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What's on.What's open.Where we are.
a short list you can trust beats a long one you can't. every listing here has been looked at by a person — and a quiet week is shown as a quiet week.
What’s happening?
ask in your own words — a borough, a month, a kind of thing. AIvor reads the same gatherings, openings and places you see here.
Things to go to
fewer, and true. a real place, a real date, a named organiser, a working link — or it does not go up.
Too Queer to Print: Why Queer and Trans Zines Still Matter
The Love Tank / Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest
Common Press Dalston
Radical Rhizomes x Queer Heritage South presents: QTIBPoC Zine Session
Queer Heritage South & Radical Rhizomes
The Ledward Centre
The Little Backpocket Guide To Safer Sex Work
The Love Tank / Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest
Common Press Dalston
Spotlight on The Love Tank's DIY HRT Roadmap
The Love Tank / Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest
Common Press Dalston
Queertopia Presents: Tate Modern Frida Kahlo Tour
Queertopia Consortium
Tate Modern, Bankside, London SE1 9TG
The Love Hub Festival Party
The Love Tank / Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest
Common Press Dalston
Doing Disability Futures
The Love Tank / Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest
Common Press Shoreditch
The Living Tree: Exploring Identity, Belonging & Connection
The Love Tank / Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest
The Green House
Black Queer Futures
The Love Tank / Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest
St. Margaret's House, Bethnal Green
Kitchen Table Activism: Raising Spoons, Sharing Stories, and Creating Liberatory Worlds
The Love Tank / Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest
St. Margaret's House, Bethnal Green
Echoes: Two Times João Liberada + Three times Mina
Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest
The Garden Cinema, London
Queer Self-Defence
The Love Tank / Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest
St. Margaret's House, Bethnal Green
The Return of Dr Douche and His Amazing Magic Disappearing Hose
The Love Tank / Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest
St. Margaret's House, Bethnal Green
Homo Essentials
The Love Tank / Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest
St. Margaret's House, Bethnal Green
Folk's Tales
The Love Tank / Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest
St. Margaret's House, Bethnal Green
The Queer Arab Salon: Masculinity and Effeminacy / الرجولة والخنوثة
The Love Tank / Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest
St. Margaret's House, Bethnal Green
The Art of Cruising: Indoors, Darkrooms and Outdoors
The Love Tank / Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest
St. Margaret's House, Bethnal Green
Polyamory DIY: Queering the Family
The Love Tank / Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest
St. Margaret's House, Bethnal Green
Bondage 101
The Love Tank / Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest
St. Margaret's House, Bethnal Green
Yoga: Distinct but Together — Many Shades of Colour (Six-Week Course)
Wise Thoughts
Wood Green, Haringey, London
SERO.TONIN VOLUME III: Afroelectronic Sounds Meet the Queer Underground
SERO.TONIN
Unit 58, Millmead Industrial Estate, Mill Mead Road, London N17 9QU
History Club: Exploring the History of Schools OUT with Sue Sanders
Queer Heritage South
The Old Courthouse
Wild & Wicked Waistlines — Exclusive Pop-Up Masterclass
Base Dance Studios / Daniel Molyneaux (@soundofdaniel)
Base Dance Studios, Vauxhall, SE11 5EJ
Southwark Impact Growth Studio Showcase Day
Foundervine
Foundervine Spaces, Three Deal Porters, Canada Water, London SE16 7BB
Queer History Clubbing: framing the night, making a scene
Queer Heritage South x Photoworks
The Oculist
The Strength Between Us — a weekend of resistance and solidarity
Whitechapel Gallery & Runnymede Trust
Whitechapel Gallery, 77-82 Whitechapel High St, London E1 7QX
Black Queer Voices: Creativity, Identity & Breaking Barriers Tickets | 14 Oct @ City of Westminster Archives Centre, London | Pay What You Can to FREE | OutSavvy
Westminster LGBT Forum
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Black Queer Voices: Creativity, Identity & Breaking Barriers
Westminster LGBT Forum
City of Westminster Archives Centre, 10 Saint Ann's Street, At the end of the small alley, London, SW1P 2DE
FLINTA Creative Writing Workshop
QueerSwap
QueerSwap Studio, 89 Albert Embankment, London, SE1 7TP
✊🏿UK Black Pride is entering its 21st year, a moment ...
