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. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
Thursday 27
Glasgow ■ Breaking the Code Ramshorn Theatre, 98 Ingram Street, 548 2558. 7.30pm. £9 (£6) Strathclyde Theatre Group presents a play about Alan Turing, who broke the Enigma code during World War II and part of the development of the first computers, but despite his achievements was terrorised by anti- homosexual laws throughout his life and eventually committed suicide by eating a poisoned apple. Edinburgh FREE ARTIST ROOMS: Diane Arbus Dean Gallery, 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. Until 25 Oct. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon-5pm. Compelling collection of black and white prints by the photographer who was repeatedly drawn to the fringes of society.
Friday 28
Glasgow ■ Breaking the Code Ramshorn Theatre, 98 Ingram Street, 548 2558. 7.30pm. £9 (£6). See Thu 27. ■ Lip Service FHQ, 10 John Street, 0845 166 6037. 11pm–3am. £tbc. Long- running lesbian club night with a focus on all things sensual. Includes facepainting, dress-up box, spin the bottle booths and a ‘sexual postbox’. Ooh er. Guest passes are available from Speakeasy. Edinburgh ■ Film Club LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 6.30–9.30pm. Donation. Screenings of documentaries, shorts and features with an LGBT focus. Email clazzle333@hotmail.com for more information about each fortnight’s films. ■ Kinky Disco GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 9pm–3am. £tbc. Pop, camp classics and dance hits from Cilla Slack and funky house and electro from DJ Michelle.
Saturday 29
Glasgow ■ Breaking the Code Ramshorn Theatre, 98 Ingram Street, 548 2558. 7.30pm. £9; £6 (Mon & Tue previews £4). See Thu 27. ■ Club Noir – Summer Holiday O2 Academy, 121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 9pm–3am. £15.50. The glamorous burlesque night presents an exotic summer party with beach bar cocktails and holiday-themed entertainment, including Beach Babe, Hula Girl and Turkish Delight. Dress code: think Rio Carnival. ■ Menergy Bacchus, 80 Glassford Street, 572 0080. 11pm–3am. £6. Club diva Lady Munter’s gay dance party gets gory with a horror special. Hi-NRG, Italo disco and blood and guts all round. Edinburgh ■ Boutique GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 9pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 after. Electro and house from DJ Dowzer.
Sunday 30
Glasgow ■ Saltire Thistle FC Powerleague, Kennedy Street, 553 1515. 4pm. £5. Gay- friendly kick-about in a relaxed environment. Email saltirethistlefc@hotmail.co.uk for more info. ■ Ruby Fruit The Flying Duck, 7 Renfrew Court, 572 0100. 9pm–3am. £5 before 11pm; £6 after (£4 in advance). New women only night with an alternative 70 THE LIST 27 May–10 June 2010
of any age and any ability. Email kirstensinclair@netscape.net to sign up. Friday 4
Glasgow ■ Lip Service FHQ, 10 John Street, 0845 166 6037. 11pm–3am. £tbc. See Fri 28. Edinburgh ■ Kinky Disco GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 9pm–3am. £tbc. See Fri 28.
Saturday 5 Edinburgh FREE LGBT Community Sports Day Queen Street Gardens, Queen Street, 523 1100. 11am–4pm. A whole day dedicated to sports and games, bringing together the LGBT community. Part of Edinburgh’s Festival of Sport. FREE Edinburgh Trans Women Group Meeting LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 7.30–9.30pm. In addition to T-time Monthly, the centre has a group for MTF transgender people. ■ Boutique GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 9pm–3am. Free before £11pm; £5 after. See Sat 29.
Sunday 6
Glasgow ■ Saltire Thistle FC Powerleague, Kennedy Street, 553 1515. 4pm. £5. See Sun 30. Edinburgh ■ Badminton Drop-in Crags Sports Centre, 10 Bowmont Place, 523 1100. 2–4pm. £3. See Sun 30. ■ Taste The GRV, 37 Guthrie Street, 220 2987. 11pm–3am. £6 (£5). Fisher & Price and Miss Chris in the main room playing an eclectic mix of the very best in underground dance music and classics.
Monday 7
Glasgow ■ Passionality FHQ, 10 John Street, 0845 166 6037. 11pm–3am. £3 (£2). See Mon 31. Edinburgh FREE LGBT Centre Drop-in LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 5.30–8pm. See Mon 31.
Tuesday 8 Edinburgh ■ Badminton Crags Sports Centre, 10 Bowmont Place, 523 1100. 7–9pm. £3. See Tue 1. FREE Love Traffic GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 11pm–3am. See Tue 1.
