Coming out as disabled

Coming out as disabled

I'm repeatedly coming out as disabled so those around me know why I’m behaving a little differently, or why I’m not helping with the chairs.
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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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Nightlife as a queer Egyptian-Australian: Learning how to dance

Nightlife as a queer Egyptian-Australian: Learning how to dance

Meet Daniel Nour: Egyptian and Australian; loud and painfully awkward; conservative and very confused (especially about other boys).
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Being Maghrebi in France: Xenophobia and lost family history

Being Maghrebi in France: Xenophobia and lost family history

If I don’t avoid everything French, it feels like I’m endorsing the country that causes my communities so much misery.
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Decolonial portraiture by Kali Spitzer: Resilience and resistance

Decolonial portraiture by Kali Spitzer: Resilience and resistance

Decolonising portraiture offers empowerment and authentic self-expression for BIPOC and queer individuals.
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Impostor syndrome is a colonial, patriarchal construct: On mediocrity and white supremacy

Impostor syndrome is a colonial, patriarchal construct: On mediocrity and white supremacy

Capitalism, neoliberalism and the myth of meritocracy fuel impostor syndrome by insisting that individuals alone are responsible for our success or failure. This is a lie.
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A guide to Yarra River beats

A guide to Yarra River beats

A Guide to the Yarra River's Beats by Sam Wallman. Sam Wallman is a Melbourne-based cartoonist. He has published four books of drawings, in which he captures the ridiculous, the visceral and the personal...
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Trans rage, metal and music: What is the trans ‘sound’?

Trans rage, metal and music: What is the trans ‘sound’?

Uboa and Liturgy’s music acknowledges the trans rage of disempowerment, and how unleashing that rage can create a sense of self-affirmation.
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Shaving my head as a queer person: Gender and growing pains

Shaving my head as a queer person: Gender and growing pains

I think I knew deep down that if I shaved my head, it would be curtain call for Straight Girl.
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Butch lineage: The difficulties of chronicling a subculture

Butch lineage: The difficulties of chronicling a subculture

Our patchwork is a poorly tattooed symbol of Venus on a forearm, a home-job buzz cut on a middle-aged dyke, torn posters of t.A.T.u., wardrobes full of colour-coordinated plaid and dog-chewed Calvin Klein underwear....
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Archer Asks: Essayist and critic Cher Tan on weirdness, hyperreality and capitalism

Archer Asks: Essayist and critic Cher Tan on weirdness, hyperreality and capitalism

"If we were to jointly refuse normalisation, then there’d be no outsiders." Cher Tan chats to Archer Magazine about her debut book, 'Peripathetic: Notes on (un)belonging'.
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Bi Visibility Day: We want bisexual existence, not just visibility

Bi Visibility Day: We want bisexual existence, not just visibility

Bisexual Visibility Day, held annually on 23 September, is nominally about bi+ people being able to be seen. Bi+ advocates often note that the “B” in LGBTQIA+ is “silent” – listed within the acronym,...
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The makeup of masculinity: Deviating from society’s rules

The makeup of masculinity: Deviating from society’s rules

I am a male-presenting non-binary individual: I have stubble, body hair, a deep voice, a balding head. All of these align with society’s acceptable image of masculinity. However, I also wear makeup, which deviates...
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Archer’s MQFF picks: Traversing gender, sexuality and disability on the big screen

Archer’s MQFF picks: Traversing gender, sexuality and disability on the big screen

Deciding which films to attend with the myriad on offer at this year's Melbourne Queer Film Festival? Don't stress – we've made this painstaking task easy.
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Non-Binary People’s Day: A roundup of pieces from non-binary writers

Non-Binary People’s Day: A roundup of pieces from non-binary writers

For Non-Binary People's Day, we wanted to round up some of the pieces from over the years by the non-binary writers in our Archer community.
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Queer horror, Tori Amos and the sex work community: Our editors’ top picks for 2022

Queer horror, Tori Amos and the sex work community: Our editors’ top picks for 2022

As 2022 comes to a close, we can’t help but get reflective and sentimental – cue the smiling single tear emoji – about all the wonderful articles we’ve edited this year.
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Blak sovereignty, the Matildas and queer polyamorous parenting: Our editors’ top picks for 2023

Blak sovereignty, the Matildas and queer polyamorous parenting: Our editors’ top picks for 2023

From Progress Shark to lesbian literature, activism to polyamory and so much more, here are Archer Magazine's editors' top picks for 2023.
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Queer history, Justin Bieber and drag: Our editors’ picks for 2021

Queer history, Justin Bieber and drag: Our editors’ picks for 2021

Here's a top 10 list of our editors’ picks for 2021, celebrating some of the incredible articles written by our contributors.
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What you read to get through 2020: Our editors’ picks

What you read to get through 2020: Our editors’ picks

This year has been hectic, to say the least. To round out the year that we'd rather forget, we have put together a top 10 list of our editors' picks for 2020. You will...
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Pinkwashing, polyamory and butt politics: The most-read stories of 2016

Pinkwashing, polyamory and butt politics: The most-read stories of 2016

It's the end of a big year for the queer community, scattered with ups and downs, wins and setbacks, progress and what can at times feel like regression. During the end-of-year celebrations, remember to look...
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‘The Ultimatum: Queer Love’ season 2 episodes 8-10: “There’s a cat. Is that a bad sign?”

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Welcome to the last instalment of The Ultimatum: Queer Love season 2. I feel dead inside.

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Decolonising portraiture offers empowerment and authentic self-expression for BIPOC and queer individuals.

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Capitalism, neoliberalism and the myth of meritocracy fuel impostor syndrome by insisting that individuals alone are responsible for our success or failure. This is a lie.

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Romanticising uniquely ‘feminine’ ways of suffering is like plastering a Hello Kitty bandaid over a bruise.

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Peek the brilliant photos from our Archer Studio launch party. Thank you for being so lovely and hot, everyone.

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Queer woman looking to hire a sex worker: Phone-a-Dyke Episode 3

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It’s Phone-a-Dyke, Archer’s queer advice column. Today’s question: a queer woman is looking to hire a sex worker to explore her sexuality.

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For this month’s Queer Fashion Files, we attend Australian Fashion Week and chat with designer Gary Bigeni.

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