven
PAGE 22
BIT OF A BLUR
PAGE 16
HEROES
PAGE 59
OUTREACH
Support for black gay
guys in London, plus
the community listings
PAGE 62
OUTNEWS
Gay stories from home
and abroad.
PAGE 67
PROPERTY
Living in Streatham,
and the governments
new Home
Information Packs
PAGE 78
OUTLAW
Civil partnership news
plus legal advice
PAGE 84
TRAVEL
Out hits Florida and
checks out party
capital Miami
PAGE 88
HOROSCOPES
PAGE 91
HEALTH
Giving up smoking

ON FIRE
ON ICE
ROISIN MURPHY
Take a dash of Goldfrapp,
a pinch of Dannii, and
you have new single
‘Overpowered’ from the
former Moloko lady. We like
very much.
TAN LINES
One of the best - and sexiest
elements - of the summer.
Even better when spied on
semi-maked, fit builders
– wa-hey!
LIL MAMA
The new queen of the NYC
hip hop scene. Check out
the video for amazing debut
single ‘Lipgloss’ on youtube
now.
WHAT’S HOT AND WHAT’S NOT
THIS MONTH’S RISE AND FALL
THE OLYMPICS LOGO
No so much for the nu-rave
design, but for the fact it
cost £400,000 of taxpayers’
money. We could have
knocked that up for a
fraction of the cost!
ZIGGY ON BIG BRO’
Dull, vain, self-righteous,
and when indignant,
reminds us of an angry
Cliff Richard. And we were
never fond of his old band
Northern Line anyway...
SOCKS AND SANDALS
Is this fashion’s last taboo?
Recently pushed by Prada,
this is one combination
that we’re just not buying.
Summer = sandals + bare
feet only!
HARD LABOUR
Bill Thornycroft
FAIR BLAIR
Chris, SE11
IN DEPTH
TOPOFTHEPOST
STAR LETTER
BIG WIDE WORLD
Well done on running the feature on gay couples that
choose to emigrate – it was different and refreshing. I
imagine that there must be a lot of gay couples that choose
to build a new life together abroad – often in sunnier
climes – whether to open up a gay B&B or try something
completely different. It was interesting to read about a
couple of them, and also your advice for those thinking of
doing the same. We too often think that London is the beall
and end-all of the gay universe. It was not a feature that
I could imagine any of the other gay magazines running. I
think that considering it’s a
free publication, Out is…
well, outstanding, so keep
it up.
Martin Donaldson, N1
WIN!
I LIGHT SPEAKER
We are giving away an I-Lit
lava lamp speaker to the
writer of next month’s Star
Letter. This kitsch prize
will look great in the swankiest of London
pads. The retro, colourful lamp doubles
up as two high quality speakers, which have a universal
headphone jack that can be plugged into any MP3 device
or CD player. The gadget is completely sound and light
sensitive, so turn up the volume and create your own mini
disco. The I-Lit weighs less than six eggs, so the crystal clear
speakers are completely portable.
To find out more, go to www.iwantoneofthose.com.
Ivor, SW5
OUT THERE
Stephen
MARC UP
Calvin
BITCHING
Andrew, E1

MY LONDON
PHOTOGRAPHY BY CHRISJEPSON.COM ©

SHOPPING...
UT-ILITY WEAR
We’re already regular visitors to the Oxford Street and Regent Street branches
of Uniqlo because of its ultra cheap fashions, so we were most interested to
read about the launch of its new UT t-shirts (above). Basically, the company
has asked a wide selection of renowned artists, designers, photographers
and musicians to produce over 1,000 unique styles of limited-edition t-shirts.
Designs have been submitted by such purveyors of cool as Gareth Pugh,
Kim Jones, Sølve Sunsbø and Nobuyoshi Araki – with more to come - while
acclaimed photographer Terry Richardson has shot the ad campaign. Check it
out at the Uniqlo branches on Oxford Street, Regent Street and Brompton Road,
or the newly opened store on High Street Kensington.
www.uniqlo.co.uk
STEP BACK IN TIME
If you picked up this month’s Out In The City because of
our Heroes front cover, and fancy yourself as something
of a sci-fi geek, then you may well be interested in this
memoir (below) from Nick Griffiths. In the same way that
Nick Hornby’s Fever Pitch detailed his childhood passion for
Arsenal football club, Dalek I Loved You concerns itself
with young Mr Griffith’s obsession with Doctor Who. After
becoming hooked on the show at the age of four, Griffith’s
life-long love for the programme is here turned into a
charming and evocative memoir that will satisfy everyone
from the most nerdish ‘Whovian’ to those with only a
nodding acquaintance
with the show.
Published by Gollancz, it’s
available for £12.99 from
all good bookstores now.
TWO FRAGRANT
Hmmm… we’re not sure how long they spent dreaming
up the name, but despite it sounding a bit like a Hollywood
sequel, we are loving the fragrance. Gucci Pour Homme
II is nicely woody and spicy, with elements of violet,
cinnamon and pimento amongst its notes. Despite its pastel
colouring, it comes in a reassuringly solid and masculine
chunky bottle, and can be picked up for £45 (100ml) or £33
(50ml) from all good stockists of eau de toilette.
www.gucci.com
BLINGING
Thomas Sabo is one of Germany’s most respected jewellery
designers. The label is currently undergoing major global
expansion, and this summer sees the unveiling of the first Thomas
Sabo store in London. From 1 July you’ll find Thomas Sabo at 33
King’s Road, SW3, while from 24 August, the brand will also be
stocked in Selfridges. The men’s range uses sterling silver and cubic
zirconi – and items include chains, rings, cufflinks and bracelets.
We’re particularly liking the recurring skull motif (right) for that
retro rocker – or Damien Hirst - vibe.
Prices range from £14.95-£450. www.thomassabo.com

WORDS BY LOREM DELOREM | PHOTOGRAPH BY MAET IPSUM

Scissor Sisters’ second album
Ta-Dah may have split the
critics and fans alike, but
that hasn’t stopped it from
going four-times platinum
since its release last autumn.
Following the recent chart
success of ‘Kiss You Off’, New
York’s finest purveyors of
electro pop return to London
for three big dates on 26,
27 and 28 July at the newly
opened 0 2. Tickets are still
available priced £30.
www.theo2.co.uk
CALENDAR HIGHLIGHTS//JULY 2007
07 JULY
Madonna plays London! Alongside… er, Genesis. Yep, the Live
Earth concerts take place on seven continents, with the London
leg featuring appearances from Madge, James Blunt, Red Hot
Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters, Duran Duran, Snow
Patrol, Genesis, David Gray, Corinne Bailey Rae
and Bloc Party. www.liveearth.org
SUN 01:
TUE 03-WED 04:
WED 04:
THU 05-SUN 08:
SUN 08:
MON 09:
TUE 10:
WED 11:
WED 11-SAT 14:
THU 12:
11 JULY
Choreographer Matthew Bourne’s internationally acclaimed
dance/thriller The Car Man returns to Sadler’s Wells for a fourweek
run, performed by his company, New Adventures. First
performed in 2000, it won the Evening Standard
award for ‘Musical Event Of The Year’. Tickets
£10-£48. www.sadlerswells.com
FRI 13:
18, 22 AND 25 JULY
SAT 21:
This July catch Justin
at O 2 and Tori at the
Hammersmith
Apollo

HIGHLIGHT EVENTS//JULY 2007
Nathaniel Deville at the
Latitude festival
New Young Pony Club
LATITUDE
AND
LOVEBOX
Damien
Rice
B 52’s at Lovebox
Blondie at Lovebox
Alan
Carr
Dylan Moran
Patrick Wolf
Arcade Fire
ME, MYSELF AND I
MONDAY 2 JULY
Sure to prompt plenty of debate about
originality, authorship and the intrinsic
value or ideas, Me As Him is the title
of the new show from controversial
Brit-artist Gavin Turk. Having already
explored ideas about authenticity
with his examinations of fame and
superimposing his own image upon
the likes of Sid Vicious and Ché
Guevera, Turk has now reconstructed
Andy Warhol’s ‘Fright Wig’ selfportraits,
replacing Warhol’s image
with his own. You’ll find the exhibition
at the Riflemaker Contemporary Art Gallery (79 Beak
Street, W1) from 3 July ‘til 8 September.

PRIDE
LONDON
THE PARADE
THE RALLY
Ken Livingstone
Graham Norton
Amy Lamé
John Barrowman
LEICESTER SQUARE CABARET STAGE
SOHO STREET PARTY
For more information visit www.pridelondon.org.
MAIN STAGE
3:10 Mayor Ken Livingstone
3:15 Darren Hayes
3:30 President of Riga Pride
3:34 Ford Football Teams
3:47 BME speaker
3:50 Kelly
4:06 Trans Community rep
4:09 Bootyluv
4:24 Axe Girl
4:37 Sarah Ludford
4:40 Q Boy
4:54 Youth Pride speaker
4:58 Pink Singers
5:10 Michael Cashman
5:14 Joseph Musical
5:21 Kerry Ellis
5:29 Mz Fontaine
5:41 Aquilas Kiss
5:54 BME speaker
5:58 Maria Exall (TUC)
6:01 Dragonette
6:14 Peyton
6:20 Sfiso
6:26 Met Police speaker
6:30 Luciana
6:42 Nemesis Rising
6:55 Chris Smith
6:58 UnkleJam
7:10 Dr Who screening
UnkleJam
Darren Hayes
Lola Lasagne
MAIN PIC: PRIDELONDON.ORG

GENE GENIES
PHOTOGRAPHS: SCI FI CHANNEL
Heroes can be caught on Monday evenings on Sci Fi at
10pm, and begins transmission on BBC2 in late July.

WHO’S WHO
PETER PETRELLI
(MILO VENTIMIGLIA)
A nurse who’s troubled by
dreams in which he can
fly, who’s determined to
discover the full and exact
nature of all his powers –
whether his domineering
brother, Nathan, wants
him to or not.
NATHAN PETRELLI
(ADRIAN PASDAR)
Hard-nosed and
ambitious politician, who
doesn’t want to accept
that he might have special
powers or be in any way
‘different’, for fear of
turning off his prospective
voters. He’s the older
brother of Peter Petrelli.
MATT PARKMAN
(GREG GRUNBERG)
One for all you fans of
the chunkier man…
the sweet-natured
and slightly bumbling
Parkman is an ordinary
beat cop… until he
discovers his power to
read the minds of those
around him.
ISAAC MENDEZ
(SANTIAGO CABRERA)
A New York cartoon artist
and heroin addict who
realises he can paint
images of the future whilst
in a drugged-up trance. He
also draws a comic book
that features scenes from
the future.
HIRO NAKAMURE
(MASI OKA)
Tokyo officer worker Hiro
has powers greater than
most, possessing the ability
to freeze time and bend
the time-space continuum.
One of the few characters
to embrace his powers and
future destiny.
MOHINDER SURESH
(SENDHILL
RAMAMURTHY)
A professor of genetics
from India, who travels to
New York to investigate
the murder of his father,
Chandra. His investigations
bring him into contact with
people listed by his father
as possessing superhuman
abilities.
NIKI SANDERS
(ALI LARTER)
A former internet stripper,
and mother to Micah,
who exhibits superhuman
strength and an alternate
personality – the ruthless
and predatory Jessica. She
has a volatile relationship
with husband D.L (Leonard
Roberts) – someone with
secret powers of his own.
CLAIRE BENNET
(HAYDEN PANETTIERE)
As if life’s not tough enough
when you’re a teenager,
cheerleader Claire discovers
that she can spontaneously
heal herself when injured
– a power she tries to
hide from her adopted
parents – particularly
her enigmatic father, Mr
Bennet (Jack Coleman).

SUPER
FLY GUY
ANY WORK THAT
RESONATES WITH
PEOPLE, THAT’S
WHAT I LOVE.
FACT FILE
Milo Ventimiglia
was born 8 July 1977
in California. His acting
career began when he
studied at the American
Conservatory Theater
at the age of 18. After
cameo roles in a variety of
low-budget films and TV
series as diverse as C.S.I
and Law & Order, he got
his first big break in 2001,
starring in the American
TV series Gilmore Girls.
His most noted big screen
role was as Robert ‘Rocky
Jnr’ Balboa, in 2006’s
Rocky Balboa. Straight
after filming that film, he
began work on Heroes.
PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF SCI FI CHANNEL. INTERVIEW: © KENNETH HUBBARD/FAMOUS

ALBUMS OUT IN JULY
THE CHEMICAL
BROTHERS
We Are The Night (Virgin)
Out: 2 July
THE THRILLS
Teenager (Virgin)
The Thrills made something of
a smash with their summery
debut So Much For The City
and highlight single ‘One Horse Town’ in 2003. They perhaps
rushed to follow it up with the 2004’s unremarkable Let’s
Bottle Bohemia, which largely sunk without a trace. Having
taken a little longer to regroup and work on their third
offering, Teenager finds the band returning to the Beach Boys
aspirations of their debut. And they almost hit the mark on
the likes of ‘This Year’ and ‘Nothing Changes Around Here’.
‘Long Forgotten Song’ nods towards the anthemic sound of
The Waterboys at their finest, while the title track is a soulful
and melancholic reflection of how quickly age creeps up on
us… from a songwriter still in his 20s!
These highlights apart though, too much of Teenager
is depressingly much of a muchness, with tracks like
‘Restaurant’, ‘I Came All This Way’ and ‘I’m So Sorry’ proving
indistinguishable from one another, with an over-abundance
of jingly-jangly guitars and Conor Deasy’s gratingly raspy
vocals. Only hidden track, ‘The Boy Who Caught All The
Breaks’ strays slightly from the monotonous template of the
rest of the album, with its retro organ and nagging bass line.
One Horse Town? This is unfortunately more a
one-trick pony... AG
Out: 23 July
NEW YOUNG
PONY CLUB
Fantastic Playroom
(Island)
Don’t use the controversial,
inflammatory N-term – as Big Brother might
euphemistically call it – to describe New Young Pony Club:
‘Nu Rave’. While they toured with glomosexuals Klaxons,
they’re more akin to new wave bands like Tom Tom Club and
ESG, with pin-up-in-waiting frontswoman Tahita Bulmer’s
innuendo-laden lyrics lubing up the sensual, languorous
funk of tracks such as ‘Ice Cream’.
‘The Bomb’ explodes in a flurry of beepy synths, urgent
guitars and hi-hat drums. It grips a dancefloor by the (disco)
balls and doesn’t let go. More experimentally, the sambabeat
of ‘Hiding On The Staircase’ is what would surely emerge
if Tight Fit, Adamski and Salt-N-Pepa were kidnapped by
pop-terrorists and forced to compose a track for The Rapture.
Lyrically, it’s mostly about bumping uglies. If it were any
more filthy, Fantastic Playroom would arrive discreetly
wrapped in a paper bag. On the Girls Aloud-in-outer-space
of opener ‘Get Lucky’, Mrs. T declares “Let your girlfriend do
what your boyfriend can’t,” while suffice to say, the spiky ‘Jerk
Me’ isn’t about watching Countryfile with a Horlicks.
Sassy in spades, and applying the correct amount of pressure
to pop’s G-spot, NYPC will have a future long after the
MySpace gigeratti have fled for fashions new. GR
Out: 9 July
KELLY CLARKSON
My December (RCA)
Poor Kelly Clarkson. After
shifting a whopping 11
million copies of her 2004
album Breakaway, you’d think everything would be rosy
in the run up to the release of new album, My December.
Instead, she’s just parted company with her manager,
cancelled her summer US tour, and rumours are rife of
clashes with the head of her record label over this new
collection of songs. You’d think that after making them
so much money, her label would be happy for her to do
whatever the damn well she pleases, but no, apparently
there have been creative tensions over the direction Kelly is
determined to push herself.
And what about the actual record? Well, basically, this is
Kelly’s Jagged Little Pill – a rather angst-ridden, sometimes
bitter, reflective and highly personal collection, with many
songs pre-occupied with a gone-wrong love affair. But you
know what? It’s all a lot more palatable than you might
imagine. There’s the gutsy stomp of lead single ‘Never Again’,
the anthemic empowerment of ‘Maybe’, tender ballad ‘Be
Still’ and the folky rock of ‘Can I Have A Kiss’. The five-minute
‘Sober’ is an unashamed paen to 12-step recovery, while
intimate, acoustic closer ‘Irvine’… well, it’s the sound of a
singer flexing her artistic muscles, even if the results defy
neat categorisation. Go Kelly! DH
Out: now
WORDS BY GARY RYAN, DAVID HUDSON AND ANTHONY GORDON

