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READY SET GO! Record numbers expected at London Pride Run 2009 THIS YEAR’S LONDON PRIDE Run is set to be the biggest yet.

One thousand runners have signed up to take part in the 10-kilometre race, which takes place in London’s beautiful Victoria Park on Saturday 15 August, up from the previous record of 800 competitors set in 2008.

And the event has gained celebrity status as former Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Brian Paddick (pictured) will fire the gun to start the race before joining the run.

“The event just gets bigger and better and we’re delighted that Brian’s agreed to both start and run the race

this year,” said Colin Stevenson from London Frontrunners, Britain’s largest lesbian and gay running club, which organises the run. “We’re always determined to make this a relaxed and fun event for everybody and we look Continuted page 5

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There’s less than fifty days to go before the UK’s freshest new gay talent contest, Queer as Talent, hits the road – and the buzz is already spreading around the country.

“We are so proud to give the LGBT community the opportunity to show their talent,” says Tony V, who’s masterminding the event. “The thing is, we have some huge announcements to make, but you’ll just have to hold off until the next issue of one80news and September’s issue of 3SIXTY magazine – out at the beginning of September – to find out more. The cities and venues hosting Queer As Talent have been selected and we also will be announcing our judges. Prepare to read about our huge cash prize and our Queer as Talent sponsors.

Here are some things we can tell you: · Non contestants can join us at the venues to watch the show. Some venues will have a small cover charge. · Audience members will get to vote for their favourite act. For ticket enquires for any shows contact queeries@queerastalent.com · There are four rounds. The first is the audition round in October, then a second round will be held in November, then the Semi Finals in January. All of these will be held in the contestant’s respective venues. · The finals will be held in February in London, with ten finalists to find our winner. · There will be a roadshow with finalists in all the participating venues around the country over the last two weeks of February.

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fe\/'e\nj New advice for lesbian parents

THE GAY EQUALITY ORGANISATION STONEWALL has published a new guide for lesbians on how to get pregnant.

The booklet, entitled ‘Pregnant Pause’, follows new legislation protecting the rights of lesbian couples seeking fertility treatment.

The aim of the leaflet is to advise on new rights for lesbian couples and to display any myths surrounding the new laws.

“As the law improves to provide further equality, knowing your new rights will help people make full use of the services they’re entitled to – and if discrimination occurs, the same knowledge can help them demand fair treatment,” says Ruth Hunt, Stonewall’s head of policy and research. “Now, lesbian couples in Britain who make a considered decision to start a loving family will finally be afforded equal access to services they help fund as taxpayers. So life for lesbian families isn’t only fairer – it’s also much easier.”

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008, which is due to come into full effect on 1 October, will remove the “need for a father” in IVF treatment and instead place a requirement on “supportive parenting”. It means that lesbian couples will no longer face discrimination from health services.

It also means that when a lesbian couple have a child, the non-birth mother no longer has to adopt the child in order to be named joint legal guardian on the birth certificate.

The right will be automatic for civil partners or couples who use a licensed fertility clinic.

“Now lesbian couples in Britain who make a considered decision to start a loving family will finally be afforded equal access to services they help fund as taxpayers,” Hunt added.

‘Pregnant Pause’ is a free booklet, supported by The London Women’s Clinic, and is available for download from www.stonewall. org.uk/pregnant_pause

FA urged to tackle anti-gay football matches Sol Campbell

STONEWALL IS CALLING FOR immediate action by the Football Association to stamp out anti-gay abuse at matches.

The move by the gay equality organisation follows new research that claims more than two-thirds of all football fans have witnessed homophobic abuse.

According to Stonewall, anti-gay chants on the terraces are “rife” and fans believe the FA is not doing enough to tackle the growing problem.

In addition to this, three in five fans who took

part in the study believe that anti-gay abuse from fans dissuades gay players from coming out, two-thirds believe that football would be a better sport if anti-gay abuse was eradicated.

“Sadly, this survey demonstrates that football is institutionally homophobic,’ says Ben Summerskill, Stonewall’s Chief Executive.

“Too little action has been taken about an issue which deters not just gay players and fans from enjoying our national game, but also thousands of other fans too.”

‘Leagues behind – Football’s failure to tackle anti-gay abuse’ features a YouGov survey of over 2,000 football fans from across Britain and interviews with top football insiders and lesbian and gay players. Its recommendations include ensuring that sanctions used against fans who perpetuate anti-gay abuse and violence are consistent with those for racist abuse.

“This pioneering research clearly shows that the FA, football clubs and their partners have a mandate from fans to challenge anti-gay abuse,” says Sam Dick, Stonewall Policy Officer. “It’s by no means impossible to challenge this problem. We await some clear leadership from the FA on the issue.”

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fe\/'Y`k\j Harry Potter’s gay donation STAR OF THE HARRY POTTER movies Daniel Radcliffe is continuing to publicly support gay-related causes.

This month, the film actor donated a ‘major’ amount of money to an American helpline for LGBT teenagers.

