How did The WayOut Club start ?
VickySteffan Whitfield
The respect that Vicky and Steffan had for each other, through thick and thin, enabled them to co-found host side by side until Steffan’s un-timely death from cancer in 2005.
Vicky continued on non stop, hosting the club with the ever present spirit of Steffan and the constant support of Vicky’s life partner Lesley (aka Miss Lelly) together with the love and help of her team… DJ Titch, DJ Gary, Lisa (Miss Lola Monterey), Delicious Don (and in previous years Giles ‘Sarah Lloyd’ Bishop and Daniel ‘Morag McDuff)’
Covid was a massive blow to Vicky with a loss of two years to WayOut but 470 people turned out for the re-launch in Nov 2021 only to another Covid shut down … On return (despite a 9 year relationship) The Minories (owned by Stonegate) introduced an impossible contract which resulted in Vicky moving the WayOut Club to The White Swan … currently monthly on the THIRD Saturday of every month. Vicky held the clubs 30th Anniversary at The White Swan on 18th November 2023.
Vicky has also published a number of books and Magazines
Long before the internet Vicky published an annual guide to shops, services and places to go. It started as the Transvestites Guide to London … (bit dry) but back in the day EVERYONE called its ‘The Tranny Guide’. Vicky and her team adopted this as the book title and researched a new edition every year for 12 years (12 editions). It soon became a much loved and respected international resource with contributions from all around the world. It sold regularly 5000 copies each year. … BUT in 2004 during a visit to the USA Vicky was told that ‘Tranny’ was becoming an insulting word and the internet was beginning to replace the need for such a book.
