Race is on to revive much-loved London gay pub the Joiners Arms

A protest against the loss of LGBTQ+ bars and clubs outside the Joiners Arms in 2015 before its demolition. Photograph: Frantzesco Kangaris/The Observer

Comedians Stephen Fry and Joe Lycett and actor Mawaan Rizwan have joined in a race to raise tens of thousands of pounds to open the UK’s first community-run LGBTQ+ venue.

Campaigners need to raise nearly £30,000 in the next three days to hit their £100,000 target and keep alive hopes of reviving the Joiners Arms, a famous east London institution.