LGBT Social

Looking to meet more LGBTQ+ people? Join us at The London Art Bar for our regular meet-ups hosted by LAB co-founder Gareth. Now in our fourth year, our meet-ups are all about meeting new people, making friends, and having a good time in a queer-friendly space. The meet-ups have a very relaxed vibe with background music at just the right volume for chatting to people! There are also some boardgames on the shelves if people fancy playing them. Feel free to bring your own! I (Gareth) try my best to greet everybody, but this is of course easier at the beginning of the event. If you are ever stuck, say hello to our friendly bar team who can point you in my direction. Come by yourself or bring a friend :)

Get ready to turn up the heat… **FEVER FRIDAY** is the ultimate Friday night social for 20–30s ready to start the weekend right. Whether you’re coming with friends or solo, it’s the perfect place to meet new people, spark new connections, and make it a night to remember. **Cocktail Offers** Unmissable drink deals all night long. **Open Room Karaoke** Grab the mic and own the stage. **Live DJ** Party anthems and throwbacks to keep you dancing. Dress up. Show up. Catch the FEVER.

If you would like to come and meet up with some LGBTQ+ Women who enjoy a get together then do come along to our LGBTQ+ Women's Social Night. While this is a Women’s social, we don’t want to be too prescriptive for these events as some people who are, for example, non-binary, gender-fluid or questioning may wish to come along. If this event is something you fancy, we’d love to see you there. Don't worry if you haven't been along before this is a warm & friendly group and we all enjoy getting to know each other. We know it can be a bit unnerving coming to an event for the first time, especially if the bar is busy, so we will always make sure the bar staff know where we are. If you would like some introductions, ask for either Lianne or Emma and say hello. We're looking forward to seeing you there. Accessibility information about the Victoria can be found [here](https://www.accessable.co.uk/royal-borough-of-kingston-upon-thames/access-guides/the-victoria). *** **Donate**: Kingston LGBTQ+ Forum is run by unpaid volunteers and funded by the generosity of the local community. If you'd like to donate to Kingston LGBTQ+ Forum, [please click here](https://www.kingstonlgbtforum.org.uk/donate).

## Bi, Pan & Queer Women’s Games Night This is a chilled evening for bisexual, pansexual, and queer women (trans and enby inclusive) to hang out, play board or card games, sip wine (BYO to share!), snack on treats (please bring some too), and enjoy some laughs in good company. *** ### Theme: Being Evil 😈🃏 This one’s for schemers, strategists, bluffers, and those who secretly love being the villain. Being Evil celebrates playful deception, dramatic reveals, and games where alliances are temporary and betrayal is half the fun. Bring snacks that feel indulgent, bold, or slightly wicked. Dark chocolate, spicy crisps, dramatic cheese. Dressing to theme is optional but highly encouraged if you enjoy a little flair and have some devil horns laying around. Let's enjoy some deliciously evil gameplay! *** ### Important Details 🗓 Location: Address sent by PM 🚇 1 min from Borough (Northern Line) or 10 mins from London Bridge ⚠️ RSVP is mandatory — spaces are very limited. Only those who RSVP will receive the exact address via private message on Meetup. Please enable PM notifications.

IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ! Welcome to the Highest Rated International Language Exchange group in London,🏆 with 1600+ reviews rated 5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Join us on **Friday** for our weekend global language exchange and social 😊🍻🥂 TO ATTEND THIS EVENT YOU **MUST**👇👇 1. Have your Meetup confirmation visible on your phone when you arrive. 2. Collect & wear your badge as soon as you arrive and always BEFORE buying your drinks and food. 3. Pay the £2 event fee. The event starts at 7pm. **The event fee is £6 if you arrive after 8:30pm** Start meeting the community and having fun...lots of fun! www.languages.london 🇬🇧🇪🇸🇫🇷🇯🇵🇮🇹🇩🇪🇮🇳🇨🇳🇧🇷🇰🇷🇪🇬🇭🇰🇺🇸🇨🇴🇺🇦🇹🇷🇷🇺🇦🇺 WHEN & WHERE This Friday we'll be returning to The Craft Beer Co, St Mary Axe.\*\* **Address: 29-31 Mitre Street, London, EC3A 5BU** https://maps.app.goo.gl/49HnHGap8hQMbQNWA **HOW WE DO IT** It's simple .... \~ When you arrive please collect your personalised language badge from us. We'll be waiting to give you a warm welcome 😃 \~ Please wear your badge during the event and always return it before you leave ♻️ \~ Start meeting the community and having fun...lots of fun! Please buy something from the bar to support the venue, who kindly offer us a dedicated space. 🇵🇱🇹🇼🇲🇽🇻🇳🇧🇬🇵🇸🇸🇪🇮🇱🇨🇦🇳🇱🇿🇦🇭🇺🇹🇭🇵🇪🇧🇴🇳🇬🇳🇿🇨🇭 **WHO** Languages in London events are organised for our community - being social, making new friends, building cultural bridges and always very relaxed. We have the largest number of languages and countries represented in our weekly language exchange and social events in London. This is **not** a dating event. Our events are open to Internationals, Locals, Expats, Students, Travellers..... Everyone! Are you an 18 to 24 year old? Come and explore our events. This is the event for a truly global community and for citizens from around the World. Is this the Intercambio you've been looking for? Want to practice your ingles, espanol , francais, italiano, Deutsch, portugues or other European languages? Asian languages ? Or maybe prefer to only speak English.... that's just fine. **All languages and all fluency levels are welcome** Spread the love...Bring your friends 💙 The creator and organiser of **Languages in London - Girish**, will always be visible at the event and there to support you and help with introductions, if you prefer. We want to remain the BEST language events group in London, being the biggest isn't our focus. These are real events with real people. We don't fill our events with inflated numbers and fictitious attendees 👻 **Community members that no-show at our events and inactive members are regularly removed from our group.** **LANGUAGES** Here's a selection of some of the languages that our community speak or have been practicing ... English, Spanish (incl Latin American), French, Italian, Portuguese (incl Brazilian), German, Japanese, Chinese (Mandarin & Cantonese), Russian, Korean, Hindi, Turkish, Arabic, Ukrainian, Polish, Hebrew, Swedish, Bulgarian, Vietnamese, Hungarian, Bengali, Dutch, Catalan, Farsi, Greek, Urdu, Welsh, Romanian, Norwegian, Czech, Slovakian, Estonian, Danish, Finnish, Turkmen, Latvian, Lithuanian, Nepali, Yoruba, Filipino, Thai, Albanian, Croatian, Serbian, Ebo, Afrikaans, Tamazight, Tagalog, Creole, Malagasy, Mongolian, Tok Pisin and more... you get the idea! 🇷🇴🇬🇹🇨🇿🇳🇴🇩🇰🇫🇮🇨🇾🇺🇾🇪🇬🇧🇬🇦🇷🇰🇪🇱🇰🇲🇦🇹🇳🇩🇿🇸🇬🇲🇾 **SUSTAINABLE** 🌎🌳 Like you, we really care about our planet. We don't like single use paper name tags, stickers or wristbands as they can't be reused or recycled and can even damage your clothing ☹️ The Solution? ...Our personalised and completely reusable Languages in London badges! 🏆👍 So, please make sure you return your badge to us, before you leave the event. We'll sanitise it (anti bacterial & disinfectant cleaners) and use it again & again & again. Thanks for helping us do the right thing and keep our costs down🙏 **SAFE SPACE FOR EVERYONE** 👮‍♂️ We don't tolerate prejudice or harassment of any kind, at any time. Be polite and respectful to everyone else and they will reciprocate. Let's keep the space safe, welcoming for everyone and free of any political agendas. Please report any concerns to the Organiser immediately. Please look after your belongings, the venue is a public place. We may take photos or video at the event for future promotional use. Let us know if you'd rather not be included, we respect your choice 📸 **SPREAD THE WORD** 🗣️💬 If you enjoy our events, please tell your friends and colleagues and help us grow **your** community, thank you ♥️ Join our community - https://www.languages.london/ We're looking forward to welcoming you at Languages in London 😊👋 🇲🇰🇳🇵🇧🇩🇵🇭🇦🇪🇦🇱🇧🇪🇮🇪🇰🇿🇱🇦🇯🇴🇱🇹🇱🇻🇪🇪🇰🇭🇨🇱🇲🇳🇨🇺

