On Friday last week, the 2021 Census data revealed the number of LGBTQIA+ people in England and Wales. This report showed that 1.54% of people who completed the Census were lesbian or gay. It also showed that 1.28% identified as bisexual and 0.23% identified as pansexual. This means a total of 1.51% of people identify […]
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Why I Left The UK – Notes Of An Undocumented Immigrant
Ever since I was a kid, I remember wanting to go and study abroad and experience a different culture. Growing up poor, Black and queer in a small town in Brazil in the 90s, made me feel like nothing was ever meant for me and I could never thrive there. As soon as I could, […]
PICK OF POC LONDON: FEBRUARY 2018
Goodbye January and congratulations to everyone for completing the first month of 2018! February can mean so many types of celebration, from Valentine’s passion to LGBT History month reflections. And of course another Feb highlight? BLACK PANTHER WILL BE IN THE CINEMA! Here’s our roundup of London events this month that are POC centric, or […]
It’s Time For All Of Us To Jump On This Voting Ting
Right mate, if you’re anything like me you are living somewhere between, not paying attention to current affairs because it’s too painful and making sure everyone you know is registered to vote and religiously checking rants and bants social for new perspectives on the current shit show we will call the general election for giggles. […]
Lady Leshurr Releases Unleshed Video
She’s back at it again! Lady Leshurr just released another banger! Her first for 2017, the video for #Unleshed 2 part of a hopefully never ending series was just uploaded today. The first #Unleshed was a freestyle to Panda, 9 months ago. According to the artist its “A brand new project that will be released everytime […]
Children of Zeus: The Hip Hop Duo From Manchester
Children of Zeus I came across Children of Zeus for the first time when they opened for Slum Village at the Jazz Cafe last month. They were new to me so it was a treat to come across some new talent! Both from Manchester, Tyler Daley sings and Konny Kon spits bars, DJ’s and makes beats. Tyler has […]
My First Speed Dating Experience
Andreena and Gee Jay are well known for their monthly open mic event, Poetry LGBT which has been running for nearly 2 years. Poetry LGBT allows people to showcase their various talents from singing, rapping, poetry to dance. The couple have ventured onto a new project, Lez Minglez in conjunction with their infamous open mic […]
BBZ London: The Queer And Non-Binary Night Out
BBZ London is a relatively new queer friendly night in London, held at the family owned eatery and creative space, Buster Mantis. BBZ is quite young at the ripe age of only 6 months but have taken London by storm. It is a space where you can be free and be your authentic self, while dancing to some amazing music. […]
Listen to Nao’s Debut Album
I came across Electro-Soul artist, Nao last year on Instagram after watching 30 seconds of her Bad Blood video, featuring model Adja Kaba – I was late! She had already had released Zillionaire and Adore you – tracks from her February 15 and So Good EP’s that I ended up rinsing! Nao released her debut solo album For […]