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Opinion: Why J.K. Rowling is on the wrong side of history

"I have little hope that J.K. Rowling will see the light," writes Travis Hunter, a transmasculine identified writer.
Poetry

The Only Blak Queer in the World

This poem is extracted from Throat, the new collection by award-winning Mununjali Yugambeh writer Ellen van Neerven.
Relationships

We fell in love just as border restrictions came in

I first saw him in a time just before social distancing. Now our new relationship is being put to the test.
MENTAL HEALTH

How I cope with the daily abuse I receive as a transgender person

Simple daily necessities like going to the supermarket has resulted in verbal comments of: ‘f**k you’re ugly’ and when using a public toilet, I’ve been told, ‘a...
FAMILY

Moving away from my father helped him accept my queerness

"When my father visited me in Melbourne a few months ago we had some frank conversations," writes Lise Leitner.
TV

Seven times LGBTIQ+ artists wowed at Eurovision

We take a look through the archives to bring you some of the campest Eurovision acts in history.
LOVE IN LOCKDOWN

Brunch and ice cream time: couples keeping love alive in lockdown

"It’s such an intense atmosphere in the air and at home. We try to keep up the joyfulness, playfulness and humour in our house and try to counteract the energy...
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PRIDE

'Pose' star Indya Moore makes modeling debut at New York Fashion Week

The trans non-binary star walked for designer Jason Wu.
Actor and activist Indya Moore has made their NYFW modeling debut, walking for celebrated designer Jason Wu last weekend. Wearing a beautiful burnt orange dress and sandals, the trans non-binary star of Emmy-winning series Pose turned head...
PRIDE

Becky Albertalli coming out as bisexual can help others do the same

Albertalli writes, “I’ve never kissed a girl. I never even realised I wanted to.” That’s how I felt when I came out – like people would question the validity of my queerness because I didn’t have the stamps on my passport to prove it.
In late August, YA author Becky Albertalli came out as bisexual via a post on Medium. The writer had long been criticised in media for being a straight married woman writing queer stories – her best-known book was adapted to film as 2018’s...
CULTURE

Cynthia Nixon has shared why she identifies as Queer

"It’s a really peculiar thing, how much they [the right] try to separate us as a community,” she said.
Actor and activist Cynthia Nixon has opened up about why she identifies as queer, telling Attitude magazine that, despite having previously identified as bisexual and touting 'Unqualified Lesbian' badges during her gubernatorial run, she ...
CULTURE

Grandma reveals attraction to women in this viral Tik Tok video

"I just like women anyhow," the grandma admitted. "I've never liked men that much."
In some much-needed reprieve from the never-ending news cycle of doom and gloom, a grandmother is going viral on Gen-Z video-sharing app Tik Tok - and for the sweetest of reasons. Tik Tok user Aimee made the video following a conversation ...
1 Sep 2020 - 12:15pm

Nigella Lawson praised for support of trans rights

"We stan a trans rights-affirming culinary queen."
Nigella Lawson has been widely praised by the LGBTQ+ community after sharing an article from a former “gender critical feminist” who changed her views after her nephew came out as trans. The piece, shared by Lawson with her 2.6 million Twi...
MOVIES

The trailer for 'Ammonite' has arrived and it's everything

The Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan of it all!
Back in 2018 it was reported that actors Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan had been cast to play lovers on screen in Ammonite, a film depicting the true story of paleontologist and fossil collector Mary Anning, who was born in 1799. “Set in a...
CULTURE

Watching Leslie Jordan listen to 'WAP' will give you a much-needed chuckle

“No, no, no… I can’t believe it,” the actor cries when he learns what the 'P' in 'WAP' stands for.
Leslie Jordan, the 64-year-old Hollywood and Broadway veteran best known for his recurring role on Will & Grace, has become the source of much comfort and laughter over recent months, regularly sharing videos from self-quarantine in th...
MUSIC

Carly Rae Jepson releases new pandemic pop track to lift your spirits

"On the road. That was the life," she shared on socials.
Certified star Carly Rae Jepson has released a pandemic pop bop to help us all ease into the second half of another week in various stages of COVID-19 lockdown. Me and the Boys in the Band is, according to Jepson, about missing her life on...
CULTURE

Letting go of a traumatic childhood, one box of memories at a time

When I came out to my parents at 16, the punches were coupled with blows to the heart.
Two cardboard boxes turned up at work for me on a Wednesday afternoon, carrying the memories of a life I thought I’d left behind. One was sealed with thick packing tape. The lid of the other, an old wine carton, was carelessly tucked shut....
CULTURE

65-year-old trans comedian Julia Scotti is making a comeback

“Whenever I start to talk about it to cisgender audiences, a little piece of me is going 'they get it, what I’m talking about. They’re not condemning me for being who I am. They understand,'” she explains. “That’s cool.”
A new documentary is showcasing the professional comeback of 65-year-old comedian Julia Scotti who, at 50, came out as transgender and feared she'd never work again. Julia Scotti: Funny That Way, directed by Susan Sandler, is a poignant re...
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