The Trevor Project, which received the donation, works to prevent suicides among LGBT youth through school workshops, educational materials, online resources and advocacy, along with the Trevor helpline.

“I am very pleased to begin my support of The Trevor Project, which saves lives every day through its critical work,” said Radcliffe.

“It’s extremely distressing to consider that in 2009 suicide is a top three killer of young people, and it’s truly devastating to learn that LGBTQ youth are up to four times more likely to attempt suicide than their heterosexual peers.

“I deeply hope my support can raise the organisation’s visibility so even more despondent youth become aware of the Trevor helpline’s highly trained counsellors and Trevor’s many other resources.

“It’s vitally important that young people understand they are not alone and, perhaps even more important, that their young lives have real value.”

Directors of The Trevor Project say they are “incredibly grateful” to the 20-year-old actor.

The amount of Radcliffe’s donation has not been made public.

Last month, Radcliffe appeared on the cover of gay magazine Attitude.

Ian McKellen’s ‘no hate’ pledge OPENLY GAY ACTOR SIR Ian McKellen has signed a ‘no hate’ pledge condemning antigay hate crime in London.

The actor added his name to The No Place For Hate pledge, which places responsibility on individuals, communities and all organisations to challenge discrimination and improve community safety.

It is focused on the borough of Tower Hamlets.

“I am still impressed by the effect caring professionals can make on a community,” said McKellen. “Tower Hamlets needs specialists who can untangle the mess which makes young lives unhappy and unproductive.”

Authorities are working to send a clear message that London is ‘no place for hate’.

‘God’ in a whirlwind GOD IS STILL BUSY punishing gay couples that enter into civil partnerships, according to a Scottish reverend.

‘Proof’ came when two men, BBC children’s presenter Andrew Robertson and his partner Craig Atkins, tied the knot at a ceremony on the Isle of Lewis.

On the eve of the ceremony, a tornado whirling at more than 100mph hit the Isle, causing thousands of pounds worth of damage.

Reverend James Tallach, of the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland, criticised the gay ceremony and warned that the freakish weather was a punishment from God, saying “No good comes out of defying God’s law.”

No injuries were reported.

One hot dog COCKSURE GAY PRESENTER Stephen Fry is setting Internet gossip-mongers lives alight with jokes about his “big cock” Fry, who has championed Twitter since it launched and is one of the most followed people on the site posted a Tweet saying: “This picture proves that I’ve got a big cock.” But he failed to actually upload the images successfully.

He then posted a further message “Mm - maybe my cock was simply too big. Twitpic pretends it’s not there, although it is if you keep trying.”

Pro marriage, not civil partnerships AROUND 5,000 PEOPLE protested for gay marriage equality in Dublin, Ireland, at the beginning of August.

The rally aimed to campaign for gay marriage – but against civil partnerships.

“This is not just a gay rights issue – it is a human rights issue,” said march organiser Noelle Moran, speaking before the event.

“The right to marry is enshrined in Article 16 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, but gay people in Ireland are currently denied that right.”

Former Equality Authority director Niall Crowley echoed Moran’s comments, calling the move towards civil partnerships a “backlash” for equality.

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Drug control GAY HEALTH CHARITY THE Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) is launching a course of workshops for gay men who feel they are losing control when it comes to drugs and or alcohol.

The ‘Are you losing control?’ group aims to help people who feel that their drug/alcohol use is having a negative impact on their lives. It is led by expert facilitators who have training to deal with addiction issues.

“We know that many gay men take drugs and drink alcohol but some feel that what started as fun is out of control,” says Gordon Mundie, Group work coordinator at THT. “Perhaps they are beginning to feel they need alcohol to have a good time, they feel guilty

forward to welcoming the runners, their families and friends to Victoria Park.”

The annual run, which is open to everyone, is now in its sixth year.

The race, rated the best 10k in London by readers of Runner’s World magazine, consists of three laps within Victoria Park in east London.

Since its inception in 2004, the London Pride Run has proved to be one of the most friendly and well-supported races in the capital, growing in popularity each year. Money raised from the event this year will go to support the work of London Lesbian & Gay Switchboard, which provides much-needed support and information to the LGBT community.

“It’s great to be supporting this race where everyone - whatever their ability - has the chance to get out and run together. Even I’m having a go!” said Brian Paddick. “At the same time we’re raising money for a really worthwhile cause.”

The run begins at 11am. Organisers are keen to stress that anyone who hasn’t been able to get a place in the run can join the hundreds of friends and family cheering on the 1,000 runners, and help to support London Lesbian & Gay Switchboard. www.londonpriderun.org

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or ashamed after using or they are only having sex when they are on drugs. If this sounds like it might apply to you, or you are just worried you might have a problem, then this course could help.”

The course is aimed at people taking any kind of recreational drugs from alcohol to cocaine, crystal meth to GHB and ecstasy.

