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  • |  29 November 2008
  • SuperMartXé London:  launch of Ibiza’s top party in London.
    From 22:00 @ The Coronet (28 New Kent Road, Subway Elephant & Castle) Map
  • -›  www.supermartxelondon.com
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  • |  10  –  28 November 2008
  • GFest 2008 – gayWise LGBT Arts Festival:  a ›platform for queer artists from diverse backgrounds‹.
  • -›  Festival Website
  • |  1 November 2008
  • Nightmare on Juicy Street:  large Halloween party by London’s popular gay club Juicy. 23:00 – 08:00 @ Fire (London Vauxhall, South Lambeth Road) Map
  • -›  www.juicyclub.net
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  • |  26 October 2008
  • Trade 18th Birthday Party:  Sunday morning 05:00 till late.
    @ The Arches (51-53 Southwark Street) Map
  • -›  www.tradeuk.net
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  • |  20  –  21 October 2008
  • Batsheva Dance Company:  ›Founded in 1964 by Martha Graham, the Israel-based company is well-known for its powerful combination of force,
    speed and passion.‹
    @ Sadler’s Wells Theatre (Rosebery Avenue) Map
  • -›  www.sadlerswells.com/show/Batsheva-Dance-Company

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  • |  18 October 2008
  • Revolver party goes weekly:  the newcomer party in 2008 turns from monthly to weekly at its new location in London Soho. Launch this Saturday, 23:00 – 06:00.
    @ The Astoria (157 Charing Cross Road) Map
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  • |  15  –  30 October 2008
  • BFI London Film Festival:  including screenings of Steven Soderbergh’s new Che Guevara bio and Peter Morgan’s ›Frost/Nixon‹.
  • -›  www.bfi.org.uk/lff/
  • |  11 October 2008
  • Matinee:  12 hour party extravaganza. 23:00 – 11:00
    @ SuperClub Colosseum (Vauxhall, 1 Nine Elms Lane) Map
  • -›  www.evolvedevents.co.uk
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  • |  27 September 2008
  • Revolver:  Circuit/Ibiza style clubbing in London. The newcomer party in 2008. Mixed crowd. 22:00 – 06:00 @ Scala (King’s Cross, Pentonville Road) Map
  • -›  www.evolvedevents.co.uk
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  • |  16 September  –  4 October 2008
  • The fine line between high art and high camp:  the Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo back in London for 3 weeks.
    ›Every one of the male dancers believes in the romance and glamour of the great Russian ballet, and jokes aside they dance these ballets for real.‹ (The Times)
    @ Peacock Theatre (Portugal Street) Map
  • -›  www.sadlerswells.com/show/Les-Ballets-Trockadero-de-Monte-Carlo-08

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  • |  6 September 2008
  • Blasphemy:  Leeds’ hottest gay night is coming to London with Lady Lloyd on the decks. 22:00 – 03:00, £5 entrance fee.
    @ The Enclave (25-27 Brewer Street, London Soho) Map
  • -›  www.blasphemyleeds.co.uk
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  • |  2  –  14 September 2008
  • Dorian Gray:  Oscar Wilde’s fable ›Dorian Gray‹ reinvented as a darkly seductive dance theatre event by one of the most successful British choreographers, Matthew Bourne. Only 2 weeks in London.
    @ Sadler’s Wells Theatre (Rosebery Avenue) Map
  • -›  www.sadlerswells.com/show/Matthew-Bournes-Dorian-Gray

