Queer and trans improv comedy: Playing with gender

Queer and trans improv comedy: Playing with gender

Almost immediately, improv had become the most powerful tool I had for exploring and affirming my gender expression.
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Archer Asks: Buon-Cattivi Press on queer disability justice and creativity

Archer Asks: Buon-Cattivi Press on queer disability justice and creativity

"Our strength as queer, disabled people is our rage." We chat to the team behind Oh, How We Laughed*, an anthology by queer, disabled writers.
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Zinaida Gippius’ queer allegories: Trans mermaids in Russian literature

Zinaida Gippius’ queer allegories: Trans mermaids in Russian literature

Zinaida Gippius lived a rather queer life – between their affairs with women, highly publicised threesomes, cross-dressing, and more.
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Transness, disability and chronic pain: Inhabiting a body that resists

Transness, disability and chronic pain: Inhabiting a body that resists

Throughout the years, I have learned to love the parts of myself I was taught to hate. In my queer, trans and disabled body, I have found joy.
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Archer Asks: Rex Letoa Paget on fa’afatama identity and healing through poetry

Archer Asks: Rex Letoa Paget on fa’afatama identity and healing through poetry

I think a lot of people who are put in the margins are naturals at storytelling. I guess we have to be in a way, otherwise who else would tell our history or our...
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Archer Asks: Author Rae White on gender diversity in children’s literature

Archer Asks: Author Rae White on gender diversity in children’s literature

"Those small acts of support – say, a parent affirming their child's self-expression – create a profound ripple effect." Rae White chats to Alex Creece.
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Archer Asks: Author Cavar on madness, abolition and body modification

Archer Asks: Author Cavar on madness, abolition and body modification

"Who is the future already happening to?" Cavar, a transMad author, chats to Keene Short.
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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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The most read pieces of 2024: Palestinian liberation, dyke erotica and disabled pleasure

The most read pieces of 2024: Palestinian liberation, dyke erotica and disabled pleasure

From drag storytime to intersex solidarity to neuro-inclusive spaces, here are Archer Magazine's most read online pieces of 2024.
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A Q&A with Judith Butler: Gender fear, fascism and TERFs

A Q&A with Judith Butler: Gender fear, fascism and TERFs

We should be allied against a right-wing that seeks to undermine feminist, queer, trans, anti-racist movements, to destroy unions and to engage in climate destruction for a profit.
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Archer Asks: Five queer artists on superheroes, erotica and top surgery in art

Archer Asks: Five queer artists on superheroes, erotica and top surgery in art

Anna Hu speaks to five queer artists at the final instalment of Rhode Island's Queer/Trans Zine Fest.
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Intersex experiences and bottom dysphoria: Story of a hymenectomy

Intersex experiences and bottom dysphoria: Story of a hymenectomy

By virtue of experiencing genital trauma at the hands of surgeons, I cannot help but feel aligned with the intersex community.
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Trans-only spaces: An interview with the team from T4T: A Transgender Showcase

Trans-only spaces: An interview with the team from T4T: A Transgender Showcase

With T4T: A Transgender Showcase, for once we're not coming together to defend our humanity, we're coming together to celebrate it.
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Queer Fashion Files: Photographer Ella Maximillion

Queer Fashion Files: Photographer Ella Maximillion

For this month’s Queer Fashion Files, we’re featuring fashion photographer Ella Maximillion.
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Trans sex and storytelling: The anatomy of a trans sex scene

Trans sex and storytelling: The anatomy of a trans sex scene

I write like all the sex I’ve had is happening now. This is the anatomy of a trans sex scene: ‘now’ is never just now.
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Older trans and gender diverse people: ‘Foreground’ photo series

Older trans and gender diverse people: ‘Foreground’ photo series

'Foreground' is a celebration of older trans and gender diverse people, who severely lack representation in the media.
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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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The most read pieces of 2023: Queerplatonic love, neurodivergent art and trans music

The most read pieces of 2023: Queerplatonic love, neurodivergent art and trans music

From Jessica Rabbit to trans music to trash television, here are Archer Magazine's most read online pieces of 2023.
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Trans people in prison: The need for liberation and community care

Trans people in prison: The need for liberation and community care

When you’re a trans person who is criminalised, you are minority in a minority. Unfortunately, we end up in prison a lot of the time because of the way we are treated by society.
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Justin Bieber and my trans masculinity

Justin Bieber and my trans masculinity

I grew up as two things: a closeted queer and a closeted Justin Bieber fan. Just like any other girl in my year seven English class, I was writing ‘JB’ over and over again...
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Cruising IRL: Off the apps and back to the beat

By: Pablo Alfierri

I’ve found there’s something beautifully democratic about traditional cruising – the darkness and anonymity working as great equalisers.

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Keith Haring’s legacy: Queer art, optimism and activism

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The world-famous Keith Haring mural painted on an exterior wall of a school building in Collingwood, Melbourne, turned 40 years old last year.

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

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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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Drag and flowers in Hyderabad: ‘Mandakini’ photo series

By: Patruni Sastry

There was a sense of danger and adventure in leaving the house as a queer drag queen, heading to a flower market in Hyderabad.

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Archer Asks: Author Kaya Ortiz on queer Filipino poetics, pop culture and being alien

By: Alex Creece

“These poems are really just owning my different identities – Filipino, lesbian, queer – without shame.” Kaya Ortiz chats with Alex Creece.

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Archer Magazine #21: the ART issue

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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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Archer Asks: Author Micaela Sahhar on memory, revenge and Palestinian legacies

By: Alex Creece

“We, the diaspora, are an important part of the work of liberation, alongside Palestinian people who remained.” Micaela Sahhar chats to Alex Creece.

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Celebrate the launch of Archer Studio + Archer Magazine #21: the ART issue

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Come and join us as we celebrate the launch of Archer Studio, and the release of Archer Magazine #21: the ART issue.

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Queer Fashion Files: Interview with ace icon Allie Daisy King

By: Hailey Moroney

For this month’s Queer Fashion Files, we’re featuring content creator and ace icon Allie Daisy King.

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Are socks lesbian culture? Phone-a-Dyke Episode 1

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Welcome to Phone-a-Dyke, Archer’s new queer advice column. Today’s question: Are socks lesbian culture?

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