Karen Pollock introduces our theme for August, mental health.
Category: Monthly Theme
Why do we find it so hard to ‘play the dating game’?
Louise McCudden unpacks the internalised queerphobia and misogyny underneath the dating experiences of queer people, especially those of us who are not cis men.
Beauty and the butch – ‘dreamy’ lesbians and why we can’t live without them.
Annette Pryce adds a personal dimension to the ongoing butch/femme dynamic in the lesbian scene.
The measure of a man
The theme for July is ‘Masculinity’, introduced by our curator Karen Pollock
LGBTQ+ is nothing to be ashamed of
As part of our Pride month series Karen Pollock looks at why pride, both as an event and an emotion, is important to LGBTQ+ people.
Queeroes: Vito Genovese and the Mafia
Angel Rojas looks at some unexpected roots of pride and LGBTQ+ history
June: Pride
Karen Pollock introduces the theme for June, Pride.
Sport and identity
A guest writer, Gareth Davies explores how rejecting fixed ideas about what sport should look like, intertwine with a rejection of other fixed identity norms.
This queer sporting life
Karen Pollock introduces our theme for May: Sport
I am so sick of this shit; AFAB does not mean privileged
A guest writer explains why accusations of privilege levelled at assigned female at birth non binary people are rooted in misogyny and transphobia. This writer has asked to remain anonymous.