BLURRED VISION
Alex James
Bit Of A Blur is published by Little Brown, priced £16.99.
MY LIFE STORY: OUR FAVOURITE POP AUTOBIOGRAPHIES…
TAKE IT LIKE A MAN
BOY GEORGE (1995)
Culture Club, heroin, Jon Moss
and tabloid hell
– the Boy’s
best-selling
memoir.
THE LONG ROAD OUT OF
HELL
MARILYN MASON (1998)
Surprisingly
comic and
entertaining
autobiography
from the goth
rocker.
TAINTED LIFE
MARC ALMOND (1999)
From worldwide success to…
well, worldwide
searches for
prescription
drugs.
DREAMGIRL –
MY LIFE AS A SUPREME
MARY WILSON (1986)
Mary Wilson’s
inside story
on life inside
the Supremes.
Probably not
Diana Ross’
favourite book!
CHRONICLES –
VOLUME ONE
BOB DYLAN (2005)
The criticallyacclaimed
first
volume of the
60s troubadour’s
memoirs
– a must for any
Dylan fan.

NEMESIS
RISING
BACK THEN, I WAS
STILL TRYING TO BE A
JEHOVAH’S WITNESS...
I THOUGHT ABOUT
TAKING HIM TO THE
ELDERS.
THE DEBUT SINGLE
from Nemesis Rising,
‘Number One In Heaven’, is
out 2 July (check the video
on youtube.com). The
boys play the following
gigs: Pride London (30
June), Soho Revue Bar
(30 June), Nightingales
in Birmingham (30
June), Salvation at
Bloomsbury Ballroom (1
July), Soho Revue Bar
(3 July), Café De Paris
(6 July), Nightingales in
Birmingham (7 July).

FLANDERS
FILMS OUT IN JULY
DIE HARD 4.0
SHERRYBABY
Maggie Gyllenhaal (sister of Jake) stretches her acting chops in this low-budget piece of American
indie cinema. She plays former heroin addict Sherry Swanson, an ex-con who’s determined to rebuild
her life and be a proper mother to daughter Alexis. However, life on the outside is much harder than
she anticipated, and her young daughter has already established a strong bond with Sherry’s brother
and his wife, who have been looking after the girl while Sherry was in jail.
Although bleak, this is an accomplished piece of filmmaking and Gyllenhaal turns in a suitably
authentic performance. Strangley though - given its subject matter - it doesn’t quite succeed in
delivering a truly emotional punch.
OUT: 27 JULY
***
THE BEST DVDS
JULY ’07
FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
LETTERS FROM IWO
JIMA
OUT: 2 JULY
Director Clint Eastwood’s two
epics about the 35-day World
War II battle for the island
of Iwo Jima, told from the
viewpoint of the American
troops (Flags Of Our Fathers)
and the Japanese (Letters From Iwo Jima). The latter was
praised as the finer movie, but it’s probably best to view
the two films as companion pieces. Both examine the
human response to the horrors of war and the true nature
of heroism.
**1/2 FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
**** LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
THE ILLUSIONIST
OUT: 9 JULY
Edward Norton stars at the
titular magician in turn of the
century Vienna, who finds
himself reunited with his true
love. The only problem is that
she is now the bride-to-be
of the local crown prince,
who doesn’t take kindly to
Norton’s reappearance. With solid characters, old-fashioned
storytelling, and evocative cinematography, this deserves a
wider audience than its cinematic release enjoyed.
***1/2
SLEEPING DOGS
OUT: 16 JULY
Receiving only a very limited
cinematic release earlier
this year, this low-budget
production is our favourite
romantic comedy of the year
so far. Melinda Page Hamilton
plays Amy, the young teacher
who’s life is turned upside down
when she confesses to her fiancé her darkest secret – that
she once gave a blow job to a dog. Despite the rather gross
premise, this is a gently-paced, warm-hearted slice of
American indie cinema.
****1/2
VENUS
OUT: 23 JULY
A late career highlight here for
Peter O’Toole, who plays ageing
actor and Lothario Maurice.
His long-standing friendship
with fellow thespian Ian (Leslie
Phillips) is disrupted when Ian’s
teenage niece Jessie, played by
Jodie Whittaker, comes to visit.
O’Toole immediately falls under her spell, for although his
looks may have faded, his interest in the ladies remains
undiminished. A gently-paced but comic outing.
***
REVIEWS BY DAVID HUDSON

RESTAURANT
HUDSON REVIEWS CAMINO, REGENT QUARTER, KING’S CROSS…
Camino, 3 Varnisher’s Yard, Regent Quarter, off Pentonville Road, N1.
t | 0844-606 0102. www.barcamino.com.
The first new eatery to open in the multi-million pound Regent
Quarter, and probably the most heavily-invested new restaurant to
open in King’s Cross for several years, the Spanish-themed Camino
has already garnered itself plenty of column inches. It’s the
brainchild of the Cantaloupe Group’s Richard Bigg, who is already
co-owner of busy London nightspots Cargo and Market Place.
Is King’s Cross ready for such a venture? Well, with the Eurostar link
due to open next year, and the Regent Quarter nearing completion,
the answer’s yes. The Quarter itself, for those unfamiliar with the
area, is the block next to King’s Cross Station. Pret A Manger and
Starbucks have already staked their claim, and you’ll find Camino
down a little alleyway besides the latter, within Varnisher’s Yard.
The venue is split into two distinct halves, with the restaurant on one side, and Bar Camino on the
other. The stylish interior is all warm and wooden – with brickwork walls, tiled flooring, pale wooden
table tops, tanned leather seating, zinc bar tops all complementing each other perfectly. A huge,
circular skylight illuminates the restaurant – perfect during these summer months.
The menu is a study in Spanish cuisine in all its multi-regional glory. We opted for the roast piquillo
peppers filled with crab in a seasonal seafood sauce reduction (£6), and the Jamón Ibérico De Bellota
De Jabugo (£14.50), which was billed on the menu as ‘the world’s ultimate ham from acorn-fed pigs
that roam the oak forests in Jabugo’! The ham was dry-cured and packed with flavour, but I think my
companion probably opted for the better choice with the peppers, which were delicious.
We went for the specials for our main courses, with my companion choosing the pork fillet with
bacon, blue cheese sauce and baked apple (£13.50) – a sublime combination. I had grilled monkfish
with octopus black rice and al-i-oli (£14.50), which also proved a winning combination, although
a touch on the stodgy side. We finished off with thick, rich slices of almond tart (£4.50) and my
companion washed it all down with a glass of Manzanilla sherry. .
A super-stylish venue, attentive service and great food. On the Monday we visited, business was slow,
but expect that to change as word spreads…

WITH THIS RING...
FRIENDS ASKED EVERYONE
APART FROM THEIR WITNESSES
TO HANG AROUND OUTSIDE
CHELSEA REGISTRY OFFICE
WHILE THEY DASHED IN AND
DID THE NECESSARY, BEFORE
WE ALL HAPPILY TROOPED
DOWN TO THE NEAREST PIZZA
EXPRESS.

BOY MEETS BOY

THE STATS
MEN WITH MEN…
• Most (55%) gay men
have one or more
regular male sexual
partners (38% have just
the one; 17% have two or
more) at any given time.
• Almost half (45%)
gay men don’t claim to
have any regular sexual
partners.
• Being in a relationship is
most common in gay men
aged 35-39.
• The average time
gay men questioned
had been in a still-live
relationship is 2 years.
• Gay men are considerably
more likely than bisexual
men to have a regular male
partner and to have been
with him for longer.
• Men who say they are
out to everyone are four
times more likely to be
in a relationship than
men who are out to no
one.
Courtesy of Sigma Research:
www.sigmaresearch.org.uk
THE ONE THING WE
DON’T WANT IS TO
ERECT A MORAL
STANDARD AGAINST
GAY MEN WHO DON’T
DO MONOGAMY.
TOP TIPS
FOR KEEPING A RELATIONSHIP STRONG…
• Be honest with yourself and your partner.
• Communicate your thoughts and feelings - both to
yourselves and supportive friends.
• Agree and regularly review rules, needs and
boundaries – especially in relation to sex drives
and open relationships.
• Respect each other for your differences as much as your
similarities.
• Compromise and collaborate.
• Develop shared interests; and cultivate mutual friends
- including straight friends!
• Think about sex where you are present rather
than absent (i.e. off-your-head).
• Beware acting out other people’s preconceptions: whether
being the proverbial gay “bad boy”; or playing “happily
married”.
• Consider using a therapist preventatively - not just
in a crisis. For a list of accredited sexual and relationship
therapists: www.basrt.org.uk

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FIRE
Vauxhall’s Fire went all
white for the night with
a mega White Party.
PAGE 42
CLUB KALI
The world’s biggest
Asian gay club, Club Kali
celebrated its twelfth
birthday with a big
night in Tufnell Park.
PHOTOGRAPHY BY CHRISJEPSON/LONDONCLUBLAND.COM ©
GOT THE BOTTLE?
PAGE 56
CHUNK
Chunk has moved!
Read about its new
residency at Area in
Vauxhall.

FIRE’S WHITE
PARTY
The circuit party scene in the US has been alive and
well since the 80s but has never really be taken up with
the same fervour over here. All that changed recently when
Fire hosted their very own White Party weekend.
From the white carpet outside to the mirrored and white
decorations inside, all the stops had been pulled out for
the occasion, even down to the white baby grand piano in
the newly refurbished room three, which now resembles
a swish rococo-esque gentleman’s club. Following its
three-week closure in May, much of the rest of the club
had been revamped too. The mirror arch is now festooned
with Vauxhall’s largest collection of mirror balls and an
all new 3x3 grid of giant plasma screens is capable of
playing graphics, logos, flames or anything else that takes
the lighting jocks fancy, while the Lightbox played host
to sexy glistening go-go’s in impossibly tight trousers
and white masks grooving and jiving under the heavenly
star-like ceiling that cossets and encloses the clubbers in a
wondrously awe-inspiring space. Music was courtesy of the
usual Fire All-stars that we love (19 DJs in four rooms over
11 hours!), and on this occasion they were joined by White
Party Amsterdam residents Max Morel and Benjamin
Aillery, who kept the sexy sounds coming thick and fast on
the main floor.
The crowd were as dressed up as the club, with white shorts
and jeans featuring highly – although sadly, very few
WORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY CHRISJEPSON/LONDONCLUBLAND.COM ©

people in Fire seem to be able to afford tops! There were
also bunny ears, boiler suits, swimwear and underwear, but
first prize has to go to DJ Stevie B for his teeteringly high,
thigh-length, white patent leather boots – and he played a
three-hour set in them – you go girl!
We managed to grab a few words with Fire’s Megan about
the club’s recent closure, who was ecstatic about the
weekend’s success.
“The White Party was amazing! We couldn’t have had a
better opening weekend. The club looked stunning and the
Fire faithful were out in full force, which made for a fantastic
atmosphere and definitely a party to remember.”
We also asked her about the club’s recent closure following
its police raid in May - something that must have been a
shock for all those who work at the club.
“Obviously we had our concerns, but we’ve always
worked closely with the police and that occasion was no
different. Their goal isn’t to close clubs down, but to create
a safer clubbing community for everyone.”
She was also keen to re-assure everyone that now the
club has reopened, things are pretty much back to normal.
“Judging by the weekend we’ve just had, things are better
than normal! I think the closure really made people realize
what they were missing. We also used the time to our
advantage to refurbish the club even more so it looks better
than ever. When we opened the new Fire Lounge jaws were
literally hitting the floor!”
The crew have plenty more parties planned for the rest of
the summer (kicking off with the Juicy Pride party on 30
June) - keep an eye on details by checking the website at
www.allthingsorange.co.uk
Fire, South Lambeth Road, Vauxhall, SW8. www.
fireclub.co.uk

