LGBTQ
In defence of Chappell Roan
Newsletter columnist Emma Garland takes on The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess and the changing nature of fame.
Written by: Emma Garland
Celebrating Fire Island’s fabled “Invasion of the Pines”
Photographer Phillip Gutman’s recent exhibition pays homage to an important chapter of LGBTQ history with a sumptuous array of hand printed scenes.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Experts weigh in on key policies from the 2024 General Election Manifestos
Stuck on who to vote for? Want to get more informed but feel overwhelmed by how much information there is? Or simply want to hear what experts think? Don’t worry! We got you!
Written by: Ben Smoke
The exquisite joy of finding comfort in your skin
New photo book The Book of Skin: Shangri-La explores the relationship between the body and the earth, the part and the whole, in a voluptuous embrace of the spirit made flesh.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Inside London’s Museum of Sex
For two days only a derelict house in south east London will become a hub of artwork exploring eroticism, sexuality, gender, and the body.
Written by: Brit Dawson
An unconventional portrait of queer motherhood
In new book, ‘This Train’ photographer Justine Kurland documents her life on the road with her young son amongst brutal histories inscribed in the earth.
Written by: Miss Rosen
My life as an LGBTQ asylum seeker in the UK
Although the UK is more tolerant than the country they fled, the government's persecution of migrants and LGBTQ people, as well as the labyrinthine asylum system, continues to make torture survivor King feel unsafe.
Written by: King, a client at Freedom from Torture
Thessaloniki International Doc Festival is celebrating LGBTQ+ Cinema
A report from the 2024 TIDF sees art, empathy, a bit of violence and a hopeful vision for the future of Greek cinema.
Written by: Christina Newland
Documenting the complex transition of a photographer’s child
In her new photobook You Refuse to Believe that You Ever Liked Pink, Dena Elisabeth Eber intimately explores her evolving relationship with her child, Alex.
Written by: Isaac Muk
The “King of Fetish” Revisits the Golden Age of Zines
A new exhibition and catalogue look back at a radical chapter of underground publishing which saw zines become the medium of choice for artists, musicians, filmmakers, and writers.
Written by: Miss Rosen
A vivid history of LGBTQ+ counterculture in 1980s New York
With the exhibition ‘Drag Show’, curator Paul Baker Prindle revisits this fabled chapter of LGBTQ+ history, celebrating the iconoclasts, radicals, and renegades who forged their own path during the height of the AIDS crisis.
Written by: Miss Rosen
The trans boxer fighting to open up combat sports for queer people
Trans boxers are banned from licensed fights in England, so Jill Leflour is going blow-for-blow to end trans exclusion in sport.
Written by: Alex King