The group will take place each Tuesday from Tuesday 1 September for 8 weeks from 6.30 – 9pm in Central London.

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fe\/'feature LADIES OF LETTERS, 1920-1930 In the second of a series, Rose Collis documents the changing face of lesbian-oriented fiction through the twentieth-century.

IN THE DECADE OR so after World War I, during which virtually an entire generation of British and European men were wiped out, their female counterparts were tasting liberation of a non-combatant sort. Many young women had enjoyed their first taste of social and economic independence during the war and, emboldened and liberated by a sense of new-found freedom and possibilities, the work of British ladies of letters started to reflect these changes in thought, word and deed.

In 1927, Rosamund Lehmann launched her distinguished, though not glittering, literary career with her first novel, Dusty Answer, mirroring Clemence Dane’s fictional debut, in tackling a ‘scandalous’ subject matter. It chronicles the lonely childhood of Judith Earle, a young woman attracted to both men and women, and her years as an undergraduate at Cambridge, where she encounters obviously lesbian and gay characters. Lehmann had sent the manuscript, unsolicited, to Chatto & Windus and, within weeks, they had decided to publish it. It garnered worldwide sales and critical acclaim: the poet Alfred Noyes declared it to be ‘the kind of novel that might have been written by Keats if Keats had been a young novelist of today’.

However, the influence and success of Dusty Answer has since been somewhat overshadowed by two books published the following year.

In 1928, The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall sparked a legal furor while simultaneously shoring up generations of women looking for representation and affirmation of their ‘otherness’. The tale of Hall’s ‘invert’ heroine, Stephen Gordon, prompted even the likes of the New Statesman to declare that lesbianism was now ‘a comparatively widespread social phenomenon, having its original roots no doubt in the professional man-hating of the Pankhurst Suffragette movement’. The book’s publication in Britain was outlawed, and copies of it were seized and destroyed. However, Hall was been able to get it printed in Paris, and some 60,000 copies of this French-produced edition were sold, many being bought by British women visiting Paris smuggling copies back for their friends in the wide sleeves of their coats.

The Well of Loneliness was banned and burned because the government of the day deemed the subject of lesbianism ‘inadmissible in fiction’. A leader in the Sunday Express by the paper’s editor James Douglas, under the headline A BOOK THAT MUST BE SUPPRESSED, declared ‘I

would rather give a healthy boy or healthy girl a phial of prussic acid than this novel.’ The book was, said the Attorney General Sir Thomas Inskip, ‘propaganda for the practice which has long been known as Lesbianism, a well-known vice, unnatural, destructive…’. The ban was not lifted until 1949, six years after Hall’s death.

In 2008, 80 years after it was published, Jeanette Winterson declared The Well of Loneliness to be ‘the worst book ever written’. However, whatever its literary failings, as Alison Hennegan posited in her introduction to the 1981 reprint, ‘For many lesbians of the period, the very fact of the book’s existence was a source of strength’.

A novel of undoubted greater literary and artistic (if not sociopolitical) merit and influence was published a mere three months after Well. Orlando: A Biography

by Virginia Woolf appeared on 11 October 1928, inspired by her love and fascination for Vita Sackville-West. It told the story of a young man, born in England during the reign of Elizabeth I, who decides he will not grow old.

He has a brief love affair with the ageing queen before switching his affections to Sasha, a princess in the entourage of the Russian embassy. This relationship is believed by scholars to represent SackvilleWest’s own doomed and passionate affair with Violet Trefusis.

After adventures in Constantinople, Orlando wakes up one day to discover he has metamorphosed into a woman — he has the same character, but inside a female body.

After more adventures with gypsies and on board a ship, the Lady Orlando is caused to declare, ‘Praise God I’m a woman!’. Vita Sackville-West’s son described the book as ‘an elaborate love letter’ from Woolf to his mother. But, as recognised by generations of academics and authors such as Jeanette Winterson, Woolf’s prime intention was that this novel, published in the ‘Modernist’ era, would break the boundaries between traditional fiction and non-fiction.

Winterson has always been quick to acknowledge her debt to Woolf and to Orlando in particular: she chose the books as the subject of her 2002 TV documentary, Art That Shook The World. In 1992, the book was made into a successful art-house film written and directed by Sally Potter, starring Tilda Swinton as Orlando and — in the ultimate homage to its genderbending origins — Quentin Crisp as Queen Elizabeth I.

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BRIGHTON PRIDE HAS GROWN expo- Perhaps building walls between the separate nentially, transforming from a tiny protest on segments of the scene, and putting people’s Brighton’s The Level park some 17 years ago personalities in boxes?