PHOTOGRAPH BY HEIDI RYAN
BUTT OUT
Even if you’re a non-smoker, the introduction of the
smoking ban will be the most significant thing to hit the
scene since the Criminal Justice Bill (or at least since Megan
projected her face across the LED-jewelled fourth arch at
Fire).
In case you were in any doubt, smoking will be totally
banned across all club venues in London, and with £2,500
fines payable and a further £1,000 payable for failure to
display the right no-smoking signs, club promoters, venue
owners and bar-owners have more than enough incentive
to ensure that if you want to light up, you better get the fuck
off the dancefloor and out of the club.
For the greater good of the health of the population, I
can’t deny that this has to be a move in the right direction.
I don’t want my taxpayer’s money thrown at disgusting
chain-smoking ashtrays any more than the next guy (and
those yellow stained teeth – yuk!). However, if you actually
consider how the ban impacts on our club scene, the results
could change our clubbing experiences beyond recognition.
Whether you love it or loathe it, cigarettes are part
and parcel of most scene experiences and as many smokers
admit, are consumed at a faster rate when you’re in a club.
Indeed, I enjoy a smoke when I’m clubbing and say bollocks
to the health risks. I slave away all week, and after a few
hours losing it on the dancefloor over the weekend, I want
to sit down with a drink and refreshing Marlboro menthol.
So shoot me. It’s relaxing, it’s comforting and it’s chilled.
And yes, I want it to slowly kill me. I’m so fucking good
all week, so pure, so agreeable – I want to do something
downright naughty, non-sensical and self-indulgent.
In fact, so engrained is the humble fag on my
weekend clubbing ritual, I’m not sure my nights out are
ever going to be the same again - or at least as sociable.
I have nurtured a loving relationship with my so-called
‘DTPM Husband’ purely as a direct result on punctual,
conscientious and well-timed cigarette breaks at convenient
and sensible times, when Sunday night’s shenanigans get a
little out of hand and we all need to head to the banquette
seating and calm down a little. I’m sure the relationship
will continue once the fags are left at the door, but I’ll sorely
miss my cruisy cigarette time-outs.
Sure, the mass movement on and off the
dancefloor is going to cause some serious
disruption to the ‘journey’ being laid down by the DJ.
Groups of smokers migrating to the back door at regular
intervals, freezing their arses off, only to be searched on
their way back into the venue, is going to have more than a
minor impact of the flow of the scene’s more credible house
nights.
And contrary to all research and focus groups telling
you otherwise, I’ve always found that the availability of
spare cigarettes in my pocket is directly proportional to the
likelihood of returning chez moi with a guy in tow. Perhaps
it’s the potential for interaction a cigarette creates – the
steal, the light, the obvious conversation that follows – it
plays right into my routine for reeling them in. Translate
I HAVE NURTURED A
LOVING RELATIONSHIP
WITH MY SO-CALLED
‘DTPM HUSBAND’
AS A DIRECT RESULT
ON PUNCTUAL,
CONSCIENTIOUS
AND WELL-TIMED
CIGARETTE BREAKS…
‘Have you got a light mate?’ to ‘You’re cute, would you like to
fuck me in the toilets later?’
I’m never going to be the cutest piece of butt on the
floor, but boy, if I can engage ‘em in conversation, I stand a
chance of conquest. It can pay for a bonnie lad like me who
wants to grime up a bit you know, and a fag does wonders
for the poor little preppie boy desperately trying to make
himself a little more attractive to the shadier characters on
the dancefloor.
As you read this, it’s probably been made law by now.
I’ll have already stubbed out my last ciggie by the time
you pick this up this edition of Out In The City. The only
smoke you’ll be seeing will be being pumped out by the
dry-ice machine. Kiss goodbye to fag-burns blotting your
complexion, festering clothes, and to all those pikey skanks
who hover around the dancefloor asking “Can I buy a spare
cigarette”.
Say hello to shower-fresh sheets on Monday, albeit in
my case, probably alone…
GET ON THE
GUEST LIST
The Salvation crew
will be hosting a special
Salvation Gold London
Pride Party on Sunday 1
July at the swanky art deco
Bloomsbury Ballroom.
Expect the Latino-tinged
circuit-style bronzed-pec
madness to reach new
heights of decadence, with
an extra-special live PA
in the shape of Nemesis
Rising (see our interview
on page 24) and an army
of go-go-cum-models
sporting LA-based
designer Andrew Christian’s
latest underwear, complete
with ‘Show It’ technology!
Elliot J Brown, Luke Hope
and Per QX keep it wild
and funky.
Salvation Gold is Sunday
1 July from 6pm till 1am at
The Bloomsbury Ballrooms,
Bloomsbury Square. See
www.salvation-london.
com for ticket information.
The Fire crew are gonna
be mega busy over Pride
weekend. Fire DJs will be
taking care of the British
Airways Square (that’s
Soho Square to you and
me...) on Saturday 30
June, and the official
Pride afterparty will be
taking place at Juicy in
the evening. Make sure
you save some energy for
the Orange Pride party
on Sunday 1 July, which
will run from 11pm till
11am, with the likes of
The Oli, Sharp Boys, Dave
Cross, Stevie B, Alan K
and Gonzalo at the decks.
www.firelondon.co.uk

CLUB KALI
Twelve years in club
land is a long time, and
an amazing achievement
for any night. It’s an even
greater achievement
for one that exists more
on word-of-mouth
recommendations than
press coverage or hype. Club
Kali is one such club, and in
June it celebrated its 12th
anniversary at the Dome in
Tufnell Park.
The 500-capacity Dome is
basically a large room above
a pub – a very large room.
It’s been variously described
as a bit like a church parish
hall or a school disco of a
venue. Ritu, Rita and the
rest of the Kali crew move
in once a month and make
the place their own, with
swathes of fabric, UV lights,
and a big screen for playing
Bollywood movies. Multicoloured
optic lights along
the bar rotate through the
colours of the rainbow, and
the overall atmosphere is
loud, brash and colourful.
Kali, if you didn’t already
know, is the world’s largest
gay Asian club night. The
birthday party attracted
loyal fans from far and
wide, and was soon fit
to bursting… and what
a mixed crowd. Probably
50/50 boys and girls, of
all ages and backgrounds.
The soundtrack is bhangra
and other world music
sounds, mixed with some
contemporary house and
pop. Bhangra mash-ups
of House Of Pain’s ‘Jump
Around’ and Nelly Furtado’s
‘Promiscuous’ soon had
plenty of hand-clapping
and foot-stamping on the
dancefloor, which stayed
busy till the end of the
evening.
“The night was packed,
and brought tears to my
eyes at times because of
the love and laughter in the
room,” promoter Ritu told
us later, “plus, because we
dug out some of the classic
tracks which have been
Kali favourites over the last
twelve years!”
When asked what was the
best aspect of promoting
the night, she answered
without hesitation. “Kali is
unique. There is no other
club like it in the entire
world. The music is special
- uncompromisingly kitsch
and ‘feel-good’, while
also crossing cultures and
genres. There is a meeting
of worlds both in the music
and on the dancefloor.
We bring people together.
Divisions have no place at
Kali. And, we know that for
some of our regulars we are
a vital ‘lifeline’ in what can
be a hostile world.”
Club Kali returns with a Pride
Party on Friday 20 July, The
Dome, 1 Dartmouth Park Hill,
(above The Boston), Tufnell
Park, N19. www.clubkali.com
PHOTOGRAPHY BY EOIN WHELAN

THE GOLDEN LION
London’s newest gay
bar, The Golden Lion
in King’s Cross has been
quietly building itself a
following since its launch
three months ago. This
bright, spacious, corner pub
has stood on the site for
decades, but only turned
pink when taken over by
owner Mike Stein and
entertainments manager
Jon Ward earlier this year.
Big windows allow daylight
to illuminate the large
ground floor bar, which
could be best described
as sporting a ‘smart
traditional’ interior. Brown
brick walls complement the
cream-painted woodwork
around the bar and natural
wooden floorboards. Big
vases of flowers add a note
of sophistication.
You’re sure of a warm
welcome on any day of the
week, and the team have
plenty of promotions and
entertainment to keep you
coming back for more. This
includes the increasingly
busy Bingay and karaoke
session every Monday,
presided over by Chris
Reardon. There’s a 9pm quiz
every Tuesday, the Larfing
Lion Comedy Club in the
upstairs Theatre bar every
Thursday, plus the Platinum
DJ session every Friday,
when club jocks spin the
house sounds till late. This
is followed by more karaoke
and club sounds every
Saturday, and the Sunday
evening cabaret. On the
night of our visit, Crystal
Waide was entertaining the
crowd… and anyone who
happened to be wandering
slack-jawed past the
venue’s big windows!
Crystal appears fortnightly
at the club, while guest
stars such as Sandra and
Topping & Butch take care
of the other Sundays. The
team kick off July with a
big PA from hi-nrg heroine
Hazel Dean, who will take
to the stage on 1 July.
They’ve also just unveiled
their brand new, secluded
beer garden, out at the
back of the bar – just
ahead of the smoking ban
coming in to force. For
more details about nightly
promotions, call the team
on 020-7837 4734.
The Golden Lion, 2
Britannia Street, WC1.
020-7837 4734. www.
goldenlionlondon.co.uk
PHOTOGRAPHY BY CHRISJEPSON/LONDONCLUBLAND.COM ©

PHOTOGRAPHY BY CHRISJEPSON/LONDONCLUBLAND.COM ©

DISCOTEC
Discotec has always attracted a diverse and mixed
crowd of pleasure-seekers, and the night we visited
boasted a truly pan-global selection of gay boyz and girls,
all united in their desire to party!
The End is a beautiful venue, situated at basement
level, below West Central Street, off New Oxford Street.
It boasts two separate rooms. There’s the Lounge area,
which showcases the best in urban sounds, plus the main
dancefloor, which reverberates to the best in funky house.
Promoter Adrian Eleftheriou took over the week-to-week
managing of the place about four months ago, and he’s
worked hard to ensure that the night retains its cutting edge
credentials. To this end, there’s a constantly rotating line-up
of DJs, which special guests flown in from all over the world.
On the night we visited, taking care of the main floor were
DJs Lora, Lee Harris and France’s Leomeo. Meanwhile, in the
Lounge, they had Pacman, Gideon, 9Bob and Qboy, with a
guest PA at 1am from Mz Fontaine, who laid down the hip
hop beats and rapping.
The club will be celebrating Pride weekend with a special
party on Thursday 28 June entitled Girls vs Boys. The two
rooms will be split between the sexes, with ‘The Little Boys
Room’ featuring Femi B, Guy Williams and Leomeo, while
‘The Little Girls Room’ will have Candy Bar DJs Slamma and
Philly, with Brandy and Crystal on the mic.
For highlights of events coming up in July, check the
website at www.discotec-club.com… or just get your ass
down to West Central Street on any given Thursday!
Discotec takes place every Thursday at The End, 18 West Central
Street, W1. There are weekly pre-parties from 9pm at Candy Bar
and The Edge. For more details check www.discotec-club.com or
www.myspace.com/discotec

HEAVEN
The grand dame of London gay clubs, Heaven
established itself an international reputation as soon as it
first threw open its doors nearly 30 years ago. However,
it’s never been one to rest on its laurels, and continues to
continually showcase new DJ talent and to tweak and refine
its winning formula. We popped along on a sultry Saturday
evening in June to find the place buzzing with good-time
boys and girls, all taking advantage of the choice afforded
them by this cavernous club beneath the railway arches of
Charing Cross Station.
DJs Nick Tcherniak, Gonzalo, Oliver M and Malcolm Duffy
took care of the main floor, which besides being illuminated
by the usual array of mind-warping lights and lasers, staged
a horny dance show of muscled go-go’s.
To coincide with the end of the series on Channel 4, the
Departure Lounge was hosting an Ugly Betty party,
with screenings of the show on the big screen, host Manny
dashing around in a Mexican poncho, and drag Ebony
dressed up as Wilhelmina!
The Star Bar is the second largest room, and on Saturday
nights it’s been re-christened ‘Play’, complete with its own
terrace-style VIP bar at one end. David Rosen, Simon QB
and Terry T Rex took care of the Dakota Bar, which was
packed with lovers of r’n’b, hip hop and urban tunes, while
mainstream chart hits kept the Pop Room buzzing.
Given Heaven’s international standing, it’s only
fitting that it should want to spread its wings,
and this year the crew have taken over
Penelope’s in Ibiza for the summer months.
The venue threw open its doors this week,
with resident jocks Pagano and Gonzalo being
dispatched to the White Isle for the season’s
duration. Hostess Polly has also packed her bags
and headed to Ibiza, so you’re sure of spotting a few
friendly faces. Mirroring its parent venue in London,
Heaven Ibiza will boast its own lush Departure Lounge
for members and a spectacular VIP area, The Island. In fact,
the VIP members terrace will be split over two floors, with a
beautiful terrace overlooking the Ibiza marina. Penelope’s is
a gorgeous venue near Ibiza airport and opposite Pacha. It
has a capacity for 2,500. The venue will be open throughout
the week, although the Heaven gay night will run each
Tuesday, with different promotions and parties taking care
of the rest of the week.
For more details about this, and events at Heaven London, check
www.heaven-london.com

