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UK LGBT EVENTS OCTOBER 2023

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 2024 we listed 567 Events which are available to view in the Archive

OCTOBER 2023 - 53 events (2025 - 415 events listed)
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Win Up To 250K ITV1 Prime Time Game Show On A Tropical Island UK Pairs Wanted!
Win Up To 250K ITV1 Prime Time Game Show ON A Tropical Island UK Pairs Wanted! We are casting for a brand-new ITV competition series. At The Fortune Hotel, on...
01 - 07
Beautiful Thing @ Theatre Royal Stratford East
BEAUTIFUL THING is a touching, urban love story, full of warmth and humour. This 30th-anniversary revival of Jonathan Harvey's iconic, coming-out and coming-of-age story set in the nineties, is about...
01 - 07
Deeper and Deeper @ Union Theatre
A New Comedy Drama - 5 young gay men start sharing a Camden flat in the late 90s. Friendship & love are tested over the following 15 years by secrets...
01 - 07
Strangers in Between @ Golden Goose Theatre
Strangers in Between, a captivating classic from the acclaimed playwright of Holding the Man. This unmissable production delves into the complexities of identity and relationships, offering a mix of laughter...
01 - 12
Icons In Denim - From A Queer Perspective @ Queer Britain
From 29 September, join us for a groundbreaking pop-up exhibition where Queer Britain and Levis show never-before displayed iconic outfits from the Levis Archives. From Jake Gyllenhaals Brokeback Mountain costume...
01 - 15
Trompe L'Oeil - A Queer Love Story ? @ The Other Palace
Cabaret, musical theatre songs, politics, queer theatre, and circus combine with the trompe loeil illusionary art form in this stunning new musical. Cabaret, queer theatre, politics, and circus collide in...
01 - 29
As You Like It @ Shakespeares Globe
Join us for a joyous (Time Out), exuberant (Daily Telegraph) celebration of love, friendship and freedom in Shakespeares As You Like It. In the court of Duke Frederick, division and...
01 - 31
A Voyage Round My Father @ UK Tour (until 18 Nov)
BAFTA and Golden Globe nominee Rupert Everett stars in John Mortimer' celebrated autobiographical play. Growing up in the shadow of a brilliant and eccentric barrister, a man whose tea-time conversation...
01 - 31
Cabaret Live At The Kit Kat Club @ Playhouse Theatre (until 16 Dec)
One of the most successful musicals of all time, Cabaret features the songs Willkommen, Dont Tell Mama, Mein Herr, Maybe This Time, Money and the title number. It has music...
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01 - 31
Capturing The Moment @ Tate Modern (until 28 Jan 2024)
A journey through painting and photography. The arrival of photography changed the course of painting forever. In this unique exhibition, we explore the dynamic relationship between the two mediums through...
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  • 05 Dec – Margaret Cho (1968–), American comedian, actress & author
  • 06 Dec – Agnes Moorehead (1900–1974), American actress
  • 07 Dec – Jane Castor (1960–), American politician & former police chief, Mayor of Tampa, Florida
  • 09 Dec – Elvira Kurt (1961–), Canadian comedian
  • 10 Dec – Raven-Symoné (1985–), American actress & singer
  • 10 Dec – Emily Dickinson (1830–1886), American poet
  • 16 Dec – Kanako Otsuji (1974–), Japanese LGBT rights activist & politician
  • 17 Dec – Deborah Sampson (1760–1827), American soldier who fought in the American Revolutionary War disguised as a man
  • 17 Dec – Jacqueline Wilson (1945–), English children's literature novelist
  • 17 Dec – Sarah Paulson (1975–), American actress
  • 18 Dec – Christina, Queen of Sweden (1626–1689), Swedish monarch
  • 20 Dec – Elsie de Wolfe (1865–1950), American actress, interior decorator & author
  • 24 Dec – Brenda Howard (1946–2005), American LGBT activist
  • 27 Dec – Marlene Dietrich (1901–1992), German actress & singer
  • 28 Dec – Lili Elbe (1882–1931), Danish artist, subject of *The Danish Girl* novel/film
  • 29 Dec – Elsa Gidlow (1898–1986), Canadian-American poet, writer of first openly lesbian love poetry published in North America
  • 29 Dec – Katherine Moennig (1977–), American actress
  • 29 Dec – Lilly Wachowski (1967–), American film director, screenwriter & producer
  • 31 Dec – Jennifer Higdon (1962–), American composer
  • 31 Dec – Diana Sacayán (1975–2015), Argentinian transgender activist

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