Queer
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
Bruce LaBruce on art, porn and queer sex work
On our backs — The artist discusses his appearance in new exhibition On Our Backs, which celebrates the revolutionary work of LGBTQ sex workers, activists and allies.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Documenting LGBTQ hedonism in ’80s Czechoslovakia
Illicit nights — Photographer Libuše Jarcovjáková spent years capturing Prague’s underground party scene in the early 1980s, exposing a new perspective on life behind the iron curtain.
Written by: Geralda Cela
I went to a LGBTQ self-defence class. Here’s what I learned
Fighting back — With both homophobic and transphobic attacks on the rise, the UK is becoming a dangerous place to be queer – should we be learning how to protect ourselves? Writer James Greig investigates.
Written by: James Greig