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.

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.

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

“I am in awe of Palestinian women. I have never seen such extraordinary patience, resilience and love for family.” Samah Sabawi chats to Archer Magazine.

We always shared war stories, but seeing the violence livestreamed from Gaza made sharing survival stories feel even more necessary.

I will not allow Zionism, imperialist governments or the state of Israel to take my compassion or empathy from me. Compassion is the key to our collective liberation.

My sense of beauty remains hazy, haunted by the spectre of revolutionary China: a world I know intimately and yet not at all.

If you are an Aboriginal child whose parents have been criminalised, police officers see you as a criminal, too.

If I don’t avoid everything French, it feels like I’m endorsing the country that causes my communities so much misery.

It’s like we are refugees in our own country, on our own land. Hunted by coppers and racists alike, we remember how our ancestors must have felt as we live through it.

Very often, I find that as Black people, we are not allowed to outwardly express our anger and pain. It is an implosive reaction. We keep it to ourselves.

From Jessica Rabbit to trans music to trash television, here are Archer Magazine’s most read online pieces of 2023.

The Voice referendum was about our humanity, but without our voices. It’s time for treaty and truth-telling. It’s time to end Black deaths in custody.

Mo’Ju has amassed critical, commercial and cultural influence. Their latest album Oro, Plata, Mata was released in March 2023.

I’ve found myself in a constant state of limbo, occupying that peculiar grey area of being a mixed-race person in the current divisive racial climate.

Yen-Rong Wong talks about her new book, Me, Her, Us, exploring race, sex, pleasure, kink, familial expectation and identity.

By improving sex education in Nigeria and destigmatising sex as a shameful act, sex may be enjoyed safely, regardless of gender or sexuality.

In this painful moment, I saw the beauty of my own culture like never before. This was the best way to celebrate my grandmother’s life, as she was the strongest and bravest woman I had ever known.

The heart of this story is a karaoke booth in LA’s Koreatown where four queer Arabs are belting Queen at the top of our lungs.

Finding people who honor your full self is not easy, but when you do, you have begun relearning love, you have found chosen family.

By stepping into the performing arts industry, another challenge became apparent: where are the goddamn trans materials by trans people?!