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The forgotten radical history of London’s Rebel Dykes

Punk politics — A new exhibition is spotlighting a group of queer activists and artists who ran riot through 1980s Britain and would profoundly influence lesbian culture.

  • Culture
  • Rosie Hewitson

A joyous portrait of Wigstock in the 1980s and ‘90s

Breaking taboos — Photographer Rafael Fuchs recounts attending the annual drag-a-thon, which offered space for celebration at the height of AIDS crisis.

  • Culture
  • Miss Rosen

Photos from London’s joyous & defiant Trans+ Pride march

Now in its third year running, Trans+ Pride London attracted some 7,500 attendees. Photographer Bex Wade was on hand to capture the uplifting and poignant event.

  • Activism
  • Bex Wade

Liverpool is taking a stand against anti-LGBTQ+ attacks

Enough is enough — Earlier this week, following a series of violent attacks on queer people in the city centre, demonstrators came together in a moving show of solidarity.

  • Activism
  • Vuyokazi Mtukela

What does lesbian & bi culture look like in the internet age?

All The Things She Said — Writer Daisy Jones discusses her new book, a nuanced and introspective guide to the ever-changing nature of modern-day queerness.

  • Culture
  • Katie Goh

The climber welcoming LGBTQ+ people to the wall

Merrell 1TRL x Huck — Karl Ludvik is a strong and talented gay climber. Throughout his youth contest career, he’s sought to challenge the narrative that only straight men get to be tough. And now, he wants to help others do the same by tackling the underrepresentation of LGBTQ+ people in climbing.

  • Outdoors
  • Sam Haddad

The vigilante group tackling LGBTQ+ hate crime in London

Bender Defenders — With hate crimes on the rise and trust in the institutions tasked with dealing with them swiftly declining, a new street defence movement is coming out to protect queer Londoners from violence.

  • Culture
  • Rosie Hewitson

The digital archive unearthing queer Arab history

This is Takweer — Lebanese artist and designer Marwan Kaabour discusses his new Instagram account devoted to documenting LGBTQ+ narratives in Arab history and popular culture, which have all too often been cast aside.

  • Culture
  • Iman El Kafrawi

An alternative guide to London’s rich queer legacy

Story of survival — Alim Kheraj discusses his new book celebrating the capital’s vibrant LGBTQ+ scene and the patchwork of bars, clubs, shops, Pride events, saunas and sex shops that have catered to the queer community – both past and present.

  • Culture
  • Jack King

An uplifting portrait of gay liberation in ‘70s New York

Loving openly — Activist and photographer Leonard Fink’s newly-digitised archive captures the West Village’s marches, queer bars and cruising grounds, highlighting the passion and creativity LGBTQ+ people exhibited after Stonewall.

  • Culture
  • Miss Rosen

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