Wednesday 9 Edinburgh ■ Women’s Football Gracemount Leisure Centre, 22 Gracemount Drive, 523 1100. 7–8pm. £3. See Wed 2. FREE Word LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 7–9pm. Women’s book group held monthly at the centre. FREE Icebreakers The Regent Bar, 2 Montrose Terrace, 523 1100. 7.30–9.30pm. Social group for people who want to make new friends in LGBT company, now at the lovely and friendly Regent Bar and organised by the LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing.
Thursday 10 Glasgow ■ Taylor Mac The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 7.30pm. £12 (£9). Wry ukulele-strumming, witty and biting socio- political observation, gargantuan wigs and beautifully sequinned shoes from the neo- Romantic drag deconstructionist.
PREVIEW CLUB NIGHT RUBY FRUIT Flying Duck, Glasgow, Sun 30 May
A criticism often levelled at the gay scene, both in Glasgow and Edinburgh, is that there’s a dearth of club nights for women – particularly women over the age of 30. Fed up with this situation, a quartet of Glasgow girls are launching an alternative club night, Ruby Fruit, which aims to attract a diverse crowd. ‘We are hoping to make it a regular club night for lesbians on all the Sunday bank holiday weekends,’ says Deirdre Campbell, one of the organisers. ‘Ruby Fruit music will be everything from 60s through to present day, an uplifting mix of funky, soul, disco, indie, handbag and dance music; basically every kind of dance music that you want from a club but that you can’t get on the gay scene – we will have the odd Pink/Madonna record thrown in now and again but it certainly won’t dominate the night.’
Campbell and her colleagues were inspired in setting up Ruby Fruit by
Lower the Tone, a lesbian night held at the Oak Bar in North London and run by the renowned gay Artist Sadie Lee. Lee has even been in touch to offer her advice. ‘We hope it’s popular – we are not in it for the money but just to provide
something for our community which the Glasgow gay scene does not provide for us funky ladies,’ says Campbell. ‘We thought there was no point in moaning that there was no gay venue to cater for us so we decided to get off our bahookies and do something about it.’ (Allan Radcliffe) ■ www.flyingduckclub.com
soundtrack of funky soul, disco, pop, retro, indie, handbag and dance music from the 60s to the present. Juicy! Edinburgh FREE Kite Making LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 1–4pm. Make a super-duper kite and fly it from Calton Hill. Booking essential. ■ Badminton Drop-in Crags Sports Centre, 10 Bowmont Place, 523 1100. 2–4pm. £3. A fun and easy sport to pick up (and plenty of punning opportunities to boot) these sessions are for all abilities. FREE Hazel Dean Live GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 11pm–3am. One-off 80s party at GHQ with sets from Hazel Dean and Cilla Slack and prizes for the best 80s costumes.
Monday 31
Glasgow ■ Passionality FHQ, 10 John Street, 0845 166 6037. 11pm–3am. £3 (£2). DJ Shawn Roberts plays chart hits for the ladies and their guests. Edinburgh FREE LGBT Centre Drop-in LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 5.30–8pm. A chance to try out the weekly, informal drop-in service to meet new people, get info and catch up on the latest goss.
Tuesday 1 Glasgow ■ Little Johnny’s Big Gay Wedding
Langside Halls, 5 Langside Avenue, Shawlands, 552 4267. 7.30pm; Sat 2.30pm & 7.30pm (not Sun & Mon). Until 12 Jun. £10 (£8). Johnny McKnight returns with the third part of his trilogy, in which he finally rides off into the sunset on the arm of Mr Right. Or does he? See picture caption in Theatre. Edinburgh ■ Badminton Crags Sports Centre, 10 Bowmont Place, 523 1100. 7–9pm. £3. Regular sessions with the ShuttleScots, email james@lgbthealth.org.uk for further information. ■ Wicked Wenches The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £6 (£5; members £3). June brings another selection of fresh-faced ladies shaking their comedy tail feathers. With regular host Susan Calman, Magic Mandy Muden, Carly Baker and Elaine Malcolmson. FREE Love Traffic GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 11pm–3am. Pulling doesn’t get any easier than this. At a traffic light party everyone knows where they stand: red for no thanks, amber for maybe, green for definitely. With DJ Dale Lush.
Wednesday 2
Glasgow ■ Wicked Wenches The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0870 600 6055. 8.30pm. £6 (£5; members £3). See Tue 1. Edinburgh ■ Women’s Football Gracemount Leisure Centre, 22 Gracemount Drive, 523 1100. 7–8pm. £3. Kick-around for women