Black+White: Finding my sexuality in a 1990s fashion and art magazine

Black+White: Finding my sexuality in a 1990s fashion and art magazine

In Black+White, it was the tightly framed shots of intertwining limbs, bodies folded over, and skin upon skin that drew me in.
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Queer fairy tales: Finding the ‘fairies’ in classic stories

Queer fairy tales: Finding the ‘fairies’ in classic stories

Retelling is a means of refracting the white beam of light we’ve been given by the fairy tale canon, and revealing the rainbow within.
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Queer woman looking to hire a sex worker: Phone-a-Dyke Episode 3

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

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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Porn, queerness and moral panic: The new old sex wars

Porn, queerness and moral panic: The new old sex wars

Anti-porn sentiment isn't new, but this current wave has created a platform for new puritans, reminiscent of other moral panics.
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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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Inexperienced queer seeks dating tips: Phone-a-Dyke Episode 2

Inexperienced queer seeks dating tips: Phone-a-Dyke Episode 2

Welcome back to Phone-a-Dyke, Archer's queer advice column. Today's question from SecretBabyGay: Any dating tips for inexperienced queers?
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Navigating thought and space as a disabled queer: Where do the quiet queers go?

Navigating thought and space as a disabled queer: Where do the quiet queers go?

I want to create more public queer spaces like this. Less like a nightclub, more like a lounge room. A meal to share, along with a plate of conversation.
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Demisexuality and the need for increased visibility

Demisexuality and the need for increased visibility

The thing is, yes, I really do want a label for my demisexuality. The finding of this word, and of the community that uses it, was life-changing.
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Sex on premises

Sex on premises

They’re called Sex on Premises Venues, or SOPVs. As a homogenous idea of ‘gay culture’ is slowly digitised into app-based cruising, and nightclubs struggle to attract the next generation of gay men, can the...
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Queering girls’ friendships: Beyond the euphemisms

Queering girls’ friendships: Beyond the euphemisms

I was twenty-two when my best friend asked me to promise I’d never love my boyfriend more than I loved her. It wasn’t hard to promise. I’d met this boyfriend while Sarah and I...
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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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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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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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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 most read pieces of 2021: Poppers, The L Word, sex and disability

The most read pieces of 2021: Poppers, The L Word, sex and disability

As we celebrate our newly launched DISABILITIES issue, we’re also taking the opportunity to look back on all of the brilliant pieces we’ve published this year. This was my first year as Archer Magazine’s...
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The most read pieces of 2022: Trans sex, bisexual joy and purity culture

The most read pieces of 2022: Trans sex, bisexual joy and purity culture

From trans sex to bisexual pride, here are our most read online pieces of 2022.
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Queer sex in the mainstream: Pride and prudishness

Queer sex in the mainstream: Pride and prudishness

As we’ve gained more mainstream visibility, being gay has become more about ‘identity’, with the ‘fucking’ being increasingly sanitised from the queer experience.
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Queerness, photography and sensuality: A Q&A with Wondra

Queerness, photography and sensuality: A Q&A with Wondra

It’s important to me that people feel the queer love and joy in my work. It’s important that people are able to see themselves in my work.
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Image Essay: Sydney Party Photo Booth

Image Essay: Sydney Party Photo Booth

We set up a photo booth at one of Sydney's favourite queer nights, Unicorns, to spotlight the diversity of the Harbour City's nightlife, and the need to keep Sydney free to party. Party-goers were asked...
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Sam Stoich Image Essay: Shot in the Dark

Sam Stoich Image Essay: Shot in the Dark

This series by 20-year-old HIV-positive American photographer Sam Stoich confronts a subject that has long been misunderstood, and remains burdened with ­stigma even today. Q&A with Jess Desaulniers-Lea   Shot in the Dark has a sense...
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