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Activities & Events FREE Supporting Stars Sat 4 Feb, 2pm. St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art, 2 Castle Street, 276 1625. A chance for people to talk about those who have given support to the LGBT community, publicly or personally. FREE Loves Untold Tue 14 Feb, 6pm. St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art, 2 Castle Street, 276 1625. Storytelling performance with Our Story Scotland. FREE Lesbian Lives: Stories and Memories from Russia and Poland Wed 15 Feb, 5.30pm. Glasgow Women’s Library, Mitchell Library, 15 Berkeley Street, 248 9969. An evening of readings, talks and discussion looking at how Eastern European lesbian women’s experiences differ from those of their Scottish counterparts. FREE Lesbian Archive Taster Session Sat 18 Feb, time tbc. Glasgow Women’s Library, Mitchell Library, 15 Berkeley Street, 248 9969. Glasgow Women’s Library and LGBT Youth Scotland’s Rainbow Sisters join forces to give a tour of the national Lesbian Archive. Contact the library for more details. Glasgow Frontrunners Rainbow Run Sun 19 Feb, 11am. £2.50. The Arc, Glasgow Caledonian University, Cowcaddens Road, 331 8633. Glasgow’s dedicated LGBT running group holds a colourful run for LGBT History Month, with each runner assigned a colour of the rainbow and trained jog leaders on hand to provide a group warm up before 5k, 7.5k and 10k routes. Afterwards showers are available (£1) as well as tea and cakes. Funds raised go to LGBT Youth Scotland. LINK LGBT History Month Quiz 2012 Fri 24 Feb, 7pm. £12 per team of four. Arta, The Old Cheesemarket, 62 Albion Street, 552 2101. Quiz to celebrate History Month with proceeds going to LGBT Youth Scotland. Entry includes a buffet platter to share. Arts FREE Patchwork 6: The French Connection Until Sat 11 Feb. Tue–Sat 11am–6pm. The Virginia Gallery, 45 Virginia Street, 552 5699. Exhibition of photographs by French and international artists. The Wise Kids Sun 12 Feb, 7.30pm. £8 (£6). Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street, 332 6535. Coming-of-age film about three teenagers (one of whom is gay) in a devout Christian community. Chosen by Lock Up Your Daughters as part of Glasgow Film Festival and followed by a panel discussion. FREE Love Out of Bounds Until Wed 29 Feb, Tue–Thu & Sat 10am–5pm, Fri & Sun 11am–5pm. St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art, 2 Castle Street, 276 1625. Exhibition exploring loves ignored or rejected because of sexuality, culture or faith.
Clubs Blitz! Fri 3 Feb, 11pm–3am. £5. The Flying Duck, 142 Renfield Street, 564 1450. A Queer Elections special for LGBT History Month as Blitz! elects its queer music icon, from a shortlist of Kate Bush, David Bowie, Morrissey and Madonna. Vote on the door, with the winner announced and celebrated in the last hour of the night. Stupid Cupid Fri 10 Feb, 11pm–3am. £tbc. The Polo Lounge, 84 Wilson Street, 0845 659 5905. Let Barbara La Bush marry you (unofficially) to your loved one, your BFF, or some random you’ve just picked up. It’s all in the spirit of love. Menergy’s Valentines Mascara Massacre Ball Sat 11 Feb, 11pm–3am. £8 (students £7). The Forbidden
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Gentlemen’s Club, 96 Maxwell Street, 221 6511. See preview. Valentines in Pink Sat 11 Feb, 11pm–3am. £tbc. The Polo Lounge, 84 Wilson Street, 0845 659 5905. Glasgow Uni LGBT soc presents its Valentines in Pink (VIP) party, complete with wedding booth for those who fancy getting hitched for the night. Bad Romance Tue 14 Feb, 11pm–3am. £tbc. The Polo Lounge, 84 Wilson Street, 0845 659 5905. Love songs, rom coms, public displays of affection – if it’s all getting a bit much, DJ Belle De Helle is here to provide the antidote: romance is banned, dancing is compulsory. Lock Up Your Daughters Fri 17 Feb, 11pm–3am. £4–£5. The Flying Duck, 142 Renfield Street, 564 1450. An ‘Excessive 80s Party’ with Prince Mog and DJ Catnip spinning a mix of italo, synths and 80s classics. EDINBURGH Activities & Events LGBT Families: Our Stories Thu 2 Feb, 7–9pm. £5. Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43–45 High Street, 556 9579. Storytelling looking at different forms of family within the LGBT community and the highs and lows of LGBT parenting. FREE Icebreakers Wed 8 & 22 Feb, 7.30–9.30pm. The Regent Bar, 2 Montrose Terrace, 661 8198. Social group for people who want to make new friends in LGBT company. FREE Marriage Equality March Tue 14 Feb, 2.30pm. Bristo Square, kate.b@syp.org.uk. Meet at Bristo Square for a march through town to the Scottish Parliament, to demand equal rights for gay marriages. Prior registration is preferred, though you can just turn up on the day. LGBT Families Day: Storytelling for Children Sat 18 Feb, 2–3pm. £5.
