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Craftivism goes beyond recognising the skill embedded in traditionally feminised practices and using it to protest systemic inequality.

Archer Asks: Searows on sad music, sea creatures and the frightening beauty of the ocean
Ahead of Searows’ Australian tour, he chatted to Archer Magazine about writing sad music, the horrors of the ocean and Free Willy.
Archer Magazine and Deakin University are creating a video series featuring and interviewing LGBTIQA+ people with lived experience of cancer.

Misreading multiplicity: Dissociative identity disorder, masking and agency
Loving life with dissociative identity disorder is a powerful act of resistance, subversion and self-care – even when hidden in plain sight.
“We want to showcase the best artists in the world doing what they do best – whether that’s swallowing swords or setting their tits on fire.” Bernie Dieter chats to Alex Creece.

I am Little Death: Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma and being a trans horror fan
Isn’t it a little bit fun, a perverse thrill, to see a figure who represents all of society’s fears around gender non-conformity – a genuinely trans slasher villain – literally destroy the enforcers of those norms?
Robert Baxter spoke to Ella Ion about being a popstar, finding yourself through queer fashion and their new EP, PARTYANINMAL.
“I always feel like poetry is the most intimate literary form there is.” Andy Jackson chats to Alex Creece.
“My music has some serious perspectives, but the through line and the outlet is the party, baby!” Jimi The Kween chats to Archer Magazine.
We’re raising money for GiveOUT Day 2026! This year, we want to raise money for a project near and dear to our hearts: clothing hot queers in slogan tees. 🔥🔥
To me, being autistic means that my body recoils at uncontested universal ‘truths’ and the illogical, painful performance of femininity.
I was working at a strip club, and the show was really borne out of the similarities between children and grown men – for example, not being able to keep their hands to themselves.

Asian migrant sex workers deserve justice: Violence, raids and racism
For Asian migrant sex workers specifically, the combined weight of racism, migration precarity, labour marginalisation and stigma, meant that violence was both more likely to occur and less likely to be recognised.
In death, the social media profiles left behind become incidental moments of crossover: an often-unintentional memorialisation.

Archer Asks: Gavilán Rayna Russom on dungeons and dancefloors, S&M history, electro freakery and trans expression
I started to think how that is the story that this album tells: how dancefloors and dungeon floors have this shared history.
It’s Phone-a-Dyke, Archer’s queer advice column. Today’s reader is a transmasc person wondering how to navigate attending events for gay men.
From within the Muslim community I grew up in, I’ve heard phrases like, “What can a Western, non-Muslim therapist understand about our struggle?”
Archer Magazine and TØS Journal are recruiting for their new podcast WORKER, a community-led podcast centred on authentic storytelling from sex workers.

Cervical screenings for queer and trans folks: Inclusive health care on our terms
If you’re aged 25 to 74 and have a cervix, and have had any kind of sexual contact, cervical screening is recommended every five years. This includes trans men, non-binary people and people taking testosterone.
MUNA spoke to Archer Magazine about their astrological charts, Meg from Hercules being bisexual and making sad music with thumping basslines.

Translating culture and queerness: My father never said I love you, he asked what noodles I wanted
I found myself navigating two kinds of code-switching simultaneously: adjusting for culture at work, and adjusting for identity almost everywhere else.
It’s Phone-a-Dyke, Archer’s queer advice column. Today’s reader is having a quite unpleasant butch-femme conversation with a friend.

















