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UK LGBT EVENTS APRIL 2025

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

APRIL 2025 - 42 events (2026 - 250 events listed)
01 - 02
Leigh Bowery @ Tate Modern (until 31 Aug)
Leigh Bowerys short but extraordinary life left a distinct, undeniable mark on the art world and beyond. An artist, performer, model, TV personality, club promoter, fashion designer and musician, Bowery...
01 - 05
Shafeeq Shajahan: The Bollywood Guide To Revenge @ Soho Theatre
Hell hath no fury like a Bollywood Diva scorned! Triple-threat SHAFEEQ SHAJAHAN and musical genius VASILIS KONSTANTINIDES are back with a raucous new cabaret. In an unapologetically queer tour-de-force, the...
01 - 19
The Importance of Being Oscar @ Jermyn Street Theatre
Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about. Oscar Wilde was a dandy of speech, a dandy of manner, a dandy of dress, and a dandy...
01 - 26
Unicorn @The Garrick Theatre
Nick: Have you two kissed already? Polly: No Kate: Yes ... Polly and Nick have it all. Happily married, two children, successful careers. And yet there's something missing... something rare and...
01 - 27
Puppy @ Kings Head Theatre
"It's a hobby, like it's mostly social" Two young women meet late one night in a car park, and immediately fall in love... while dogging. With all their friends watching...
01 - 27
Puppy @ Kings Head Theatre
"It's a hobby like - it's mostly social" Two young women meet late one night in a car park, and immediately fall in love... while dogging. With all their friends...
01 - 28
Pride Guided Tours @ Shakepeare's Globe Theatre
Step inside our iconic wooden O for a Pride Guided Tour of the Globe Theatre, bringing to life the queer stories and characters from Shakespeares life and times. What would...
01 - 30
Alan Turing: The Age of A1 @ Bletchley Park (until 2026)
The Age of AI New for 2025 - Learn about the history of AI and the pioneers in this technology, including Codebreakers Alan Turing, Donald Michie and Irving Jack Good...
01 - 30
Cabaret Live At The Kit Kat Club @ Playhouse Theatre (until 04 Oct 2025)
Winning a record-breaking seven Olivier Awards including Best Musical Revival, this intimate and electrifying new production of CABARET is London's hottest ticket. In a time when the world is changing...
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01 - 30
Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors @ The Menier Chocolate Factory, London (until 03 May)
DRACULA, A COMEDY OF TERRORS gives Bram Stokers horror classic a comic makeover in this lightning-fast gender-bending reimagining that features a Gen Z pansexual Count Dracula in the midst of...
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  • 02 July – Liane de Pougy (1869–1950), French cabaret artist, dancer & courtesan
  • 05 July – Megan Rapinoe (1985–), American professional soccer midfielder
  • 06 July – Frida Kahlo (1907–1954), Mexican artist
  • 07 July – Kirsten Vangsness (1972–), American actress
  • 08 July – Silvia Modig (1976–), Finnish politician, radio & TV journalist
  • 09 July – Kelly McGillis (1957–), American actress
  • 09 July – Vanessa Selbst (1984–), American hedge fund manager & professional poker player
  • 10 July – Fiona Shaw (1958–), Irish actress & theatre-opera director
  • 10 July – Zoe Dunning (1963–), American retired naval officer & LGBTQ activist
  • 10 July – Alexandra Hedison (1969–), American photographer & actress
  • 10 July – Angel Haze (1991–), American rapper & singer
  • 11 July – Leisha Hailey (1971–), American actress & musician
  • 11 July – Dorothy Wilde (1895–1941), Anglo-Irish socialite, niece of Oscar Wilde
  • 12 July – Michelle Rodriguez (1978–), American actress
  • 12 July – Kyrsten Sinema (1976–), American congresswoman, Arizona
  • 13 July – Mary Emma Woolley (1863–1947), American educator, peace activist & women's suffragist
  • 14 July – Jane Lynch (1960–), American actress
  • 15 July – Allison Brewer (1954–), Canadian social activist & politician
  • 18 July – Lillian Faderman (1940–), American scholar, historian & writer
  • 19 July – Jaiyah Saelua (1988–), Samoan international football player
  • 20 July – Roberta Achtenberg (1950–), American federal politician & civil rights attorney
  • 22 July – Emily Saliers (1963–), American singer-songwriter & member of Indigo Girls
  • 24 July – Anna Paquin (1982–), Canadian-New Zealander actress
  • 25 July – Christine Quinn (1966–), American politician, former Speaker of the New York City Council
  • 26 July – Nikki Sinclaire (1968–), English politician, UK's first openly transgender parliamentarian
  • 28 July – Judy Grahn (1940–), American poet
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  • 31 July – Susan Flannery (1939–), American actress
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