PHOTOGRAPHY BY CHRISJEPSON/LONDONCLUBLAND.COM ©

POP IDOL
NEITHER OF US
COULD GIVE THE
OTHER GUARANTEES
SO WE BOTH ACTED
LIKE ADULTS
AND DECIDED
ON A LOVING
AND AMICABLE
SEPARATION.
POP launches Tuesday
17 July at Soho Revue
Bar, Walker’s Court, Soho,
W1. Dusty O, Nic C and
Johnny Red spin pure
pop from the past four
decades. Entrance is £3
or free with valid NUS
card. Half-price entry
with a flyer from one of
the 4 POP-Boys on the
streets of Soho between
9pm and midnight.
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JUICY CELEBRATION
Looking to head out after
Pride? The official Pride
Afterparty this year will
be taking place at Juicy on
Saturday 30 June. Vauxhall
club Fire, in association
with Andrew Harris, will be
presenting this very special
Juicy Pride from 11pm till
11am – yes, a whopping
12 hours of Juicy madness
in high-tech, beautiful
surroundings.
“Fire has been working
with Pride for nearly a year
now and are very proud to
be part of the celebrations.
To show our support for the
event, we will be donating
a portion of the door sales
to the Pride charity.”
Juicy continues to take
Vauxhall by storm week
after week with its massive
all-night parties, drawing
one of the sexiest and
most up-for-it crowds of
gorgeous men that London
has to offer. Mind-blowing
production and visuals,
combined with stunning
music, truly take this club to
another level – especially
with the Lightbox room
and the new Fire Lounge.
For the Pride party, expect
Room 1 to reverberate to
pumpin’ house sounds
from D’Johnny, Paul Martin,
The Oli, Rob Sykes and
Gonzalo. Sean Dickson,
David Jimenez and Elliot J
Brown will look after room
two, while the LightBox
will bounce around to the
sounds of Stevie B, Dave
Cross and Alan K. Finally,
chill out in the Lounge with
sounds from Steven Artis
and Paul Christian.
Tickets cost £12 in advance
from Prowler, The Box,
BarCode and Kazbar.
Otherwise £15 before 1am
with flyer/ad, £17 full price
(£12 Orange Card/conc/
NUS) and £8 after 7am.
www.fireclub.co.uk - www.
myspace.com/firelondon
- www.juicyclub.net
HIGHLIGHTS
COCO PRIDE
Opening at the end of April, the swanky Coco Latté SW5
is the most gorgeous new venue for gay London to open in
many a month. This stylish establishment boasts its own
VIP room for members, gorgeous deep-buttoned leather
banquettes around the dance floor plus two giant Louis XV
beds for guests to take the load off their feet!
It’s open throughout the week, and one of its
most popular nights is new Saturday promotion
MUSICISMYWAYOFLIFE. This is an epic journey through
DJ Femi B’s collection of dance music, spanning the past 30
years – everything from Paradise Garage classics, through
to funky house, soul and disco. Doors open from 7pm for
early evening Champagne and cocktails in the Lounge Bar,
and admission is free before 11pm, then £10 after.
Another new promotion at Coco Latté is Thursday night’s
Eye Candy. Aiming to attract London’s most gorgeous
crowd, it’s an evening for those who work in the music,
fashion and modelling industry. DJ Philly and Jason Hates
Jazz (Defected) spin the funky and uplifting vocal house,
and admission is free before 11pm then £5 after.
Finally, get along on Friday 29 June for a special Coco Latté
Pride Party, which will run till the later time of 4am.
Luke Hope and Mike Starr will spin the sounds, and special
guest Jodie Harsh, alongside DJs Tallulah and Tasty Tim, will
preside over the ‘Throne Room’ (normally the VIP room but
open to all for Pride). Again, entry’s free before 11pm then
£10 after.
You’ll find Coco Latté SW5 at 180-184 Earl’s Court Road,
SW5. For more details, check www.cocolattesw5.com
SALVATION GOLD
Salvation returns for another mega-bash at The Bloomsbury
Ballroom on Sunday 1 July, with the theme this month
being – what else? – a London Pride Salvation Gold
Party. Expect Latino-tinged circuit-style mayhem and red
carpet raucousness from 6pm till 1am. The whole event is being sponsored by LA-based
designer Andrew Christian, so expect sexy go-go’s and dancers sporting their finest designer
underwear! There will be a PA from sexy twins Jacob and Joshua, aka Nemesis Rising, plus
a guest DJ appearance from Elliot Brown. He’ll be joining the likes of Pier Morrocco, Per QX,
Sharon O’Love, Luke Hope and Mattias at the decks.
Feeling extra chi-chi? Why not treat yourself to the VIP package? Those who purchase VIP
tickets can queue-jump with their own separate entrance, enjoy complementary coat-check
and access to the VIP pre-party at the venue from 5 till 6pm.
It will all be followed by an even bigger Salvation party on Sunday 29 July – more details
about that in the next issue of Out. Admission for 1 July is £15 for early bird tickets, £20
afterwards - with tickets available at The Box, Clone Zone, Prowler, Profile, Trax and www.
clubtickets.com. VIP tickets cost £25.
www.salvation-london.com
IN THE RED
Blue Cube’s annual mega party Ruby is back! The promoters of DTPM and Fiction will be
teaming up with the infamous Trade crew for a big post-Pride celebration on Sunday 1
July. However, instead of taking over Canvas, as they have in previous years, for 2007 it will
be taking place at DTPM’s regular home, the gorgeous Fabric in Clerkenwell.
The theme for the night will be ‘Dangerous Liaisons, so dust of your most extravagant frock,
don your fanciest wig and grab an oversized fan.
On Dance Floor 1 you can expect the finest in uplifting house from DTPM allstars, while for
fans of the hard stuff, the legendary Trade will be hosting Dance Floor 2. Expect sets from
Malcolm Duffy, Gonzalo and Lady Bianca.
Finally, making a welcome return from a long rest is Fiction, which will set up camp on
Dance floor 3. Re-visit that Friday feeling with the help of Stewart Who?, Luke Hope and the
one and only Fat Tony.
You’ll find the state-of-the-art Fabric at 77a Charterhouse Street, Farringdon, EC1. Advance
tickets cost £18 (excl. booking fee) through Ticketweb via www.blue-cube.net or 08700
600 100, or more on the door. www.club-ruby.co.uk
SWEDE
SPECTACULAR
Fans of quality Swedish pop
music should get along to
G-A-Y on Saturday 21 July.
London’s most high-profile
gay club will be hosting a
special one-off gig from
three of the country’s finest
pop bands – Alcazar,
Army Of Lovers and
BWO (Bodies Without
Organs)! What links all
three bands? They’re all
creations of songwriter
genius Alexander Bard,
who is bringing Army Of
Lovers and Alcazar back
to the stage for the first
time in many years. Expect
such camp classics as
‘Crucified’ and ‘Crying At The
Discotheque’, along with
the debut single from Bard’s
latest creation, BWO.
Before this, on Saturday
7 July, expect another
exclusive when the Kit
Kat Dolls take the stage.
The band shot to fame
following their appearance
on Britain’s Got Talent, but
were evicted from the show
when the tabloids claimed
that certain members of the
transsexual band worked
as prostitutes! Obviously
not deemed worthy of
performing in front of the
Queen, we’ve not doubt
that the 2,000 queens
who pack out G-A-Y each
Saturday will give them a
much warmer welcome!
You’ll find G-A-Y at the
Astoria, 157 Charing Cross
Road, WC2. For more details
of events at the club, as
well as G-A-Y Bar and
G-A-Y Late, check www.
g-a-y.co.uk

BINGO BOY!
For a very different sort
of evening out, why not
join Johnny Woo for his
Gay Bingo session? This
unique event takes place
once a month at Corbet
Place, The Old Truman
Brewery, off Hanbury
Street, E1. The July date
takes place on Sunday 22
July. Johnny whips up the
excitement in the packedto-capacity
crowd with
songs, dancing, fabulous
gutter couture and, of
course, lashings of bingo
– aided and abetted
by Ma Butcher on the
number cruncher and DJ
John Sizzle on the decks.
The crowd is a veritable
who’s who of Shoreditch
glitter-arty, plus lovely
London lads, girlz and
everything in between…
Add to that the odd celeb,
and you’ve got London’s
sexiest Sunday soirée!
GOING
CENTRAL SUMMER
The team at Central
Station are pleased to
announce that their new
roof terrace is now open
for business. Enjoy the
flowers and foliage
or just nip up there for
a fag! The bar also has
a new wine menu and
what could be nicer than
a nice chilled glass of
Lola Lasagne
wine on a sunny roof
terrace?
The venue also has plenty of cabaret booked in for July,
kicking off with Trashville Tennessee on Saturday 7 July.
She’s followed by Drag With No Name on Friday 13th
and Dolly Diamond on Saturday 14th. Lola Lasagne
treads the boards on Friday 20th July, and Maisie
Trollette on Saturday 21st. Finally, that Hampstead whore
Sandra entertains on Saturday 28th July. Check out all the
action at 32 Wharfdale Road, King’s Cross, N1.
VENUES:
CENTRAL LONDON
79 CXR, 79 Charing Cross Road, WC2.
020 7734 0769. Leicester Square
tube. Mon-Sat 1pm-3am, Sun 1pm-
10.30pm. Cover charge after 11pm.
Large, cruisy, late-night bar.
ADMIRAL DUNCAN, 54 Old
Compton Street, W1. 020 7437
5300. Leicester Square tube.
Friendly, traditional gay pub.
ASTORIA, 157 Charing Cross Road,
WC2. 020-7734 6963. Tottenham
Courtg Road tube. Huge, former
theatre, with 2,000 capacity. Now
home to G-A-Y club nights. www.
g-a-y.co.uk
BARCODE, 3-4 Archer Street, W1.
020 7734 3342. www.bar-code.
co.uk. Piccadilly Circus tube.
Mon-Sat 4pm-1.30am. Sun until
10.30pm. Dance bar on two floors,
with club-style basement. Comedy
Camp stand-up night each Tuesday.
BLOOMSBURY BALLROOM,
Bloomsbury Square, WC1. Ornate
dance space, home to monthly
muscle boy dance club Salvation
- check website for dates - www.
salvation-london.com
THE BOX, 32-34 Monmouth Street,
Seven Dials, WC2. 020 7240 5828.
Leicester Square tube. 11am-11pm.
Stylish and award-winning gay café
bar popular with scene and muscle
queens.
CANDY BAR, 4 Carlisle Street, W1.
020 7494 4041. Tottenham Court
Road tube. Mon-Thu 5-11.30pm.
Fri & Sat 5pm-2am. Sun 5-11pm.
Long-running and famed lesbian
bar.
COMPTONS, 52 Old Compton
Street, W1. 020 7479 7961. Leicester
Square tube. Noon-11pm. A Soho
institution. Large, traditional gay
boozer on two floors.
DISCOTEC, The End, 18 West
Central Street, WC1. 020-7419
9199. Famed and long-running
Thursday nighter, running at
gorgeous, designer, two-roomed
venue The End.
THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON,
77 Wardour Street, W1. 020 7439
1274. Piccadilly Circus tube.
Mon-Thu noon-11pm, Fri & Sat
noon-midnight, ‘til 10.30pm on
Sun. Traditional and fun gay pub
over two floors.
THE EDGE, 11 Soho Square, W1.
020 7439 1313. Tottenham Court
Road tube. Noon-1am, Sun 2pm-
11.30pm. Stylish, hip gay bar
spread over four intimate floors,
with regular nights from top DJs.
ESCAPE, 10a Brewer Street, W1.
020 7734 2626. Piccadilly Circus
tube. 5pm-3am. Cover charge after
11pm. Every night’s a party at this
late-night video dance bar.
EXILIO, LSE Underground,
Houghton Street (off Kingsway),
Aldwych, WC2. Saturday night gay
Latin and salsa night.
FIRST OUT CAFÉ, 52 St Giles
High Street, WC2. 020 7240 8042.
Tottenham Court Road tube.
10am-11pm. Sun 10.30pm. Over
20 years old and still going strong.
Long-running community café bar.
FREEDOM, 66 Wardour Street,
W1. 020 7734 0071. Piccadilly
Circus tube. Opulent style bar, with
late-night club promotions for a
metorsexual crowd.
www.freedombarsoho.com
FRIENDLY SOCIETY, 79 Wardour
Street, WC1. Trendy and unique,
intimate basement bar, which
attracts a mixed crowd.
G-A-Y BAR, 30 Old Compton
Street, W1. 020 7494 2756.
Leicester Square tube. 12pm-
12am. Huge, poptastic gay bar,
with a multitude of video screens,
pop tunes and drinks promotions.
www.g-a-y.co.uk
G-A-Y LATE, 5 Goslett Yard,
off Charing Cross Road, WC2.
Tottenham Court Road tube.
11pm-3am. Late-night sister
venue to G-A-Y Bar – more video
screens, camp pop fun and cheap
drinks.
GHETTO, 5-6 Falconberg
Mews, W1. 020-7287 3726.
Subterranean, trend-setting gay
club venue, with nightly alternative
promotions.
HALFWAY TO HEAVEN, 7
Duncannon Street, WC2. 020
7321 2791. Charing Cross tube.
Mon-Thu noon-11pm, Fri & Sat
12pm-12am. Old-style gay pub
spread over two floors.
HEAVEN, The Arches, Villiers
Street, WC2. Charing Cross Road
tube. Huge, world-famous gay
club. www.heaven-london.com
THE KINGS ARMS, 23 Poland
Street, W1. 020 7734 5907.
Oxford Circus tube. Mon-Thur
12pm–11pm, Fri-Sat 12pm-12am,
Sun 12pm-11.30pm. London’s bar
for bears and blokes. Traditional
atmosphere, pool table upstairs
and BearHug each Friday.
KU BAR, 30 Lisle Street, Leicester
Square, WC2. 020 7437 4303.
Leicester Square tube. Large,
upmarket gay bar spread over three
floors, open till 3am daily. www.
ku-bar.com
KUDOS, 10 Adelaide Street, WC2.
020 7379 4573. Charing Cross
tube. 3pm-11pm, Sat noon-11pm,
Sun noon-10.30pm. Beautiful and
stylish café bar (great food!), with
clubbier vibe and video screens
in the basement. Popular with
Asian crowd.
LONG YANG CLUB, the
basement, Thai Square, 21-24
Cockspur Street, Trafalgar Square.
Sunday evening club for Asian
men and their admirers. www.
lyclondon.com
QUEER AREA
There are various events taking place at the Crash and
Area arches in Vauxhall over Pride weekend. Fitladz
will be celebrating the season at Crash with a ‘Pre-Pride
Pre-Cum Party’ on Friday 29 June, running from 11pm
till 5am. Expect plenty of areas to explore and cruise, and
lots of horny lads. It’s followed by the Saturday night ‘Big
Pride Spunktacular’ on Saturday 30 June (10pm till extra
late) and a ‘Final Load’ bash on Sunday 1 July.
At Area on Pride night there’s gonna be a Matinee
party. Matinee is one of Spain’s hottest gay nights, and
its excursions to London are always mega-busy affairs. DJ
Rafa Ariza will be flying in to spin the summery Spanish
sounds, and he’ll be joined at the decks by local heroes
Oliver M, Paul Heron, Brent Nicholls, Luke Hope, Jamie
Head, Ben Jamin and Severino. Doors will be open from
10pm till 6am, and admission is £12 in advance – www.
areaclub.info
Matinee will be followed by a special Pride afterhours
session of Future at Club Colosseum. Expect three
mega rooms of partying, with upgraded lighting and
effects! Future launched a couple of months ago and
proved an instant hit, and for this special Pride session,
the venue will host a separate Trade room, with its own
dancefloor and Trade DJs. Future will kick off at 4am on
the morning of Sunday 1 July and run till super late.
Advance queue-jump tickets for Future will be £10,
while a joint Matinee and Future ticket will be just £20.
Finally, looking a little further ahead in July, put Saturday
7 July in your diary – as that’s when the Hed Kandi make
their eagerly-awaited return to Area for another Queer
Kandi session. Working the decks will be David Dunne,
Lisa German, Mikey D, Jamie Head and Jake Duval, with
doors open 10pm till 5am. Tickets are £15 in advance
– www.ticketweb.co.uk or www.clubtickets.co.uk. Area,
67-68 Albert Embankment, Vauxhall, London, SE1