**Single in life, single in love or just by yourself this evening? So what!** **PLEASE CONFIRM VIA THE LINK: [https://fatso.ma/3x0x](https://fatso.ma/3x0x) or [https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-singles-social-traffic-light-pick-a-colour-mix-mingle-party-tickets-1986677982325?aff=oddtdtcreator](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-singles-social-traffic-light-pick-a-colour-mix-mingle-party-tickets-1986677982325?aff=oddtdtcreator) ALSO RSVP PLEASE! *YOU NEED TO HAVE A TICKET IN ADVANCE*** **Seize the opportunity to enrich your social circle, introduce new people into your life, take the chance and see what can potentially happen next!** Connect with people of various backgrounds and age range, make friends, form connections, perhaps bump into someone that can make your heart sing or simply enjoy the evening in this beautiful venue. **The concept for this evening is a fun “TRAFFIC LIGHT” social and party, designed to encourage easy conversations and interactions!** ASK FOR ELENI'S EVENT AT THE VENUE HOST, BE SHOWN TO OUR AREA AND CHOOSE THE RIGHT COLOUR OF WRISTBAND FOR YOU! **\- Choose a GREEN wristband IF YOU ARE SINGLE AND OPEN TO MEET NEW PEOPLE WITH THE POTENTIAL OF GOING OUT ON A DATE\!** **\- Choose an AMBER /YELLOW wristband IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SOCIALISE\, MIX\, MINGLE AND ENJOY CONVERSATIONS\!** **-Choose a RED wristband IF YOU ARE TAKEN & IN LOVE OR SIMPLY THERE TO ENJOY THE ATMOSPHERE, THE VENUE & THE PARTY WITH YOUR FRIENDS.** HOW TO FIND : **-ASK FOR ELENI'S & OUT & ABOUT LONDON - SOCIALISING AREA UPON ARRIVAL.** -KINDLY INTRODUCE YOURSELF, PICK THE RIGHT COLOUR OF WRISTBAND AND ENJOY THE VIBE! \- Arrive from or as near to 19:30 and be in the flow of the introductions\. This is a hosted event so you can be introduced to all attendees (unless you chose a RED wristband) and be included throughout the evening. **Bring out your SOCIAL and FRIENDLY self, let the stress of the working week slowly be forgotten,** **kickstart the weekend with great potential indeed!** **Put the best smile on your face, make a best first impression, see it reflected back to you!** Enjoy conversations and allow some time investing in real authentic people, by being your real authentic YOU!! **You can never know who you may come across!** *We have an area of sitting and standing where we can take our time, enjoy handcrafted cocktails , mocktails and delicious food if you're craving dinner after work.* **Fun ice-breaking questions may be thrown to the table for that sparkle in the air!** Join by yourself like almost everyone does! Rumours say we are the friendliest group in town! Or Invite your friends as well, the more the merrier! **After 21:00 or so, the DJ is getting busy, the vibe is getting higher and we can DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY with all time classics party anthems.** *Drake & Morgan is a contemporary lounge style, welcoming venue, with a spacious and easy going, charming interior design, making its guests feel at ease. A few minutes from King's Cross station for everyone’s convenience. It boasts an open kitchen restaurant area, cocktail bar where we are based and a bar night club style downstairs.* **Dress code:** Smart casual Refunds only in case of the event being cancelled.

**Come try quadball - a mixed-gender sport open to anyone and everyone regardless of gender, ability, or background.** Quadball, formerly quidditch, features players on each side aiming to outscore their opponents by throwing a volleyball through one of three opposing hoops, whilst defending their own hoops with tackles or knocking out opponents with dodgeballs - all while on a broom. **[Short Video on How To Play Quadball](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKUZ9LLH-_c)** These sessions are open training days with the **Werewolves of London Quadball Club** who train every week in Clapham Common ## Despite our quidditch origins, quadball is very much a sport unto itself and has no relation to or any involvement with Harry Potter or JK Rowling. We celebrate the inclusion of members of the LGBTQ+ community and welcome people of **all** backgrounds and gender identities to get involved. **These sessions are training sessions, and are for beginners and experienced players alike!** * Training is organised and managed by the Werewolves of London. * Expect a mix of drills, followed by games and socialising afterwards. **Please bring** * Suitable athletic or outdoor footwear * *Trainers or Football Boots* * Suitable clothing for exercise Whether you’re brand new to sport, a seasoned athlete, or just wanting to give something new and interesting a go - this is the place to be!

