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OUT IN THE CITY FEBRUARY 2012
THE TEAM Editor
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Whenever a city hosts the summer Olympics, it also hosts a collection of ‘houses’ for each participating nation – allowing the athletes, their friends, families and their nation’s dignitaries, somewhere to meet and socialise. When London hosts the Olympics this summer, there are plans for the first Olympic Pride House – an area for LGBT athletes, their friends, supporters and members of the public. Pride House is scheduled to be sited on Clapham Common and will stay open for 26 days – covering the Olympics and Para-Olympics. The space will have big screens on which to show Olympic events, and will also host some live performances and concerts. The event application has been approved in principle, and as long as the organisers comply with local council’s requests, should go ahead. However, a couple of local councillors have registered objections to the event, as have the ‘Friends of Clapham Common’ group. “The Pride House event, taking place in the same month as Gay Pride, is highly likely to become a magnet for undesirable elements of that community,” was one of a list of objections that they registered. Undesirable elements? Charming language indeed! The event application has been approved in principle, but if you want to add your voice in support of the event – an historic development in terms of LGBT sport in the UK – you can email your comment to
events@lambeth.gov.uk. At the time of going to press, there is also a petition collecting signatures, which can be signed at the 2 Brewers, Kaz Bar and Halfway 2 Heaven. Read about Pride House, and other developments in LGBT sport in the UK, in our feature on LGBT History Month on pages 43-45. Elsewhere in this issue, we also speak to gay couples who have adopted or fostered children, ahead of the UK’s first LGBT Adoption and Fostering Week. Again, this is a landmark event that shows how attitudes within society are changing for the better. Check out our article on these amazing families on pages 56-50. The next issue of Out In The City hits the streets on 28 February. In the meantime, receive updates by liking our new Out In The City Facebook page or follow us on Twitter.
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CONTENTS 12
04 LETTERS Send your
correspondence to editorial@outmag.
co.uk
06 MY LONDON Performer La
JohnJoseph gives us his capital highlights
08 SHOPPING Voguing
remembered, Valentine’s sweets and the Pet Shop Boys
12 AZARI AND III Canada’s hot new disco export hits British shores
14 READERS AWARDS We announce the winners of our fi rst annual readers awards
16 KEN
LIVINGSTONE We have an
exclusive chat with 32
Labour’s mayoral candidate
19 DIARY February’s cultural highlights and arts listings
20 MUSIC
New albums from Lana Del Ray and Band of Skulls
22 FILM
The Descendants, Carnage and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel reviewed
26 THEATRE Execution of Justice reviewed and theatre news
28 FOOD The Angel and Crown reviewed
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31 OUT THERE Scene highlights for February, plus coverage of The Cambria and the revamped Edge on Soho Square
43 OUTREACH Details of February’s LGBT History Month events and Student Pride in Brighton
48 OUTNEWS The new Stonewall Workplace Equality Index
54 FAMILY
Could you adopt or foster? We chat to gay couples who have created a family through adoption and fostering
62 PROPERTY New items for the home and the end of the Stamp Duty holiday
70 TRAVEL
Fort Lauderdale and Exclusively Pride
79 BODY AND SOUL
Agony uncle, PH Therapies and Body Talk
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