LGBTQI - Hackney Citizen

Stik sculpture to take Pride of place in Hoxton park

Holding Hands, a 4m tall piece based on the artist’s trademark stick figures and famous LGBTQI+ Pride banner, will be coming to Hoxton Square later this year

Author: Andrew Barnes

Intimacy: a mock-up of how Holding Hands will look once erected. Photograph: Hackney Council

Joiners Arms: community meetings announced as plans for new LGBTQI+ pub/hub take shape

Campaign group Friends of the Joiners Arms will solicit ideas for the dormant Hackney Road institution at two get-togethers in March

Author: Andrew Barnes

Joiners Arms will live on as an LGBTQI+ pub. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons

Pride in your image: young and old LGBTQI+ locals come together for a pair of artistic Hackney Museum exhibits

Out and About and From Bedroom to Battleground will be open in time for LGBT History Month, after the Council spent a year collecting historical testimony and artefacts from the community

Author: Andrew Barnes

Badges of honour: Project Indigo worked with artist Liv Wynter to make their voices heard. Photograph: Hackney Council

INTERVIEW: ‘I’m sure The Queen would love to see a bit of it’: Jonny Woo previews his Unroyal Variety show

The legendary drag performer, comedian, and owner of gay Haggerston super-pub The Glory gives the Citizen a sneak peek at his upcoming ensemble spectacular at the Empire

Author: Hackney Citizen

'What’s alternative to the mainstream now? It’s the queer underground.' Scenes from last year's Unroyal Variety. Photograph:

Legendary gay pub The Joiners Arms “back in business” with events on Hackney Road

Parties to be held at Ye Olde Ax club, opposite the original Joiners building, as campaigners fight for an LGBT+ hub in the derelict space that closed in 2015

Author: Hackney Citizen

Stik banner auction to raise money for LGBTQI+ youth project

Proceeds from the sale will help local group put on exhibition celebrating borough’s queer heritage

Author: Hackney Citizen

Stik's image, representing Hackney at ‘Pride in London’ 2016

Stik’s Pride banner on display in Hackney Museum

The rainbow banner by the Hackney-based artist will be on display in the borough until October

Author: Hackney Citizen

Punters petition to get The Joiners Arms listed as a ‘community asset’

Campaigners seek Asset of Community Value status for ‘legendary’ Shoreditch gay pub facing closure in the new year

Author: Hackney Citizen