In February 2023, LGBT Poet Laureate Trudy Howson hosted a panel discussion at The Garden Cinema following a screening of Gateway’s Grind (2022) with the film’s director Jacquie Lawrence and producer Felicity Milton.
Gateway’s Grind is a documentary about Gateways, London’s longest-surviving lesbian club. Alongside a host of its patrons over the years, Sandi Toksvig highlights the legacy of the club from its original owner, who won it in a poker game, to its blossoming into a hot-spot and safe space for lesbian life. From its signature green door to the risque dance move that gives this film its name, Gateways was a crucial part of London’s queer history.