No, not really. Surely it’s just a bit of fun: kind into a mammoth weeklong festival celebrating diversity in our seaside city. There are of like an adventure playground where you can now tents and areas catering for nearly every explore every aspect of the gay scene in one day, akin type of person to moving imaginable, Pride is kind of like an adventure from the including the playground where you can explore Forbidden Bears’ Tent for every aspect of the gay scene in Kingdom to burly men, the Mexicana Wild Fruit Tent one day, akin to moving from the Land at for house muForbidden Kingdom to Mexicana Chessingsic fanatics, the Land at Chessington theme park ton theme Popstarz Tent for park. alternative indie And what divide? Can’t we all club kids, the Calabash Tent for people of colhat of the girl/boy boy divid together these days? our, the Cabaret Tent for drag-loving cabaret just party y toge ese da It certainly doesn’t bother me partying with queens, and the Women’s Performance Tent and Girl’s Tent for, well, girls. But through cater- or DJing to a mixed crowd of gay girls and ing for all this diversity, are we in fact creating boys. Sure, there is an element of the gay scene that prefers nights that are men only, divides? or male orientated, celebrating the hypermasculinity that some guys go for. But there’s also a new breed of gay boys prevalent in Brighton at the moment: the gender bending, somewhat androgynous party loving students. And I don’t think they care what you are. As long as you like sambuca.

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fe\/'head2head perspectives of Pride Verity Mayes, DJ and promoter I LOVE BEING A girl in gay Brighton. Straight walking into a mainstream gay night, where there people have a huge array of choice when it are so many currents and diversities, whether comes to clubbing, but we have a community, the pressure is to be camp, to be fit, or to be 16 and clubs who listen to our needs. In ‘breed- stone and covered in fur! But this is born from a ersville’, if a customer doesn’t like the product, male scene developed over a long period. The there are often many other customers who do. girls scene is set to grow and diversify for the But in the world of lesbian clubbing, nights have benefit of the over-evolving scene, Brighton is to adapt to what their market wants - they have going to lead the way for the UK, we are lucky to grow with their punters and continue to inspire to have promoters such as Dulcie Danger who are so dedicated and entertain throughto giving the girls out a clubbers whole in the world of lesbian clubsomething of their lifetime. Quite often, own. All we need socialising in Brighton bing, nights have to adapt to now is a bigger is more of a neceswhat their market wants Girls’ Dance Tent sity than a social exat Pride, when ercise. Our loves and that there are lives are born, live and die on the dancefloor. browsing wsing the brochure it appears app It is where we can truly be gay women, where more gay ay line-dancers than lesbians! we can express our sexuality without criticism.

I have never felt unco uncomfortable going in I honestly never thought I’d be writing like this, to male-oriented venues, venue I don’t think the women power yeah! Because actually it is all majority do; they are often the j i off llesbians bi very tongue-in-cheek. Straight people often ask first gay venues we go to. For me, a love of me why gay nights are often branded in such house was always the driving factor and I an overtly sexual way, and I smile when I say have spent most of my adult life on a packed ‘because we can get away with it’. sweaty dancefloor filled with topless guys! I When I think of Pride, I consider the gay popula- have never had any negativity from gay men tion as a whole rather than gender divided, as I as a lesbian clubber, or later as a female DJ. think many of my generation do. Our community Nowadays in gay Brighton you are equally as and culture become important elements of gay likely to see a girl behind the decks as it you people’s lives. We have to identify the reason why are to see a boy. Not only have they proved we join this ‘way of life’, it is because of the gender their own, but perhaps a gay crowd that has we are attracted to. So gay celebration is always experienced discrimination is more likely to going to have an underlying sexual current. Girls celebrate the difference. As a girl DJing on like girls and boys like boys and that is why we the straight scene, it can go one of two ways: have different spaces to party at Pride, not only either the boys don’t think you can do it quite to cop off, but because we have the freedom to as well and mutter amongst themselves, or celebrate our gender as well as our sexuality. positive discrimination comes into play when I would say that historically there has been a the promoter realises it’s quite a good idea to bias towards men, but recent years have seen have a chick behind the decks… sorry guys! a massive rise of lesbians at Pride and on the scene generally; the girls just keep on coming out of the woodwork because of the emergence of nights such as Girls On Top, and the portrayal of gay girls in the media, in the L Word and Sugar Rush. It’s cool to be a lesbian!

In my experience of clubbing as a lesbian, we are in a better position than we have ever been in Brighton, and we can only go up from here.

Pride is getting better for girls every year, as the park cools down the clubs heat up, such as Girls World at the Ocean Rooms, which brings some of the finest brands to the seaside including Wish from London.

