LGBTQIA – Hackney Citizen

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

East End exhibitions – five of the best for August

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 18 July 2017 at 16:02

"From intricate ink drawings to block-colour sculptures": a pair of works from Making Faces. Photograph: Headway East London

Our regular look at the best exhibitions in and around the borough in the coming month features sci-fi, Italian family dynamics and “all manner of erotic mania”…

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

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

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

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