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WEEKENDS ARE SUCH A DRAG Lady Munter, the wig behind Menergy, tells The List about the club’s new venue and why they’re taking the drag bitch out of drag queen
Have you ever been named Attitude’s 66th most influential LGBT role model? Didn’t think so. But Lady Munter has. The organiser of Glasgow’s Menergy club night was flagged up for
praise by the magazine in 2010 for services to drag (on the same page as Mary Portas and Nicola Formichetti, Lady Gaga’s stylist, no less), and hasn’t looked back since. ‘Our official line is Scotland’s only trans club and gay dance party,’
Munter says of the night, which plays an eclectic mix of house, techno, italo disco and hi-NRG tunes. ‘A lot of the queens involved are very Ru Paul’s Drag Race. In Glasgow, there’s no history of drag like there is in London or Manchester so we’ve had to look in the media for inspiration. Some of the looks are a bit more Americanised but everyone is very individual.’
Celebrating its second birthday last November, Menergy has been
cementing its rep for guid drag-friendly clubbing despite having a tricky time keeping to one particular venue. The team recently finalised a move to Forbidden gentlemen’s club behind the St Enoch Centre, décor highlights of which include cages, poles and an illuminated runway stretching out into the dance floor.
‘Since doing Menergy, one of the things I have loved is that people
have come out of the woodwork who hadn’t done it before,’ says Lady M. ‘We’ve got drag twin sisters (or brothers . . .) who come to Menergy with their mum. Some of the girls have commented that they had found previously that drag queens didn’t like working together and make things difficult for each other but with Menergy, we all have to work together or nothing will get done.’ Forget watching Ru Paul on Sky Plus – try this out in real life instead.
(Lauren Mayberry) ■ Forbidden, Glasgow, Sat 11 Feb. Visit menergy.tv or find their page on Facebook.
Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43–45 High Street, 556 9579. An event open to all children (not just those from LGBT families) aged 5–8, with stories exploring the diverse types of LGBT family in a child-friendly way. FREE Edinburgh Gay Men’s Book Group Wed 22 Feb, 7–9pm. LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. A book club for gents. FREE LGBT Youth Film Night Thu 1 Mar, 7pm. LGBT Youth Scotland, 40 Commercial Street, lgbtyouth.org.uk A night of short films and discussion.
Arts We Were Here Fri 3–Sun 5 Feb, 3.40pm (Fri also 6.30pm). Filmhouse, 88 Lothian Road, 228 2688. Documentary on the effects of AIDS on the San Francisco gay community in the 1980s. Times Of Harvey Milk Tue 7 Feb, 6pm. Filmhouse, 88 Lothian Road, 228 2688. Oscar-winning feature-length documentary about the US’s first openly gay politician. Milk Thu 9 Feb, 6pm. Filmhouse, 88 Lothian Road, 228 2688. Powerful and compassionate dramatisation of the Harvey Milk story (see above) from Gus Van Sant. Pussy Whipped Fri 10 Feb, 8pm. £2. Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. Queer and female band night featuring Seafield Foxes, Help Stamp Out Loneliness and electro-performance artist Noisy Pig. Cachín Cachán Cachunga! Sat 11 Feb, 7–10.30pm. £2–£3. Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. Alt.variety night including Afro- Cuban dance from Lily & Yamil, dieselpunk cabaret from Dr Carmilla and music from the Glasgow Glam Bangers. The Topp Twins Thu 16 Feb, 7pm. £15. The Bongo Club, Moray House, 37 Holyrood Road, 558 7604. Lesbian folk- comedy-activist duo from New Zealand. FREE A Series of Questions Sat 18–Sat 25 Feb, Tue–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 11am–5pm. Inc Tank Gallery, 11b Gayfield Square, 556 8511. Photography exhibition exploring transphobia and gender-baiting. Launched with a trans and queer performance night at 6pm on Sat 18 Feb. Reading: Louise Welsh & Zoe Strachan Thu 23 Feb, 6pm. £2. Waterstone’s West End, 128 Princes Street, 226 2666. Welsh and Strachan read from their latest novels. FREE LGBT Film Club Fri 24 Feb, 6.30–9.30pm. LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. The club screens Eyes Wide Open, a gay love story set in the heart of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in Jerusalem. Part of the Middle East Festival. FREE Queer Fiction Workshop Sat 25 Feb, 11am–4pm. LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. A day of talks, readings and discussions taking you on a whistle-stop tour through 100 years of queer fiction. Weekend Sat 25 & Sun 26 Feb, 3.45pm. Filmhouse, 88 Lothian Road, 228 2688. Tender relationship drama from the director of Greek Pete. FREE Notes On Nostalgia Sat 25 Feb, time tbc. Free (suggested donation £2). The Augustine Church, 41–43 George IV Bridge, 220 1677. A night of show tunes and classics from Edinburgh Gay Men’s Chorus and Our Tribe. Clubs Saturday Night Beaver Sat 4 & 18 Feb, 11pm–3am. £5. Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 247 4704. A kickin’ soundtrack for ladies and their invited male guests. Hot Mess Fri 10 Feb, 11pm–3am. £5 (£3). Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. ‘An irregular party for irregular folks’, with a heady mix of disco, hi-NRG, acid house, italo and electro. FREE Bears in the Basement Sat 11 Feb, 10pm–2am. New Town Bar, 26b Dublin Street, 538 7775. A men-only night for bears and their admirers.