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UK LGBTQ EVENTS CALENDAR 2025: OCTOBER HIGHLIGHTS

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Listings of LGBTQ social, sporting, networking & business events to view online by Members, Subscribers & Visitors. LGBTQ calendar & guide of What's On & Where to Go including: Theatre Productions, Exhibitions, Fundraising Events, Shows, Concerts, TV Recordings, Podcasts, Audiences With .., Pride Events +++ !! Events to keep you entertained all year around.

BFI London Film Festival @ London .. Holly Johnson - European Tour .. Born With Teeth @ Wyndham's Theatre .. Clarkston @ Trafalgar Theatre .. Happy Ending @ Waterloo East Theatre .. The Code @ Southwark Playhouse .. THT Fundraising: Skydives & Marathons .. National Portrait Gallery: LGBTQ+ Highlights Tour .. Alan Turing: The Age of A1 @ Bletchley Park .. The Graham Norton Show: Pre-Registration Audience Tickets @ London .. Sabrage @ Lafayette .. LGBTQIA+ Tour @ V&A Museum .. Cabaret Live At The Kit Kat Club @ Playhouse Theatre .. Oscar @ The Crown .. The Devil Wears Prada @ Dominion Theatre .. Pride Guided Tours @ Shakespeare's Globe Theatre .. Museum Lates & Queer London Walking Tours +++ @ Queer Britain .. Life With Oscar @ The Hope Theatre .. Mary Portas, Rev Richard Coles, Cally Beaton & Suzi Ruffell @ Henley Literature Festival .. Graham Norton, Alan Hollinghurst, Andrew Pierce, Jacqueline Wilson, Miriam Margolyes, Queen James by Gareth Russell, VoiceBox The Queer Takeover @ Cheltenham Literature Festival .. Graham Norton @ Stratford-upon-Avon Literature Festival .. Iris Prize LGBT Festival Wales & Online .. The Coast is Queer Festival @ Brighton, Sussex .. Gianni Versace Retrospective @ Arches London Bridge .. The Fourth Choir: Storm Cycle @ St Gabriel's .. Lenny @ Omnibus Theatre .. Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho @ Wiltons Music Hall .. Dina Martina: The Comparable Dina Martina @ Soho Theatre .. Lachlan Werner: WonderTwunk @ Soho Theatre .. The City For Incurable Women @Camden People's Theatre .. Lets Try Gay @ The Bread & Roses Theatre .. UK Prides in October: Camborn, Stirling, Tewksbury +++


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  • 02 Oct – Annie Leibovitz (1949–), American portrait photographer
  • 03 Oct – Eleonora Duse (1858–1924), Italian actress
  • 04 Oct – Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (1942–), Icelandic politician, former Prime Minister of Iceland, world's first openly gay head of government
  • 08 Oct – Kristanna Loken (1979–), American model & actress
  • 11 Oct – Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962), former First Lady of the USA & human rights activist
  • 15 Oct – Jenna Talackova, Canadian beauty pageant contestant, model & TV personality
  • 17 Oct – Laura Nyro (1947–1997), American songwriter, singer & pianist
  • 18 Oct – Brittney Griner (1990–), American basketball player
  • 18 Oct – Martina Navratilova (1956–), American tennis player
  • 22 Oct – Saffron Burrows (1972–), English actress
  • 23 Oct – Jean Acker (1893–1978), American actress
  • 23 Oct – Ireland Baldwin (1995–), American model
  • 23 Oct – Lilyan Tashman (1896–1934), American actress
  • 25 Oct – Chely Wright (1970–), American country singer-songwriter
  • 25 Oct – Claude Cahun (1894–1954), French artist, photographer & writer
  • 26 Oct – Liliane Maestrini (1987–), Brazilian beach volleyball player
  • 27 Oct – Katherine Bradley (1846–1914), English poet
  • 28 Oct – Caitlyn Jenner (1949–), American TV personality & Olympic Gold Medalist in Decathlon (1976)
  • 29 Oct – Michelle Brooke-Marciniak (1973–), American business executive, former WNBA basketball player
  • 29 Oct – Ann-Marie MacDonald (1958–), Canadian playwright, novelist, actress & broadcast journalist
  • 31 Oct – Natalie Clifford Barney (1876–1972), American playwright, poet and novelist

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