Queer
The LGB Alliance threatens more than trans rights
#LWithTheT — In the wake of a popular British gay magazine sharing several tweets from a transphobic organisation last month, writer Jack King argues that these attempts to stoke division are a danger to us all.
Written by: Jack King
The secret spaces giving a voice to Saudi Arabia's youth
Behind closed doors — In Saudi Arabia, where homosexuality merits the death penalty and many activists are still jailed or tortured for sedition, there are few places for the country's youth to express themselves freely. But a handful of underground events are seeking to change that.
Written by: anonymous
The rebels and misfits of Karlheinz Weinberger
Teenage riot — The Swiss photographer spent years capturing ‘die Halbstarken’ – a group of outlier teens who embraced the 1950s rebel aesthetic of James Dean and Marlon Brando.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Claude Cahun: Jersey’s queer, anti-Nazi freedom fighter
A soldier with no name — When the island was under Nazi control during the Second World War, two avant-garde artists attempted their own cryptic resistance campaign. Now, 75 years after its liberation, their story is finally being shared.
Written by: Jessie Williams
Inside Lagos’s underground queer clubbing scene
It’s been six years since homosexuality was effectively criminalised in Nigeria. Despite this, LGBTQ people in the country are still finding ways to meet, hook up and have fun.
Written by: Vincent Desmond
The queer modernists who radicalised New York art
The young and the evil — In the early 20th century, LGBT artists would defy the law by secretly sharing their work with friends and family members.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Carmen Maria Machado on lockdown, utopias and writing
‘Survival is its own art form’ — The US author reflects on the success of her genre-bending queer gothic memoir, In The Dreamhouse.
Written by: Kate Wyver
Somewhere to go: the fight for London’s queer spaces
The disappearing city — The capital has lost 58 per cent of its LGBTQ+ venues in the past decade. These spaces are vital, as a recent rise in hate crime makes painfully clear – but how much longer can they survive?
Written by: Jessica Furseth
Uncovering the truth behind Chechnya‘s homophobic purges
The real story — In his new documentary, David France went undercover to tell the story of the people helping the LGBTQ+ community escape persecution in the southern Russian state.
Written by: Katie Goh
Juno Roche and the radical redefining of ‘trans’
A new manifesto — In their emboldening new book Trans Power, the LGBTQ activist makes an urgent call for change, while offering a new perspective on ‘trans‘ identity.
Written by: Jake Hall