Gay London Life | Aug '25 Edition - Magazine - Page 2
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know
Don’t Miss:
UK Black Pride
Founded by Lady Phyll, UK
Black Pride is the world’s biggest
celebration of the LGBTQ+ Black
Co-Founders
Steve Gregory
steve@gaylondonlife.co.uk
Chris Colman
chris@gaylondonlife.co.uk
and POC community and it returns
to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic
Park on Sunday 10th August, 12pm9pm. Now in its twentieth year,
this promises to be another jam-
Editorial Contributors
Joe Holyoake, Ifan Llewelyn,
Jason Reid, Taofique Folarin,
Nathaniel Hall, Helen Scott
& Topher Taylor
team@gaylondonlife.co.uk
packed day of talks, performances,
workshops and community stalls
— the line-up so far includes
Nqobilé, Shanay Maliya and The
Cleopatra Way. As always, it’s free
to attend. ukblackpride.org.uk
Brighton Pride 2025
If you still want to celebrate
...or the UK Black
Pride exhibition
Pride, the good news is you
If you want to learn about the
down to Brighton during the first
history of UK Black Pride,
weekend of August. Anybody
an exhibition exploring the
who’s ever been before will
event’s evolution over the
already know that the whole
years can be seen at Queer
seaside city becomes a site
Britain until August 31st. After
of celebration and protest,
this, a new show will be making its London debut at the LGBTQ+ Museum —
starting on Saturday 2nd with
Top by Claye Bowler opens on Wednesday 10th September and follows the
the Community Parade, and this
sculptor’s seven-year effort to access gender-affirming surgery in the UK’s
year’s theme is Ravishing Rage.
healthcare system. Another date for your diary is Monday 11th August when
Elsewhere, there’s the ticketed
Queer Britain will take over the Summer Sounds stage in Coal Drops Yard for a
Pride Street Party on Marine
free evening of queer live music. Head to queerbritain.org.uk for more info.
Parade featuring a huge line-up
can hop on the train and head
of DJs, drag queens and singers.
Free Gambling Harm Support
And of course, Pride in the Park
Research published by the charity GambleAware
will be happening in Preston Park
in 2024 found that certain members of the
with a characteristically huge
LGBTQ+ community are more likely to be affected
line-up — headliners are Mariah
by gambling harm. If your life is being negatively
Carey on the Saturday and
affected by gambling (whether it’s done by
Sugababes on the Sunday. Book
yourself or someone close to you), free support is
tickets and find all you need to
available from GamCare’s London treatment team
know at brighton-pride.org.
— call 020 7801 7008 or visit gamcare.org.uk
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Janne Öijer, Joel Ryder,
Nicolas Chinardet
& Richard Holland
team@gaylondonlife.co.uk
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