QX Magazine

The Music is Black Festival celebrates the breadth and influence of Black British music culture. Spanning Grime, Jazz, Reggae, Afrobeats, Lovers Rock, club culture, Queer nightlife and Afrofuturism, over several weekends.

Lead curator...

Transsexuality is a wonderful thing. I think so, at least. If it isn’t, the last five years of my life have been oddly spent. Were you to follow the news over that same time period though, I wouldn’t blame you for thinking otherwise. Though it may be a case of the smallest numbers speaking loudest, it certainly does feel like the wave of public opinion has turned against us.<...

On one hand, that makes total sense – you’ve got to be comfortable with who you are before you can confidently explore intimacy with others. But how do you actually go about doing that? How do you find the self-love that everyone says is the cure for loneliness?

It’s not an exact science, but here are four things you could focus on:

One of the rea...

There are some experiences that resist language. They don’t arrive as neat narratives with a beginning, middle and end. Memories can be incomplete, contradictory or buried beneath years of ordinary life. Sometimes what remains isn’t a story at all, but a feeling. A body that reacts before the mind has caught up. An unexplained sense of shame. The conviction that perhaps nothi...

Honey Honey has gone from strength to strength presenting London’s sweet new party for bears, cubs, chubs, daddies and their admirers. Following their successful Pride Special, Honey Honey returns to Electrowerkz on Friday 14 August, 10pm – 4am. QX had a chat with promoter Cactushead to find out more.

What inspired you to start your own club night, Honey Hon...