East London HIV charity Positive East
October 2026. East, London
Creative Solidarity: Shaping Older LGBTQ+ Support in Arts & Wellbeing Services
Flourishing Lives (in partnership with LGBT Consortium)
Online
BAATN Conference 2026: Therapy, Activism & Self-Care — Seeking Liberation in a Wounded World
BAATN (Black, African and Asian Therapy Network)
Online via Zoom
Things to go after
jobs, commissions, residencies, bursaries, funds, calls — open to Black queer people in the UK, with a deadline and a link.
London Communities Micro Grant Fund
Thrive LDN with Groundwork London
Micro grants for existing community wellbeing, connection and belonging activity in London, delivered by 14 December 2026. Online information workshop Wed 9 Sept, 4pm.
open to: Grassroots and community-led organisations in London with a track record — small charities, community groups, faith groups, CICs, mutual aid and peer-support groups, informal groups with a way to receive funds
Artist Commission — Complexion (skin, race and medicine)
Thackray Museum of Medicine
Sculptural or textile artwork(s) for Complexion, an exhibition exploring the medical, social and cosmetic experience of skin among Global Majority communities — including a co-curated "Melanin Joy Room". Opens Feb 2027.
open to: Visual artists from the African-Caribbean, Asian, or South Asian diaspora, based in Yorkshire or the North of England, ideally with a socially engaged practice
Head of Equity and Racial Justice (Maternity Cover)
Rethink Mental Illness
5-month maternity cover (0.8 FTE), leading national policy work on racial inequalities in mental health and social care — supporting the DHSC Mental Health Act Code of Practice review, line-managing the Equity and Racial Justice Manager, and overseeing the Faith and Mental Health / Sanctuary Seeking workstreams.
open to: Open to all; the organisation states lived experience of racial injustice, exclusion or mental health inequalities as a significant asset for this role and actively welcomes applicants from racialised communities.
Queer Britain Art Award 2026
Queer Britain
International open call for the 5th Queer Britain Art Award: any 2D/3D medium, up to 80 works selected, shown in London this December, prizes from £3,000.
open to: Artists 18+, any career stage, UK and international
Racial Diversity UK Fund
Nuffield Foundation
Research funding for projects affiliated with a UK organisation, particularly welcoming applicants from racially minoritised communities and partnerships between researchers and those communities.
open to: Affiliated with a UK-based org; particularly racially minoritised applicants/communities
Churchill Fellowship 2027
The Churchill Fellowship
A funded 4–8 week overseas fact-finding trip, averaging over £6,000, for UK citizens to learn from practice elsewhere and bring it back to their community, trade or profession.
open to: UK citizen/passport holder, resident in UK, aged 18+; no formal qualifications needed
Management Board Member (Trustee)
ELOP (East London Out Project)
ELOP, an LGBTQ+-led mental health and wellbeing charity in east London, is recruiting unpaid trustees to join its governing Management Board.
open to: General public; welcomes LGBTQ+ applicants with an interest in mental health governance
Side Hustle Support
Do it Now Now (DiNN)
Free 6-week online business growth programme for Black founders. ~4 hrs/week, on-demand. 16 downloadable resources. Build your business foundation and entrepreneurial mindset. Registration takes 3 minutes with a DiNN Code.
open to: Black entrepreneurs and founders
Write For Us — open submissions for racially-minoritised writers and illustrators
Storymix
Storymix, a children's and YA book packager, takes rolling open submissions of sample work from racially-minoritised writers and illustrators at any career stage.
open to: Racially-minoritised writers and illustrators, new or experienced; agents may submit for clients
Archival Support, Library Assistance and Communications volunteering
Black Cultural Archives
Black Cultural Archives, the home of Black British history in Brixton, is seeking ongoing volunteers for archival support, library assistance and communications work.
open to: Individuals over 18, from all backgrounds
The White Pube Creatives Grant
The White Pube
Monthly £500 grant for working class UK creatives at any career stage. No strings — covers materials, time, rent, whatever. Rolling applications, no reporting required.
open to: Working class creative practitioners based in the UK, early in their careers, all ages. All disciplines welcome.
