LGBT 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 18
Glasgow FREE Sex, Drag and Male Roles; Investigating Gender as Performance – Book Launch CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 6-9pm. See panel, right. Glasgow Frontrunners The Arc, Glasgow Caledonian University, Cowcaddens Road, 331 8633. 6.45pm. £1. A running group welcoming all abilities for LGBT folk and their friends. Edinburgh FREE Art Therapy Group LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 6-8pm. Drop-in creative art workshops. No experience required; all materials provided. For information email Alison@lgbthealth.org.uk
Friday 19
Glasgow Lock Up Your Daughters The Flying Duck, 142 Renfield St, 564 1450. 11pm- 3am. £5 (£4). Movember special ass- shaking session from the LUYD fanzine. Edinburgh Kinky Disco GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 9pm-3am. Free before 11pm; £5 after. Pop, camp classics and dance hits from Cilla Slack and funky house and electro from DJ Michelle.
Saturday 20
Glasgow Karaoke Night The Waterloo Bar, 306 Argyle Street, 248 7216. £TBC. Karaoke night with host Michelle. Death Disco The Arches, 30 Midland Street, 565 1000. 11pm-3am. £14 (£7 with a voucher from the Death Disco online mailing list). See clubs. Edinburgh FREE T-Time LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 1- 5pm. Monthly informal event for transgender people and their partners, family and friends. A Doll’s House The Augustine Church, 41–43 George IV Bridge, www.theluvvies.org. 2.30pm & 7.30pm. £9.50 (£7.50). The Luvvies adapt Ibsen’s classic play with a lesbian twist. Circus GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 9pm-3am. Free before 11pm; £5 after. Pop and dance tunes across two rooms from DJ Darren and Dowzer. Velvet Cabaret Voltaire, 36-38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 10.30pm-3am. £3 before 11pm; £5 (£4) after. Women’s club night with an inclusive LGBT policy and some kickin’ tunes from DJs Jeremy and Trendy Wendy. FREE Saturday Showdown CC Blooms, 23-24 Greenside Place, 556 9331. 11pm-3am. DJ Shazza and DJ Blondie battle it out across two floors.
Sunday 21 Glasgow Sunday Afternoon Bingo The Waterloo Bar, 306 Argyle Street, 248 7216. £TBC. Just how much gayer is it than regular bingo? Find out with Cheri Treiffel every Sunday afternoon. Mayhem Sundays Bennets, 80–90 Glassford Street, 552 5761. 11pm-3am. £TBC. Party tunes for an up for it gay crowd with Marc.
Edinburgh ShuttleScots Badminton Drop-in Crags Sports Centre, 10 Bowmont Place, info@shuttlescots.co.uk. 2-4pm. £3. Social badminton session every Sunday at the Crags Sports Centre. 60 THE LIST 18 Nov–2 Dec 2010
A Doll’s House The Augustine Church, 41-43 George IV Bridge, www.theluvvies.org. 7.30pm. £9.50 (£7.50). See Sat 20. FREE Mile High Club GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 11pm- 3am. A night of mid-air frolics with Cilla Slack.
Monday 22 Glasgow FREE Passionality FHQ, 10 John Street, 0845 166 6037. 11pm-3am. Passion’s the fashion on a Monday with this night from TLC.
Tuesday 23
Edinburgh Drama Hawke & Hunter, 12 Picardy Place, 557 0952. 10.30pm-3am. £4. Dirty pop remixes, electro and dance beats from this popular nationwide gay night.
Wednesday 24 Edinburgh Facefook GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 11pm-3am. £6 (students £5). Midweek clubbing from DJ Michelle.
Thursday 25
Edinburgh FREE LGBT Centre Drop-in LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 5.30-8pm. Weekly, informal drop-in service. Glasgow Glasgow Frontrunners The Arc, Glasgow Caledonian University, Cowcaddens Road, 331 8633. 6.45pm. £1. See Thu 18.
