LGBT
Events are listed by city, then type, then date. Submit listings at least 16 days before publication to gay@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Laura Ennor.
GLASGOW
Activities & Events Glasgow FrontRunners Thursdays, 7–8pm & Sundays, 11am–noon. £1. The Arc, Glasgow Caledonian University, Cowcaddens Road, glasgowfrontrunners. org A running group suited to all abilities for LGBT folk and their friends. Go for a run led by a qualified jog leader, then afterwards join the city’s friendliest sports club for food and chat in the city centre. FREE Prime Time Sun 26 Aug, 3–5pm. Gay Men’s Health, 48 Albion Street, 552 0112. A chance for gay and bisexual men over 40 to meet others in an informal setting. Glasgow FrontRunners Post-Great Scottish Run Drinks Sun 2 Sep, 2pm. Boteco do Brasil, 62 Trongate, glasgowfrontrunners.org Whether or not you’ve taken part in the Great Scottish Run half-marathon or 10k, join members of Glasgow FrontRunners for some post- run drinks and chat. FREE LGBT Bi-polar Self Help Group Tue 4 Sep, 7–9pm. Terrence Higgins Trust Scotland, 134 Douglas Street, 560 2050. LGBT self help group for people with bipolar disorder and their families, friends and carers. A warm welcome awaits and all meetings are fully confidential.
Arts FREE Youth Until Sat 8 Sep, Wed–Sat 11am–5.30pm. The Virginia Gallery, 45 Virginia Street, 552 5699. Group show by artists who are all under the age of 25, focused on the title theme and all created using digital media, such as photography, computer illustration and film. Featured artists include Kelex Lau, Louisa Winning, Magdalena Werner, Michael Long and Sam Lland. NB venue open to over-18s only. Clubs Polo Goes POP Thursdays, 11pm–3am. £3 (£2). The Polo Lounge, 84 Wilson Street, 0845 659 5905. DJ Queenie injects your ears with pop sounds. Sin-Sational Saturdays Saturdays, 9pm–3am. £6 (£5). The Polo Lounge, 84 Wilson Street, 0845 659 5905. Be as bad as you can be at Polo’s thoroughly wicked Saturday night, with DJs David Clark, Preston Connor and Gavin Watson. FREE Trophy Room Saturdays, 11pm–3am. FHQ, 10 John Street, 0845 166 6037, facebook.com/ trophyroomglasgow Cheesy pop night, formerly at the Polo Lounge. Weekends With a Bang! Sundays, 9pm–3am. £3 (£2). The Polo Lounge, 84 Wilson Street, 0845 659 5905. DJs David Clark and Jamie Blyth help you end your week in explosive style. Musically, anything goes! Poptart Tuesdays, 11pm–3am. £3 (£2). The Polo Lounge, 84 Wilson Street, 0845 659 5905. Start the weekend very early with DJ Belle de Hell. Lucid Fri 14 Sep, 9pm–3am. £tbc. FHQ, 10 John Street, 0845 166 6037. Old skool tunes for lovers of Sash, Tiësto, Paul Van Dyk and DJ Sammy.
EDINBURGH
Activities & Events FREE Trans Social Thu 23 Aug, 6–8pm. Hemma, 75 Holyrood Road, 523 1100 (LGBT Centre). Social meet-up for trans people and their friends. Contact the LGBT Centre for Health and Wellbeing for more information. FREE Women’s Wellbeing Group Fri 24 Aug & 14 Sep, 2–4.30pm. LGBT 62 THE LIST 23 Aug–20 Sep 2012
Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. A relaxed setting in which to meet other women and chat about health and wellbeing. Hot Scots FC 6/7-a-side Kickabout Fridays, 8pm. £tbc. Saughton Sports Complex, Stevenson Drive, 07585 132595. Weekly friendlies with Scotland’s first LGBT football team. New players always welcome but you’ll need to sign up in advance as places are limited. FREE Trans Women Sat 1 Sep, 7.30–9.30pm. LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. A monthly group meeting for MTF transgender people. FREE Prime Time Sun 2 Sep, 2–4.30pm. Gay Men’s Health, 10 Union Street, 556 1309. Informal meet-up for gay or bisexual men over 40. FREE Trans Men Sat 8 Sep, 7–9pm. LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 07948 735179. A social evening for FTM transgender people to meet and talk. Icebreakers Wed 12 Sep, 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 T-Time Sat 15 Sep, 1–4pm. LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. Monthly informal event for transgender people and their partners, family and friends. FREE Prime Time Sun 16 Sep, 2–4.30pm. Gay Men’s Health, 10 Union Street, 556 1309. See Edinburgh, Activities & Events. Arts Barbara Hammer: Incorporating ‘The Lesbian Museum’ and ‘The Hidden Hammer’ Sat 25 Aug, 3pm. £5 (£4). Summerhall, 1 Summerhall, 0845 874 3001. Queer cinema pioneer Hammer talks about her work. Ages 14+. FREE Art Workshop: A Walk in our Shoes Fri 31 Aug, 2–5pm. LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. Explore your experiences of different LGBT identities through creative arts (materials provided). Participants can use the workshop as a starting point for contributing artwork to the Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival 2012.