🐶 FRIEND OF DOROTHY BARKS & BOYS SOCIAL COME FOR THE BARKS, STAY FOR THE BOYS 👬🌈 --- This Friend of Dorothy event is all about bringing gay men together in real life with a little help from some very good dogs. Join us in a relaxed Bermondsey bar setting where you and your pup (or just your love of dogs) can meet others, chat easily, and build genuine connections in a laid-back, welcoming space. Expect a friendly mix of people, plenty of dogs, and the kind of atmosphere where conversation flows naturally no pressure, no awkwardness. Like all Friend of Dorothy events, this is about more than just a meet-up. It’s about creating real-life moments of connection outside of apps, and building a community that feels easy to step into. Expect: • A relaxed, dog-friendly bar environment • Plenty of pups and even better company • Easy conversation and new connections • A welcoming, inclusive vibe Come to socialise, unwind, and meet new people.Leave with new connections and maybe a new favourite dog 🐾 --- Everyone attending will also receive a free Friend of Dorothy product to take home. All ticket sales are being donated to Impulse London, supporting their work promoting sexual health and wellbeing within the gay community. *Many events are available at up to **75% off** when booked through the **Friend of Dorothy app**, with proceeds supporting LGBTQ+ charities.* [Download the APP NOW ](https://friend-of-dorothy.com/pages/download-the-app-new)

Join the **Gayzelles Running Club** for a fun way to both keep fit and socialise with other LGBTQIA+ people in our local area! We meet at 8.45am every Saturday by Woolwich Works (The Fireworks Factory 11 No. 1 Street London SE18 6HD, 5 minutes walk from Woolwich station) The Parkrun is called [Thamespath Woolwich](https://www.parkrun.org.uk/thamespathwoolwich). Make sure you have your Parkrun ID handy. It is a 5KM run or walk, but we encourage you to run your best! Afterwards, we regroup for a hot drink at a nearby cafe. We look forward to seeing you there! 🌈 Follow us Instagram: [https://www.instagram.com/gayzelles/](https://www.instagram.com/gayzelles/) Strava: [https://www.strava.com/clubs/gayzelles](https://www.strava.com/clubs/gayzelles)

We were pleased to welcome so many new faces at last week's great meetup, when people dropped into the Rupert on a casual basis - we are back again with our Saturday soho drinks which are informal and fun. All LGBTQIA+ people and their allies are welcome. It's social drinks where we meet and see what we feel like doing. It's all very freestyle.... come for one drink...or the whole evening! We will start off in Rupert Street at 5pm Please join the WhatsApp group for up to date info on the day. https://chat.whatsapp.com/HOKXRrCEnFwFawuQYDbNFO?mode=ac_t New people are welcome, everyone is friendly and the host will welcome you and introduce you to everyone. Feel free to message me here on meetup or in the chat. If you are coming, please sign up on Meet-up.....that way I can reserve a table/space at Rupert. Cheers, Queers!

Join WQC on April 25th from 11am-1pm at Inniswood Metro Park for a Nature Photo Walk. All types of cameras welcome! Let's enjoy spring to the fullest... 🌻🌼🌷🐤

It's official, submissions for "Resistance, Resilience, Utopia" are are on their way from being independent pieces to becoming the second volume of gINKgo. This year we are going to have a launch party at Birdie Books on May 15th from 6-8pm open to the whole community! Come on over and help us support the creators with food, drinks, art, writing, open mic, music, community activities and more.

Join us this Pride season to paint your own pride on rocks, paper, canvas, and yes- we are bringing back the bricks! Come create and paint with us. Seats and supplies limited! Come while you can for as long as you like! Westerville Public Library Meeting Room D.

Join us for our April Book Club gathering where we will come together to discuss *[Stop Me if You've Heard This One](https://www.kristenarnettwriter.com/stopmeifyouveheardthisone)* by [Kristen Arnett](https://www.kristenarnettwriter.com/about) in a safe and welcoming environment. Make new friends who share your passion for books and connect with fellow LGBTQ book enthusiasts.