Over the years we have had regular nights of many genres, and now we have two lesbian pubs, all of our clubs are very girl-friendly and for the past two years we have had a fantastic night, Girls On Top, where every week you can find a club packed to the rafters with lesbians young and old, with every music taste, hell even with Verity Mayes boys! I think that any girl or boy would find it easwww.verity.podomatic.com ier walking into Girls On Top than a boy would

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fe\/'London Scene London venue listings Soho venue listings 01 ADMIRAL DUNCAN 54 Old Compton Street Tel: (020) 7437 5300 02 DUKE OF WELLINGTON BAR 77 Wardour Street Tel: (020) 7439 1274 03 HEAVEN CLUB 77 Wardour Street Tel: (020) 7439 1274 04 THE EDGE 11 Soho Square W1D 3QE Tel: (020) 7439 1313 05 FIRST OUT 52 St Giles High Street WC2H 8LH Tel: (020) 7240 8042 06 THE STAR AT NIGHT 22 Great Chapel Street W1 8FR Tel: (020) 7494 2488 07 SWEATBOX SOHO 1-2 Ramillies Street W1F 7LN Tel: (020) 3214 6014 08 KING’S ARMS 23 Poland Street W1F 8QL Tel: (020) 7734 5907 09 THE SAUNABAR 29 Endell St WC2H 9BA Tel: (020) 7836 2236 10 BOX 32-34 Monmouth St WC2H 9HA Tel: (020) 7240 5828 11 G-A-Y BAR 30 Old Compton Street W1D 4UR Tel: (020) 7494 2756 12 BALANS SOHO 60 Old Compton Street W1D 4UG Tel (020) 7376 0115 13 79 CXR 79 Charing Cross Road WC2H 0NE Tel: (020) 7734 0769 14 COMPTONS OF SOHO 51-53 Old Compton Street Tel: (020) 7479 7961 15 LJ COFFEE 3 Winnett Street, Soho, W1D 6JY - (020) 7434 1174 16 VILLAGE 81 Wardour Street W1D 6QD Tel: (020) 7434 2124 17 THE SHADOW LOUNGE 5 Brewer Street W1F 0RF Tel: (020) 72877988 18 THE ENCLAVE 25-27 Brewer Street W1F 0RR Tel: (020) 7434 2911 19 KU BAR 30 Lisle Street WC2H 7BA Tel: (020) 7437 4303 24 KU BAR 2 25 Frith Street, W1D 5LB 20 TRASH PALACE 11 Wardour Street W1D 6PG Tel: (020) 7734 0522 21 BARCODE 3-4 Archer Street W1D 7AP Tel: (020) 7734 3342 22 RUPERT STREET Rupert Street Tel: (020) 7292 7141 23 THE YARD 57 Rupert Street Tel: (020) 7437 2652 24 PENDULUM 56 - 57 Frith Street, W1D 3JG Tel: (020) 7734 8300

Vauxhall venue listings 01 HARD ON @ HIDDEN 100 Tinworth Street, SE11 5EQ 02 BARCODE VAUXHALL Arch 69, SE11 5AW. Tel: (020) 7582 4180 03 BEYOND @ AREA Albert Embankment, Arch 67-68, SE1 7TP 04 CHARIOTS VAUXHALL Albert Embankment, Arch 63-64. Tel: (020) 7247 5333 05 ROYAL VAUXHALL TAVERN 372 Kennington Lane, SE11 5HY. Tel: (020) 7820 1222 06 EAGLE 349 Kennington Lane, SE11 5QY Tel: (020) 7793 0903 07 THE HOIST South Lambeth Road, Arch 47B – 47C, SW8 1RH. Tel (020) 7735 9972 08 FIRE South Lambeth Road, SW8 1RT 09 SUPERCLUB COLOSSEUM 1 Nine Elms Lane, SW8. Tel (020) 7627 1283

West Londonvenues listings East Londonvenue listings THE ANGEL, 21 Church Street, Mill Meads Tel: 020 8555 1148 BJ’S WHITE SWAN, 556 Commercial Road, Limehouse Tel: 0207 780 9870 THE BLACK HORSE, 168 Mile End Road Tel: 020 7790 1684 CHARIOTS SHOREDITCH, 1 Fairchild Street 020 7247 5333 CHARLIE’S BAR, 124 Globe Road THE CORONET, 119 The Grove E ONE CLUB (Formerly The Black Horse), 168 Mile End Road Tel: 020 7790 1684 GHETTO OLD STREET, Ghetto 58 Old St Tel: 020 7287 3726 GEORGE AND DRAGON, 2 Hackney Road Tel: 020 7012 1100 THE JOINER’s ARMS, 116-118 Hackney Rd Tel: 020 7739 9854 THE OLD SHIP, 17 Barnes Street, Limehouse Tel: 0207 7790 4082

South London venue listings BIRD IN HAND, 291 Sydenham Road, Croydon, CR0, Tel: 020 8683 3104 BREWERY TAP, 78 Lingham Street, SW9, Tel: 020 7738 6683 CHARIOTS STREATHAM, 292 (rear of) Streatham High Rd, London SW16 6HG, Tel: 020 8696 0929 CHARIOTS WATERLOO, 101 Lower Marsh, London. SE1 7AB, Tel: 020 7401 8484 THE CORONET THEATRE, 26-28 New Kent Road, LONDON SE1 6TJ, Tel: 020 7701 1500 GEORGE AND DRAGON, 2 Blackheath Hill, Greenwich, SE10, Tel: 020 8691 3764 Rose and crown, 1 Crooms Hill, Greenwich, SE10 8ER, Tel: 0208 858 0154 KAZBAR, 50 Clapham High Street, London SW4, Tel: 0871 223 1154 THE STAG, 15 Bressendan Place, SW1, 020 7828 7287 TWO-EIGHT-SIX, 286 Lewisham High Street, SE13, Tel: 0208 690 7648 TWO BREWERS, 114 Clapham High Street, London SW4, Tel: 020 7819 9539