All abilities welcome. FREE The Big LGBT Music Jam Sat 1 Sep, 1–4pm. LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. Music-making in a creative and supportive environment. FREE Community Discussion: Arts & the LGBT Community Wed 5 Sep, 6.30–9pm. LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. Another festival season in Edinburgh has just finished, and the LGBT Centre is stoking the fires of debate with a discussion on how inclusive the Edinburgh arts scene and the world’s largest arts festival really are. Join a lively panel of LGBT artists and performers to discuss the role of the arts in the LGBT community. FREE Word: Women’s Book Group Wed 12 Sep, 7.30–9pm. LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. A chance to meet members of the LGBT community who share a passion for books. Pussy Whipped Festival – Friday Night Fri 14 Sep, 7pm–3am. £5 (weekend ticket £7). Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. The first night of this queer culture minifest features Berlin riot grrrls Rauberhohle, Manchester’s alt. dance Factory Acts, casiotone riot grrls from Leeds Executive Legs, thrashy experimental punks Roseanne Barrr from London and Edinburgh’s own Her Royal Highness. Followed by club night Hot Mess (see Clubs listing, below). See caption. FREE Pussy Whipped Festival – Saturday Daytime Sat 15 Sep, 1–6pm. Tollcross Community Centre, 117 Fountainbridge, search for ‘Pussy Whipped Edinburgh’ on Facebook. In collaboration with Leith Late, the festival presents a programme of queer shorts, including seminal documentary on the 1970s queer punk scene ‘Dressing for Pleasure’ and other work by the likes of Maja Borg and Lucy Holmes-Elliot. There are stalls from queer, feminist, activist and other organisations as well as workshops on everything from belly dance to starting your own record label. Pussy Whipped Festival – Saturday Night Sat 15 Sep, 7pm–1am. £5 (weekend ticket £7). Fiddlers Elbow, 4
Picardy Place, 556 9933. The second night of queer punk thrills features punk- folkers ONSIND (Durham), melodic punk rock from Spat, and Edinburgh’s own Ste McCabe and Liz Cronin, plus scene regulars Scragfight. Followed by DJs Chew Disco from the north of England. Clubs FREE Frisky Disco Thursdays, 10pm–3am. GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. A frisky mix of funk and house. Nocturnal Disco Fridays & Saturdays, 10pm–3am. £4–£5. GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. Pop, chart, vocal house and electro sounds. Virgen Late Night Sat 25 Aug, 10pm–3am. £3. Fiddlers Elbow, 4 Picardy Place, 556 9933. Alternative lesbian night with Emma ‘Queercore’ Daye playing a mash up of electro, indie, fidget house and D&B. Fever Sat 25 Aug & 15 Sep, 11pm–3am (until 5am on 25 Aug). £8. The Annexe at the Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street, entry via Cowgate, 225 2564. DJs Fisher & Price (Taste) play an eclectic mix of the best underground dance music. FREE The Church of High Kicks Sundays, 6–11pm. CC Blooms, 23–24 Greenside Place, 556 9331. New daytime gay/mixed club session hosted by Jon Pleased Wimmin with a mix of house, pop, disco, new wave a trash tracks. Plus shows from The Fabulous Kickettes, a weekly talent show (with a £50 prize) and a ‘retro’ buffet. Saturday Night Beaver Sat 8 Sep, 11pm–3am. £4 before 11.30pm; £6 (£5) after. The Annexe at the Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street, entry via Cowgate, 225 2564. SNB is back in the safe hands of Trendy Wendy, Mama D, The Funky Diva and Wee Taco Mel, with a kickin’ soundtrack for ladies, their invited male guests and LGBTI friendly door policy. Hot Mess Fri 14 Sep, 11pm–3am. £5. Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. Gay club night describing itself as ‘an irregular party for irregular folks’, where the focus is on the music, which is a heady mix of disco, hi-NRG, acid house, Italo and electro from the safe hands of DJ Simonotron (Club for Heroes/Devil Disco Club). Part of the Pussy Whipped Festival.
Pussy Whipped Festival
Weekend-long ‘queer culture minifest’, with two gig nights and an open day of events, screenings and workshops. Friday night’s bill includes Rauberhohle, Roseanne Barr and Executive Legs. On Saturday, there are screenings of short films by Maja Borg and Lucy Holmes-Elliot, plus workshops and stalls from various queer, feminist and activist organisations. The second night of music features Scragfight and Ste McCabe. For more information, search ‘Pussy Whipped Edinburgh’ on Facebook. (Lauren Mayberry) ■ Various venues, Edinburgh, Fri 14 & Sat 15 Sep.