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Also on at National Portrait Gallery
- Charles Dickens: Life and Legacy, Until Sun Apr 22
- Imagined Lives: Portraits of Unknown People, Until Sun Jun 3
- Richard Hamilton, Until Sun May 13
- Lucian Freud Portraits, Until Sun May 27
- Flirting and Walking Tour of London, Thu Feb 16
- The Queen: Art and Image, May 17-Oct 21
Other gay & lesbian on tonight
- Hard Up Mondays, Sweatbox Soho
- LGBT History Month on Gaydar Radio,
- The Alternative Loudest Whispers Exhibition 2012, St Pancras Hospital
- Speed-Date Mondays, Ku Bar
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First ever portrait exhibition celebrating the contribution made by gay people and gay icons to history and culture. Chosen by Waheed Alli, Billie Jean King, Chris Smith, Sarah Waters and more. Sitters include Quentin Crisp, Harvey Milk, Patricia Highsmith, Ellen DeGeneres and Diana Princess of Wales.
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