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Pine Gap spy base sits on stolen Arrernte lands, fuelling the forgotten war machine of Australia.
I think a lot of people who are put in the margins are naturals at storytelling. I guess we have to be in a way, otherwise who else would tell our history or our truths in a way that honours where we come from?
“The bond between girl and horse is more like the passionate friendship described in Victorian lesbian narratives.” Monica Nolan chats to Alex Creece.
Like a lover, ChatGPT responds instantly to my touch. I give input; it puts out. But I don’t know if my conflicted feelings are enough to call it queer.
“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.
I figured I had two years left: one in reasonable health, then one in increasingly terrible health, ending in a withering, undignified, exhausted death.
I think I knew deep down that if I shaved my head, it would be curtain call for Straight Girl.
For this month’s Queer Fashion Files, we’re featuring multi-hyphenate queer artist Kira Puru.
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.
“Who is the future already happening to?” Cavar, a transMad author, chats to Keene Short.
I was referred to a gynaecologist, where after a brief physical exam, she concluded my pelvic floor had more strain on it than the Nixon administration at the height of Watergate.
I know what it’s like to be seen in my entirety. I’ve experienced disability justice in action, which is to say that I’ve experienced love.
But why did I resonate so deeply with Troye Sivan’s fantasies? Why does the concept of hooking up with men who don’t identify as queer appeal so much to me?
“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.
Did receiving praise for embodying gender norms and heterosexual narratives in dance manifest into falsely identifying as straight?

Wicked Words presented by Archer Magazine, Darebin Arts and Tiger Salmon
Two magazines. One night of sexy storytelling. Thursday, 23 Jan 2025, 7:00PM, Northcote Town Hall. Grab your tickets now.

Pregnancy porn, lesbian ghosts and dismantling fatphobia: Editors’ top picks for 2024
From girlboss sex toys to pregnancy porn, queer disabled activism and so much more, here are Archer’s online editors’ top picks for 2024.
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.

The most read pieces of 2024: Palestinian liberation, dyke erotica and disabled pleasure
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.