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The activists taking on Poland's 'LGBT-free zones'

Polish Stonewall — One-third of Poland has declared itself free of "LGBT ideology", as state-sanctioned hatred towards queer people escalates under the ultra-conservative Law & Justice party. Writer Jake Hall speaks to the local activists fighting back.

  • Activism
  • Jake Hall

An intimate portrait of NYC's Black, queer, homeless youth

West Village kids — In Pier Kids, filmmaker Elegance Bratton returns to Christopher Street Pier – an area steeped in LGBTQ+ history and the place where he spent 10 years of his life homeless – to connect with its current inhabitants.

  • Film
  • Matt Turner

The Caracas drag scene is a refuge for the city’s outsiders

As violence and turmoil continue to beset the Venezuelan capital, the drag community has positioned itself at the forefront of a DIY fightback – one that refuses to stand by and watch the city crumble.

  • Magazine
  • Lexi Parra

For London's drag queens, the show must go on

Pandemic Innovators — Drag queen 'Sue Gives A Fuk' was regularly gigging around London, until the pandemic left live venues to face a precarious future. Since then, Sue's been forced to get creative to sustain her career.

  • Culture
  • Huck

How AIDS activists used art to fight a pandemic

Ready for a revolution — ‘Society had turned its back on us, which added to our creative flow and ability to live freely. It’s easy to tell the world to go fuck itself when you’re dying.’

  • Activism
  • Miss Rosen

Inside Lagos’s underground queer clubbing scene

It’s been six years since homosexuality was effectively criminalised in Nigeria. Despite this, LGBTQ people in the country are still finding ways to meet, hook up and have fun.

  • Music
  • Vincent Desmond

Carmen Maria Machado on lockdown, utopias and writing

‘Survival is its own art form’ — The US author reflects on the success of her genre-bending queer gothic memoir, In The Dreamhouse.

  • Books
  • Kate Wyver

Somewhere to go: the fight for London’s queer spaces

The disappearing city — The capital has lost 58 per cent of its LGBTQ+ venues in the past decade. These spaces are vital, as a recent rise in hate crime makes painfully clear – but how much longer can they survive?

  • Reportage
  • Jessica Furseth

Inside the plight of Poland’s LGBTQ Activists

An uncertain future — With state-sanctioned homophobia on the rise, the country’s queer community are on the defence: ‘if you even look gay, it’s wise to carry tear gas with you. You never know what’s going to happen.’

  • Activism
  • Jake Hall

Sorry but Charlotte Nichols won’t apologise to Nazis

‘I felt physically sick’ — The newly-elected Labour MP has been accused of homophobia and inciting anti-fascist violence. Here, she discusses her tumultuous first month in Parliament.

  • Activism
  • Ben Smoke

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