Archer Asks: Gavilán Rayna Russom on dungeons and dancefloors, S&M history, electro freakery and trans expression

Archer Asks: Gavilán Rayna Russom on dungeons and dancefloors, S&M history, electro freakery and trans expression

I started to think how that is the story that this album tells: how dancefloors and dungeon floors have this shared history.
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Beyond ‘ethical’ porn: On capitalism, sex work and authenticity

Beyond ‘ethical’ porn: On capitalism, sex work and authenticity

Desire often raises questions: is my desire for this – this thought, this act, this porn, this person – is this okay? Is this porn ethical?
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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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Cruising IRL: Off the apps and back to the beat

Cruising IRL: Off the apps and back to the beat

I’ve found there’s something beautifully democratic about traditional cruising – the darkness and anonymity working as great equalisers.
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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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Sissification from a transfemme Domme: Safe forced feminisation

Sissification from a transfemme Domme: Safe forced feminisation

This is an alternative to sissification or forced feminisation: the sub is feminised as part of the session, but not mocked for it.
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Archer Asks: Author Bobuq Sayed on border violence, queer diaspora and liberation

Archer Asks: Author Bobuq Sayed on border violence, queer diaspora and liberation

"I try to convey the diverse reality and complexity of what queer and trans refugees and migrants experience, and not just some kumbaya fantasy of everyone sharing resources and taking care of each other."...
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Archer Asks: MUNA on astrology, queer-coded cartoons and sad dance bangers

Archer Asks: MUNA on astrology, queer-coded cartoons and sad dance bangers

MUNA spoke to Archer Magazine about their astrological charts, Meg from Hercules being bisexual and making sad music with thumping basslines.
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WORKER: An Archer x TØS Podcast: Expressions of Interest

WORKER: An Archer x TØS Podcast: Expressions of Interest

Archer Magazine and TØS Journal are recruiting for their new podcast WORKER, a community-led podcast centred on authentic storytelling from sex workers.
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Tops vs bottoms for queers: How do I know what I am? Phone-a-Dyke Episode 8

Tops vs bottoms for queers: How do I know what I am? Phone-a-Dyke Episode 8

It's Phone-a-Dyke, Archer's queer advice column. Today's reader wants to know: How do I know if I'm a top or a bottom?
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Archer Asks: Jazz singer and activist, Mama Alto

Archer Asks: Jazz singer and activist, Mama Alto

Mama Alto is a gender transcendent diva, cabaret artiste, and community activist. She is a non-binary trans femme person of colour who works with the radical potential of storytelling, strength in softness & power...
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Why straight sex is just as ‘queer’

Why straight sex is just as ‘queer’

UNMARRIED SEX. PORN. Sex toys. Brothels. Heterosexuals dabble in these practices with as much freak and fervour as homosexuals and yet somehow it’s the gay person who threatens heterosexual relationships, the gay person who...
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Archer Asks: Gay icon Ülo Klemmer on cruising, beats and public sex

Archer Asks: Gay icon Ülo Klemmer on cruising, beats and public sex

"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.
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Pansexual impostor syndrome: Phone-a-Dyke Episode 6

Pansexual impostor syndrome: Phone-a-Dyke Episode 6

It's Phone-a-Dyke, Archer's queer advice column. Today's reader: I'm pansexual, and I feel impostor syndrome calling myself queer. Help!
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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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Queer sexual health: The need for inclusive health care and education

Queer sexual health: The need for inclusive health care and education

Queer-inclusive clinics tend to be a luxury afforded to those in big cities, but we all deserve a sense of normalcy in sexual health checks.
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Trans mythology, sissification and cruising: Our editors’ top picks for 2025

Trans mythology, sissification and cruising: Our editors’ top picks for 2025

From sissification to trans mythology, impostor syndrome to werewolves, cruising, and much more, these are the online editors' top picks of 2025.
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Sex, fatness and overcoming shame

Sex, fatness and overcoming shame

As Victoria talked more openly to peers about sex, her interest in it and its relationship to fatness grew.
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Macho Sluts and Love Lies Bleeding: Patrick Califia’s lesbian erotic classic lives on

Macho Sluts and Love Lies Bleeding: Patrick Califia’s lesbian erotic classic lives on

I got my hands on Macho Sluts as a young dyke. Reading my way through my lover’s collection of erotic literature was an initiation of sorts.
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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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