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: 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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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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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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Archer Asks: Queer artist mxmtoon on personal agency and feminism

Archer Asks: Queer artist mxmtoon on personal agency and feminism

"It's okay to not always feel like you have the reins when you're making decisions in your life." mxmtoon chats to Archer Magazine.
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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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Non-binary bodies in non-fiction: From stray cats to endless oceans

Non-binary bodies in non-fiction: From stray cats to endless oceans

Reading literature can help us tend to ourselves as if we were a sapling. Emerging into a non-binary self is like reaching for sunlight.
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Femme rage, hysteria and catharsis: Good for her

Femme rage, hysteria and catharsis: Good for her

It appears the only way society has allowed femme rage is when it is displayed by white, conventionally attractive women, and portrayed through the aestheticised lens of film.
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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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Aboriginal women and the revolving door of the prison system

Aboriginal women and the revolving door of the prison system

It’s like we are refugees in our own country, on our own land. Hunted by coppers and racists alike, we remember how our ancestors must have felt as we live through it.
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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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Home as a dystopia: Transphobia, ableism and domestic abuse

Home as a dystopia: Transphobia, ableism and domestic abuse

At every point, my gender, disabilities and material circumstances put me into situations where I was at constant risk of violence and abuse.
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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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Catching the light: Reclaiming opera as a trans Arab

Catching the light: Reclaiming opera as a trans Arab

The heart of this story is a karaoke booth in LA’s Koreatown where four queer Arabs are belting Queen at the top of our lungs.
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Archer Asks: Madison Godfrey, author of Dress Rehearsals

Archer Asks: Madison Godfrey, author of Dress Rehearsals

For so long, I perceived my femininity as something that made me visible or vulnerable, but in the pages of Dress Rehearsals, I was inspired to create a place where those feelings could coexist...
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Gender, madness and psychiatric care: Colour me a mad woman

Gender, madness and psychiatric care: Colour me a mad woman

How can the mind transcend madness when it’s confined and magnified within these walls?
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Artificial intelligence and gender: Imagining queer possibilities

Artificial intelligence and gender: Imagining queer possibilities

When the email arrived to tell me my artificial intelligence images were ready, I wasn’t expecting to feel like I’d been punched in the guts as I clicked through.
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‘They/Them’: Queer slasher misses the mark on conversion therapy

‘They/Them’: Queer slasher misses the mark on conversion therapy

The “bury your gays” trope is a real one to combat, but They/Them doesn’t even fully engage with the potential horror of the setting.
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The Dreamlife of Georgie Stone: On activism, trans rights and representation

The Dreamlife of Georgie Stone: On activism, trans rights and representation

From the very beginning, The Dreamlife of Georgie Stone offers warmly murmured answers to all the whataboutisms that pepper discourse around trans children.
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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

By: Archer Magazine

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

By: Archer Magazine

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

By: Archer Magazine

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

By: Archer Magazine

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

By: Archer Magazine

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

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