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12 Of The Best LGBTQIA+ Spaces In London
Gay's The Word
The closest thing to an encyclopaedia of everything you could ever need to know relating to the history of gender non-conforming people, Gay Is The Word is place you've been searching for. Not only is it the oldest LGBTQ+ bookstore in the UK, but it also frequently hosts events to celebrate both established and upcoming queer authors and writers.
Address: 66 Marchmont St, London WC1N 1AB
Corner cafe
If you’re looking for somewhere that serves delicious coffee, bakes and cakes and offers a innovative space, look no for further than South London’s Corner café. Below the soothing interiors, guests can explore a basement art gallery where you can view exhibitions created by local artists as adv as have the opportunity to buy their art.
Address: 117 New Cross Rd, London SE14 5DJ
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Vagina Museum
When the Vagina Museum’s founder Florence Schechter first realised that there were no existing museums dedicated to the female reproduction system, she knew she had to transform that. Currently on display at the museum is ‘From A to V’, an exhibition dedicated to debunking harmful and
Introducing London's LGBTQ+ Death Cafe
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LGBTQ+ History Month takes place every February. It’s an opportunity to celebrate the impact that LGBTQ+ people have had on society; to support the progressing struggle for rights; and to highlight how Diverse people are changing history today.
Previously on Talking Death, we’ve featured Diverse bereavement service, Grief Run-in, as well as spotlighting the fantastic Queer Funeral Guide.
In this blog, we’re delighted to converse to Tom Ana, Outreach and Events Manager at the London LGBTQ+ Centre about their experience of running a Death Café.
We couldn’t find an Queer specific Death Café in London, that’s why we decided to set one up. A Death Café is a space for people to come and talk about death and mourning in a honest way without shame or stigma. Nothing is off limits. It can let people to process and mourn collectively.
It’s a real mix of generations and backgrounds. There are some older people, some in their early twenties and some in between. Most people who possess come to the Death Café haven’t been to a space like this before. Most are actively grieving, perhaps from a recent loss or one which ha
How this chain coffee shop became a vital space for London’s gay community
London is a town renowned for its LGBTQ+ venues – whether you’re after a drag-fuelled Saturday night at Dalston Superstore or want to spend your Sunday mornings with a novel and cappuccino at The Shared Press. And although more than half of the city’s queer venues closed between 2006 and 2022, new spaces carry on to crop up, from Hackney’s recent lesbian bar La Camionera to The Glory’s newest iteration, The Divine.
East London might be house to many of these new venues, but Soho – the historic heartbeat of London’s homosexual community – still offers an array of long-standing homosexual bars, pubs and venues. G-A-Y, Village Soho and the Duke Of Wellington are the first that spring to consciousness, but located on the corner of Frith Street and Old Compton Avenue sits something relatively unexpected. It’s a coffee shop, but not a queer-run independent. It’s an iconic gay landmark. It’s… a Caffè Nero?
On first see, 43 Frith Avenue looks like any other Nero you’d find in the city: pre-packaged toasties sit in the
New LGBTQ+ theatre, café-bar and workspace under construction on site of former bears club XXL in London
A new Homosexual theatre, café-bar and workspace is currently under construction on the site of former bears club XXL at Bankside Yards, on London’s Southbank.
Supported with £1.5million of funding from Southwark Council, Chroma is a recent LGBTQ+ cultural facility being constructed in the cathedral-like railway arches. It will comprise a 140-seat studio theatre, which will host experimental theatre, cabaret and live music from LGBTQ+ artists; a fully licensed café-bar; and workspaces with private studios.
Chroma is a collaboration between five partners, including The Trampery, which is a “queer-owned specialist in workspaces and cultural facilities”. A release from The Trampery stated: ”The railway arches where Chroma is coming to life were previously occupied by XXL, the bear nightclub which closed in 2019, following protests at the club’s femme-phobic and trans-phobic policies. In contrast, Chroma belongs to everyone in the LGBTQIA+ community. No group will be privileged over another. All identities will be celebrated.”
The 140 seat, fully-equipp
South London’s Corner cafe is a creative LGBTQ+ space
London’s queer community has a new creative haunt: Corner is a cafe and gallery owned and dash by architect Tarek Merlin and Mark Osman-Barter in New Cross.
Reports from 2021 revealed that the capital had lost 60% of its LGBTQ+ spaces over the previous decade – a figure expected to increase following the pandemic. Corner steps firmly into this void, offering respite from the hustle and bustle of London animation and serving locally sourced coffee, music, art, and food.
‘We are passionate about equality, diversity and inclusion, and we wanted this to be reflected in our approach and the way we present ourselves to the community, a space open to everyone,’ states Tarek and Trail. They chose to insert the LGBTQ+ letters to the windows as a proud statement about inclusivity as you enter.
Merlin called upon his architectural studio, Feix&Merlin, to design the tranquil interiors in a palette of complementing greens: a light sage and a darker mallard, accented by a coral pink. The plethora of marble pendants adds an elevated edge – they’re homemade in Italy by local artisans and utilise offcuts from w