LGBT – Hackney Citizen

Grants on offer for events celebrating transgender awareness and LGBT+ history

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 11 August 2023 at 10:41

Stik's image, representing Hackney at ‘Pride in London’ 2016

Residents can apply for up to £1k in funding before 20 August deadline

Queer campaigners offer up shares in ‘UK’s first community-run LGBT+ venue’ – with £100k needed to open it this year

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 21 June 2022 at 15:08

Friends of the Joiners Arms, still waiting for the new LGBT+ pub it fought hard for, has decided to build its own

Council promises more robust support for LGBT+ schoolkids following ‘disturbing’ Birmingham protests

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 9 September 2019 at 17:40

Deputy Mayor ‘welcomes’ recommendations to further develop voices of LGBT+ young people

Local students meet Will Young for new education project tackling homophobic bullying

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 9 July 2019 at 16:01

Petchey Academy pupils spoke to the singer at the launch of Amazon’s LGBT+ Reading Roadshow, which is providing free books and workshops to schools with the help of Pink News and Just Like Us

Two pedestrian crossings in Hackney get a rainbow remake for Pride

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 25 June 2019 at 12:17

The crossings have been painted on two roads with historical ties to the local LGBTQI+ community

Hackney Brewery to bring back Unicorn Rodeo charity beer for Pride 2019

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 29 May 2019 at 19:47

The eye-catching pale ale will be on sale in support of LGBT+ helpline Switchboard from the beginning of June

Queer film festival to return to east London for its eighth year

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 11 October 2018 at 14:26

Volunteer-led Fringe!, founded in 2011 in response to arts cuts, is back for six days in November

Hackney at Pride: Drag royalty join council staff for ‘solidarity march’

By Max Eckersley | Wednesday 11 July 2018 at 12:04

120 locals put on a colourful show for the annual LGBTQI+ parade

Stik sculpture to take Pride of place in Hoxton park

By Andrew Barnes | Monday 19 March 2018 at 16:27

Intimacy: a mock-up of how Holding Hands will look once erected. Photograph: Hackney Council

Holding Hands, a 4m tall piece based on the artist’s trademark stick figures and famous LGBTQI+ Pride banner, will be coming to Hoxton Square later this year

Joiners Arms: community meetings announced as plans for new LGBTQI+ pub/hub take shape

By Andrew Barnes | Thursday 15 February 2018 at 13:18

Joiners Arms will live on as an LGBTQI+ pub. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons

Campaign group Friends of the Joiners Arms will solicit ideas for the dormant Hackney Road institution at two get-togethers in March

Pride in your image: young and old LGBTQI+ locals come together for a pair of artistic Hackney Museum exhibits

By Andrew Barnes | Wednesday 24 January 2018 at 16:53

Badges of honour: Project Indigo worked with artist Liv Wynter to make their voices heard. Photograph: Hackney Council

Out and About and From Bedroom to Battleground will be open in time for LGBT History Month, after the Council spent a year collecting historical testimony and artefacts from the community

Fringe! Queer Film Fest: pushing boundaries and celebrating queer history

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 17 November 2017 at 17:06

It started with a kiss: a still from The Misandrists. d. Bruce LaBruce

We check out a screening of The Misandrists at the film festival, which is on across East London until Sunday

INTERVIEW: ‘I’m sure The Queen would love to see a bit of it’: Jonny Woo previews his Unroyal Variety show

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 28 September 2017 at 12:21

'What’s alternative to the mainstream now? It’s the queer underground.' Scenes from last year's Unroyal Variety. Photograph: Angus Stewart

The legendary drag performer, comedian, and owner of gay Haggerston super-pub The Glory gives the Citizen a sneak peek at his upcoming ensemble spectacular at the Empire

LGBT campaigners victorious as Joiners Arms saved from demolition – for now

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 10 August 2017 at 17:13

‘The Joiner’s Arms is more than just a pub. It’s a community to the people who went there.’

Legendary gay pub The Joiners Arms “back in business” with events on Hackney Road

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 18 May 2017 at 14:26

Parties to be held at Ye Olde Ax club, opposite the original Joiners building, as campaigners fight for an LGBT+ hub in the derelict space that closed in 2015

Stik banner auction to raise money for LGBTQI+ youth project

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 31 March 2017 at 15:35

Proceeds from the sale will help local group put on exhibition celebrating borough’s queer heritage

East London artist Stik to raise cash for charity through artwork auction

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 18 January 2017 at 14:53

Stik outside Hackney Town Hall with a smaller version of Hackney Pride, on which Holding Hands is based

Hackney Council will determine which organisation gets the money generated from sale of artwork which formed part of Pride festival in London last year

Stik’s Pride banner on display in Hackney Museum

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 11 August 2016 at 17:14

The rainbow banner by the Hackney-based artist will be on display in the borough until October

Protesters to hold ‘Big Gay Kiss-in’ at Sainsbury’s in Hackney

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 11 August 2016 at 15:53

Demonstration scheduled for this Saturday after gay couple were confronted by security for holding hands in the store

The Sissy’s Progress at Toynbee Studios: drama tackles prejudice head on

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 15 March 2016 at 10:15

Performer Nando Messias returned to the site where he was attacked 10 years previously with a defiant new show about the experience