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 3 Glasgow FREE Love out of Bounds Hillhead Library, 348 Byres Road, 339 7223. 10am–8pm. Exhibition exploring stories of rejected love affairs from a variety of sexualities and ethnic backgrounds. Until Mon 14 Feb. See page 32. FREE Pour Homme, Pour Femme, Pour Queens FHQ, 10 John Street, 0845 166 6037. 9pm–3am. Weekly TLC Glasgow night with DJ Shawn Roberts.
Friday 4
Glasgow Lip Service FHQ, 10 John Street, 0845 166 6037. 6pm–3am. £tbc. Lesbian night with a focus on all things sensual. POP Junkie The Polo Lounge, 84 Wilson Street, 0845 659 5905. 11pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 (students £3) after. Pop with DJs Steven and Suave Gav. Edinburgh FREE Art Therapy: Mask Making LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 1–4.30pm. Art therapist-led crafting session. Kinky Disco GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 9pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 after. Pop, camp classics.
Saturday 5
Glasgow FREE FHQ Saturdays FHQ, 10 John Street, 0845 166 6037. 6pm–3am. DJ Steven Devine playing upbeat anthems. Edinburgh FREE Walk ‘n’ Talk LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 1–4pm. A guided tour around the sights and stories of Edinburgh’s LGBT community. Part of LGBT History Month. FREE Swimming @ Glenogle Glenogle Swim Centre, Glenogle Road Stockbridge, 523 1100. 4–6pm. A dedicated weekly pool session just for the LGBT community, with the pool split into halves for classes and free swim. Circus GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 9pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 after. Pop and dance tunes across two rooms from DJ Darren and Dowzer. FREE Saturday Showdown CC Blooms, 23–24 Greenside Place, 556 9331. 11pm–3am. DJ battle over two floors between Shazza and Blondie.
Sunday 6
Glasgow Weekends With a Bang! The Polo Lounge, 84 Wilson Street, 0845 659 5905. 9pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 (£3 students) after. DJ Leah delivers an explosive end to the week. Edinburgh ShuttleScots Badminton Drop-in Ainslie Park Leisure Centre, 92 Pilton Drive, info@shuttlescots.co.uk. 3–5pm. £3. Social badminton session. FREE Sunday Skool CC Blooms, 23–24 Greenside Place, 556 9331. 11pm–3am. Weekly 90s nostalgia- fest.onday 7
Tuesday 8 Edinburgh FREE Basketball Drop-in Broughton High School, 29 East Fettes Avenue, 523 1100. 6–7pm. A relaxed bounce about for beginner slam dunkers, organised by the LGBT Centre for Health and Wellbeing.
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Wednesday 9
Glasgow FREE Foreplay FHQ, 10 John Street, 0845 166 6037. 6pm–3am. With DJ Shazza. Edinburgh FREE First Steps Fitness Inverleith Park, Arboretum Place, admin@lgbthealth.org.uk. 6.30–7.45pm. Weekly jogging and circuits club. FREE Women’s Book Group LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 7–9pm. Meet women who share your passion for books. Women’s Football Gracemount Leisure Centre, 22 Gracemount Drive, 658 1940. 7–8pm. Kick-around for all ages/abilities.
Thursday 10 Glasgow Snapshots Globetrotters Hostel, 56 Berkeley St, Charing Cross. 7.30pm. £5 (£3). A series of short scenes in which
characters face isolation for various reasons. Performed by new Edinburgh- based company Paradoxical Ink, which seeks to highlight the issues facing disenfranchised sections of society. FREE Pour Homme, Pour Femme, Pour Queens FHQ, 10 John Street, 0845 166 6037. 9pm–3am. See Thu 3. Edinburgh FREE LGBT Futures Event Brunton Theatre, Ladywell Way, Musselburgh, 01620 827134. 7pm. A talk from Simon Scaddan, who was the first openly gay British High Commissioner to serve overseas with his same-sex partner, as well as info on the new Age Project at the LGBT Centre for Health and Wellbeing; you can also share your ideas for a planned LGBT history trail in East Lothian. Part of LGBT History Month.
Friday 11 Glasgow Lip Service FHQ, 10 John Street, 0845 166 6037. 6pm–3am. £tbc. See Fri 4.