Where we are
organisations, groups, venues and regular rooms — standing things you can find when you need them, checked this summer.
Ajamu X's fine art photography studio exploring the Black male body and same-sex desire, open for hire.
Brixton, Lambeth
QTIPOC collective in London running events and writing on Substack as Bare Radicals from Ends
London — Greenwich (QUEERCIRCLE, SE10)
Black Obsidian Sound System (B.O.S.S)
London collective — club nights and sound system events centring Black queer and trans experiences.
London
Black Thrive Lambeth's LGBTQIA+ programme — Black, Queer & Thriving, and a Black LGBTQ+ working group
Lambeth
Black queer and trans-led movement supporting and amplifying Black trans and non-binary people.
London (online services UK-wide)
Blackening UK
Events and spaces for Black queer men to connect, celebrate and just be
London
Long-running Black queer club night — Afrobeat, Amapiano, RnB, Dancehall — for Black gay/queer men.
Vauxhall, London
One of the UK's longest-running LGBTQ+ South Asian club nights, founded 1995 by DJ Ritu
London
Black-owned bar, café, community hub and five-floor queer club on Old Compton Street — opened June 2026
Soho — 30 Old Compton Street W1D 4UR
DLPlug London
Black-centred sex-positive party space for Black MSM, monthly nights in Shoreditch.
Shoreditch, London
Faith community and global network centring Black, African and Caribbean LGBTIQ+ people of faith.
London
UK's oldest charity for LGBTQI+ Muslims — support groups, Ramadan/Eid/Pride events and schools outreach.
London
Sober community space in Bankside — hosts Melanin Vybz (POC 50+), sexual health and mental health support.
Bankside, Southwark, London
Monthly group for LGBTQ+ people of colour over 55 at the London LGBTQ+ Community Centre
London — LGBTQ+ Community Centre, 60-62 Hopton Street
Misery
Sober club night and mental health collective for QTIBPOC people in London
London (various venues)
BAME-focused sexual health charity — HIV support and culturally specific services in five languages.
London
QTIPOCs London
Facebook group for Queer, Trans and Intersex People of Colour in London to connect and share resources
London (online, Facebook)
Cultural archive of Black LGBT history in the UK — art, photography and oral histories.
London
Health and wellbeing service with targeted HIV prevention for Black LGBTQ+ communities.
London
Twenty-year LGBTQ+ day party — soulful house, disco and deep house, hosted by Yveelicious and Marky Mark
London
Tabanca LDN
Queer Caribbean day parties — soca, bouyon, konpa, zouk and dancehall, celebrating Carnival culture
London
London's first consciously queer intersectional bookshop, café and events space — QTIPOC-led
East London (two sites)
Queer African collective celebrating Black British LGBTQ+ culture through events — The CookOUT
London — south-east
Celebration and organisation for LGBTQ+ people of African, Caribbean, Asian and Latin American descent.
London — Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park (flagship event, paused for 2026)
Black-owned LGBTQ+ organisation in Bedfordshire with a focus on LGBTQ+ people of colour — support, activities, training
Bedfordshire
Queer-led producer of intersectional performance, parties and community gatherings, based in Brighton
Brighton (no longer based at a fixed venue)
Brighton mental health service run by and for LGBTQ+ people, with BIPOC-focused programming.
Brighton
Free creative social network for QTIBPoC in Brighton & Hove — dinners, disco, life drawing, book clubs, beach days
Brighton & Hove
Bristol QPOC Socials
Monthly socials for QTIBPoC in Bristol; marches as a bloc at Bristol Pride and runs the QTIPOC Inter-City Gathering
Bristol
Fruit Punch Birmingham
Birmingham's largest BIPOC queer social night, monthly at The Night Owl in Digbeth
Birmingham — The Night Owl, Digbeth
Monthly gathering for South Asian LGBTQ+ people at Loco Lounge, Birmingham — henna, connection, rest; free to £4
Birmingham — Loco Lounge
Birmingham's LGBTQ+ arts festival, including CineQ, its queer-of-colour film strand.
Birmingham
Meetups, book club and advocacy network for LGBTQI people of colour in Birmingham and the West Midlands.
