
HACKNEY PRIDE365: EVENTS
LGBT+ HISTORY MONTH: FEBRUARY 2025
For LGBT+ HISTORY MONTH we have supported a series of brilliant projects that celebrate and platform the work of LGBTQIA+ artists, organisations and groups across Hackney through cultural and community activities. Check out this AMAZING PROGRAMME below:
Hackney Council is committed to supporting safe spaces for LGBTQIA+ people, as such some of the events have been curated specifically for this community, others are open to everyone and the majority are free or affordable.
These projects have been supported by awards made through our HACKNEY PRIDE365 programme and/or with the provision of time, space and capacity.

Fruit Machine: Andrew Lumsden Art & Activism - EXHIBITION + EVENTS
Andrew Lumsden Art & Activism: EXHIBITION + EVENTS PROGRAMME
Andrew Lumsden (1941-2023) was a London based activist and one of the founders of the Gay Liberation Front, a pioneering openly queer journalist and also an incredibly talented artist working across a variety of mediums.

Queer Tour of Stokey! 1/4
Join Queer Tours of London's DAN DE LA MOTTE and Unity Arts' LIL WARREN for this very Queer walking tour of our very own Stoke ‘Stokey’ Newington, commissioned by Hackney Council as part of the borough's LGBT+ History Month celebrations.
FEB 22 / 12:00-1:30

Queer Tour of Stokey! 2/4
Join Queer Tours of London's DAN DE LA MOTTE and Unity Arts' LIL WARREN for this very Queer walking tour of our very own Stoke ‘Stokey’ Newington, commissioned by Hackney Council as part of the borough's LGBT+ History Month celebrations.
FEB 22 / 2:30-4:00

Queer Tour of Stokey! 3/4
Join Queer Tours of London's DAN DE LA MOTTE and Unity Arts' LIL WARREN for this very Queer walking tour of our very own Stoke ‘Stokey’ Newington, commissioned by Hackney Council as part of the borough's LGBT+ History Month celebrations.
FEB 23 / 12:00-1:30

Queer Tour of Stokey! 4/4
Join Queer Tours of London's DAN DE LA MOTTE and Unity Arts' LIL WARREN for this very Queer walking tour of our very own Stoke ‘Stokey’ Newington, commissioned by Hackney Council as part of the borough's LGBT+ History Month celebrations.
FEB 23 / 2:30-4:00

Hackney Leaders Celebrating Activism (Hackney Speaker & Queertopia Voices)
This event is a very special, celebratory collaboration between Hackney Speaker Cllr Sheila Suso-Runge and Queertopia, featuring the following activists from the Hackney community, with different cultural perspectives, who address Hackney's LGBT+ journey incorporating equality and diversity, Black Pride, and hopes for the future

VELVET - a night inspired by the Victorian-era Drag King novel Tipping The Velvet.
Step into Velvet, a night inspired by the Victorian-era Drag King novel Tipping The Velvet, reimagining lesbian history through contemporary art, fashion, media, and performance.

Gushing with Gabby: on London’s Lesbian Renaissance
In this live radio and in-person event, Gushing with Gabby: on London’s Lesbian Renaissance, Gabby will interview Alex Loveless, co-founder of Lesbian bar La Camionera, An(dre)a Spisto, a neuroqueer clown, performance artist and co-producer of Brazilian Wax XXL, a sex-worker led queer Latinx dance party, and Shivani Dave, co-founder of the radically grassroots Dyke March.

Bloolips Living Leg-Ends Revisited
Celebrate the 40th anniversary of Bloolips’ seventh show: Living Leg-ends, with radical drag legend Lavinia Co-Op. Unfinished Histories presents a live reading of sections from the original script and rare video footage while Lavinia shares her experiences of working on the original production.

Fruit Machine Talk - Andrew Lumsden, QUEER JOURNALIST
Fruit Machine TALK - Andrew Lumsden: Queer Journalist

Fruit Machine Walk - Queer Hackney History Walk with Dan de la Motte
Fruit Machine - Queer Hackney History Walk with Dan de la Motte. A Queer walk of Stoke Newington ending the tour at The Outsiders Gallery to take in their current exhibition FRUIT MACHINE, the artworks of 1970s GLF activist Andrew Lumsden.

OUR HOUSE
🎉 Celebrate LGBTQ+ creativity and community with Stonewall Housing! Join Stonewall Housing, Queer Noise and The QPOC Project for an unforgettable night of music, poetry, and drag!

Fruit Machine Talk - Andrew Lumsden, GLF ACTIVIST
Fruit Machine TALK - Andrew Lumsden: GLF Activist

Queertopia Business and Partners LGBTQIA+ FORUM
Join the Queertopia: Business & Partners LGBTQIA+ Forum: Shaping Inclusive Workplaces & Services

Arcola Queer Collective: Queer Play Readings
Come and join Arcola Theatre Queer Collective as we explore and celebrate queer plays from the last 25 years performed at Arcola Theatre. We shall be reading extracts and performing sections from some of our favourite plays, followed by DJs in the bar.