GEORGE MUSIC BAR, 114 Twickenham Road, Isleworth, West London, Tel: 020 8560 1456 TED’S PLACE, 305A North End Road, London W14, Tel: 020 7385 9359 WEST 5, Pope’s Lane, Acton, W5 4NB, Tel: 020 8579 3266

North Londonvenues listings BLACK CAP, 171 Camden High Street, London NW1, Tel: 020 7485 0538 CENTRAL STATION, 37 Wharfedale Road, London N1, Tel: 020 7278 3294 THE GLASS BAR, 190 Euston Road, Regent’s Park, London NW1 2BN, Tel: 020 7387 6184 KING EDWARD VI, 25 Bromfield Street, London N1 OPZ, Tel: 020 7704 0745 KING WILLIAM IV, 77 Hampstead High Street, London NW3 1RE, Tel: 020 7435 5747 THE GREEN, 74 Upper Street, Angel N1, Tel: 020 7226 8895 KOKO, 1A Camden High Street, London NW17JE, 0870 4325527 THE OAK BAR, 79 Green Lanes, London N16 9BU, Tel: 020 7354 2791 REGULATION LTD. 17A St. Alban’s Place, Islington N1 0NX Tel: 020 7226 665 SCALA CLUB, 275-277 Pentonville Road, London N1, Tel: 020 7833 2022

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fe\/'London Scene Jonny Mon the London scene THE KU BAR BOYS are known to be some of the cutest barmen around, famed for their sexy looks and toned bodies. This month, the Ku Bar team is launching a nationwide search to find their Mr Ku T 2009. Think Miss World, but for the gays! There will be three rounds: evening wear, swim Ku Klub wear and “show and tell’, (sounds interesting!) and the winner will receive a cash prize, plus the chance to feature in Ku Bar advertising campaigns and open Ku Bar events. Heats will be held every Wednesday at Ku Bar, Frith Street, launching Weds 19 Aug with the final on Weds 16 Sep. Email mrku@ku-bar.co.uk to enter. www.ku-bar.co.uk

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A HOT SPOT FOR pre-club parties since the launch, Pendulum features lively entertainment, good quality food, and refreshing drinks seven nights a week. Every Friday night is Queer Nation, a mini version of Patrick Lilley’s popular urban club night, with DJ Supadon on the decks spinning soulful house. Entry is free all night!

Admiral Duncan, Soho EVERY MONDAY NIGHT at the Admiral Duncan on Old Compton Street, Jivin’ Julie hosts an evening of free karaoke from 8pm, giving the karaoke queens of Soho a chance to shine. So, if you think you could be the next Britney, or you just fancy a night of drinking and singing, get down to the Admiral Duncan from 8pm. Drinks promos and bundle deals apply all night.

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Orange Trade, Vauxhall AFTER A PHENOMENAL Trade party at Ministry of Sound after London Pride, Laurence Malice and the Trade Collective join forces with Orange crew at Fire, for round two of this heavyweight clash of clubbing titans on Mon 31 Aug. The monstrous Vauxhall venue will be open in all its glory, with four rooms of fabulousness to choose from. The Trade room features DJs including Pagano, Gonzalo Rivas, Steve Thomas, Nick Tcherniak, the Orange Room includes Steve Pitron, The Sharp Boys and The Oli, the Trade Lounge features Guy Wiliams and Fat Tony, and David Jimenez is in the LightBox. Orange Trade kicks of at 2am Monday morning. www.trade-uk.net

QUESTION: HOW MANY cabaret artists can you squeeze into an East London club? Answer: quite a few! The George and Dragon is keen to demonstrate this with their bank holiday special on Mon 31 Aug, featuring the talents of Mandy Gap, Rose Garden, Sophie, Tiffaney Wells, Ava La Putain, The Duchess and Kitty Monroe. Plus, it’s all raising money for charity! Fabulous. Another hot date for August is Fri 21 Aug, as diva sensation and friend of one80news and 3SIXTY Magazine Claudia Patrice takes centre stage, belting out some classic dance and hot urban grooves.

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King Edward IV, North London THERE’S REGULAR ENTERTAINMENT at this North London boozer throughout August, including strippers on many nights, and cabaret on Thurs 20 from Kitty Monroe, plus the sensational Drag With No Name on Thurs 27 Aug. Food is served daily, and the pub has a late licence on many nights.

