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UK LGBT EVENTS AUGUST 2022
Events Calendar: Our monthly LGBT guide & listings of What's On & Where to Go !! - UK LGBT social, sporting, networking & business events available to view on line by Members/Visitors also emailed to our Members/Subscribers.
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In 2025 we listed 418 Events which are available to view in the Archive
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Jean Paul Gaultier Fashion Freak Show @ Roundhouse, London
Eccentric, scandalous, provocative, exuberant, and funny as ever, Jean Paul Gaultier is set to shake up London this summer when his stunning creation, Fashion Freak Show 50 years of pop...
Eccentric, scandalous, provocative, exuberant, and funny as ever, Jean Paul Gaultier is set to shake up London this summer when his stunning creation, Fashion Freak Show 50 years of pop...
01 - 31
Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club @ Playhouse Theatre (until 01 Oct)
Welcome to the Kit Kat Club, London. Home to an intimate and electrifying new production of CABARET. Come hear the music play ... Fra Fee plays the Emcee. Most recently starring...
Welcome to the Kit Kat Club, London. Home to an intimate and electrifying new production of CABARET. Come hear the music play ... Fra Fee plays the Emcee. Most recently starring...
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Come From Away @ Phoenix Theatre (until 15 Oct)
Joyous new musical shares the real-life story of the 7,000 air passengers from all over the world who were grounded in Canada in the wake of 9/11. Here, the...
Joyous new musical shares the real-life story of the 7,000 air passengers from all over the world who were grounded in Canada in the wake of 9/11. Here, the...
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Derren Brown: Showman - UK Tour (until 29 Oct)
Mind reader, magician and possibly the closest our galaxy can boast to a Jedi Master! He is known for his appearances in television specials, stage productions, and British television programmes...
Mind reader, magician and possibly the closest our galaxy can boast to a Jedi Master! He is known for his appearances in television specials, stage productions, and British television programmes...
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Exhibition: Fashioning Masculinities: The Art of Menswear @ V&A Museum (until 06 Nov 2022)
Fashioning Masculinities: The Art of Menswear is the first major V&A exhibition to celebrate the power, artistry and diversity of masculine attire and appearance. Contemporary looks by legendary designers and...
Fashioning Masculinities: The Art of Menswear is the first major V&A exhibition to celebrate the power, artistry and diversity of masculine attire and appearance. Contemporary looks by legendary designers and...
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Homo Sapiens - Spirit Studios & Christopher Sweeney
The world from a Queer perspective: Conversations, Stories, and a good old laugh with LGBTQ+ icons, allies, and of course, our lovely listeners. Come and join the Homo Sapiens family...
The world from a Queer perspective: Conversations, Stories, and a good old laugh with LGBTQ+ icons, allies, and of course, our lovely listeners. Come and join the Homo Sapiens family...
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Polari Literary Salon @ Sangham Festival
Enjoy discussion and readings from talented LGBTQ+ writers Tufayel Ahmed, Nikita Gill and Raga DSilva in an online event. An online showcase of wonderfully talented LGBTQ+ writers of South Asian...
Enjoy discussion and readings from talented LGBTQ+ writers Tufayel Ahmed, Nikita Gill and Raga DSilva in an online event. An online showcase of wonderfully talented LGBTQ+ writers of South Asian...
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Brighton Pride 2022 East Sussex
Brighton Pride runs from Friday 5th - 7th August 2022. Brighton Pride will be celebrating its 30th Anniversary and will incorporate the FREE Pride Community Parade, Pride Festival, Pride Pleasure...
Brighton Pride runs from Friday 5th - 7th August 2022. Brighton Pride will be celebrating its 30th Anniversary and will incorporate the FREE Pride Community Parade, Pride Festival, Pride Pleasure...
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Leeds Pride 2022 West Yorkshire
Leeds pride, takes place on Sunday the 7th August 2022. Yorkshire's Biggest celebration of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans life. Parade Market Place Make sure you visit the Leeds Pride...
Leeds pride, takes place on Sunday the 7th August 2022. Yorkshire's Biggest celebration of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans life. Parade Market Place Make sure you visit the Leeds Pride...
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Kinky Boots The Musical In Concert @ Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Returning to the West End for the first time since 2019, Kinky Boots is the exhilarating true story about a struggling shoe factory that will lift you higher than any...
Returning to the West End for the first time since 2019, Kinky Boots is the exhilarating true story about a struggling shoe factory that will lift you higher than any...
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU...
- 01 Jan – Martine Rothblatt (1954–), American lawyer, author, entrepreneur, business executive, & CEO of United Therapeutics
- 02 Jan – M. Carey Thomas (1857–1935), American educator, linguist & women's suffragist
- 04 Jan – Dot Jones (1964–), American actress & arm wrestler
- 06 Jan – Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986), French writer, philosopher & activist
- 06 Jan – Kate McKinnon (1984–), American actress & comedian
- 06 Jan – Nancy Ruth (1942–), Canadian Senator
- 08 Jan – Winnaretta Singer (1865–1943), American heiress
- 11 Jan – Eva Le Gallienne (1899–1991), English actress, producer & director
- 12 Jan – Edith Cooper (1862–1913), English poet
- 12 Jan – Patsy Kelly (1910–1981), American actress
- 13 Jan – Charlotte Charke (1713–1760), English actress, playwright, novelist & transvestite
- 14 Jan – Holland Taylor (1943–), American actress
- 19 Jan – Patricia Highsmith (1921–1995), American novelist & short-story writer
- 19 Jan – Janis Joplin (1943–1970), American rock singer-songwriter
- 22 Jan – Elaine Noble (1944–), American politician & LGBT activist
- 23 Jan – Luisa, Marquise Casati Stampa di Soncino (1881–1957), Italian aristocrat, muse & patron of the arts
- 25 Jan – Virginia Woolf (1882–1941), English writer
- 25 Jan – Aya Kamikawa (1968–), Japanese politician & writer, first openly transgender politician in Japan
- 26 Jan – Ellen DeGeneres (1958–), American actress & stand-up comedian
- 28 Jan – Colette (1873–1954), French novelist
- 28 Jan – Marnie McBean (1968–), Canadian rower, three-time Olympic Gold Medalist
- 29 Jan – Gia Carangi (1960–1986), American model
- 29 Jan – Sara Gilbert (1975–), American actress & talk show co-host
- 31 Jan – Tallulah Bankhead (1902–1968), American actress
- 31 Jan – Portia de Rossi (1973–), Australian actress
- 31 Jan – Patricia Velásquez (1971–), Venezuelan actress & model
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