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  • |  24 August 2008
  • Naked Zoo:  Trade & DTPM join forces again and present this new party on Sunday, 24 August (Bank Holiday weekend). The party starts at the early time of 18:00, so that you can enjoy the sunshine in the garden area of the club.
    @ Egg Club (King’s Cross, 200 York Way) Map
  • -›  nakedzoo.co.uk
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  • |  24  –  30 August 2008
  • London 2008 World Championships:  by the International Gay & Lesbian Football Association (IGLFA). From 24 till 30 August 2008.
  • |  17 August 2008
  • Soho Pride 2008:  street festival in London Soho on Sunday, 17 August,
    12:00 – 20:00 Map
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  • |  17 August 2008
  • DTPM London – Soho Pride Special:  DTPM once again returns to London for a summer party on Sunday, 17 August, 19:30 till late @ The End (18 West Central Street) Map
  • -›  www.dtpm.net
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  • |  9 August 2008
  • Outburst:  Black Queer Pride Festival on Saturday, 9 August, 12:00 – 22:00.
    On the grounds of the Bernie Grant Arts Centre (Town Hall Approach Road, Subway: Seven Sisters, north of London) Map
  • -›  www.outburstfestival.com
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  • |  25  –  26 July 2008
  • G-A-Y @ Astoria terminates:  the last parties of the legendary G-A-Y at the Astoria club will be held on the last weekend of July. Farewell!
  • -›  Details, address and map of location
  • |  24 July  –  26 October 2008
  • British Museum – Hadrian: Empire and Conflict:  From the trailer: ›His first act as Emperor was to pull the Roman army out of Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq). His passion for architecture led him to create some of the most celebrated buildings in the ancient world. From the Pantheon in Rome to vast palaces and entire cities. Marrying a woman to become Emperor, he openly loved a younger man. When his lover drowned, the empire worshipped the boy as a god. His rule changed history forever, right up to today. Come to the British Museum and find out how.‹
    Daily 10:00 – 17:30 (last entry 16:20); Thu and Fri until 20:30 (last entry 19:20). Entrance 10–12 £. Great Russell Street Map
  • -›  www.britishmuseum.org/hadrian
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  • |  5 July 2008
  • Pride London:  Saturday, 5 July.
    The parade with this year’s theme ›Fairytales, Myths and Legends‹ departs at 13:00 in Orchard Street, makes its way down Oxford Street and Regent Street to arrive at Trafalgar Square with its main stage for speeches and show program.
  • -›  Parade route map and stage agenda
  • |  20 June  –  20 July 2008
  • London Festival of Architecture:  20 June – 20 July 2008
  • -›  www.lfa2008.org
  • |  14 June 2008
  • HustlaBall London:  ›The HustlaBall is a World of Hustlers, Hookers, Pimps, streetwalkers, Flesh-Peddlers, Porn Stars and other scandalous Sorts.‹
    Saturday, 14 June 2008 @ Area & Depot (Vauxhall, 67 Albert Embankment) Map
  • -›  www.hustlaball.com
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  • |  16 March 2008
  • The Last Dance @ Turnmills:  Final After Hour party at the legendary Trade club on Saturday night/ Sunday morning, 16 March from 05:00 till late.
    @ Turnmills, 63b Clerkenwell Road Map
  • -›  www.tradeuk.net
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  • |  9 March 2008
  • Ruggerclub-Eröffnungsparty:  New monthly party (2nd Sunday of the month) for rugby boys, ruggers and cubs at the 2 Brewers.
  • -›  www.ruggercub.com
  • |  22 December 2007
  • Crash – The Finale:  After 9 years of changing the gay clubbing scene in London, Crash celebrated its last party on 22 December 2007: ›With time comes change... and after the opening of Area (Crash’s sister club next door) and a whole host of new venues in Vauxhall we feel that it’s time to move on and explore newer ideas. In January the venue will undergo an extreme makeover and emerge as a fresh and rejuvenated venue with a whole new identity.‹
  • -›  http://www.crashlondon.co.uk
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  • |  26 January 2007
  • United Kingdom of Religious Hypocrites:  The drama queens from the "Christian Concern for our Nation" (a branch of the Lawyers Christian Fellowship) sent a petition to the Queen: ›We appeal to your Majesty to protect our right to hold the Biblical view that a practising homosexual relationship is not of equal moral worth to the heterosexual relationship of a married couple.‹
    Reason is a new British law which would protect against refusal of services because of sexual orientation (e.g. refusing hotel or guesthouse rooms to gay couples). Now they are afraid that they have to allow Gay Tea Dance parties in their churches and unchristian behavior in their guests’ beds...