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Inside Booters: the Hooters-inspired supper club celebrating butch identity

Butchify everything — From a viral performative butch contest, to a packed ButchtoberFest celebration, Booters is taking over London’s dyke nightlife.

  • Culture
  • Megan Wallace
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For trans surfer Alice Barbosa, rediscovering her stoke is an act of resistance

Alice — Gabriel Novis’s new film focuses on one of his old family friends, who had drifted away from the sea after facing prejudice in their local scene in Maceió, Brazil. We caught up with the filmmaker ahead of its UK premiere at the London Surf / Film Festival this weekend.

  • Sport
  • Isaac Muk
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Defiant, sensuous portraits of the transmasc & non-binary community

t-fags — When perusing photobooks in queer bookshops, El Hardwick and Orion Isaacs realised that none of the people or experiences they found in among the pages represented them. Their new project, which they are crowdfunding to turn into a book, aims to fills that gap.

  • Culture
  • Isaac Muk
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A Manchester laser studio is removing Harry Potter tattoos for half-price

Deletrius — They claimed that the franchise had “lost its magic” following author JK Rowling’s recent statements on trans rights.

  • Activism
  • Ella Glossop
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Malaysia’s oldest drag club is an oasis for its queer community. Can it survive?

Blue Boy Club — Having been open since the ’80s, the Kuala Lumpur institution has provided a space for the city’s LGBTQ+ folk to express themselves and connect. But faced with ramping conservatism and police raids, its outlook appears increasingly murky.

  • Activism
  • Gordon Cole-Schmidt
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Remembering Clark Henley’s ’80s cult classic The Butch Manual

The New Drag — The playful book is back in print more than 40 years since it was first published. We revisit its gender-subverting fun and lasting influence.

  • Culture
  • Miss Rosen
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In Nottingham, punk’s UK revival rumbles

Grassroots grinding — The city has a rich history of creative resistance, and now a new wave of noise is emerging. From DIY recording studios to impromptu skatepark gigs, Hannah Bentley travels to the east Midlands to meet the artists keeping rebellion alive – and loud.

  • Music
  • Hannah Bentley
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How Santa Monica Blvd inspired queer classic film Hustler White

Baal — Rick Castro’s new exhibition explores his journey from photographing male sex workers in LA to creating one of the most shocking LGBTQ+ films of all time.

  • Culture
  • Miss Rosen
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As Grindr scams in India rise, its LGBTQ+ community fights back

Red flags — Through mobilising the threat of outing queer folk, scammers are using dating apps to find targets for extortion, violence and blackmail. Mansi Rathee and Amir Bin Rafi spoke to people who have been affected, and reported on the community’s work to support victims and raise awareness.

  • Activism
  • Mansi Rathee
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Amos Badertscher’s crucial capturing of Baltimore’s queer underground

Images and Stories — A new survey of the photographer’s work presents his archive, which documents and preserves the city’s LGBTQ+ history and the stories of people living on the fringes of its society. 

  • Culture
  • Miss Rosen

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