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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 FREE LGBT Book Group Thu 20 Feb, 6.30–8pm. Hillhead Library, 348 Byres Road, 339 7223. Contemporary fiction, LGBT magazines and more. Link’s LGBT History Month Quiz Fri 21 Feb, 7–10.45pm. £12 per team of four. Arta, The Old Cheesemarket, 62 Albion Street, 552 2101. British Transport Police’s fifth LGBT History Month quiz. Part of LGBT History Month. FREE LGBT History Lessons: The Scene Tue 25–Sat 1 Mar, 11am–5.30pm. The Virginia Gallery, 45 Virginia Street, 552 5699. History lessons on Glasgow’s gay scene. LGBT History Month. Nancy Clench Sun 16 Mar, 7.30pm. £6–£8. Vespbar, 14 Drury Street, 204 0060. Late-night games, fun and loads of laughs. Part of Glasgow International Comedy Festival.
Arts FREE Ménage à trois + PATCHWORK 8 Until Fri 21 Feb, 11am–5.30pm. The Virginia Gallery, 45 Virginia Street, 552 5699. Double bill of photography exhibitions. FREE LGBT Acronym Until Fri 28 Feb, Mon, Wed–Sun 9.30am–5.30pm. Tue 9.30am–7.30pm. Glasgow Women’s Library, 23 Landressy Street, 550 2267. Learn about the LGBT acronym’s significance throughout history. LGBT History Month. Clubs Violate Fri 21 Feb, 11pm–3am. £8. Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. Fetish club with play, socialising, dancing and live music. Misbehavin’ Thu 6 Mar, 11pm–3am. £4 (£2). The Cathouse, 15 Union Street, 248 6606. Dolly Daydream and Drucifer serve up a steamy mix of electro, disco, alternative and sleazy sounds. FREE Yes! Fri 7 Mar, 11pm–3am. Free before midnight; £5 after (students £3). The Flying Duck, 142 Renfield Street, 564 1450. Gay night that plays indie and guitar bands. Hot Mess Sat 8 Mar, 10pm–2am. £4 before 10.30pm; £6 after. The Poetry Club, 100 Eastvale Place, 357 7246.
Gay club night describing itself as ‘an irregular party for irregular folks’. Pretty Ugly Sat 8 Mar, 11pm–3am. £5–£6. The Admiral, 72a Waterloo Street, 221 7705. The Pretty Ugly girls play sexy, glamorous indie rock’n’roll, electro beats and 60s soul. FREE TYCI Sat 15 Mar, 11pm–3am. Free before midnight; £2 after; free all night if you write ‘TYCI’ on your knuckles. Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. International Women’s Day special with a live set from Blood of the Bull and Helen Marnie from Ladytron on the decks.
EDINBURGH Activities & Events FREE Out and Proud? A Community Discussion Thu 20 Feb, 6.30–9.30pm. Citadel Youth Centre, 175 Commercial Street, 554 0510. Evening for LGBT people aged 16+ to share their experiences of what it means to be ‘out’. LGBT History Month. FREE Talking Heids Tue 25 Feb, 7.30–11pm. Sofi’s, 65 Henderson Street, 555 7019. Poetry cabaret hosted by veteran performance poet Colin McGuire. LGBT History Month. FREE Edinburgh Gay Men’s Book Group Wed 26 Feb, 7–9pm. LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. SEEP: Fluidity in Body & Landscape Wed 26 Feb–Sat 1 Mar, 7.30–10pm. £3. Media Education, 183 Dalry Road, 313 8900. Cachín Cachán Cachunga! celebrates its fifth anniversary with this exhibition. Part of LGBT History Month. FREE Speak Out: Book Launch Fri 28 Feb, 6–9pm. Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43–45 High Street, 556 9579. Book launch, including performances by Kirsty Logan, Sophia Walker, Jo Clifford and Harry Giles. LGBT History Month.
FREE Open Barbers and Community Potluck Brunch Sun 2 Mar, noon–6pm. Media Education, 183 Dalry Road, 313 8900. Check out the exhibition ‘SEEP: Fluidity in Body & Landscape’ while the Open Barbers perform haircuts for all genders and sexualities. LGBT History Month. FREE LGBT Age Thu 6 Mar, 7–9pm. The Regent Bar, 2 Montrose Terrace, 661 8198. The group for older LGBT folk. FREE Kyss Mig Fri 7 Mar, 6.30–9.30pm. LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. Swedish romantic drama about two women who meet as their parents are getting married. Arts FREE EUSA: LGBT+ History Month Ceilidh Thu 20 Feb, 7.30pm. Teviot, Bristo Square, 650 4673. An LGBT+ exhibition, guest speakers, a ceilidh and free wine. LGBT History Month. FREE Sing It Loud, Sing It Proud Fri 21 Feb, 7–9pm. LGBT Youth Scotland, 40 Commercial Street, lgbtyouth.org.uk Open mic night for singers, poets and musicians aged 13–25. LGBT History Month.
Clubs Dive! Sun 23 Feb, 9pm–3am. £7 (£6). Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 629 4101. A Queerevolution party in solidarity with Dive’s Russian comrades on the Sochi Winter Olympics’ closing ceremony. We’re Home Mardi Gras Closing Party Fri 28 Feb, 9pm–3am. £5 suggested donation. Summerhall, 1 Summerhall, 0845 874 3001. Tip-top LGBT club-night rascals Dive team up with LGBT History Month for the closing party to end all closing parties. See preview, below. Torture Garden Sat 1 Mar, 9pm–3am. £20. The Caves, Niddry Street South, 557 8989. The world’s leading body art, fetish and twisted burlesque club.
LGBT HISTORY MONTH CLOSING PARTY DIVE! Summerhall, Edinburgh, Fri 28 Feb
‘The scene is too quiet! It needs a shake-up,’ claims Miss Annabel Sings. And a shake-up is exactly what eclectic underground queer party Dive! promises. February marks the annual LGBT History Month, featuring a programme of art, dance, literature, film and discussion, all centred on celebrating and commemorating queer culture. If it all sounds a bit worthy, don’t worry – there’s plenty of opportunity for a good old knees- up. And it doesn’t get better than the Dive! duo’s closing party.
Dive! is a regular monthly cabaret at Henry’s Bar, but this time it’s being uprooted to Summerhall. The event is Edinburgh born and bred: Miss Annabel Sings met her partner-in-crime, also named Annabel, at the Edinburgh Festival four years ago, and they decided to launch their own night because they were bored with the Edinburgh LGBT scene. ‘We felt it was a stale, middle-aged man’s vision of what’s fun in a gay
scene,’ says Annabel Cooper. ‘It was all a bit cheesy, commercial and cliquey.’ And what did the Annabels want instead? ‘Something inclusive, accessible and unique. Something with a sense of masquerade and escapism. A proper dance party!’ Party-goers can expect drag shows, live art, burlesque, magic, and dancing. ‘We want a real festival atmosphere with plenty of surprises. We want people not to know quite where they are or what will happen next.’ It’s all hosted by Miss Annabel Sings, and features performances from Michelle La Belle, Till-da Swindle, Mistress Chipz, and DJ Shapeshifter. Music is of the house and electro ilk, and comes from DJ Heavy Flow of Glasgow alternative queer night Birdcage, and Simonotron of Hot Mess. Did we mention that it’s all free? There’s a suggested donation of £5, with all profits going to community organisation LGBT Youth Scotland. Celebrate queer culture, support LGBT young people, and dance yourself silly – all in one go. Can’t say fairer (or queerer) than that. (Kirsty Logan)
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