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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 Laura Ennor.
Thursday 8 Edinburgh ■ Gayboi Mansion GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 11pm–3am. £tbc. Monthly club night just for the gentlemen.
Friday 9
Glasgow ■ Lip Service FHQ, 10 John Street, 0845 166 6037. 11pm–3am. £tbc. Long- running lesbian club night with a focus on all things sensual. Guest passes available from Speakeasy. Edinburgh ■ Kinky Disco GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 9pm–3am. £tbc. Pop, camp classics and dance hits from Cilla Slack and funky house and electro from DJ Michelle. ■ Furburger GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 11pm–3am. £4 (£3). DJs Dejaybird, Funki Diva and Boy Toy provide aural stimulation for gay women and their closest friends in GHQ’s Dance Bar.
Saturday 10
Glasgow ■ Pride Glasgow Women’s Fundraiser Event Glasgow Thistle Hotel, Cambridge Street, tickets from www.prideglasgow.co.uk only. 8pm. £12. Ladies’ night to get you in the mood for Pride, with music from Horse, Electric Lady Garden and more. Booking essential. Edinburgh FREE Different Strokes Glenogle Swim Centre, Glenogle Road, Stockbridge, 343 6376. 4–6pm. All transgender people can enjoy the sole use of a swimming pool, steam room and sauna in a new event scheduled for the second and fourth Saturday of the month. Email emma@lgbthealth.org.uk or telephone the LGBT Centre for Health and Wellbeing on 0131 523 1100 for info and to sign up (which is necessary so that the organisers know how many to expect). ■ Boutique GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 9pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 after. Electro and house from DJs Darren and Dowzer in the Dance Bar and the Pop Lounge. ■ Velvet Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 10.30pm–3am. £3 before 11pm; £5 (£4) after. Having returned after a lengthy absence the much-missed women’s club night with an inclusive LGBTI policy and some kickin’ tunes is back on track in its new home – The Speakeasy.
Sunday 11 Edinburgh ■ Badminton Drop-in Crags Sports Centre, 10 Bowmont Place, 523 1100. 2–4pm. £3. A fun and easy sport to pick up (and plenty of punning opportunities to boot) these sessions are for all abilities. FREE Mile High Club GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 11pm–3am. Take off with Head Stewardess Cilla Slack for a night of mid-air frolics in the cockpit.
Monday 12
Glasgow ■ Passionality FHQ, 10 John Street, 0845 166 6037. 11pm–3am. £3 (£2). Passion’s the fashion on a Monday with this night from TLC. Edinburgh FREE LGBT Centre Drop-in LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe
Street, 523 1100. 5.30–8pm. A chance to try out the weekly, informal drop-in service to meet new people, get info and catch up on the latest goss. Tuesday 13
Edinburgh ■ Yoga Course LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 6.30pm. £35 (unwaged £15). Eight- weeks of bending and stretching with Petra Ponnet. Suitable for both beginners and intermediate. Booking essential. ■ Badminton Drop-in Crags Sports Centre, 10 Bowmont Place, 523 1100. 7–9pm. £3. See Sun 11. FREE Love Traffic GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 11pm–3am. With DJ Dale Lush.
Wednesday 14
Glasgow ■ Play Loves G-A-Y Play, 7 Renfield Street, 0845 166 6029. 11pm–3am. Free before midnight; £3 (£1) after. Big, commercial midweek gay club night, with DJ Darren and selected guests. Edinburgh ■ Women’s Football Gracemount Leisure Centre, 22 Gracemount Drive, 523 1100. 7–8pm. £3. Kick-around for women of any age and any ability. FREE Word LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 7–9pm. Women’s book group held monthly at the centre. FREE Icebreakers The Regent Bar, 2 Montrose Terrace, 523 1100. 7.30–9.30pm. Social group for people who want to make new friends in LGBT company.
Friday 16
Glasgow ■ Lip Service FHQ, 10 John Street, 0845 166 6037. 11pm–3am. £tbc. See Fri 9. Edinburgh ■ Kinky Disco GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 9pm–3am. £tbc. See Fri 9.