LGBT HISTORY MONTH Lauren Mayberry looks at what’s coming up in this year’s celebration of the vibrance and achievements of the LGBT community
‘It’s all about education, celebration and shared understanding,’ says Sue Sanders, co-chair of the LGBT History Month and co-founder of LGBT education group, Schools Out. Sanders saw how Black History Month was being used to promote interracial understanding and wondered if taking a similar approach to LGBT issues would be beneficial, initiating the first of the now well-known festival in 2004.
‘Last year, there were over 1000 registered events across the UK and
interest is always growing, so the campaign is clearly effective,’ Sanders says. ‘We are all volunteers and are always looking for people to help, whether that be by organising events, attending or any other way they can.’ So, what’s on locally? Edinburgh’s Filmhouse is screening Beautiful Thing, a coming-of-age story of two young boys who fall in love on a council estate in the London suburbs (Mon 14 Feb). On Sat 19 Feb, Velvet will hold a special clubnight to honour the Month and celebrate the upcoming International Women’s Day. For something more literary, head to Word Power Books, who will host the relaunch of Radical Records: Thirty Years of Lesbian and Gay History (1957–1987) (Wed 23 Feb).
In Glasgow, award-winning transgender playwright and History Month stalwart Jo Clifford will present a storytelling evening, Our Story Scotland’s ‘Love Out Of Bounds’, at Hillhead Library (Mon 14 Feb). The Scottish Youth Theatre is hosting the launch of The Voices Unheard Project, researching domestic abuse of young LGBT people in Glasgow (Wed 16 Feb), while LGBT Youth Scotland are poised to unleash a fashion show featuring models dressed as famous LGBT figures (Tue 22 Feb). ■ For more information on events in your city, ways to get involved or how to put on your own event, visit www.lgbthistory.org.uk.
Snapshots Globetrotters Hostel, 56 Berkeley St, Charing Cross. 7.30pm. £5 (£3). See Thu 10. POP Junkie The Polo Lounge, 84 Wilson Street, 0845 659 5905. 11pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 (£3 students) after. See Fri 4.
Edinburgh FREE Film Club LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 6.30–9.30pm. Screenings of LGBT- focused films and shorts. Furburger GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 11pm–3am. £tbc. DJs Dejaybird, Funki Diva and Boy Toy play tunes for gay women and their pals. Saturday 12 Glasgow FREE FHQ Saturdays FHQ, 10 John Street, 0845 166 6037. 6pm–3am. See Sat 5. Snapshots Globetrotters Hostel, 56 Berkeley St, Charing Cross. 7.30pm. £5 (£3). See Thu 10. Club Noir: Valentine’s Masked Ball O2 Academy, 121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 9pm–3am. £15.50. Burlesque clubbing on a grand scale. Edinburgh FREE Rainbow Families LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 10am–noon. The social and information event for LGBT parents and children hosts an ‘under the sea’ themed arts and crafts session. FREE Swimming @ Glenogle Glenogle Swim Centre, Glenogle Road Stockbridge, 523 1100. 4–6pm. See Sat 5. Circus GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 9pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 after. See Sat 5.
Sunday 13 Glasgow Weekends With a Bang! The Polo Lounge, 84 Wilson Street, 0845 659 5905. 9pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 (£3 students) after. See Sun 6.
Monday 14
Glasgow FREE Love out of Bounds Performance Hillhead Library, 348 Byres Road, 339 7223. 6pm. Storytelling performance drawing the exhibition to a close (see Thu 3). See page 32. Edinburgh Beautiful Thing Filmhouse, 88 Lothian Road, 228 2688. 8.30pm. £7.50 (£5.50). Sensitive drama about teenager Jamie and neighbour Ste, who form a relationship in a south London suburb. See panel. Part of LGBT History Month.
Tuesday 15
Edinburgh FREE Basketball Drop-in Broughton High School, 29 East Fettes Avenue, 523 1100. 6–7pm. See Tue 8. Wednesday 16
Glasgow FREE Voices Unheard Scottish Youth Theatre, The Old Sheriff Court, 105 Brunswick Street, 552 7425. 2–4pm. New research project launch to find out about young LGBT people’s experiences of domestic abuse. Booking required. FREE Foreplay FHQ, 10 John Street, 0845 166 6037. 6pm–3am. See Wed 9. Edinburgh FREE Self Harm Services Focus Group LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 3–5pm. Offer your opinions for a Scottish Government initiative. FREE First Steps Fitness Inverleith Park, Arboretum Place, admin@lgbthealth .org.uk 6.30–7.45pm. See Wed 9. Women’s Football Gracemount Leisure Centre, 22 Gracemount Drive, 658 1940. 7–8pm. See Wed 9.