Welcome to Archer Magazine #11: the GAZE issue. (Let’s be clear: That’s ‘GAZE’, not ‘GAYS’.)

Being a mixed-race drag queen, I have been caught with a double whammy of judgment from both the white side and the Asian side of my communities.

From drag storytime to intersex solidarity to neuro-inclusive spaces, here are Archer Magazine’s most read online pieces of 2024.

It began as a curiosity – to explore gender and masculinity at close range, and frankly to have some really hot sex – and became an experience that altered the pathways in my brain.

Despite the high portion of carers in the LGBTQIA+ community, many of us don’t self-identify as such – we are ‘hidden carers’.

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.

Even in African countries with slightly more favourable LGBTQI+ legislation, queer people are still subject to prejudice and violence.

Anna Hu speaks to five queer artists at the final instalment of Rhode Island’s Queer/Trans Zine Fest.

For this month’s Queer Fashion Files, we’re featuring fashion lecturer and content creator Joely Malcolm.

“I really leaned into that vibe when writing this record – gritty, grungy and grimy.” total tommy chats to Archer Magazine.

I became my own primary partner. I took the time and care to understand myself more, in the way that I would have taken time and care for a partner in the past.

As we’ve gained more mainstream visibility, being gay has become more about ‘identity’, with the ‘fucking’ being increasingly sanitised from the queer experience.

“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.

Let me say this for the record: people who hold and express fatphobic convictions may identify as queer, but they certainly are not embodying queerness.

“From chanting in the streets to a whispered song, this is how we carry our stories from one person to the next, from one generation to the next.” Jazz Money chats to Archer Magazine.

Before the COVID pandemic, I’d join a dating app and worry about whether I’d get any matches, or whether the picture of me in my wheelchair would scare people off.

“I wouldn’t be half the artist I am today if I hadn’t lost everything before it.” Magnets, aka Siobhan McGinnity, chats to Alex Creece.

We’re shooting ‘MotherFuckers’, an explicit documentary about porn star parents. I trace the sleeping bump inside my uterus—I am six months pregnant.

For this month’s Queer Fashion Files, we’re featuring textile artist Kate Just.

The notion that drag storytime events are anything but positive, wholesome and uplifting is just rooted in fear and misinformation. It’s essential that we confront that narrative.

“I know that poetry is political. I know also that it’s inseparable from action.”
Hasib Hourani chats to Archer Magazine.

When we have spaces to be our authentic selves, neurodivergent queer people can find a genuine sense of community and belonging.

Casual sex and dating are complex for someone who is bipolar. How can I live a balanced life when my natural urges are read as a warning sign?