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Events are listed by city, then by type. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to lgbt@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Kirstyn Smith.
GLASGOW
Activities & Events Festival Fortnight Sat 1–Fri 14 Jun, times vary. Prices vary. Various venues: Scotland wide, festivalfortnight.org. Sporting, recreational and cultural events across the country aiming to increase the visibility of LGBT people in Scottish sport. FREE Trans Men Tue 21 May, 7–9pm. Terrence Higgins Trust Scotland, 134 Douglas Street, 332 3838. A social evening for FTM transgender people to meet and talk. ARIKA13 Episode 5: Hidden in Plain Sight Fri 24–Sun 26 May, times vary. Festival pass £14; evening pass £6; club pass £4. Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, 556 0878. Members of the New York House & Ballroom community, along with queer theorists, performance artists, archivists, theologians and filmmakers, explore the politics of race, class and gender. FREE We have something to say about . . . Pt 1 Sat 25 May, 1.30pm. Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. Vogue’ology examines the roots of the House & Ballroom Scene with womanist theologian Eboni Marshall Turman. ARIKA13. FREE Soulnessless – Introduction Sat 25 May, 4pm. Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. Terre Thaemlitz reads from Soulnessless – Introduction. ARIKA13. FREE No Church in the Wild Sat 25 May, 5.30pm. Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. Jack Halberstam mines mainstream culture for its queer potential. ARIKA13. Soulnessless – Cantos I–IV Sat 25 May, 7.30pm. Festival pass £14; evening pass £6. Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. Terre Thaemlitz’s four part audio and video work. ARIKA13. FREE An Archive of Feelings Sun 26 May, 11am. Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. Ann Cvetkovich discusses queer archives. ARIKA13. FREE Public Feelings Sun 26 May, 2.30pm. Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. Ann Cvetkovich looks at the possibilities of queer community politics. ARIKA13. FREE Prime Time Sun 26 May, 3pm. Gay Men’s Health, 30 Bell Street, 552 0112. A chance for gay and bisexual men over 40 to meet others. FREE We have something to say about . . . Pt 2 Sun 26 May, 4.30pm. Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. See Sat 25 May. Toxic/No Future/No Past/ Charming for the Revolution Sun 26 May, 7.30pm. Festival pass £14; evening pass £6. Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. Pauline Boudry and Renate Lorenz present their droll, trans-temporal films. ARIKA13. Arts (M)imosa/Twenty Looks or Paris is Burning at The Judson Church (M) Fri 24 May, 8.30pm. Festival pass
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106–8 Brunswick Street, 552 0001. An alternative LGBT night. Hot Mess Sat 18 May, 10pm–2am. £5. The Poetry Club, 100 Eastvale Place. An irregular party for irregular folks. TYCI Sat 18 May, 11pm–3am. Free before midnight; £2 after. Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. With TeenCanteen and Subcity DJ Bounce. Hidden in Plain Sight: Club Fri 24 May, 11pm–3am. £4. Stereo, 20-28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. A night of beats and flamboyant moves, featuring boychild. See preview. ARIKA13.
EDINBURGH Activities & Events Festival Fortnight Sat 1–Fri 14 Jun, times vary. Prices vary. Various venues: Scotland wide, festivalfortnight.org. See Glasgow, Activities & Events. FREE Practical Skills Day Sat 18 May, 11am–4pm. LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1103. Good, practical advice on wigs, make-up, packers and binders. Email or phone to book a place. FREE Prime Time Sun 19 May & Sun 2 Jun, 2–4.30pm. Gay Men’s Health, 10 Union Street, 556 1309. Informal meet-up
for gay or bisexual men over 40. FREE LGBT Centre Drop-in Mon 20 & 27 May, 3 & 10 Jun, 5.30–8pm. LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. Weekly, informal drop-in. FREE Edinburgh Gay Men’s Book Group Wed 22 May, 7–9pm. LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. For lit-loving gents. FREE Icebreakers Wed 22 & 29 May, 5 & 12 Jun, 7.30–9.30pm. LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. LGBT social evening. FREE Community Arts Discussion: Creativity, Challenge and Change Thu 30 May, 6.30– 9.30pm. Serenity Cafe, The Tun, 8 Jackson Entry, 111 Holyrood Road, 556 8765. An evening of spirited discussion. The Big LGBT Music Jam Sat 1 Jun, 1–4pm. £2. LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. Music-making session. FREE Trans Women Sat 1 Jun, 7.30–9.30pm. LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. Meeting for MTF transgender people. FREE Word: Women’s Book Group Wed 12 Jun, 7.30–9pm. LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. LGBT book group.
£14; evening pass £6. Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. Cecilia Bengolea, François Chaignaud, Marlene Monteiro Freitas and Trajal Harell in a choreographic collaboration. ARIKA13. #untitled lipsync 2 Sat 25 May, 9.15pm. Sun 26 May, 10.45pm. Festival pass £14; evening pass £6. Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. See preview. ARIKA13. Clubs Birdcage Fri 17 May, 11pm. £4 before 11.30pm or with a student card; £5 after. Basura Blanca at the Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick Hotel (basement)
BOYCHILD AT ARIKA ‘13 Lip-syncing to pop music may not seem revolutionary, but in the hands of boychild it’s a revelation indeed. This performance explores several aspects of boychild’s identity as an artist – he’s young, black and transgendered, among other things – through re-appropriation of mainstream music and fashion. You’ll get three chances to see boychild perform, beginning with #untitled lipsync 1 on the opening club night, so there’s no excuse for missing this genre-bending show. It’s messy, it’s excessive and it’s glorious. ■ Part of Episode 5: Hidden in Plain Sight, various venues, Glasgow, Fri 24–Sun 26 May.