BEATWOOD LAUNCH
Brand new for Vauxhall is
Beatwood – a monthly
Saturday nighter that
launches on 14 July and
runs every second Saturday
thereafter. Beatwood
has been conceived by
David who was previously
co-owner and co-promoter
of XXL London.
“With Beatwood I’m
trying to recreate the party
atmosphere that I enjoyed
when I started clubbing.
Beatwood is a club for real
men, no dress code, no
attitude just one fantastic
monthly party.”
Beatwood’s main floor
resident Micky Galliano is
coming over to the darkside
from playing at clubs such
as Ministry of Sound,
Turnmills and the big Ibiza
clubs. He is joined by DJBJ,
“who is well known on
the gay scene under many
different guises.” In the
second arena Ginja Ninja
is returning to Vauxhall
with his new act, The Filthy
Funmakers!
Beatwood will take place
at Hidden (home of Hard
On), which boasts four
arenas and an 800 capacity.
Rooms 1 and 2 will be
giving you the best funky
house and club anthems
money can buy whilst
the second arena will be
spinning an eclectic set of
alternative dance. There will
also a be a dimly-lit arch for
hardcore cruise action, plus
a garden area.
Doors will be open from
10pm till 6am, with entry
£10 (with free annual
membership on offer on the
opening night).
www.beatwoodclub.com
THE PHOENIX, 37 Cavendish
Square, W1 (behind Debenhams
on Oxford Street). Straight pub
with basement club, which plays
host to gay indie night Rebel
Rebel once a month (www.
clubrebelrebel.co.uk).
PROFILE, 56 Frith Street, Soho,
W1. Tottenham Court Road tube.
Stylish, big gay bar, owned by the
team at Gaydar.co.uk - spread over
three floors, with internet access
and Gaydar radio.
THE QUEBEC, 12 Old Quebec
Street, WC1. 020-7629 6159.
Marble Arch tube. Huge pub, on
two floors, attracting an older
crowd. www.thequebec.co.uk
RETRO BAR, 2 George Court,
WC2. 020 7321 2811. Charing
Cross tube. Mon-Fri noon-11. Sat
5pm-11pm, Sun 5pm-11pm.
A traditional boozer for the gay
scene’s indie, alternative and
student-types – Tuesday’s pop quiz
is an institution.
RUPERT STREET, 50 Rupert
Street, W1. 020 7292 7141.
Piccadilly Circus tube. 12-11pm,
Sun 10.30pm. Large, designer style
bar, popular with professional gay
boyz and post-work crowd.
SHADOW LOUNGE, 5 Brewer
Street, W1. 020-7287 7988.
Piccadilly tube. Exclusive, gorgeous,
late-night bar and club for A-list
gays and celeb-spotters. www.
theshadowlounge.com
SOHO REVUE BAR, 11 Walkers
Court (off Brewer Street), W1.
020-7734 0377. Legendary Soho
cabaret club, attracting very gay
crowd with nightly cabaret, gigs
and burlesque.
SUNDAY FUSION, The
Langley, Langley Street, WC2.
07872958660 (mobile rates).
Post-Pride party taking place
Sunday 1 July 2007, aiming
to bring back that old skool
sense of community that used
to fuel dance culture - with
hostess Yvonne and DJ Ms
Bailey. Open 5pm till 1am. £3
before 7pm, £5 before 9pm,
£7 after. www.thelangley.
co.uk
TRASH PALACE, 11 Wardour
Street, W1. 020 7734 0522.
Piccadilly Circus tube. Sun-Thu
5pm-midnight. Fri & Sat 5pm-
3am. Indie, rock and trash fun on
two floors – very popular with
students and alternative club
freaks.
VILLAGE, 81 Wardour Street, W1.
020 7434 2124. Piccadilly Circus
tube. 12-1am, Sun 11.30pm. Late
night door charge. Soho’s original
gay café bar, spread over four
floors, and now with basement
dancefloor and discos.
THE YARD, 57 Rupert Street, W1.
020 7437 2652. Piccadilly Circus
tube. Mon-Thur 4pm-11pm,
Fri & Sat 1pm-11pm, Sun 1pm-
1.10.30pm. Busy gay bar with
hugely popular courtyard area,
outdoor balcony and loft bar.
NORTH LONDON
THE BLACK CAP, 171 Camden
High Street, NW1. 020 7428
2721. www.theblackcap.com.
Camden Town tube. Shufflewick
Bar: Mon-Thu Noon-1am, Fri-Sat
12noon-2am, Sun Noon-10.30pm.
Club: Mon-Thu 10pm-2am, Fri-Sat
10pm-3am, Sun 10pm-1am.
Long-running, famed gay pub
– probably the most famous
cabaret pub in London, with
nightly DJs and entertainment.
CENTRAL STATION, 37
Wharfdale Road, N1. Tel: 020 7278
3294. Kings Cross tube. Mon-Wed
5pm-2am, Thur 5pm-3am, Fri
5pm-4am, Sat 1pm-4am, Sun
1pm-12am. Big gay bar on three
floors, with ground floor cabaret
and infamously cruisy cruise nights
in basement.
CLUB KALI, The Dome, 1
Dartmouth Park Hill, Tufnell Park,
N19. World’s biggest lesbian and
gay Asian music night, running
every third Friday of the month.
www.clubkali.com
COSMO LOUNGE, 43 Essex Road,
N1. Tel: 020 7688 0051. Angel
tube. Sun-Wed 2pm-Midnight,
Thu-Sat 2pm-1am. Long, narrow,
intimate gay bar popular with
locals girls and boys.
THE GREEN, 74 Upper Street,
N1. Tel: 020 7704 0713. www.
the-green.co.uk. Angel tube.
Mon-Wed 4pm-midnight, Thu
4pm-1am, Fri 12noon-2am, Sun
11am-midnight. London’s first
‘gay-stropub!’ Stylish, Islington
bar, serving full food menu and
wide range of drinks and cocktails.
Mixed, chilled crowd.
KING EDWARD VI, 25 Bromfield
Street, N1. Tel: 020 7704 0745.
Angel tube. Sun-Thu 12noon-
12midnight, Thu 12noon-1am,
Fri-Sat 12noon-2am. Very
long-running gay pub, with ‘local’
atmosphere and character, plus
popular beer garden.
KW4, 77 Hampstead High Street,
NW3. 020-7435 5747. Large,
cost, traditional old gay pub, with
regular entertainment, beer garden
and food. www.kw4.co.uk
THE LOAD OF HAY, 207 Pinner
Road, Watford, 01923-441113.
Watford‚s only gay pub, with
big beer garden and regular
entertainment! www.loadofhay.
co.uk
MA1 BAR, Central Station, 37
Wharfdale Road, King’s Cross, N1.
Intimate, sleazy men-only cruise
bar, open throughout the week
- www.ma1.co.uk
THE OAK BAR, 79 Green Lanes,
N16. 020-7354 2791. Manor
House tube. Friendly, divere
gay bar with late-night club
promotions, open till 3am at
weekends. www.oakbar.com
THE SCALA, 275-277 Pentonville
Road, N1. 020-738 2336. King’s
Cross tube. Large former cinema,
now huge club and live gig venue
– home to Friday night indie/rock
club Popstarz (www.popstarz.
org).
SOUTH LONDON
AREA, 67-68 Albert Embankment,
SE11. Gorgeously-designed, hard
dance club and cabaret rooms,
with eclectic roster of different
gay club nights. (Chunk, Matinee,
Bootylicious...).
BARCODE VAUXHALL, Arch 69,
Albert Embankment, SE11. 0207
734 3342. Vauxhall tube. Open 7
days a week. Mon-Thu 4pm-1am,
Fri-Sun 4pm-4am. Recently
opened and very popular club bar,
with dancefloor and mezzanine
chill-out space.
CLUB COLOSSEUM, 1 Nine
Elms Lane, Vauxhall, SW8. Huge,
late-night venue for after-hours
crowd – hosting various one-off
promotions such as the monthly
Future.
CRASH, 66 Albert Embankment,
SE11. 020-7793 9262. Large hard
dance club beneath railway arches
– hosts different nights (Queer
Nation, etc) each weekend.
EGO, 82 Norwood High Street,
SE27. 020 8761 5200. West
Norwood BR. Sun-Thu 8pm-late,
7pm-4am. Door charge on
weekend. Large, popular bar and
club, attracting big crowds at
weekends.
FACTORY, 65 Goding Street,
SE11. Stylish, railway arch Vauxhall
venue, hosting occasional dance
and cruise nights.
THE FORT, 131 Grange Road,
SE1. 020-7237 7742. Small cruise
club, open till 11pm throughout
week, with regular boots-only
and underwear parties. www.
thefortlondon.com
FIRE, South Lambeth Road,
Vauxhall, SW8. Vauxhall tube.
Infamous, late-night gay venue
beneath the Vauxhall railway
arches, host to the likes of Rude
Boyz, Orange, A;M and Gravity.
Open around the clock at
weekends. www.allthingsorange.
com
THE GEORGE & DRAGON, 2
BlackheathHill, Greenwich, SE10.
020 8691 3764. www.gandd.org.
uk. Deptford Bridge DLR. Mon-Thu
4pm-1am, Fri & Sat 4pm-4am,
Sun 4pm-2am. Late-night pub
with nightly entertainment and
popular cabaret nights.
HIDDEN, 100 Timworth Street,
SE11. Railway arch club venue,
home to infamous Hard On night
once a month (www.hardonclub.
KU CUISINE
Given its location on Lisle
Street, just a stone’s throw
from Leicester Square,
you can be sure that
the relaunched Ku Bar
is gonna be absolutely
rammed on Pride London
day on Saturday 30 June!
The bar will be celebrating
Pride weekend by opening
extra late – staying open
till 3am on the Friday,
Saturday and Sunday night
(29 June-1 July). All three
floors will be open on
each day, with the weekly
Sunday Tea Dance sure to
be an extra busy affair.
For July, the team will
be introducing their
brand new lunch menu,
in conjunction with
the culinary experts at
Boulevard on Old Compton
Street. Expect a range
of tempting lunchtime
delights, with the special
being a big helping of
muscles and chips for
just £6.
Check at Ku Bar at 30 Lisle
Street, WC2 – 020-7437
4303 – www.ku-bar.com
BINGO BELLE!
Here’s a duo that you don’t
see together often… drag
performer Timberlina
and TV hostess Vanessa
Feltz! Timberlina hosts
the Monday night bingo
Timberlina and Vanessa session at the Royal
Vauxhall Tavern, and
last month they had a very
special guest to help draw the balls… none other then
the larger-than-life TV star and columnist.
“Vanessa Feltz was fantabalous! A pleasure and a joy!
Warm, funny and no holds barred,” Timberlina told us
afterwards. “She was so generous to the audience we all
had a fab time - the audience went wild as she arrived
in a Bear-Chauffeured Merc and they were ever so well
behaved with the Q&A. Well, for the most part. Fred
Bear made a dapper butler, and Vanessa made Lisa from
Islington’s year by signing her tits! With a permanent ink
marker! So thanks to everyone for coming down and
making it a great night... we love Vanessa Feltz!”
Timberlina’s bingo session runs every Monday night at the
Royal Vauxhall Tavern at 8pm. You’ll find the RVT at 372
Kennington Lane, SE11.
VANESSA/TIMBERLINA PHOTO BY MIKEKEAR.COM

