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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Sexual violence in sapphic spaces: It lives in your chest
I thought I would be safe from the horrors of sexual violence in my queer feminist utopia. But it was...
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Trans identity, sex work and the AIDS crisis: Trans women in conversation
Two trans women share a lively discussion around culture, sex work, the AIDS crisis, gender and intersex identity.
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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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Keith Haring’s legacy: Queer art, optimism and activism
The world-famous Keith Haring mural painted on an exterior wall of a school building in Collingwood, Melbourne, turned 40 years...
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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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Drag and flowers in Hyderabad: ‘Mandakini’ photo series
There was a sense of danger and adventure in leaving the house as a queer drag queen, heading to a...
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Archer Asks: Author Kaya Ortiz on queer Filipino poetics, pop culture and being alien
"These poems are really just owning my different identities – Filipino, lesbian, queer – without shame." Kaya Ortiz chats with...
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Archer Magazine #21: the ART issue
We're thrilled to welcome you to Archer Magazine #21: the ART issue. Join our launch event on 14 June 2025...
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Archer Asks: Author Micaela Sahhar on memory, revenge and Palestinian legacies
"We, the diaspora, are an important part of the work of liberation, alongside Palestinian people who remained." Micaela Sahhar chats...
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Celebrate the launch of Archer Studio + Archer Magazine #21: the ART issue
Come and join us as we celebrate the launch of Archer Studio, and the release of Archer Magazine #21: the...
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Queer Fashion Files: Interview with ace icon Allie Daisy King
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
Welcome to Phone-a-Dyke, Archer's new queer advice column. Today's question: Are socks lesbian culture?
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Queer-affirming death spaces: The bones of my death work
Advocating for queer-affirming death spaces – and creative ways of navigating grief – have empowered this author since leaving a...
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Queer femininity: On sapphic fashion, Tradwife aesthetics and femme identity
Who gets to decide what is masculine and what is feminine? What if I said that frogs were feminine? That...
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Queer history of Sydney: Reflections from a gay tour guide
The Archibald Fountain has a hidden history as a beat. The goal of my walking tours is to make this,...
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Being a phone sex operator in the 1990s
I stumbled into phone sex after sharing my woes with a psychic. Psychic hotlines were really popular then, and I...
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Archer Asks: Graphic novelist Rachel Ang on desire and the changing body
"Sex is such an interesting mode of inquiry – a petri dish for gaining knowledge about ourselves and our lusts...
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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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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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