Birmingham & West Midlands
Bradford Black and Brown Queers (BBBQ)
QTIPOC collective in Bradford — talking, walking, dancing; ran Queer Joy 2025, Bradford's first QTIPOC festival
Bradford
QTIPOC DJ and dance collective staging catwalk extravaganzas and club performances, touring UK-wide
Manchester, touring UK-wide
House of Ghetto
Manchester Vogue house and ballroom collective led by Darren Pritchard, for young Black women and queer POC.
Manchester
House of Noir
Voguing/ballroom house and fashion platform for QTIPOC performers in Manchester.
Manchester
House of Suarez
Vogue house and dance company running the annual Vogue Ball in Liverpool and Manchester since 2006.
Liverpool and Manchester
Noire Gayze
Inclusive platform for Black and other people of colour in Liverpool's LGBTQIA+ community.
Liverpool
Social, peer support and community action for LGBTQI people of colour in Greater Manchester, incl. QTIPOC-only events
Manchester — The Proud Place, 49-51 Sidney Street
LGBTQ+ support in Merseyside, including sexual health and HIV testing, with a focus on people of colour.
Merseyside
Manchester youth charity — mentoring, counselling and QTIPOC-specific services for young LGBTQ+ people.
Manchester
Sexual health service, including HIV testing and peer support, for LGBTQ+ people of colour in Yorkshire.
Leeds, Yorkshire
Wales' largest grassroots charity for LGBTQ+ global majority people, running Pride and regular meetups.
Cardiff (Wales-wide)
Scotland's primary QTIPOC+ organisation — spaces for queer, trans and intersex people of colour in Glasgow
Glasgow
Monthly writing group for QTIPOC people in Edinburgh, hosted by LGBT Health and Wellbeing
LGBT Health and Wellbeing, Edinburgh
Monthly papercraft and social group for LGBTQ+ people of colour aged 16+ in Glasgow
Glasgow — Glasgow Caledonian University
Support, advocacy and community for LGBTIQ+ refugees and asylum seekers of African heritage
London and Manchester
Advocates for LGBTQ+ rights across Nigeria and Africa, founded by activist Bisi Alimi.
UK-wide
Global Majority therapists giving decolonial therapy, explicitly welcoming LGBTQ+ and gender-diverse clients.
UK-wide
Afro-futurist performance party centring disabled, Black and QTIPOC people, touring UK-wide
Touring UK-wide (led from Brighton)
Busy Being Black (podcast)
Award-winning podcast by Joshua Rivers centring queer Black joy, intimacy, spirituality and politics
UK-wide, online
Cabaret/burlesque collective showcasing Black and POC queer performers, touring UK venues and festivals.
UK-wide
International Black LGBTQI+ Pride network, founded 2020 by Global Black Gay Men Connect — BLKOUT a founding member
International — Paris, 9–13 Sep 2026
UK's leading queer Muslim charity — volunteer-led welfare and support for LGBTQI+ Muslims
UK-wide
Inclusive affirming Christian community for LGBTIQ+ people; supports LGBTIQ asylum seekers.
UK-wide
Digital storytelling platform and monthly book club for Black and queer African diaspora readers.
UK-wide, online
Team Angelica Publishing
Radical queer-of-colour publishing imprint — the UK's only dedicated Black queer publisher.
UK-wide, online
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- — 5 approved listings are held back until they carry a venue and an organiser
- — 120 places held pending verification
- — no reason recorded (automated) · 14
- — rolled forward a year by the scraper · 9
- — other · 3
- — a duplicate · 1
- — hand-submitted — last delivered 20 Aug
- — Marlborough Productions — last delivered 13 Sept
- — OutSavvy — last delivered 6 Sept
- — web discovery — last delivered 13 Sept
What we list: things for Black queer people in the UK with a real place, a real date, a named organiser and a working link. What we turn away: listings pages, boilerplate, anything we cannot verify, and anything a scraper dated for us. A thin month is shown as a thin month. When a feed stops, we say so rather than show you something out of date.
The first ask
this page is fed by the people who use it. ten minutes, from a sofa, on a phone — and your name goes on the listing.