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Queer Fashion Files: In the big apple with Kel Rakowski
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Queer Fashion Files: In the big apple with Kel Rakowski

This month, we went to New York City and chatted to social media entrepreneur Kel Rakowski.
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Polybaiting in media: The fear of queer possibilities
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Polybaiting in media: The fear of queer possibilities

Look, I don’t need every movie to turn into a polyamorous group hug. But I do need creators to stop...
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Archer Asks: Wet Leg’s Rhian Teasdale on queer yearning, feral lyrics and ‘Jennifer’s Body’
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Archer Asks: Wet Leg’s Rhian Teasdale on queer yearning, feral lyrics and ‘Jennifer’s Body’

Ahead of their tour dates in so-called Australia, we chatted to Wet Leg's Rhian Teasdale about queer yearning, feral lyrics...
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Queer Fashion Files: In the big apple with Mercura NYC
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Queer Fashion Files: In the big apple with Mercura NYC

This month, we went to New York City and chatted to sisters and eyewear icons Rachel Cohen-Lunning and Merrilee Lichtenstein...
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Queer intimacy and connection: ‘Finally the Sun’ photo series
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Queer intimacy and connection: ‘Finally the Sun’ photo series

Olivia Mròz and Emma Osborne have created a body of work that captures the emotional depth and vulnerability of queer...
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The most read pieces of 2025: Gloryholes, horse girls, neurodivergence and Palestinian legacies
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The most read pieces of 2025: Gloryholes, horse girls, neurodivergence and Palestinian legacies

From sex work to straight boy crushes, neurodivergence to Palestinian literature, here are Archer Magazine's most read online pieces of...
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HIV and dating: On disclosure when undetectable = untransmittable
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HIV and dating: On disclosure when undetectable = untransmittable

Even though, deep down, I wanted to believe he would be okay with my HIV status if he truly understood...
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Trans mythology, sissification and cruising: Our editors’ top picks for 2025
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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...
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Archer Asks: Author Momo Chavez on writing sex work and strip club culture
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Archer Asks: Author Momo Chavez on writing sex work and strip club culture

"We need more stories written by sex workers for sex workers!" Momo Chavez chats to Archer Magazine.
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Butch language, lineage and expansiveness: What is a butch?
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Butch language, lineage and expansiveness: What is a butch?

The truth is, you can’t ask, "What makes someone butch?" without also asking what makes someone cis, trans or non-binary....
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Queer Fashion Files: ‘Jarrad Shot Me!’ by Jarrad Levy
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Queer Fashion Files: ‘Jarrad Shot Me!’ by Jarrad Levy

For this month’s Queer Fashion Files, we chat to artist Jarrad Levy, known for his queer headshots and fetish photography.
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Chosen names, affect and identity: A rose by any other name
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Chosen names, affect and identity: A rose by any other name

Chosen names offer a synthesis of literary and psychoanalytic analysis. When you choose a name, it is imbued with references,...
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Do not travel, and other great advice: Travelling as an autistic trans person
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Do not travel, and other great advice: Travelling as an autistic trans person

Since coming out as trans, I find myself suddenly scared of traversing the sorts of barriers I was crossing solo...
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Queer desire and attraction: Overcoming sexual shame
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Queer desire and attraction: Overcoming sexual shame

Shame can be a powerful emotion as a queer person. Recently, shame has centred around my high libido.
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Voice changes on testosterone: A homecoming through music
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Voice changes on testosterone: A homecoming through music

Once I started taking testosterone, I made an album that documented the way my voice changed.
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Transition, culture and ritualistic death as a Blak trans woman
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Transition, culture and ritualistic death as a Blak trans woman

My family only really knows the old me, holding onto a dead man's name – and I use the word “dead”...
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Medical gaslighting, illness and community care: Pins and needles
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Medical gaslighting, illness and community care: Pins and needles

If not for medical gaslighting, maybe Jewel would still be around but unwell, managing her condition just as I manage...
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Queer Fashion Files: In the studio with DJ and musician Fresh Hex
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Queer Fashion Files: In the studio with DJ and musician Fresh Hex

For this month’s Queer Fashion Files, we chat to superstar musician and DJ Fresh Hex.
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Archer Asks: Author and actor Zoe Terakes on horny trans myths
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Archer Asks: Author and actor Zoe Terakes on horny trans myths

"Nature depends on transness – we see it in mycology, fungi, plant life, fish and hyenas." Zoe Terakes chats to...
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What if I’m tired of sex? Phone-a-Dyke Episode 5
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What if I’m tired of sex? Phone-a-Dyke Episode 5

It's Phone-a-Dyke, Archer's queer advice column. Today's reader: Is there an age where you can officially call sex too wearingly...
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