PUNK
IT UP!
XXL will be
celebrating Pride
London with a party on
Saturday 30 June. The
theme will be ‘sPunk Pride
Party’. Yes, the theme
will tie in with the 30th
anniversary of punk and
the release of the Sex
Pistols ‘God Save The
Queen’. London’s biggest
weekly night for bears,
cubs, daddies, blokes,
hunks and chunks will be
going punky for one night
only, in honour of the fact
that ‘both punk and XXL
are anti-establishment’!
“We’ve got the punkyfeisty
vocals from Luciana
- the voice behind
Bodyrox’s chart smash
‘Yeah Yeah’, Portabella’s
XXL Anthem ‘Vive La
Difference’ and Martin Ten
Veldens ‘I Wish U Would’.
We have the XXL resident
DJ’s Christian M, Andy
Almighty, Alex Logan,
Paul Goodyear and Mark
Ames providing the often
imitated soundtrack over
two dance arches. After
the amazing success at
Fusion, Marc Massive
and his partner in crime
Ollie Frost are taking Arch
3 over and presenting
Pop Cell. If you missed
the electro-retro-pop
shenanigans at Fusion this
is another chance to get
your dose of the action.
Expect the unexpected!’
XXL takes place at The
Arches, 51-53 Southwark
Street, SE1. The Pride
party runs from 10pm
till 6am, with admission
£8 for members, £12 for
non-members.
The new, monthly XXL
Extreme session touches
down on Friday 29 June
and Friday 27 July. Expect
an extra-cruisy night of
action for a very bloke-ish
crowd! For more details of
both events, check www.
myspace.com/xxllondon
co.uk) and now Beatwood (www.
beatwoodclub.com)
THE HOIST, Arch 47c, South
Lambeth Road, SW8. 020 7735
9972. 10pm-late. Door charge and
strict dress code. One of London’s
most famous dress-code and cruise
clubs and packed with men-only
crowd. Open Friday-Sunday and
occasional Thursdays (SM Gays).
KAZBAR, 50 Clapham High
Street, SW4. 020 7622 0070.
Clapham North tube. Mon-Thu
4pm-midnight, Fri 4pm-1am, Sat
noon-1am, Sun noon-midnight.
Clapham video bar, popular
throughout the week and DJs at
weekends.
LITTLE APPLE, 98 Kennington
Lane, SE11. 020 7735 2039.
Kennnigton tube. Open 7 days
a week. Small, traditional gay
boozer for local gay boys and girls.
MANBAR, 82 Great Suffolk
Street, SE1. 020-7928 3223.
London Bridge tube. Late-night
cruise bar (with showers!) for
men-only. www.manbar.info
THE POWDER MONKEY, 1 King
William Walk, Greenwich SE10.
020 8293 5928. Greenwich BR
and tube. Stylish, designer gay bar
spread over three floors.
ROYAL VAUXHALL TAVERN,
372 Kennington Lane, SE11.
020 7840 0596. Opening times
vary. Vauxhall tube. Door Charge.
Huge, traditional and historic gay
pub, with long history of hosting
cabaret. Packed to rafters on
Saturday (Duckie) and Sunday
(the post-club Chill-Out).
SOUTH CENTRAL, 349
Kennington Lane, SE11. 020 7793
0903. Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat
9pm-late, Tue 7.30-10.30pm, Sun
4pm-2am. Vauxhall tube. Large,
club-bar with nightly promotions.
Horse Meat Disco (Sundays) is
particularly popular.
THE STAG, 15 Bressenden
Place, SW1. 020 7828 7287.
Victoria tube. Mon & Tue
midday-midnight, Wed-Fri
midday-2am, Sat 5pm-2am,
Sun 4pm-midnight. Dark and
atmospheric gay bar in Victoria
– weekend cabaret.
STONEWALLS, 286 Lewisham
High Street, SE13. www.
stonewalls.info. Mon-Wed
5pm-1am, Thur 5pm-2am, Fri-Sat
5pm-4am, Sun 5pm-12.30am.
Large, late-opening gay pub and
club, with regular entertainment
and cabaret.
THE TRAFALGAR ARMS,
148 Tooting High Street, SW17.
020-8767 6059. A spacious,
lively, attitude-free pub. Excellent
food served all day. Weekly DJs
on Friday and Saturday nights.
Karaoke on Wednesdays.
THE TWO BREWERS, 114
Clapham High Street, SW4. 020
7498 4971. Clapham Common
tube. Mon-Thu 5pm-2am, Fri &
Sat 5pm-4am. South London’s
most famed gay cabaret venue.
Large bar and separate dancefloor
room. Busy at weekends. www.
the2brewers.com
XXL, The Arches, 53 Southwark
Street, SE1. www.xxl-london.com.
London Bridge tube. Huge club
for bears, big men and admirers,
on Saturday and Wednesday, plus
the monthly XXL Extreme party.
EAST LONDON
THE ANGEL, 21 Church Street,
E15. Tel: 020 8555 1148. Stratford
BR and tube. Big gay pub, always
popular at weekends, with regular
cabaret, DJs and disco nights.
THE BACKSTREET, Wentworth
Mews, off Burdett Road, E3.
020-8980 8557. Over 20 years old
– small but legendary dress code
leather club, open Thur-Sun.
THE BLACK HORSE, 168 Mile
End Road, E1. Tel: 020 7790
1684. Mile End tube. Mon-Thurs
8pm-1am, Fri-Sat 8pm-3am, Sun
8pm-1am. Late-opening,East End
cabaret bar and disco.
BISTROTHEQUE, 23-27 Wadeson
St, E2. Tel: 020 8983 7900.
Bethnal Green tube. Very mixed,
gay/straight crowd of trendy
metrosexuals. Great bar, restaurant,
plus separate cabaret room.
CHARLIE’S BAR, 124 Globe
Road, E1. Tel: 020 7790 1007.
Whitechapel tube. Recently
refurbished, Moroccan style
– friendly, local gay bar.
FABRIC, 77a Charterhouse Street,
EC1. 020-7749 1199. Big, trendy
club venue, home to legendary
funky house night DTPM each
Sunday.
THE JOINERS ARMS, 116
Hackney Road, E2. Tel: 020 7739
9854. Debauched decadence
– old-skool boozer popular with
post-club crowd at weekends.
KINGS HEAD, 11 Church Street,
E15. Stratford BR and tube.
Intimate and welcoming East End
gay pub – regular cabaret.
THE OLD SHIP, 17 Barnes
Street, E14. Tel: 020 7790 4082.
Limehouse DLR. Open from 7pm
Mon & Tue, from 6pm Wed-Sat,
from 4pm on Sun. Small, local,
traditional pub, with regular
cabaret.
BJ’s WHITE SWAN, 556
Commercial Road, E1. Tel:
020 7780 9870. Limehouse
DLR. Mon 9pm-1am Tue-Thu
9pm-2am, Fri-Sat 9pm-3am,
Sun 5.30pm-midnight. A large,
long-running gay pub and club,
open throughout the week and
legendary across London! Fun,
friendly, and loaded with East End
charm. Wednesday’s Amateur
Strip is an institution.
WEST LONDON
BROMPTONS, 294 Old
Brompton Road, Earls Court, SW5.
020 7370 1344. Earls Court
tube. Big, longrunning
gay pub
and club, open
late throughout
week.
Regular cabaret and club nights.
COCO LATTÉ SW5, 180-184
Earl’s Court Road, SW5. Glamorous
and upmarket gay bar and club,
with late-night promotions at
weekends and members/VIP
room. www.cocolattesw5.com
COLEHERNE, 261 Old Brompton
Road, Earls Court, SW5. 020 7244
5951. Earls Court tube. Noonmidnight.
Larfge and legendary
pub. The spit’n’sawdust feel has
gone, but still popular with mixed
crowd of male drinkers.
THE CULVERT, 54 Cowley Mill
Road, Uxbridge. 01895 256 690.
Uxbridge tube. Mon-Wed 4pm-1am,
Thu noon-2am, Fri & Sat noon-3am,
Sun 3pm-1am. Regular discos,
cabaret, karaoke and one-off events.
www.theculvert.com
THE RICHMOND ARMS, 20
The Square, off Princes Street,
Richmond. 020-8940 2118. Longrunning
local gay pub, regular
cabaret and entertainment.
Looking to break into
DJ’ing? DTPM in
association with The DJ
Association are currently
conducting a hunt for the
DJ talent of tomorrow
with The Decks Factor!
And those interested in
entering have only until 1
July to submit their entry.
You have to submit a
30-minute mix to DTPM
– either send to the
postal address at www.
blue-cube.net or hand
it personally to Vanity
in Room 3 at DTPM. But
remember – the closing
date is Sunday 1 July!
The judges will then pick
the DJs who most impress
them with their mix tapes
to compete in a series of
heats taking place at DTPM
during the month of July.
The eventual winner will
get to spin the opening
set at DTPM on the August
Bank Holiday (26 August),
along with a variety of
other goodies. Check the
Blue Cube website at
www.blue-cube.net for
more details.
NEW CHUNK!
It’s all change for the Chunk crew. We went along to the
night to take some pictures, not knowing that the evening
of our visit would prove to be the club’s last appearance at
former home South Central!
Promoter Julian took a three-week break, but as we were
going to press, was about to relaunch the night at a brand
new Vauxhall home – at under-the-arches club Area.
Whatever your shape or size, whether you class yourself
as a bear or not, Chunk is simply one of the most relaxed
and sociable nights out in gay London. The music policy
is a bit of a nostalgic jukebox, with the rotating line-up
of DJs (including the likes of Ben Jamin, Jim Stanton,
L’il John, Eazy and Severino) playing classic retro disco
sounds. Everything from 70s funk and 80s pop gets
mashed up with today’s house, electro and chart hits.
“After three successful years at South Central, Chunk is
moving onwards and upwards to a bigger and better
venue,” Julian told us. “Chunk will be from now on a
permanent resident on Fridays at Area in the café bar and
show bar.”
Expect regular cabaret, a new terrace area for those
wanting to have a fag, and free entry before 11pm (£5
after). Check out the all new Chunk at Area, 67-68 Albert
Embankment, SE1. Doors are open from 10pm till 4am.
www.chunklondon.com
CHUNK PHOTOS BY EOIN WHELAN

VOICE:
DENNIS CARNEY RYAN
“I HAVE BEEN
FACILITATING
WORKSHOPS AIMED
AT BLACK GAY AND
BISEXUAL MEN SINCE
1990; AND BEEN
WORKING AT PACE
- THE UK’S LEADING
LGBT MENTAL HEALTH
CHARITY - FOR THE
LAST SIX YEARS,
HELPING DEVELOP
AND RUN CULTURALLY
APPROPRIATE
PERSONAL
DEVELOPMENT
WORKSHOPS. I AM
ALSO THE CURRENT
VICE CHAIR OF THE
BLACK GAY MEN’S
ADVISORY GROUP
(BGMAG) AND
RECIPIENT OF A BLACK
GAY COMMUNITY
AWARD FOR MY
CONTRIBUTIONS
TO BLACK GAY
COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT AND
MY WORK WITH THE
STOP MURDER MUSIC
CAMPAIGN.”
OUR TRUE COLOURS
Dennis Carney (pictured right), collecting
the Advocacy Award at the Black LGBT
Community Awards 2007 ceremony in
London, earlier this year - on behalf of
the Stop Murder Music campaign, which
involved a partnership between BGMAG,
OutRage! and the Jamaican gay rights
group, J-Flag
INTERVIEW BY ADRIAN GILLAN
BLACK LGBT GROUPS AND ORGANISATIONS:
• PACE - the UK’s leading LGBT mental health charity – offers a
range of workshops and social groups specifically for black gay
and bi men, including The Black Connection - a popular, free
workshop held every third Sunday: 020 7700 1323 or
www.pacehealth.org.uk
• The Black Gay Men’s Advisory Group (BGMAG) is an
independent group of black gay and bi men of African and
Afro-Caribbean descent: www.bgmag.org.uk
• Black LGBT Community Awards: www.blgbt.com
• Website serving the UK’s black LGBT community:
www.ukblackout.com
• The Terrence Higgins Trust works to challenge black
homophobia and support black LGBTs:
www.itstimetoaccept.org.uk
• GMFA also work with black gay men:
www.metromate.org.uk/amm/gmfa/bigup.phtml
• Keep ‘em peeled for details of UK Black Pride, usual held in
August: www.ukblackpride.org

meetings once a month.
HIV//AIDS
LGBT Choir: 07980 023578. Call
Michael for more information.
Crusaid: 020 7539 3880,
www.crusaid.org.uk.
FEEL THE HEAT
Europe’s second largest Gay/
Lesbian tennis tournament
takes place on 3-5 August at
Sutton Tennis Centre, London.
The event includes a party at
Profile in Soho. For
more information:
www.tennislondon.com
GROUPS//ORGS
Youth groups
in London
Albert Kennedy Trust: 020
7831 6562 (London). Housing
advice for under 21s.
Antidote: 020 7437 3523.
Counselling, support groups,
Thurs drop-in, complementary
therapies around alcohol & drug
issues.
ELOP: 020 8509 3898. Support
and community events in
Walthamstow. Youth, advice,
counselling and groups.
Gay and Lesbian Humanist
Association, (GALHA): 01926
858450, www.galha.org.
Regular London events.
Outrage!: 020 8240 0222.
Political group. Regular
meetings.
London Friend: 020 7837
3337. Groups in Islington.
Metro Centre: 020 8265 3311,
www.metrocentreonline.org.
Regular groups in Greenwich.
Mosaic: 07931 336668. www.
mosaicyouth.org.uk. Youth
group, every Wednesday.
PACE: 020 7700 1323. Groups
promoting lesbian and gay
health and well-being.
Quest LGB Catholics: 0808
808 0234.
Regard: Regard, BM REGARD,
London WC1N 3XX, secretary@
regard.org.uk/www.regard.org.
uk. Disabled LGBT.
Step Out Tower Hamlets:
Social & support group for
gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans
& questioning young people.
5-8pm Tues 079 4633 7160
South London Gays: 020 8672
5268/020 8674 5191. www.
slago.org.uk/slg. A friendly group
with a range of social activities.
Stonewall: 020 7881 9442.
Campaign group for LGBT rights.
HATECRIME
Gay Police Association:
Action Line 07092 700 000
(24hrs), info@gpa.police.uk.
Galop: 020 7704 2040. www.
galop.org.uk. For victims of
hate crime
GMFA: 020 7738 6872. The gay
men’s health charity.
National AIDS Trust: 020 7814
6767, www.nat.org.uk.
Terence Higgins Trust: 07090
422 828. Counselling Services.
SPORTS
Out to Swim
Cruisers basketball: 020 8960
0750 (Debbie)/ 020 7582 7009,
www.cruisers.org.uk (Jordi).
Mixed basketball.
Frontrunners: 07092 346340,
www.londonfrontrunners.org.
Running group.
Goslings Swimming: 07814
258 055. Gay social (non
competitive) swimming group,
Thur 8.30pm-9.30pm. www.
goslingssportsclub.com
Kings Cross Steelers Rugby
Football Club: 07090 421 367,
www.kxsrfc.com. Gay men’s
rugby.
Out to Swim: 07090 422
526, www.outtoswim.org. Gay
swimming group.
Raiders Softball Club: 07931
721 377, www.rainbowraiders.
com. Mixed baseball in Regents
Park / Primrose Hill area.
Stonewall Football Club:
07090 422 390. Sunday soccer.
HELPLINES
Dazz-elle: 020 8257 3068.
London drug/alcohol support.
Lesbian & Gay Immigration
Group: 020 7922 7811. Every
LONDON GAY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
www.lgso.org.uk
Founded in 1996, the London Gay Symphony Orchestra is
the UK’s only LGBT orchestra and is one of only three such
ensembles in Europe, and five in the world.
The LGSO was formed as a hub for the large number of gay and lesbian musicians who want
to combine their musical and social lives; and prides itself on being run “by its members,
for its members”. It plays a wide range of music, from baroque to contemporary. Its patrons
include Clare Summerskill, Amy Lamé, Sandi Toksvig, Rt. Hon. Lord Smith of Finsbury, Paul
Gambaccini and Ned Sherrin. Artists and groups it has performed with include Jimmy
Somerville, Simon Callow, Rosalind Plowright and The Pink Singers. And the LGSO likes to
stress it’s straight-friendly too!
So if you are a musician, composer or concert-goer; if you have music, money, or any
relevant useful skills; or even if you’d like to hire the orchestra for a special occasion - the
LGSO would love to hear from you. It welcomes both playing and non-playing members
and is always on the hunt for volunteers. Or why not pop along to their next concert – an
all-Shostakovich programme on Sunday 8th July 2007, at St John’s Church, Waterloo Road,
London SE1. Tickets cost £10 (£8 concessions) and are available on the door or in advance
on 07963 853099.
Mon 12-5pm and Wed 6-8pm.
London Lesbian & Gay
Switchboard: 020 7837 7324
London Friend: 020 7837
3337. Counselling service.
PACE: 020 7700 1323. Health
and wellbeing. Tel info/support
on Saturdays, 1-3pm.
Stonewall Housing Advice:
020 7359 5767.
Unison: 0845 355 0845/0800
0967 968 (minicom). Works with
LGBT community about work
and employment problems.
Please send all your listings to
listings@outmag.co.uk
Islington LGB Forum:
Rachael: 07989 747824. An
initiative between local police,
the council & victim support.
Jewish Gay and Lesbian
Group: 020 8952 0137.
Kairos: 020 7437 6063, www.
kairosinsoho.org.uk. 9 Archer St,
London W1D 7AZ.
Lesbian Gay Christian
Movement: 020 7739 1249,
lgcm@lgcm.org.uk/www.lgcm.
org.uk.
Lesbian and Gay
Immigration Group: 020
7922 7811, www.uklgig.org.uk.
COMMUNITY NEWS GAY VOLUNTEERS WIN IMPACT AWARD
Metro Centre’s innovative Metrosafe Project, which provides one to one mentoring by volunteers, has recently won the GlaxoSmith-
Kline IMPACT Award worth £20,000 for its work. Judge Steve Dewar said: “An excellent organisation, that is doing the right things
and doing them well. Metrosafe is an astounding example of effective service provision.”
The organisation, based in Greenwich, has volunteers from all areas of life for lots of different reasons. David, a Volunteer at Metro
Centre, said:“The Metro Centre has allowed me to be involved with the Gay community outside the bar and club scene. In my role
as a volunteer I am able to take control of the sexual health agenda and be actively involved in promoting healthier sexual lifestyle
choices for gay/bi men within the community.” The Metro Centre has been providing advice, support, information, events, education
and training to LGB people since 1983. It runs a range of services providing support and peer advice and a dedicated group for LGB
people 50 years of age and over. Its weekly clinic, Pitstop, provides free consultations with trained nurses and HIV, Syphilis and
Hepatitis A and B testing. ‘Pitstop’ has been running for four years and provides HIV tests for over 500 individuals per year.
Metro Centre runs Volunteer Inductions three or four times a year, offering a full professional recruitment and selection procedure,
induction and training for our volunteers. For more information or an application pack please visit www.metrocenteronline.org or
email mary@metrocentreonline.org.

