Gay London Life | May '24 Edition - Magazine - Page 2
In the
know
…To West
LGBTQ+ social group The West
London Queer Project (WLQP)
is organising a charity walk on
Saturday 8th June to raise money
for the Motor Neurone Disease
From East
Association of West London.
On Friday 24th May, HIV
This will be the second year the
charity Positive East is
event has taken place and around
hosting a fundraising event
500 people are expected to walk
at Shoreditch Town Hall
the 10km along the banks of the
called Rays of Resistance.
Thames from Hammersmith to
The evening will focus on
The Black Lion pub in Chiswick.
the role that art and culture
Individual fundraising isn’t
have played in HIV/AIDS
compulsory, but those who make
activism over the years.
the effort will be entered into a prize
There’ll be historic artworks
draw. Tickets to join the walk are
on display, as well as live
£25 from wlqp.org and include a
music from boundary-
drink and burger at The Black Lion.
Co-Founders
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Editorial Contributors
Joe Holyoake, Ifan Llewelyn,
Jason Reid, Taofique Folarin,
Nathaniel Hall, Helen Scott
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pushing popstar Tom Rasmussen and a mix of spoken word and dance from
Design & Photography
Janne Öijer, Joel Ryder,
Nicolas Chinardet
& Richard Holland
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Voguerites. Elsewhere on the line-up, there’s Roy Inc, Pam Hogg, the Victoria
Park Singers and HIV Voices. Tickets are £25 each at shoreditchtownhall.
com and all of the money raised will go towards Positive East’s benefits advice
service for people living with HIV in London.
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Martyn Hett — one
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If you’re in the mood for a seaside
— will be walking
escape in the coming months,
from Manchester to
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London to demand
Bournemouth coastline might be
a law tightening
of interest. For the past twenty-
security at public
four years, John Bellamy has
venues. Figen
run this men-only and clothing-
Murray will start
optional hotel, which prioritises
her journey at the Manchester Arena on 7th May and aims to reach Downing
the values of mutual respect
Street on the 22nd of May, the seventh anniversary of her son’s death. She’s
and community. Throughout the
hoping to draw attention to the stalled progress of Martyn’s Law, which
year, there’s a packed schedule
would require venues to draw up counter-terrorism plans and better protect
of workshops and themed
the public from attacks. Plans for the legislation were mentioned in the 2019
events, ranging from the mindful
Conservative Manifesto and the 2022 Queen’s Speech, but a draft for the law
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has yet to be tabled in Parliament.
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