The Two Brewers, Clapham BANK HOLIDAY SUNDAYS are always a great excuse to lay on some extra entertainment, and the Two Brewers team has booked a treat for Clapham’s gay boys and girls on Sun 30 Aug. Cabaret artiste Alison Jiear will perform live at 8.30pm, belting out her now infamous I Just Wanna Dance anthem from Jerry Springer: The Opera. Alison played Shawntel, an overweight, middle-aged lady who dreamed of being a pole dance, and was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for the role back in 2004. www.the2brewers.com

AS AUGUST DRAWS to a close, the Two8Six team delivers a fun-filled theme party on Sat 29 Aug, ensuring people get in the back to school mood. Not that anyone at Two 8 Six actually still goes to school, but you get the idea. There are prizes for the best boy and girl, and spankings for those not in uniform. Plus there’s a free tuck shop with nibbles and munchies, and College Boy will be stripping live on stage. www.bar286.co.uk

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Ghetto, Old Street IT’S A RATHER FABULOUS venue, the Ghetto. Arrive early, and you’re in a trendy alternative bar. Get there late, head downstairs, and you’re in a down and dirty club, licensed right through ‘til 5am on weekends.

The flagship Saturday party is Wigout, playing pop music all night long, from Blondie to Britney. Plus, entry is free ‘til 11pm. Check out their brandspanking new website for full line ups. www.ghetto-london.co.uk

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fe\/'South Coast scene South Coast venue listings Bournemouthvenue listings 01 THE BAKER’S ARMS 77 Commercial Road, 01202 555506 03 2930 THE TRIANGLE 30 The Triangle, 0845 474 3019, www.2930thetriangle.com 04 THE BRANKSOME Commercial Road, 01202 552544 | www.thebranksome.com 05 CIRCUS @ THE OPERA HOUSE 570 Christchurch Road, Boscombe. 01202 399922 06 OVER THE RAINBOW GAY MEN’S HEALTH PROJECT 01202 257478. www.rainbowbournemouth.co.uk 07 RUBYZ CABARET RESTAURANT West Hill Road, www.rubyz.co.uk 08 SAUNABAR 4 Avenue Lane, www.gaysaunabar.com 09 THE XCHANGE 4 The Triangle | 01202 294321 11 THE PATISSERIE ANGÉLIQUE 79 Poole Road, Westbourne, BH4 9BB. www.patisserieangelique.com 12 BAR BEYOND 103 Commercial Road | BH2 5RT 13 WHITE TIGER 27 The Triangle | Bournemouth | BH2 5SE | 0845 496 6305 | www.whitetigerstore.com 14 FUNCHAL BY NIGHT 158 Commercial Road, Bournemouth. BH2 5LU | 01202 318900

Martha’s, Portsmouth EACH SATURDAY NIGHT from 10pm Martha’s hosts a weekly cabaret session, featuring some of the biggest stars of the national cabaret circuit. Highlights this month include Brighton favourite Lola Lasagne on Sat 22, and London lady Titti La Camp on Sat 29 Aug. Plus, on Sun 23 Aug there’s a special date with Jo Francis, presenting a one-off ladies’ night from 5.30pm – 11.30pm, a bit of fun for all the girls.

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Gorgeous, Portsmouth HOORAY FOR BANK Holiday weekends!

And what better way to spend your extra party night on Sun 30 Aug, than dancing to the latest house and chart remixes, dripping wet and covered in foam? Gaydar Radio’s DJ Phil Marriot will spin the music, to a young, up-for-it semi-naked crowd (well, it is a foam party, after all). There will be coaches running from Martha’s on the night, with preparties at both Martha’s and The Old Vic. www.jongleurs.com

Charity tug of war, Portsmouth TWO OF PORTSMOUTH’S most popular gay venues are pitting themselves against each other in a ferocious game of tug of war. The game will take place on Sun 30 Aug, aiming to raise much-needed funds for Macmillan Cancer Support. As they’re gay bars, you can expect plenty of screams from the boys, and a good show of strength from the ladies! Pre-war cocktails are at Martha’s from midday, and post-war drinks take place at The Old Vic from 4pm, including Pimms, a hog roast and loads of entertainment.

Southamptonvenue listings 01 THE EDGE Compton Walk | 02380 366163 | www.edge-nightclub.com 02 ISOBAR 100c St Mary’s Street | 023 8022 2028 |www.isobarsouthampton.com 03 THE PINK BROADWAY 79/80 East Street | 023 8023 8804 | www.pink-broadway.com 04 THE ENDEAVOUR 7 Simnel Street | www.theendeavour.co.uk 05 THE LONDON 2 Terminus Terrace | 023 8071 0652 | www.the-london.co.uk

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25 YEARS IN GAY clubland is one hell of a long time. That’s a lot of parties, a lot of clubbers, and a lot of tunes. So has Circus retained its edge after all these years? We at one80news certainly think so. Celebrating their Silver Jubilee on Sun 30 Aug, Circus welcome production superstars Moto Blanco to the Opera House decks, with residents in support laying down chart remixes and commercial house. Arial performers, gogo dancers and strippers will all be on hand, ensuring your party night goes off with a bang.

