Stories about: resistance
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.
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.
Let me say this for the record: people who hold and express fatphobic convictions may identify as queer, but they certainly are not embodying queerness.
“I know that poetry is political. I know also that it’s inseparable from action.”
Hasib Hourani chats to Archer Magazine.
Archer Asks: Author Samah Sabawi on family, literature and Palestinian resistance
“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.
Disabled pleasure knows no bounds, bringing an intimacy that goes beyond romantic love, genitals or penetrative sex.
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.
Archer Magazine #20: the RESISTANCE issue out 2024. Queer experience cannot be watered down into a single concept, but one thread that connects us all is resistance.
If you are an Aboriginal child whose parents have been criminalised, police officers see you as a criminal, too.
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.
Joe is a conversion therapist hired by my parents to make their child less gay. Preferably straight, otherwise committed to celibacy.
My black hair is proof. It’s an emblem in the same way that I have a shaved undercut on the sides of my head to signal and show my queerness.
Melbourne’s Tasty raid: Learning the history of queer culture and resilience
Somewhere between the third drag act and fourth round of drinks, Monty suddenly cried out: “Did I ever tell you that I was a part of the Tasty raid?”
Content warning: This article discusses violence and suicidal ideation. Having been involved in queer-led activist and organising circles for some time, I’m all too familiar with caring for people in crisis. I’ve watched as friends burn themselves to the ground caring for at-risk members of our communities, guiding them through addiction, homelessness, suicidal ideation, …
He’s been paddling in the pool for 20 minutes, locking eyes with every member of the water polo team. I’m reclining by the edge of the water with my shirt unbuttoned. When he gets out to sit on the grass, I get up slowly and walk towards the showers. A few minutes later, he follows me …