Sex, Drag and Male Roles: Investigating Gender as Performance
PREVIEW BOOK LAUNCH SEX, DRAG AND MALE ROLES: INVESTIGATING GENDER AS PERFORMANCE Aye Aye Books, CCA, Glasgow, Thu 18 Nov, 6-9pm, free
A wise man (well, James Brown) once said this was a man’s world. That sentiment may broadly remain the same, but one wise woman has found us women a unique way into the club. Diane Torr, an artist working in dance, performance, installation, film and video, has been offering ‘Man for a Day’ workshops to curious women across the world since the 1980s, allowing them to walk the wide-legged walk of the opposite sex.
Aberdeen-raised Diane’s gender transformation work, including her celebrated characters Hamish McAllister, Mister ‘EE’ and Danny King, is now the subject of a new book, Sex, Drag and Male Roles; Investigating Gender as Performance. So, just how does she like being dubbed the pioneer of the drag king movement? ‘It’s absolutely true,’ she says. ‘When I started teaching the drag king
workshops in New York in ‘89, people didn’t know that was a phrase,’ the Canadian-born artist says. Torr believes that the role-play and disguise element appeals to the trans-curious, as well as women concerned with personal confidence building, sexual frisson and gender subversion.
‘It’s not even something which strictly interests lesbian women,’ says Torr, who returned from New York to Glasgow in 2002. ‘It’s an incredible experience, seeing life through the eyes of a man, and any woman can appreciate that.’
Co-written with performance critic and academic Stephen Bottoms, Torr’s book, which is launched at Glasgow’s CCA this fortnight, blends her artist’s experiences and insight with a cultural history of female-to- male cross-dressing. ‘Moustache crafts’ and performance pieces will be accompanied at the launch by readings from the book, which even offers a DIY guide to gender bending your own way. A how-to guide from the Godmother of Drag . . . Who could fail to be
intrigued by that? (Lauren Mayberry)
Edinburgh FREE Art Therapy Group LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 6-8pm. See Thu 18. Friday 26
Edinburgh FREE Film Club LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 6.30-9.30pm. Screenings of feature-length films, shorts and unusual offerings with an LGBT focus. Kinky Disco GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 9pm-3am. Free before 11pm; £5 after. See Fri 19.
Saturday 27
Glasgow Karaoke Night The Waterloo Bar, 306 Argyle Street, 248 7216. £TBC. See Sat 20. FREE Write Way to the Wild Woman Glasgow Women’s Library, 15 Berkeley Street, 248 9969. 11am-2pm. Storytelling, singing, guitar-playing, creative writing and an all-round lovely ladyfest. Tea and sandwiches provided. Edinburgh Mad About the Boys Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh University, Bristo Square, 650 2427. 8pm. £8 (£5). Everything from Cole Porter to Rufus Wainwright in this concert programme from Edinburgh Gay Men’s Chorus. Circus GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 9pm-3am. Free before 11pm; £5 after. See Sat 20. FREE Saturday Showdown CC Blooms, 23-24 Greenside Place, 556 9331. 11pm-3am. See Sat 20.
Sunday 28
Glasgow Sunday Afternoon Bingo The Waterloo Bar, 306 Argyle Street, 248 7216. £TBC. See Sun 21. Mayhem Sundays Bennets, 80-90 Glassford Street, 552 5761. 11pm-3am. £TBC. See Sun 21. Edinburgh ShuttleScots Badminton Drop-in Crags Sports Centre, Crags Sports Centre, 10 Bowmont Place, 667 3334. 2-4pm. £3. See Sun 21. Threads LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 2- 4pm. Free. New craft group for all levels of ability. Email jules@lgbthealth.org.uk for more information. FREE Mile High Club GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 11pm-3am. See Sun 21.
Monday 29
Glasgow FREE Passionality FHQ, 10 John Street, 0845 166 6037. 11pm-3am. See Mon 22. Edinburgh FREE LGBT Centre Drop-in LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 5.30-8pm. See Mon 22.
Tuesday 30
Edinburgh FREE World AIDS Day Fundraiser GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 11pm–2am. LGBT Youth fundraiser includes raffle and remembrance room.
Thursday 2
Glasgow Glasgow Frontrunners The Arc, Glasgow Caledonian University, Cowcaddens Road, 331 8633. 6.45pm. £1. See Thu 18. Edinburgh FREE Art Therapy Group LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 6-8pm. See Thu 18.