IT’S HOUSE MUSIC all the way, at one of gay Bournemouth’s most fabulous bars. Stephen and Phil at Bar Beyond operate a strict “No Cheese Please” music policy, with resident DJs spinning top funky and electro house. Each Saturday night a special guest DJ will be on hand, usually from London or even further afield. Past guests have included Nathan6 from Matinee, MisWhite and Lee Harris, so watch this space! www.barbeyondbournemouth.com Bar Beyond

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The London Hotel, Southampton SOUTHAMPTON’S GAY POPULATION will never be wanting for cabaret. This much we know, as David and Ray at the London run weekly regular cabaret sessions every weekend. The next two weeks hold some great performances, including esteemed veteran of the circuit Dave Lynn on Sun 23 Aug and professionally trained actor (or actress) Lizzy Drip on Fri 21 Aug. DJs also play many nights, including DJ Daron on Sat 22, DJ Pat Cruise on Fri 28, and DJ Neil Sackley on Sat 29 Aug. www.the-london.co.uk The London Hotel

The Edge, Southampton The Baker’s Arms, Bournemouth COMMUNITY GROUPS REGULARLY meet at the Baker’s Arms including the Bournemouth Leather Club on the second and fourth Friday of the month, and Kiss and Make Up (transgender group) on the first and third Friday of the month.

New for August, Daddy and Son is a night for bears, cubs, chubby chasers and men who like men, kicking off on Fri 21 Aug at 8pm, and every third Friday of the month thereafter.

NON-STOP PARTYING awaits at one of Southampton’s biggest gay venues, with resident DJs spinning almost every night of the week. On Bank Holiday Sunday (30 Aug) the Edge stays open extra late, ‘til 5am, with a fab P!nk tribute act on the stage upstairs. Karaoke will also be available, with the chance to win £1,000 in the Edge Factor competition.

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fe\/'community London Out of Africa Market stall AN EAST LONDON GAY bar is supporting a customer’s campaign to help underprivileged children in South Africa. Two8Six, in Lewisham, threw a fundraising party last month, raising £600 to help fund Wil Burns’s trip to volunteer at a children’s hospital in Soweto, South Africa.

The evening culminated with a fire-eater on stage, Wil Burns

handcuffing Wil and stripping him down to his underwear before dripping hot wax down his torso. Money was raised through charging customers to sing karaoke, plus raffles for cuddly toys and bottles of spirits.

“Wil put a request out on Facebook asking people to help fund his trip, but didn’t get much response.” says Steve Thompson of Two8Six. “We just thought this was such a great cause for a fundraiser, and it’s the first time we’ve thrown one for an overseas cause.”

“It’s good for us to diversify the causes we support, and perhaps help leave behind the stigma that HIV is a gay disease. It’s important to show that it can affect everyone.”

BUSINESSES IN GREENWICH are up in arms as the historic 300 year old market place faces complete redevelopment early next year. If the controversial plans are given the go-ahead by the Council later in the month, the entire Greenwich Markets area will be demolished, paving the way for a “mini-Bluewater” by the time of the Olympics.

One local business currently under threat is the Beachcomber Seafood Restaurant. “The markets bring 15 million people to Greenwich every year,” says Kemal Sahi, owner of the Beachcomber. “Every Saturday it’s choc a bloc. But they come to visit the markets: if they aren’t there any more the Londoners will go elsewhere”.

Kemal feels he is being pushed out by the Council to make way for bigger business, even facing threats to demolish half of the restaurant’s kitchen.

“They’ve offered me money but it’s not enough. I’ve been here for 25 years, it’s my trade. My family all work here: my brother is the

manager, and my two daughters have graduated and help out at the restaurant.

“They are trying to get rid of small businesses because they think they can get more money from the big brands.”

Gay businesses in the area are also making a stand. Greenwich pub the Rose and Crown even held a mini market in the pub last month, allowing some of their regulars to set up stalls in the pub.

“The markets are a big part of Greenwich”, says Rose and Crown manager Nathan Power.

“A lot of people come from all over London to visit them. It also helps to bring passing trade to the pubs, and quite a few of our regulars had stalls there. Some have relocated, but others have lost out completely”.

With public pressure mounting, the Naval Charity which owns the Markets has agreed to certain concessions to the plans, including keeping the traditional cobbled floor surface. And, following concerns over the loss of buildings, Greenwich Hospital

Beachcomber seafood restaurant

Market holder at the Greenich Markets also intends to retain some of the brickwork and building materials to re-use.

“The market regeneration is designed to respect the World Heritage Site, retain the character of the Market and encourage retail diversity and independent businesses,” Martin Sands, Director of Greenwich Hospital,

told London news outlet www. thisislocallondon.co.uk.

Greenwich Council is expected to make a decision on whether plans go ahead at the end of August. To sign the online petition to postpone the decision visit www.greenwich.co.uk/petitions/ postpone-decision-on-greenwich-market

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