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Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to gay@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Suzanne Black.
Thursday 23 Glasgow FREE sh[OUT]: Contemporary Art and Human Rights Gallery of Modern Art, Royal Exchange Square, 287 3050. 10am–8pm. Striking and thoughtful biennial social justice exhibition. FREE Made in God’s Image Gallery of Modern Art, Royal Exchange Square, 287 3050. 10am–8pm. Exhibition exploring the often problematic intersection of sexuality and religion from an LGBT perspective. FREE Rendering Gender Gallery of Modern Art, Royal Exchange Square, 287 3050. 10am–8pm. David Sherryexplores what makes a person male, female, both or neither.
Friday 24
Glasgow FREE sh[OUT], Made in God’s Image and Rendering Gender Gallery of Modern Art, Royal Exchange Square, 287 3050. 11am–5pm. See Thu 23. Edinburgh ■ Club for Heroes Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 11pm–3am. £5 (£4). Underground disco for freaks and lovers.
Saturday 25 Glasgow FREE sh[OUT], Made in God’s Image and Rendering Gender Gallery of Modern Art, Royal Exchange Square, 287 3050. 10am–5pm. See Thu 23. ■ Revolver Quiz Revolver, 6a John Street, 553 2456. 4pm. £1 per person. A general knowledge quiz that takes place every Saturday.
■ Audioculture Byblos, Unit Q, Merchant Square, 71 Albion Street, 552 3895. 11pm–3am. £3. Chart, cheese and R&B. Edinburgh ■ Essential Yoga LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 6.30–7.45pm. £15–£55. Eight- week yoga course with Petra Ponnet. ■ The World Famous Regent Bar Quiz The Regent Bar, 2 Montrose Terrace, 661 8198. 9pm. £1.50 per person to enter. Monthly general knowledge quiz. ■ Love Traffic GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 11pm–3am. £4 (£3). At a traffic light party everyone knows where they stand: red for no thanks, amber for maybe, green for definitely. With DJ Dale Lush.
Wednesday 29 Glasgow FREE sh[OUT], Made in God’s Image and Rendering Gender Gallery of Modern Art, Royal Exchange Square, 287 3050. 10am–5pm. See Thu 23. ■ Allure The Tunnel, 84 Mitchell Street, 204 1000. 11.30pm–3am. £3 (students £2-for-1). Cheesy pop sounds from DJ Darren and the guys behind Passionality.
Thursday 30 Glasgow FREE sh[OUT], Made in God’s Image and Rendering Gender Gallery of Modern Art, Royal Exchange Square, 287 3050. 10am–8pm. See Thu 23. FREE ONE Magazine Presents ‘Oscar Wilde & The Black Douglas’ with Gawain Douglas Borders Books, 98 Buchanan Street, 07969 424529. 6.30pm. Poet Gawain Douglas reveals a different side to the story of his great-uncle Lord Alfred Douglas (Bosie), confidant of Oscar Wilde, as well as signing copies of Fortuna, his own collection of poetry.
Sunday 26 Friday 31
Glasgow FREE sh[OUT], Made in God’s Image and Rendering Gender Gallery of Modern Art, Royal Exchange Square, 287 3050. 11am–5pm. See Thu 23. Edinburgh FREE Beach Break LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 1–5pm. Meet at the centre for lunch then head out to Cramond for beach fun followed by hot chocolate. FREE ELECTROsexual CC Blooms, 23–24 Greenside Place, 556 9331. 11pm–3am. Dirty bootlegs and ‘cheeky’ electro at gay club CC’s. FREE More Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 11pm–3am. Funky vocal house, club classics and electro.
Monday 27
Glasgow FREE sh[OUT], Made in God’s Image and Rendering Gender Gallery of Modern Art, Royal Exchange Square, 287 3050. 10am–5pm. See Thu 23. ■ Passionality Byblos, Unit Q, Merchant Square, 71 Albion Street, 552 3895. 11.30pm–3am. £3 (£2). Chart hits for the gay/mixed crowd.
Tuesday 28 Glasgow FREE sh[OUT], Made in God’s Image and Rendering Gender Gallery of Modern Art, Royal Exchange Square, 287 3050. 10am–5pm. See Thu 23.
Glasgow FREE sh[OUT], Made in God’s Image and Rendering Gender Gallery of Modern Art, Royal Exchange Square, 287 3050. 11am–5pm. See Thu 23. ■ The Ladyboys of Bangkok Pavilion Theatre, 121 Renfield Street, 332 1846. 7.30pm. £16–£18. A sell-out every time it comes to Scotland, the ladyboys return with new show, the ‘Mile High Tour’. Edinburgh ■ DV8 Spider’s Web Cellar Bar, 258 Morrison Street, 228 1949. 8pm–1am. £10 (members £5). Fetish club with Footman John and Mistress Alana.
