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UK LGBTQ EVENTS CALENDAR 2025: MAY 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.

Kinky Boots - The Musical @ UK Tour .. Leigh Bowery @ Tate Modern .. The Face Magazine: Culture Shift @ National Portrait Gallery .. In conversation: Derek Jarman’s Life and Legacy @ National Portrait Gallery .. Derren Brown: Only Human – UK Tour .. Holly Johnson - UK TOUR .. THT Fundraising: Skydives & Marathons .. National Portrait Gallery: LGBTQ+ Highlights Tour .. Rocky Horror Show UK Tour .. LGBTQIA+ Tour @ V&A Museum .. Cabaret Live At The Kit Kat Club @ Playhouse Theatre .. LGMC: London Legends @ Alexandra Palace .. About The Devil Wears Prada @ Dominion Theatre .. The Art of Champagne, Masterclass and Tour – International Royalty @ National Portrait Gallery .. After the Act @ Royal Court .. About Oscar @ The Crown .. Julian Clary - A Fistful of Clary @ London Palladium .. The Frogs @ Southwark Playhouse Borough .. Hay Festival (Julian Clary and Susie Dent talk to Chris Power .. Michael Pedersen talks to Stephen Fry .. Queer - Film Screening .. Suzi Ruffell Am I Having Fun Now? Anxiety, Applause and Life's Big Questions, Answered .. Isobel Waller-Bridge Was Jane Austen Gay? .. Jacqueline Wilson The Seaside Sleepover) .. Midnight Cowboy @ Southwark Playhouse Elephant .. Passion Fruit @ The Pit .. Saria Callas @ Camden People’s Theatre .. All That Glitters @ Theatre503 .. Have You Met Stan? A New Musical @ Kings Head Theatre .. Pride Guided Tours @ Shakespeare's Globe Theatre .. Exhibition: Jimmy Somerville & Bronski Beat @ Queer Britain .. Will Young Light It Up Live 2025 - UK Tour .. Alan Turing: The Age of A1 @ Bletchley Park .. Pop Off, Michelangelo! @ Underbelly Boulevard, London .. The Graham Norton Show: Pre-Registration Audience Tickets @ London .. Faygele @ Marylebone Theatre .. Craig Revel Horwood: Revelation Tour - UK Tour .. About Please Please Me @ Kiln Theatre .. Sabrage @ Lafayette .. Supersonic Man @ Southwark Playhouse Borough .. Amy Mason: Free Mason @ Soho Theatre .. Remythed @ Kings Head Theatre .. Diana: The Untold & Untrue Story @ Kings Head Theatre .. Earworm @ Kings Head Theatre .. Creators On Creators @ Kings Head Theatre .. Ladyboys of Bangkok Brighton Summer of Fun Tour @ Brighton .. Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors @ The Menier Chocolate Factory, London .. F**king Men @ Waterloo East .. UK Prides in May: Bideford, Birmingham, Bodmin, Bolton, Cheltenham, Chichester, Colwyn Bay, Derby, Durham, Exeter, Furness, Penzance, Suffolk, Swansea, Trafford, Witney +++


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  • 01 May – Romaine Brooks (1874–1970), American painter
  • 01 May - Mary MacLane (1881–1929), Canadian-American writer
  • 01 May – Enoé Uranga (1963–), Mexican politician
  • 02 May – Lesley Gore (1946–2015), American pop singer
  • 03 May – Sandi Toksvig (1958–), Danish–British comedienne & TV personality
  • 04 May – Keith Haring (1958–1990), American artist
  • 05 May – Del Martin (1921–2008), American feminist & gay rights activist
  • 07 May – Angélica Lozano Correa (1975–), Colombian lawyer, politician & LGBT rights activist
  • 08 May – Jessica Platt (1989–), Canadian professional hockey player
  • 09 May – Wendy Crewson (1956–), Canadian actress & producer
  • 09 May – Marieke Wijsman (1975–), Dutch Olympic speed skater
  • 11 May – Eleanor Butler (1739–1829), Irish aristocrat & socialite
  • 12 May – Margaret Cuthbert (1887–1968), Canadian-American radio broadcaster & NBC producer
  • 15 May – Stella Maxwell (1990–), Belgian-New Zealander fashion model
  • 15 May – Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689–1762), English aristocrat & writer
  • 16 May – Adrienne Rich (1929–2012), American poet, essayist & feminist
  • 17 May – Annise Parker (1956–), American politician and Mayor of Houston
  • 18 May – Miriam Margolyes (1941–), English-Australian actress & voice artist
  • 18 May – Felicia Pearson (1980–), American actress, author & rapper
  • 21 May – Anika Moa (1980–), New Zealander singer-songwriter
  • 21 May – Kathleen Wynne (1953–), Canadian politician & former Premier of Ontario
  • 23 May – Lotte Hahm (1890–1967), German activist for lesbian & transgender movement
  • 23 May – Lea DeLaria (1958–), American comedian, actress & jazz musician
  • 23 May – Guinevere Turner (1968–), American actress & screenwriter
  • 23 May – Maya Keyes (1985–), American social & political activist
  • 25 May – Anette Trettebergstuen (1981–), Norwegian politician
  • 26 May – Ulrike Lunacek (1957–), Austrian politician & Vice President of European Parliament
  • 26 May – Mathilde de Morny (1863–1944), French noblewoman & artist
  • 26 May – Sally Ride (1951–2012), American astronaut
  • 27 May – Marijane Meaker (1927–), American novelist (aka Vin Packer & Ann Aldrich)
  • 28 May – Corine Mauch (1960–), Swiss politician & Mayor of Zurich
  • 29 May – Laverne Cox (1972–), American actress, reality TV personality & LGBT advocate
  • 29 May – Melissa Etheridge (1961–), American singer-songwriter
  • 29 May – Beatrice Lillie (1894–1989), American actress & singer
  • 30 May – Christine Jorgensen (1926–1989), American transgender advocate, 1st person to become known for having sex reassignment surgery
  • 31 May – Lissy Gröner (1954–), German politician & Member of European Parliament

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