ParaPride Marking History 2025
ParaPride celebrates our powerful disabled community with a spectacular line-up of performers proudly showcasing disability talent, an interactive panel discussion, and a spacious networking area for everyone to socialise and feel safe

Arcola Queer Collective: Performance Workshop
Join the Arcola Theatre Queer Collective as we celebrate 25 years of groundbreaking queer plays performed at Arcola Theatre. Come and try your hand in our PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP and share your thoughts on the plays we shall be performing extracts from!

Queertopia Community Forum
Join the Queertopia Community Forum – A Space for LGBTQIA+ Residents in Hackney

PRIDE & PROTEST: an evening with The Common Press
This LGBTQ+ History Month, The Common Press is hosting a free evening of Pride and Protest on 5th February, from 7 PM - 9 PM, at VFD Dalston / Outsiders Gallery.

At the Rainbow's End
'At the Rainbow’s End' is a verbatim play based on interviews with older LGBT people about their experiences of homophobia and transphobia while receiving ‘care’. Presented as a script-in-hand performance with Q&A.

No Drama! - VFDalston
No Drama! - A shady look at the history of Trans-representation on the big screen, from Hollywood to indie filmmakers. A fabulous panel of industry experts will discuss good and (often) bad portrayals and with the audience will create a Manifesto of demands for future filmmakers.

The Belt Of Venus - Kenya Sterling, Joseph Wilson & Baby Cousland
The Belt Of Venus is an immersive video installation designed to provide a space for Trans+ attendees and allies to come together. Bring Flowers if you can.

Trans Grief Sauna - Trans Sauna
For Trans Day of Remembrance, Trans Sauna are running a special edition of this sauna event where trans+ people have the space to grieve with their community and remember those that have been lost.

Lifting for Liberation - Pecs Education
Join Pecs Education as they mark Trans Awareness Week with a free strength and conditioning gym class for all trans/non-binary bodies followed by a very special community quilting workshop!

Elicit - BYENARY Events
Byenary Events are taking over the Goldie Saloon for a night of dimly lit back alley debauchery…

Faggamuffin Bloc Party - Party and Live Stream (Faggamuffin Bloc Party)
Grab your friends and come join us at The Common Press Bookshop for the Faggamuffin Bloc Party or stream on Mixcloud Live!

Club Core Celebrating PRIDE (Core Arts)
Join us for an exciting evening showcasing Core Arts LGBTQIA+ artists, musicians and poets plus invited friends.

GLF TS/TV Group ’72 Zine (TGirlsonFilm)
A free zine launch event remembering the GLF TS/TV & Drag Queen Group of ’72 at Fort London. The night will include talks, readings and badge making.

Pride and Protest in the Cost of Living Crisis (Stonewall Housing)
An afternoon of film screenings and interactive workshops hosted by Stonewall Housing Trust at the Rio Cinema, Dalston. Find community, support and empowerment at "Pride and Protest in the Cost of Living Crisis”.
“Drag Up!”: SCREENING (Queer China UK)
How can drag be performed differently and understood in a truly global and decolonised sense?
“Drag Up!”: WORKSHOP (Queer China UK)
How can drag be performed differently and understood in a truly global and decolonised sense?

ParaPride's LGBTQ+ History Month
ParaPride returns to Hackney to mark LGBTQ+ and Disability History'. Hosted by Hoxton Hall. More detailed information will follow in 2024.

Queer Tour of Stokey (Queer Tours of London)
Join Queer Tours of London's DAN DE LA MOTTE and Unity Arts' LIL WARREN for this tour of our very own Stoke ‘Stokey’ Newington.

The Queer History of You Through Movement (Ballet Queer / Shoreditch Town Hall)
Delivered by Ballet Queer’s Jonathan Watkins, The Queer History of You Through Movement is a practical movement workshop that explores queer identity through dance.

Bloolips Revisited: Radical Drag in 1980s London (Unfinished Histories)
A celebration of Bloolips radical drag theatre company, formed in 1977 by Hackney-born performers Bette Bourne, Lavinia Co-op and others.

Beautiful Bride in the City: EXHIBITION + ARTIST TALK (Leo Costelloe / Kupfer)
Kupfer and Leo Costelloe are delighted to present ‘Beautiful Bride in the City’, Costelloe’s first moving image work, starring Chris Owen as The Bride.

Montez Press Radio Presents: 'Gushing with Gabby: Queer on the Dancefloor'
A live radio show with an audience exploring the importance of queer and POC spaces with go-to photographer for London’s queer and POC nightlife Bernice Mulenga, and founder of legendary club night Pxssy Palace Nadine Noor. Ending on a very special live DJ set by Nadine.