Saturday 17
Glasgow FREE Pride Glasgow 2010 Various venues, see prideglasgow.co.uk for info. From 11.30am. See panel. ■ Death Disco The Arches, 30 Midland Street, 565 1000. 11pm–3am. £12. Electro, house, disco and gauche party tracks from residents Hush Puppy, Josh Jones, Mingo-Go and Wavy Graves. Sign up online for £7 passes. ■ Menergy presents Hyperpride The Flying Duck, 142 Renfield Street, 564 1450. 11pm–3am. £5. Drag diva Lady Munter brings her Italo disco and hi-NRG club Menergy to the Flying Duck, this time with an Alternative Pride special featuring Lock Up Your Daughters and DJ Jon Pleased Wimmin. Edinburgh FREE T-Time Monthly LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 1–5pm. A monthly informal meet-up/discussion group for transgender people and their family and friends. ■ Boutique GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 9pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 after. See Sat 10. ■ Torture Garden Summer Ball The Caves, Niddry Street South, 557 8989. 9pm. £18. The world’s leading body art, fetish and twisted burlesque club makes a trip up north.
Sunday 18 Glasgow ■ Rubyfruit The Flying Duck, 142 Renfield Street, 564 1450. 9pm–3am. £5 before 11pm; £6 after. New women only night with an alternative soundtrack.
LGBT
PREVIEW LGBT CELEBRATION PRIDE GLASGOW Various venues, Glasgow, Sat 17 Jul
Pride returns to Glasgow this fortnight following a two-year absence and an amicable split with Pride Scotia, its Edinburgh counterpart. To mark the 15th year of Pride in Scotland organisers have promised a memorable event, including a march from Kelvinway into the city centre and an exciting line-up of music and entertainment at George Square.
Run entirely by volunteers, and aiming to entice around 5000 participants, this year’s main stage features performances from Scottish music legend Horse, newly reformed boyband Five, X Factor finalist Laura White and Banditto, in a show compered by comedian Scott Agnew and cabaret regular Cheri Treiffel. The line-up also includes stalls from organisations such as Gay Men’s Health and the West of Scotland LGBT Forum as well as a Youth Space and Family Fun Zone.
It all sounds like great fun, but does Pride have the same relevance today
as it did 15 years ago?
‘The first pride events were a protest,’ says organiser Ross Stevenson, ‘and over the past 15 years we’ve seen changes that have given equality to LGBT people. However, there are still issues that the community faces and apart from Pride being a way of celebrating equality, Pride Glasgow is still a way of highlighting issues faced by LGBT people in Scotland, the UK and the world.’ (Allan Radcliffe) ■ www.prideglasgow.co.uk
Edinburgh ■ Badminton Drop-in Crags Sports Centre, 10 Bowmont Place, 523 1100. 2–4pm. £3. See Sun 11. FREE Mile High Club GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 11pm–3am. See Sun 11.
Monday 19 Glasgow ■ Passionality FHQ, 10 John Street, 0845 166 6037. 11pm–3am. £3 (£2). See Mon 12.
her upcoming novel, tunes from Alex’s Hilarious Enterprises UnLtd, and burlesque from Miss Leggy Pee. FREE Love Traffic GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 11pm–3am. See Tue 13. Wednesday 21
Glasgow ■ Play Loves G-A-Y Play, 7 Renfield Street, 0845 166 6029. 11pm–3am. Free before midnight; £3 (£1) after. See Wed 14.
Edinburgh FREE LGBT Centre Drop-in LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 5.30–8pm. See Mon 12. Edinburgh ■ Women’s Football Gracemount Leisure Centre, 22 Gracemount Drive, 658 1940. 7–8pm. £3. See Wed 14.
Tuesday 20 Thursday 22
Edinburgh ■ Yoga Course LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 6.30pm. £35 (unwaged £15). See Tue 13. ■ Badminton Drop-in Crags Sports Centre, 10 Bowmont Place, 523 1100. 7–9pm. £3. See Sun 11. ■ Cachín Cachán Cachunga! The Street, 2 Picardy Place, 556 4272. 7.30pm. £3 (£2). A queer and trans night of dance, film, poetry and music. This month features DF Collier reading from
Edinburgh FREE LGBT Homelessness Debate LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 7–9pm. Panel discussion of an issue which all too often faces LGBT people. ■ The Mating Ritual: Burlesque Performances The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 8pm. £8 in advance; £10 on door. Playful look at how we con members of the opposite sex into reproducing with us. Over-18s only. 8–22 Jul 2010 THE LIST 63