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Defiant photos of New York’s ’80s & ’90s queer activists

Arresting Images — Dona Ann McAdams’ photographs document the AIDS crisis, lesbian organising and civil disobedience from one of the most fraught eras in American LGBTQ+ history. A sale of her archive takes place later this month.

  • Activism
  • Sydney Lobe

When David Wojnarowicz became Arthur Rimbaud

Arthur Rimbaud in New York — In 1978, the American artist and his friends donned masks to pay tribute to the French poet, who was born a century before him. Miss Rosen traces the differing yet parallel lives of the queer revolutionaries.

  • Culture
  • Miss Rosen

Reynaldo Rivera’s intimate portrait of queer Latino love

Propiedad Privada — Growing up during the AIDS pandemic, the photographer entered a world where his love was not only taboo, but dangerous. His new monograph presents inward-looking shots made over four decades, which reclaim the power of desire.

  • Culture
  • Miss Rosen

In Glasgow, a queer bike shop is reshaping cycle culture

Dynamo CIC — The sport and industry is often dominated by men, and particularly men with money. But through empowering their community to learn DIY repairs and share resources, Dynamo is creating an alternative vision for riding.

  • Sport
  • Alice Austin

What is a mommy kink, and why is everyone a mother now?

Mommy issues — In an extract from the second issue of PULP, a new erotic, queer zine, Megan Wallace dives into why mothers are currently the ‘kink du jour’.

  • Culture
  • Megan Wallace

Uncovering the not-so-subtle queerness of Mexican rodeos

JARIPEO — A new experimental film by Rebecca Zweig and Efraín Mojica explores the looks, embraces and brushes of skin contact in which LGBTQ+ desire manifests at the traditionally hyper-masculine events.

  • Culture
  • Isaac Muk

Trans swimmers can continue to use Hampstead ponds, High Court rules

Swim on — It follows a legal challenge by gender critical advocacy group Sex Matters, while a major public consultation showed overwhelming support for keeping the ponds trans-inclusive.

  • Activism
  • Ella Glossop

“I have always been consistent in my insanity”: Vaginal Davis is a countercultural treasure

Magnificent Product — An expansive retrospective diving into the work of the artist, Blacktress and trailblazer in modern queercore is showing at the MoMA PS1. We took a look inside.

  • Culture
  • Miss Rosen
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Intimate, empowering portraits of India’s ‘third gender’ Hijra community

Call Me Heena — Photographer Shahria Sharmin’s new photobook provides the ancient trans and intersex group with space to tell their stories and express themselves, against a backdrop of marginalisation and violence in their daily lives.

  • Activism
  • Isaac Muk
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Queer nightlife in crisis: 8 of London’s biggest parties unite to save LGBTQ+ venues

Not a eulogy. A declaration — Over the weekend, INFERNO, Queer House Party, Riposte, RIOT, BUMPAH, Coven, Uhaul Dyke Rescue and PLASTYK came together in a photoshoot to call for collective action, as the landscape for grassroots venues continues to worsen.

  • Music
  • Ella Glossop

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