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Inside GAY TIMES’ star-studded 40th birthday party

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Attendees such as Jess Glynne, Alex Scott, Munroe Bergdorf and the cast of Heartstopper and Drag Race UK came out to celebrate 40 years of GAY TIMES with a DJ set from Romy and cocktails curated by Aidy Smith. PHOTOGRAPHY BY SOFI ADAMS GAY TIMES and Cointreau joined forces on 21 August to celebrate 40 years of GAY TIMES at the Roof Gardens, with community figures and famous faces in attendance. Sipping a special menu of Cointreau cocktails curated by queer drinks guru and TV personality Aidy Smith, party-goers were…

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Cheers to 40 years of GAY TIMES with Cointreau and Aidy Smith

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Get ready to raise your glasses because GT is turning 40, and we’re celebrating in style! To mark this magnificent milestone, we’re shaking things up with four delicious cocktails, each paying a nod to the remarkable culture of our iconic history. And what better partners to join us in the festivities than the legendary Cointreau orange liqueur and queer drinks guru and TV personality Aidy Smith.  This year has been all about the big 4-0, with events like the GT40 exhibition showcasing our rich history, and the GT40 campaign bringing…

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For Honey Balenciaga, dancing was just her first act

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For the world-touring ballroom titan and Beyoncé-anointed star, a “new era” is inviting fashion, entertainment, and more. WORDS BY MIKELLE STREET PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF BFA “I’m not your average model,” Honey Gonzales says, perched on a stool with a printed kimono wrapped around her shoulders, exposing her décolletage. “I’m cunt!” she emphasizes. There’s a pause before she looks at me again. “Can I say that in GAY TIMES?” Well, we’ll find out.  Though it’s a dreary Thursday afternoon, Honey’s mug is anything but. Her makeup is being carefully applied (by…

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Tokyo’s queer club scene is sweaty, messy and surrounding you at all sides

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From sweaty techno parties to late-night drag showcases, Kat Joplin explores how the city’s growing LGBTQIA+ district is creating space for trans and non-binary communities. WORDS BY KAT JOPLIN HEADER DESIGN BY ANISA CLEAVER The Shibuya club is small but packed with life. Rotating beams of coloured lights overhead, shivering curtains of blue and green hair on the dance floor. Stick-and-poke and abstract tattoos, heavy eyeliner, lipstick in shades of pink and turquoise. Loud conversations shouted over the techno: Japanese, Portuguese, English, and more. Barely visible in the flashing lights,…

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A personal history of Chokehole, the traveling anarchist “drag wrestling” troupe

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An intimate look inside the New Orleans-based performance art and party collective. Words by LEO HERRERA Photography by DANIELLE POWELL NEW ORLEANS, 2018. “I wanna get fucked up somewhere crazy,” my out-of-towner friend pleaded through a mouthful of gas station fried chicken, holding a daiquiri the shape of a rooster.  Careful what you wish for, I thought, as I flagged the taxi.  We sped away from the tourists of Frenchmen, down a dark street with a dirt sidewalk, to a dilapidated warehouse. It was missing half its roof and its…

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The chaotic drag-punk show celebrating poppers, porn karaoke and queer counterculture

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Iconoclastic performer Bleach invites GAY TIMES to take a sniff at legendary Berlin karaoke club Monster Ronson’s for amyl nitrate-themed extravaganza POPPERS. WORDS BY SAMUEL BENKE PHOTOGRAPHY BY LEE THIELER Sex, drag, punk and poppers. That’s what Bleach’s shows are all about. The Essex-raised, Berlin-based drag performer is a central figure in the German capital’s queer underground, organising monthly shows, concerts and karaoke nights. Key among her priorities? Fighting for a Berlin beyond commercialisation and gentrification, and for a nightlife that remains vibrant, queer and accessible to all. For her…

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Sasha Velour’s “Nightgowns” will change the way you see drag

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After eight years and many international tours, Sasha Velour’s NYC show is “where you come to see the good drag.” Words by Mikelle Street Photography by Alexey Kim   The audience at Le Poisson Rouge was completely silent for four and a half minutes. They watched with rapt attention, practically frozen, with just a few phones held up. At the center of the stage before them was Julie J, her body caked in black paint, slowly and almost painstakingly rising to her feet, then lowering again as the haunting falsetto…

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How trans strip nights are creating their own spaces everywhere 

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In the US and abroad, what happens at queer strips nights like THIRST stays at queer strip nights… unless it doesn’t. Words by Han Schneider Photography by Justin J. Wee  Depending on who you are, the first things that come to mind about an average night out at a strip club likely aren’t “Blood! Dancing! Rope!” But that’s exactly what one flier for THIRST promises. The monthly queer-trans strip night produced by Juno Stardust and Mars Hobrecker is not your average strip show: pleaser boots with lit sparklers attached to the…

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Tokyo’s Ni-Chome LGBTQ+ area sees surge to open new bars

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Melvin Muranaka long wanted to open a bar in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ni-chome LGBTQIA+ district, where he first felt free to be himself as a gay man, and with the ebbing of the coronavirus pandemic he thought his chance had come. “I had a really strong image I was living in hiding, but when I came to Ni-chome the impression was that everyone was drinking and having fun just as they were,” said the 29-year-old Muranaka, who is half Filipino. “It showed that I could really be myself too – which…

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G-A-Y Late: Sadiq Khan addresses closure of LGBTQ+ venue in London

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Sadiq Khan has emphasised the “need” for LGBTQ+ venues after it was recently announced that G-A-Y Late would be closing its doors for good. “I fully understand the importance of LGBTQ+ specific venues,” the Mayor of London told GAY TIMES during a recent interview. “I understand why people need a safe space, the empowering impact it has in relation to minority communities and so I was really sad when Jeremy Joseph announced the closure of G-A-Y Late.” In a statement issued to social media on 24 November, Joseph, the venue’s…

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