ALAN CARR
FRONTS
CRUSAID’S
WALK FOR
LIFE
Gay funny man Alan Carr
(pictured right), star of
Channel 4’s The Friday Night
Project, joined thousands of
keen fundraisers on Sunday
10th June for Crusaid’s
18th Walk for Life. Starting
and finishing in Hyde
Park, the event is Europe’s
largest fundraising walk
for HIV/AIDS, having raised
over £4 million for projects
which provide education,
information, testing, care
and support services in
the UK and Africa. More at
www.walkforlife.co.uk and
www.crusaid.org.uk
NEWS FLASHES
UK NEWS
BARRYMORE RELEASED WITHOUT CHARGE
Michael Barrymore, has – at time of going to press - been
released without charge after having been arrested and questioned,
along with two other men, on suspicion of murder and
serious sexual assault. His lawyer said the gay entertainer and
Celebrity Big Brother runner-up categorically denied allegations
that he was involved in the death of 31-year old butcher,
Stuart Lubbock, at the star’s Essex home in March 2001.
SPILL YOUR SEXY BEANS
Terrence Higgins Trust and Sigma Research have launched the
annual national online Gay Men’s Sex Survey – Vital Statistics,
along with another survey, What Do You Need?, aimed at
establishing the health needs of people living with HIV. Last
year, over 13,000 UK men took part. The surveys can be completed
in mere minutes at www.vitalstatistics.org.uk and
www.WhatDoYouNeed.org.uk
LESBIAN IVF USAGE HIKE
The number of UK lesbians using IVF is on the up, according
to latest figures. During 1999-2006, the number of treatment
cycles for lesbian couples tripled - from 300 a year to almost
1,000; the number undergone by single women merely
doubling. Interestingly, the biggest group of women leading
the statistical surge are those of all sexualities aged 40+. Treatment
costs £4k-£8k per cycle; totting up to an average requisite
bill of £12k-32k per recipient.
CHLAMYDIA HOME KIT LAUNCHED
Terrence Higgins Trust has teamed up with online medical
service DrThom (www.drthom.com) to launch a unisex home
sampling kit for chlamydia - the most commonly diagnosed
sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the UK today. The service
also includes treatment for those who test positive; and an
anonymous SMS former partner notification facility. The
sampling kits cost £25 and can be ordered online from
www.tht.org.uk/chlamydiatesting. Treatment is free to those
testing positive.
THEY’LL JUST LOVE THE COLOUR
OF YOUR MONEY
Whoopee! No more “no gays”! Stonewall has launched The Colour of Your Money - a plain
language guide to the new goods and services protections for gay people. Substantial
sponsorship from Lloyds TSB has enabled the gay mega-charity to print 300,000 postcardsize
copies of the 12-page guide, to be distributed free across Britain through hundreds of
outlets including libraries, queer venues, Citizens Advice offices and community groups. A
web version is also available free at www.stonewall.org.uk.
VISIT LONDON LAUNCHES GAY GUIDE
Visit London, the official tourist body for London, has launched a new gay guide for
2007/2008, containing all the information gay and lesbian visitors to the capital will need
- from attractions to shopping, from gay friendly hotels to bars, clubs and restaurants.
The guide will be distributed throughout the UK in gay venues; plus is available at the
Britain and London Visitor Centre on Lower Regent Street and can be downloaded at www.
visitlondon.com/gay
POSITIVE NATION TO CLOSE
HIV and AIDS charity UKC (UK Coalition of People Living with HIV & AIDS) has issued a
statement announcing the closure of its magazine, Positive Nation - for financial reasons.
I AM PRETTY
REPULSED
BY GAY AND
LESBIANISM
Ian Paisley Jnr – appointed by
his namesake First Minister
daddy to be a junior minister
in the Northern Ireland
government – verbally
defecates in a magazine
interview. Thankfully, under
new laws in the province,
should he – or his father
– ever convert such thoughts
into discriminatory action,
they would appear in front
of a judge.

QUEER BASHED
PRO-GAY UK?
A new poll commissioned by Stonewall has found that – contrary to certain shrill minority
voices still opposing equality in modern Britain - the vast majority (85%) of Brits support
the newly-introduced Sexual Orientation Regulations which offer protections for gay
people. Similar numbers at least claim they would be happy if their child’s teacher (73%), a
relative (80%) or a member of the royal family (88%) was gay.
NEWS FLASHES
INTERNATION NEWS
PAKISTAN: A 31-year old
female-to-male transgender
Pakistani man and his
26-year old legal wife have
both been sent to separate
women’s prisons for three
years after officials discovered
the man used to be a woman
– on the grounds they both
perjured themselves vis-à-vis
the 31-year old’s gender
when getting married. The
two are threatening to kill
themselves if not reunited.
More on how to help the
couple at www.iglhrc.org
LITHUANIA: Officials
in Lithuanian capital,
Vilnius, have cancelled
the centrepiece rally of
the city’s first-ever Pride
celebrations, also banning
EU-funded Pride adverts
- for “security reasons”; by
which they clearly mean that
they weren’t prepared to
require state police to protect
vulnerable LGBT people
from hoards of nasty local
homophobes. Activists called
on the EU, of which Lithuania
is a member, to “enforce
all European laws, not just
economic ones.”
...AND FINALLY
GUILTY GEORGE PLAYS FIRST EVER NEW WEMBLEY GIG
George Michael has played the first ever concerts (9 and10 June) at the new Wembley Stadium, seven years after Bon
Jovi bowed out at the old stadium in August 2000; and a mere day after being sentenced to 100 hours community service
and a two year motoring ban after admitting he was guilty of being unfit to drive, due to “tiredness and prescribed drugs”.
WILL YOUNG LOVES LONDON’S ROYAL PARKS
An eager Will Young fan has spent £1,000 to snap up a deckchair that the singer and actor
has customised for the Deckchair Dreams campaign. Twenty-three celebrities and artists were
asked to design chairs, which were then sold at auction, with proceeds going towards the
maintenance of thousands of trees in London’s Royal Parks. Will Young likes walking in Hyde
Park and has previously confessed to hugging the trees. He said: “I love London’s parks. They
are such relaxing places to be and I have always loved the deckchairs, especially in Hyde Park.
I was delighted to be given the opportunity to design a deckchair, whilst helping to raise
funds for such a worthy cause.” Taking inspiration from the Mamas And Papas, Will’s chair was
emblazoned with the slogan “All the leaves are brown and the sky is gay” (sic).
HALF CENTURY BOY QUITS SONGWRITING
Marc Almond celebrates turning 50 on 9 July 2007 with a celebratory gig at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire. The singer has
just released Stardom Road, an album of cover versions, and sadly for fans, has announced that his next album of new
material will be his last as a songwriter. “My next album I do intend to be my last album or original material. I just don’t feel
the need to have to do that any more. I enjoy singing other people’s songs so
much more.”
KYLIE PICKS UP HIGHLY ACCLAIMED PRIZE
Kylie Minogue has become the first woman to be awarded the Music
Industry Trusts’ Award, and will receive the gong at a ceremony in London on
29 October 2007. The awards committee described the singer as “one of the
great entertainers of all time”, and Minogue herself described the award as “an
incredible honour.”
OUTSPOKEN:
JANETT SCOTT
DON’T DROP THE T
FROM THE LGB PLEADS
THE “GENDER GIFTED”
BEAUMONT SOCIETY
CHIEF.
To tag on the T or not to tag on the T to the LGB, that is the
question? And a pretty controversial one at that, with some
of the UK’s most prominent gay rights groups ditching the T -
doubtless to help lube the passage of their hard-enough-asis
fight for rights! What is sadly true is that there is a certain
amount of ignorance and prejudice towards T people from
some sections of the LGB community, who often confuse
T with mere drag and see it all as some kind of big joke.
Equally unfortunately, if predictably, prejudice is oft reflected
back towards LGBs from certain sections amongst Ts.
WHAT UNITES LGBS AND TS IS
THAT WE ARE ALL MINORITY
GROUPS FIGHTING FOR THE
RIGHT TO BE OURSELVES
Following the Gender Recognition Bill 2003/4, many T men
and women – including non-surgical Ts - may claim to
be straight within their newly legally recognised genders,
and thus eschew any association with the LGB minority.
However, this surely unnecessarily denies the very distinct
and rich reality of their Trans histories, which shapes their
true T identities.
Moreover, it may surprise some readers to know that
many – around three in five in an informal poll I recently
conducted – T women find themselves attracted sexually
to women, even post-op, claiming that they were always,
in fact, lesbian, but had been previously trapped inside their
male bodies. Indeed, many post-op transsexuals pair up
as couples with other similar post-op Ts. Of course, I can
understand why, now that the T community has started
to find its own voice, it might want to steer clear of being
labelled with other groups who tend to define themselves
in terms of their sexual orientation, not their gender
orientation or gender lifestyle.
But what surely unites LGBs and Ts is the fact that we are
all minority groups fighting for our human rights, be they
in terms of orientation, gender or lifestyle – for the right
to be ourselves. And united we are surely stronger. Would
the New York Stonewall riots have been sparked in 1969
without Trans people? Likewise, without the support of
many LGBs, where would the T community be today? For
me I will always be part of the LGBT community, and go
on Pride marches; and go with friends to any hostelry that
supports all minorities.
Born February 1934, Janett became President of the Beaumont
Society for transgender people in 1990. She lives full time as a
woman but is not a transsexual – neither taking hormones nor
considering major surgery: www.beaumontsociety.org.uk

Streatham is one of the
remaining reasonably
priced hotspots
GOING OUT
TOP HANGOUTS
We find the most popular gay
hotspots around Streatham
THE PLACE TO BE:
STREATHAM
EGO/SOUTHERN PRIDE
NORWOOD
Billed as South London’s
premier gay venue, Ego
boasts regular karaoke
nights.
www.egolondon.com
KAZBAR
CLAPHAM
Stylish and popular bar/club
open nightly, KazBar plays
host to a hip and trendy
young crowd.
www.kudosgroup.com
HARDY’S AT
TRAFALGAR ARMS
TOOTING
Fun gay bar offering
a relaxed drinking
environment.
0208 7676059
STREATHAM
WHAT YOU CAN
BUY IN THE
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01 STREATHAM HILL, £479,950
A beautiful four bedroom family
home (pictured), arranged over
three floors.
Townends. 020 8769 9911
02 HIGH ROAD, £170,000
Two double bedroom ground
floor Victorian conversion offered
for sale with seperate lounge
and kitchen. Located close to
Norbury High Street and offering
excellent access to local transport
facilities.
Haart. 0845 6732164
03 PENDLE ROAD, £315,000
Stylish, luxurious and contemporary
living in the heart of
Streatham. Like many period
properties, this two double
bedroom Victorian conversion
has recently been renovated and
converted, to offer the perfect
flat to a young couple or a great
bachelor pad.
1 Life. 020 8769 9797
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Great for cruising during the
summer months, the lido
usually opens end of May
and costs a mere couple of
quid entrance fee.

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WE WANT...
07 BBQ BUCKET | HABITAT
It’s small and simple, but really quite pretty considering this BBQ is essentially a bucket.
Available in a variety of colours, Habitat’s portable BBQ solution is ideal for beach trips,
summer camping excursions or quiet evenings in the garden with your fella.
RRP £12
ww.habitat.net
01 MAX 365 CALENDAR FROM NAVA MILANO | TWENTYTWENTYONE.COM
We’re well aware that half of 2007 has already passed us by, but the functional use of bold
typography and basic black and white colour detail on Milano’s perpetual day calendar
guarantees you’d be hard pressed to find a designer piece more timeless – and it can be
re-used every year.
RRP £36
www.twentytwentyone.com
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04 THE EGG | EVITAVONNI
The ‘Egg’ design boasts an innovative charm like none we’ve never encountered: its cast was
mould using a condom filled with golf balls! Now we may be wrong, but interior design and
‘condoms’ is surely a winning combo in any gay man’s pad.
RRP £55
www.evitavonni.co.uk
08 MINIMAL CUTLERY | DAVID MELLOR
This year’s interior trend has been bespoke all the way, making good accessories the key to a
unique and fabulous interior theme. While big is sometimes better, this cutlery set by David
Mellor makes the same design statement as a wall mural but for a fraction of the cost.
RRP £50 (five pieces)
ww.davidmellordesign.com
03 SKITTLE DECANTER | KATHLEEN HILLS
Hills’ products are a regular feature in Europe’s most prominent interior design magazines
down to their quirky design and kitsch appeal. The skittle decanter is a prime example of her
work and will no doubt have everybody talking about your imaginative tastes over dinner,
darling!
RRP £80
www.kathleenhills.co.uk
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02 STELTON OIL LAMP BY ERIK MAGNUSSEN | PANIK DESIGN
Because Out understands that man has such a deep and enduring relationship with the
great outdoors we thought we’d help you make your muddy garden a little prettier with
these gorgeous Stelton Oil Lamps, the perfect accompaniment to a lazy evening spent
canoodling under the stars.
RRP £49.51
www.panik-design.com
06 THROWS | BOCONCEPT
With all this talk of summer dining and the great outdoors, Out got to thinking about what
happens when the sun eventually goes down… Prevent early evening chills in style with
this series of understated yet reassuringly masculine throws from the Danish design giant.
RRP £109
ww.boconcept.co.uk
05 D CHAIR | UNTO THIS LAST
A couple of D Chairs, also available from Unto, would compliment your Trestle Table perfectly
(see above) and come in a range of colours (bdark, natural, white birch ply) and both solid
or slatted versions, with the latter assembled in the company’s workshop.
RRP £95 (each)
www.untothislast.co.uk

