Archer Asks: Artist Kwinana on art and activism for People With Albinism in South Africa

Archer Asks: Artist Kwinana on art and activism for People With Albinism in South Africa

I aspire for this exhibition to serve as a visual archive and a platform for dialogue, aiding future researchers and activists in challenging prevailing perceptions of Albinism in South Africa.
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Archer Asks: Bangarra’s Daniel Mateo on Indigenous masculinities and the poetry of dance

Archer Asks: Bangarra’s Daniel Mateo on Indigenous masculinities and the poetry of dance

"We are of the land, and the land is of us, symbolising brown boys coming back to land as a way to find themselves." Daniel Mateo chats to Alex Creece.
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Queer Fashion Files: ‘Visibility, Venus 8 and the Politics of Being Seen’ by Danielle Fitzgerald

Queer Fashion Files: ‘Visibility, Venus 8 and the Politics of Being Seen’ by Danielle Fitzgerald

For this month’s Queer Fashion Files, we chat to Danielle Fitzgerald about Venus 8, her project documenting the backstage worlds of dancers and sex workers.
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Queer Fashion Files: In the big apple with Sophie Kietzmann

Queer Fashion Files: In the big apple with Sophie Kietzmann

This month, we went to New York City and chatted to iconic queer photographer Sophie Kietzmann.
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Lesbian painting: Storytelling and reclamation through art

Lesbian painting: Storytelling and reclamation through art

Each portrait begins with a conversation. My subject and I talk about whatever they choose to share: love and loss, coming out, the journey toward self-acceptance and understanding.
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Compulsory heterosexuality in dance: Did the dance studio make me straight?

Compulsory heterosexuality in dance: Did the dance studio make me straight?

Did receiving praise for embodying gender norms and heterosexual narratives in dance manifest into falsely identifying as straight?
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Queer Fashion Files: In the big apple with Halle Robbe of Girls Carrying Shit

Queer Fashion Files: In the big apple with Halle Robbe of Girls Carrying Shit

This month, we went to New York City and chatted to founder of Girls Carrying Shit and editor-in-chief of 'pinky' the magazine, Halle Robbe.
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Archer Asks: Wet Leg’s Rhian Teasdale on queer yearning, feral lyrics and ‘Jennifer’s Body’

Archer Asks: Wet Leg’s Rhian Teasdale on queer yearning, feral lyrics and ‘Jennifer’s Body’

Ahead of their tour dates in so-called Australia, we chatted to Wet Leg's Rhian Teasdale about queer yearning, feral lyrics and eggs.
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Queer Fashion Files: In the big apple with Mercura NYC

Queer Fashion Files: In the big apple with Mercura NYC

This month, we went to New York City and chatted to sisters and eyewear icons Rachel Cohen-Lunning and Merrilee Lichtenstein Cohen, founders of Mercura NYC.
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Archer Magazine #21: the ART issue

Archer Magazine #21: the ART issue

We're thrilled to welcome you to Archer Magazine #21: the ART issue. Join our launch event on 14 June 2025 at LCI Melbourne.
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Queer Fashion Files: In the big apple with Kel Rakowski

Queer Fashion Files: In the big apple with Kel Rakowski

This month, we went to New York City and chatted to social media entrepreneur Kel Rakowski.
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The most read pieces of 2025: Gloryholes, horse girls, neurodivergence and Palestinian legacies

The most read pieces of 2025: Gloryholes, horse girls, neurodivergence and Palestinian legacies

From sex work to straight boy crushes, neurodivergence to Palestinian literature, here are Archer Magazine's most read online pieces of 2025.
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Voice changes on testosterone: A homecoming through music

Voice changes on testosterone: A homecoming through music

Once I started taking testosterone, I made an album that documented the way my voice changed.
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Queer Fashion Files: ‘Jarrad Shot Me!’ by Jarrad Levy

Queer Fashion Files: ‘Jarrad Shot Me!’ by Jarrad Levy

For this month’s Queer Fashion Files, we chat to artist Jarrad Levy, known for his queer headshots and fetish photography.
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Queer Fashion Files: In the studio with DJ and musician Fresh Hex

Queer Fashion Files: In the studio with DJ and musician Fresh Hex

For this month’s Queer Fashion Files, we chat to superstar musician and DJ Fresh Hex.
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Archer Asks: Pulp author Monica Nolan on lesbian horse girls

Archer Asks: Pulp author Monica Nolan on lesbian horse girls

"The bond between girl and horse is more like the passionate friendship described in Victorian lesbian narratives." Monica Nolan chats to Alex Creece.
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Archer Asks: Poet Eileen Myles on pathetic literature, rescue dogs and puppetry

Archer Asks: Poet Eileen Myles on pathetic literature, rescue dogs and puppetry

"There's nothing more pathetic than being at a party, somebody asking what you do, and saying, 'I'm a poet.'" Eileen Myles chats with Alex Creece.
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Gloryholes and art institutions: On censorship, queerness and sex work

Gloryholes and art institutions: On censorship, queerness and sex work

As a trans Filipino sex worker, I’ve been using my gloryhole to create art with my clients, lovers and fellow sex workers.
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Josefine Aspvik’s creations are bold, genderless and speaking their minds

Josefine Aspvik’s creations are bold, genderless and speaking their minds

My characters are genderless, stunning creatures. They are not afraid to talk about what really needs to be talked about.
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Archer Asks: Mx Yaffa, Palestinian poet, activist and organiser

Archer Asks: Mx Yaffa, Palestinian poet, activist and organiser

"The work to build a collectively liberated world is always going to be easier than living in this current – really oppressive – fascistic world." Mx Yaffa chats to Anna Hu.
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“We are of the land, and the land is of us, symbolising brown boys coming back to land as a way to find themselves.” Daniel Mateo chats to Alex Creece.

Then, a friend posed a question I had been rubbing against this whole while: is non-monogamy something I do, or is it part of my identity?

It’s Phone-a-Dyke, Archer’s queer advice column. Today’s reader: I’m transmasc, am I welcome at the dyke events?

“We knew what men of the time wanted and how they wanted it, and we gave it to them in spades.” Ülo Klemmer chats to Laura Castagnini.

For this month’s Queer Fashion Files, we chat to Danielle Fitzgerald about Venus 8, her project documenting the backstage worlds of dancers and sex workers.

Mortality, ageing and accepting death

Could we stop seeing death as a failure? My death will happen. Like the piglet’s, my dead body will disintegrate.

We tend to think of digital interactions as ephemeral because we can’t hold them like letters, and can’t feel the weight of a photo album in gigabytes.

I aspire for this exhibition to serve as a visual archive and a platform for dialogue, aiding future researchers and activists in challenging prevailing perceptions of Albinism in South Africa.

This month, we went to New York City and chatted to founder of Girls Carrying Shit and editor-in-chief of ‘pinky’ the magazine, Halle Robbe.

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