“I try to convey the diverse reality and complexity of what queer and trans refugees and migrants experience, and not just some kumbaya fantasy of everyone sharing resources and taking care of each other.” Bobuq Sayed chats to Alex Creece.

The Mad Pride movement seeks to challenge the mainstream psychiatric system with a focus on understanding Madness from cultural, spiritual and structural perspectives.

“It is an honour to use our language in my poems; my ancestors voices can be heard in-between the pages.” Maria van Neerven chats to Alex Creece.

I aspire for this exhibition to serve as a visual archive and a platform for dialogue, aiding future researchers and activists in challenging prevailing perceptions of Albinism in South Africa.

From sissification to trans mythology, impostor syndrome to werewolves, cruising, and much more, these are the online editors’ top picks of 2025.

The truth is, you can’t ask, “What makes someone butch?” without also asking what makes someone cis, trans or non-binary. The borders blur. The categories leak.

Chosen names offer a synthesis of literary and psychoanalytic analysis. When you choose a name, it is imbued with references, history and storytelling.

If not for medical gaslighting, maybe Jewel would still be around but unwell, managing her condition just as I manage mine with medication, rest and surgery.

Unpacking Jewish resistance and solidarity in this moment, with all its histories.

Living through coercive treatment, the AIDS crisis and homelessness, this author continues to survive the trauma of the psychiatric system.

Free Palestine activists resist local forces of oppression, fascism and colonialism, mobilising and finding strength as a community.

Decolonising portraiture offers empowerment and authentic self-expression for BIPOC and queer individuals.

Capitalism, neoliberalism and the myth of meritocracy fuel impostor syndrome by insisting that individuals alone are responsible for our success or failure. This is a lie.

Two trans women share a lively discussion around culture, sex work, the AIDS crisis, gender and intersex identity.

“We, the diaspora, are an important part of the work of liberation, alongside Palestinian people who remained.” Micaela Sahhar chats to Alex Creece.

The Archibald Fountain has a hidden history as a beat. The goal of my walking tours is to make this, and other hidden queer histories, known.

As a trans Filipino sex worker, I’ve been using my gloryhole to create art with my clients, lovers and fellow sex workers.

“Our strength as queer, disabled people is our rage.” We chat to the team behind Oh, How We Laughed*, an anthology by queer, disabled writers.

Throughout the years, I have learned to love the parts of myself I was taught to hate. In my queer, trans and disabled body, I have found joy.

Pine Gap spy base sits on stolen Arrernte lands, fuelling the forgotten war machine of Australia.

“Who is the future already happening to?” Cavar, a transMad author, chats to Keene Short.

From drag storytime to intersex solidarity to neuro-inclusive spaces, here are Archer Magazine’s most read online pieces of 2024.