ONE-STOP LAW SHOP
VISIT OUR RESIDENT
SOLICITOR GABRIELE
GIAMBRONE IF YOU
HAVE A DIFFICULT LEGAL
PROBLEM AND NEED THE
ANSWERS. PLEASE SEND
ANY QUESTIONS TO LAW@
OUTMAG.CO.UK.
COHABITATION RIGHTS
DEAR LEGAL DOC,
My boyfriend is going to move into my house and
rent out his house. I have asked him to contribute
to the mortgage and bills as he will be making
money from his place so it’s only fair. Please could
you let me know if he will have any stake in my
house in the future? I have heard about laws
regarding common law partners living together,
could you let me know what these entail. And do
they apply? If so, is there any way around it? I see
it as unfair if he has 100% of his house and I have
to give him any share of mine.
JB, Fulham x
DEAR JB,
If your relationship remains unregistered and your partner
moves in with you then he will be a lodger and will have no
legal rights over your property. You may consider entering
into a Cohabitation Agreement setting out the basis of your
cohabitation. This would include an agreement to contribute
towards the mortgage and bills.
If your partner paid or contributed towards the cost of
improvement to the property or did a lot of work which
significantly increased the value of the property he may then
have a claim against you for a share of the equity. It is a myth
that ‘common law partners’ exist. If your civil partnership is
not registered and you merely live together then none of the
protections of the Civil Partnership Act will apply.
If you decided to register your partnership but the
partnership subsequently breaks down then it will be
necessary to petition for dissolution of the partnership
in order to bring the civil partnership to an end. Upon
dissolution it will also be necessary to consider the division
of the assets. All assets either owned by one of you or both
of you will be considered assets of the civil partnership and
will be considered for division.
It is possible to enter into a Pre-Civil Partnership Agreement
in order to record what you would both like to happen to
your assets upon dissolution. These agreements are not
binding and the court can make its own orders without
reference to them. However case law suggests that, if they
are entered into properly, they can be strongly persuasive
and the judges have tended to follow them.
The Family Department at Giambrone & Law are specialists
in this area and would be happy to advise you on any aspect
of Civil Partnerships and cohabitation.
Gabriele
For further advice, please speak to Avv. Gabriele Giambrone at
gabriele@gaylawyers.co.uk , or call him on 0870 0427 631.
www.gaylawyers.co.uk.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS VERY GENERAL ADVICE AND WE
STRONGLY RECOMMEND YOU SEEK ADVICE FROM A SOLICITOR SPE-
CIALISING IN SAME-SEX COUPLE ISSUES AND WILL AND PROBATE.
A LACK OF WILL
DO YOU HAVE A
PARTNER?
Without a Will and without
a civil partnership, they may
not be entitled to any of your
estate after your death.
CIVIL PARTNERS
The Civil Partnership Act has allowed gay and lesbian
couples to be treated in the same way as married couples
for the purposes of their wills. If a gay or lesbian couple
become civil partners, there are huge inheritance tax
advantages that can be realised through a tax efficient will.
WHY SHOULD GAY AND LESBIAN COUPLES MAKE
A WILL?
If you don’t make a Will, your gay partner may not be
entitled to any of your estate. Your Will can ensure you
choose where your estate goes in the event of your death.
Writing a Will can give you
peice of mind in the future
PLAN YOUR FUTURE AND GET A WILL BY GAY WILLS UK
www.anthonygold.co.uk
www.burtonwoods.com
www.cshw.co.uk
www.newsomevaughan.co.uk
www.gay-friendly-weddingvenues.co.uk
TAKE CONTROL
Make the choice and recognise the people that
matter to you.
WHY CHOOSE GAY WILLS UK?
At Gay Wills UK, our prime objective is to ensure we meet
the needs of our clients by writing Wills that reflect their
wishes. One of our local agents will visit you in your
own home. There are no formal offices or uncomfortable
surroundings, no ‘clock-watching’ or pushy salesperson!
WHAT IS GAY WILLS?
We are a partnership specialising in producing Wills for the
gay and lesbian community. We help you ensure the people
you choose inherit from your estate. What will happen to
your estate if you don’t have a Will?
If you want to know more, you can visit our web site at: www.
gaywillsuk.co.uk or phone us direct on: 0845 402 3256 .

disputes. We give advice on cohabitation and pre-civil partnership agreements.
What’s the hardest part of the job?
Knowing that there is only so much that can be done to help people and the realisation
that the legal process is a far from perfect mechanism for the resolution of interpersonal
disputes.
What do you love about the job?
Meeting so many different and interesting clients - a cliché but true all the same.
What’s the weirdest/maddest case you’ve had to cover?
My last criminal case was in 1982 when I was instructed to defend a bloke accused of
stealing a dead car battery used to keep open the gate of a local scrap yard. His only
“previous” was a juvenile conviction for stealing parsnips from an allotment. Hence my
relocation to London and move into family work. Since then many clients have brought a
smile to my face but discretion means that I must keep their secrets!
ON TRIAL//JOHN DARNTON
We put this month’s solicitor through the Out legal inquisition
COMPANY: BIRCHAM DYSON BELL
INTERESTS: ATTEMPTING (AND FAILING MISERABLY) TO ICE SKATE LIKE JOHN CURRY!
What section of law do you specialise in?
Family Law, including the consequences of relationship formation and breakdown both
same and opposite sex. The emphasis is on the resolution of complex financial and child
related disputes, often with an international flavour, civil partnerships and cohabitation
What do you think is the biggest benefit legally to come out of the Civil Partnership Act?
A long awaited recognition that gay and lesbian couples deserve the ability to formalise
their relationship in a manner which provides rights and responsibilities not too dissimilar
from those available to those who can marry. Only time will tell how attractive
an option it is.
What’s your biggest achievement?
Having done the job for over 20 years and avoided becoming a complete cynic and
believing the best is still to come.
Bircham Dyson Bell is one of the UK’s fastest growing and most progressive law firms, comprising
over 300 staff, 52 of whom are partners.
Bircham Dyson Bell LLP, 50 Broadway, London SW1H 0BL
Tel: 020 7227 7000. www.bdb-law.co.uk

ADVERTORIAL FEATURE
LOVE PENSION
LOVE FOR LIFE
THE NAME OF LOVE
LOVE NEST
Before you get into bed
with your boyfriend and
register your partnership,
don’t forget to discuss your
financial stance
LOVE BOND
FROM THE HEART
You can obtain further details of the Love Bond by phoning
0800 783 8629
Chris Morgan is Managing Director of Compass, Financial Advisers
to the gay community www.compassifa.co.uk and editor of
Pink Finance the gay finance magazine www.pinkfinance.com

FINANCE//NEWS
TAXING TRADE
It’s been reported that the taxman is to take a much
closer look at those who trade on eBay, with HM
Revenue & Customs believing that many traders fail
to declare their full profits. Will this affect you? Well,
not if you purely de-cluttering your house and selling
of some old possessions or CDs. However, they’ll be
scouring internet transactions and targeting those
whose usernames appear with above average frequency.
Those who make a living from eBay, produce items for sale on eBay, or who sell one-off items
of great value, should check the HM Revenue & Customs website for advice. www.hmrc.gov.uk.
BANKS VS CUSTOMERS
MISSED CREDIT
Increasingly credit card companies try to secure our business by attaching various fringe benefits
to their cards. However, a new report has indicated that 2 out of 3 credit card holders are signing
up for attractive deals and then failing to claim their benefits – with half receiving no benefits
whatsoever. Whether you’ve a new card or have had the same card for a while, check the small
print on your policy agreement with regards to what it may entitle you – many cards now reward
you with discounts on certain products, travel points, cashbacks or other perks.
It’s been revealed that Lloyds TSB had a second win in
the courts against customers attempting claim back
“illegal” bank penalty charges. Following a judge
at a Birmingham county court dismissing a claim
for £2,545 from a Lloyds TSB customer, a Lancaster
county court dismissed a £3,000 claim from another
Lloyds TSB customer, ruling that he had failed to
state an adequate claim.
However, campaigners are urging bank customers not to be put off by these two isolated cases
at a time when many others are successfully claiming back their bank charges following a ruling
from the Office Of fair Trading. For many years banks have charged up to £25 for administrative
costs – such as those incurred by bouncing cheques or direct debits -when it’s been estimated
that the actual cost to the banks is considerably less. For more details, talk to your independent
financial advisor, or check out two websites devoted to the subject; www.MoneySavingExpert.
com and the online Consumer Action Group at www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk.

MIAMI
PHOITOGRAPHS: DAVID HUDSON, THE GREATER MIAMI CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU AND WHITEPARTY.ORG

NICE

LINKS
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• ARTBASELMIAMIBEACH.
COM 6-9 Dec 2007
• GOGAYMIAMI.COM
• TWISTSOBE.COM
• NIKKIBEACH.COM
• WHITEPARTY.ORG
21-26 Nov 2007
• WINTERPARTY.COM
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826 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL 33139
+001 305-673-3373.
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• CIRCA 39
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+001 305-538-4900.
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FOOD
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Nikki’s Beach
• NIKKI’S BEACH
1 Ocean Drive, Miami
Beach, FL 33139.
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825 Washington Avenue,
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FL 33139. www.
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FOOD & DRINK
130 Northeast 40th
Street, Atlas Plaza,
Miami, FL 33137. www.
michaelsgenuine.com

22 DEC-19 JAN
CAPRICORN
Where work is concerned, avoid
getting caught up in politics which
will cause a period of turmoil.
Instead embrace your romantic
side because you’re building up to
a romantic peak around the 28th.
Meanwhile, your health is below
average this month, so start to take
better care of yourself. Like the girl in
the L’Oreal advert – you’re worth it!
19 FEB-20 MAR
PISCES
20 JAN-18 FEB
AQUARIUS
While you’re enjoying an active
love life this month, you should
avoid rash decisions. Your
attachment to someone may
ultimately prove a waste of time.
Things are most promising where
work is concerned, with those in
authority finally recognising your
diligence this month. Look for
opportunities for advancement.
You come under the influence of
Venus in the second half of July,
which brings an increase in love
and sex. However, its influence is fleeting and a cooling-off is inevitable.
Meanwhile you’re brimming with charisma and creativity, but do be
careful to stop running your own mouth and listen to what others
have to say.
CANCER
The Pet Shop Boys’ Neil
Tennant, born 10 July, is
54 this month. Cancer is
the most moody, giving
and sensitive of signs.
They can appear assertive
on the outside, but are
actually big softies. Ruled
by the moon, the symbol
of emotion, you can be
sure Mr Tennant (like in
his song) is never ‘Being
Boring’...
23 JUL-22 AUG
LEO
After a rocky year, the dust settles
this month. All aspects of your gay
life including your finances, status
and relationships will improve -
particularly with a loved one who
you were finding it difficult to deal
with. A period of relative stability
has descended, so it’s not the time
to rock the boat by embarking on
any risky new ventures.
23 SEP-22 OCT
LIBRA
23 AUG-22 SEP
VIRGO
July marks a new period of
positivity for Virgos. Your natural
intuition is at an all-time high after
the 10th, which spurs you into
decision-making and action. Reign
in your spending and money worries
should begin to ease by the end of
the month. It’s an exciting month
of possibility that signals growth in
both career and family-relationships.
Money is coming your way so
Librans should make hay while
the sun shines. From 16th there’s
an opportunity to make big financial gains – though not without
remaining focused and proactive. This month you’ll find it easy to
remain motivated, and seeing this others will want to help you
towards your goals, lending finance or moral support.
21 MAR-19 APR
ARIES
A difficult few months means that
you’re naturally full of anxiety.
You needn’t be; it’s finally time
to kick-start your future. July is
ripe with long-opportunities that
will really pay off in the autumn.
So start making career plans, get
creative and be proactive. The next
few months are time to put your
shagging on the back-burner…
20 APR-20 MAY
TAURUS
It’s been a time of change, and
while there will be more hurdles
to overcome, keep positive in your
thoughts and actions and you’ll be
well rewarded. Interestingly, what’s
going to provide your momentum
is your love life. If you’re partnered
then expect a period of renewed
romance that’ll leave you in no
doubt about how loved you are.
21 MAY-21 JUN
GEMINI
At last some brilliant work
opportunities come knocking
mid-month. Respond with hard
work and you’ll enjoy growth in
both career and income. Although
your love life may experience a
temporary slump, during this time
you’ll be in such a social whirl for
the next few months that’ll hardly
have time to notice.
22 JUN-22 JUL
CANCER
Prepare for some serious loving.
The tail end of July launches an
extended period of high passion
(you little minx). Not before time,
and it will provide some comfort and
welcome relief to the turbulent home
life you’ve been experiencing. It’s a
period in which you’ll feel especially
creative and expressive, when all your
relationships should blossom.
23 OCT-21 NOV
SCORPIO
July is a busy month. Expect lots
of social activity, but also of an
increasing workload. Rise to any
challenge and use your network
of friends to relieve the pressure.
You’ll need to keep a level head to
avoid an unpleasant confrontation
at the end of this month, but it’ll
all be worth it. For Scorpios 2007
is year of personal growth.
22 NOV-21 DEC
SAGITTARIUS
Your luck changes significantly for
the better this month, with both
travel and money coming your
way. Any hurdles can be overcome
with your amazing communication
skills, which really come into their
own. However, at the same time,
don’t neglect your partner or fuckbuds
– otherwise you can expect a
volatile love life this month.

STUBBING IT OUT
CLUBS REALLY ARE
PLACES WHERE
PEOPLE SHOULD
BE ABLE TO ESCAPE
AND DO THINGS
THAT AREN’T
NECESSARILY GOOD
FOR THEM
Rod Lay

SLAP ON A PATCH OR CHEW SOME GUM
TAKE A PILL
JOIN A GROUP
READ A BOOK
NICOTINE ANONYMOUS
FIND AN ALTERNATIVE
GO COLD TURKEY
For more information on quitting and the
smoking ban try:
www.smokefreeengland.co.uk
www.gosmokefree.co.uk
www.quit.org.uk
WHY QUIT?
You want other reasons to quit besides the upcoming
smoking ban? Smoking is estimated to cause something
in the region of 120,000 people every year in the UK.
It has been linked the development of several cancers,
most notably lung cancer, as well as various other lung
conditions like emphysema. It can cause hardening of the
arteries, leading the heart disease and stroke. The damage
it wreaks upon your micro capillaries can also lead to sexual
impotence and other circulatory problems – some of which
are only treatable with amputation. It also accelerates the
ageing of your skin and the formation of wrinkles

POSITIVE THINKING
Cohan Rajan (pictured)
makes it his business to
make teeth pearly
IT’S AMAZING
TO SEE HOW
TRANSFORMED
PEOPLE ARE WHEN
THEY’VE GOT A
GREAT SMILE
Dental Spa, 83 Charlotte Street, W1. 020-7631 3199. www.dental-spa.co.uk