After the overwhelming success our first parties which have seen thousands of people tuning into our live stream to dance, sing, chat and REVEL with like-minded queers from across the world. Queer House Party, steaming live from our living room to yours. “It is so important to be able to socialise with people like yourself.”
“The reason we all head out to queer nights is because of the community and sense of belonging that comes with it,” Gay explained. Weeks into lockdown measures and bored Londoners can scarcely remember the sweat, the sugar and the sweet tunes played in overpriced LGBT+ clubs.
“Half of the house also work in frontline or key worker roles so initially, we thought it would be a way for us all to come together and have fun during this stressful time.” And it has reached beyond just the house, it is now doing that for thousands of people across the world, making people feel closer together.ĭigital nightclubs have become the saviour for cooped-up queer folk, many feeling isolated from the community. “What started as a simple idea to create some extra cash during this crisis has turned into something so overwhelmingly beautiful,” Gay said. It’s completely free and fans are implored to log-into PayPayl and tip to aid troubled artists. Being on Zoom allows followers to chat to one another, too. (Queer House Party)īroadcast over Zoom, a video-chat app designed for stale corporate meetings, virtual club-goers are sent a link to the weekly 9pm set that takes place in Gay’s houseshare.įellow resident DJs Passer and Wacha join in with the session hosted remotely by artist Liv Wynter. Queer House Party was co-founded by DJ and activist Harry Gay. That’s when the idea for Queer House Party was struck. Queer House Party: ‘We are able to bring a sense of community and normality to thousands of people.’įor those who pay the bills through partying, the lockdown has made finances dire and forced creatives to wrestle with the new reality of COVID-19.Īfter losing bookings one by one, Gay, who works at LGBT+ homelessness organisation The Outside Project, told PinkNews that he sat down with his flatmates one day to share ideas on how to make cash for rent. The coronavirus pandemic may have upended the London’s nightlife, but Gay is one of countless queer DJs, musicians and club owners showing resilience and ingenuity in a time of crisis. Like any good host, Gay wore a see-through t-shirt and a chain harness to get into the spirit as his five housebound flatmates donned lamé and leather and danced around him. A post shared by HARRY GAY on at 6:12pm PDT
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