Saturday 1
Glasgow FREE sh[OUT], Made in God’s Image and Rendering Gender Gallery of Modern Art, Royal Exchange Square, 287 3050. 10am–5pm. See Thu 23. ■ Revolver Quiz Revolver, 6a John Street, 553 2456. 4pm. £1 per person. See Sat 25. ■ The Ladyboys of Bangkok Pavilion Theatre, 121 Renfield Street, 332 1846. 7.30pm. £16–£18. See Fri 31. Edinburgh FREE Community Summer Fete LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 1–6pm. Barbecue and social afternoon. ■ Luvely Faith, 207 Cowgate, 225 5583. 10.30pm–3am. £12 (£10). A saucy soirée of full-on, driving house music.
LGBT
PREVIEW FESTIVAL EDINBURGH FRINGE HIGHLIGHTS Allan Radcliffe previews some of the LGBT-interest shows winging their way to Edinburgh this August
This year’s Fringe features a good scattering of shows for those of an LGBT persuasion. Theatre pleasures range from dramatic monologues such as Jeffrey Solomon’s Mother/Son (Sweet Grassmarket, pictured above), which charts the writer/performer’s developing relationship with his mother after he emerges from the closet, to all-singing all-dancing extravaganza (complete with live band no less) Little Johnny’s Big Gay Musical (Pleasance Dome). Meanwhile, Queer (Augustine’s) follows the complex love lives of a group of cabaret artists as they attempt to mount a show – why, it’s all just so postmodern, darlings! For a bit of a laugh and a giggle, Rosy Wilby: the Science of Sex (Sweet
Grassmarket) finds the Funny Women finalist investigating all aspects of sexuality, while there are also Fringe performances from gay stand-ups Susan Calman (Underbelly) and Stephen K Amos (Pleasance Courtyard). And if it’s musical virtuosity you seek you could do worse than spend an evening in the company of Jonathan Ross’s sidekicks 4 Poofs and a Piano (Pleasance Courtyard) or the London Gay Men’s Chorus and their show Oklahoma! Far From Kansas (Sweet ECA), which features a mélange of songs from the musicals. And if you’ve never seen a genuine gay ukelele player from NYC in the flesh check out Ben Lerman’s Size Matters (Laughing Horse @ Cafe Renroc), which features a playlist of sick and twisted ditties about love, American Idol and pirates. ■ For full dates and listings please see www.list.co.uk/festival
Sunday 2
Glasgow FREE sh[OUT]: Contemporary Art and Human Rights, Made in God’s Image and Rendering Gender Gallery of Modern Art, Royal Exchange Square, 287 3050. 11am–5pm. See Thu 23. Edinburgh ■ Taste The GRV, 37 Guthrie Street, 220 2987. 11pm–3am. £6 (members £5). Eclectic mix of the very best in underground dance music and classics.
Monday 3
Glasgow FREE sh[OUT], Made in God’s Image and Rendering Gender Gallery of Modern Art, Royal Exchange Square, 287 3050. 10am–5pm. See Thu 23. ■ Passionality Byblos, Unit Q, Merchant Square, 71 Albion Street, 552 3895. 11.30pm–3am. £3 (£2). See Mon 27.
Tuesday 4 Glasgow FREE sh[OUT], Made in God’s Image and Rendering Gender Gallery of Modern Art, Royal Exchange
Square, 287 3050. 10am–5pm. See Thu 23. ■ Audioculture Byblos, Unit Q, Merchant Square, 71 Albion Street, 552 3895. 11pm–3am. £3. See Tue 28. Edinburgh ■ Essential Yoga LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 6.30–7.45pm. £15–£55. See Tue 28. ■ Love Traffic GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 11pm–3am. £4 (£3). See Tue 28.
Wednesday 5 Glasgow FREE sh[OUT], Made in God’s Image and Rendering Gender Gallery of Modern Art, Royal Exchange Square, 287 3050. 10am–5pm. See Thu 23. ■ Allure The Tunnel, 84 Mitchell Street, 204 1000. 11.30pm–3am. £3 (students £2-for-1). See Wed 29.
Thursday 6 Glasgow FREE sh[OUT], Made in God’s Image and Rendering Gender Gallery of Modern Art, Royal Exchange Square, 287 3050. 10am–8pm. See Thu 23.
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