Category: Community

Donna Marcus Duke delves into the work on display at a new exhibition exploring notions of the domestic in the work of eight trans artists WORDS BY DONNA MARCUS DUKE As trans people are continually pushed out of the public realm, the safety of our private spaces becomes even more important. As we struggle against a hostile external world, our domestic realms become places of safety, actualisation and normalcy. Outside the antagonistic restrictions of the public realm, we are able to craft places that accommodate our bodies, needs and sensibilities. So…

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We ask the community if using gay as a pejorative is ever okay. The answers might surprise you. WORDS BY KATIE BASKERVILLE Lost in the infinite scroll of my FYP, I come across the TikTok of @undiagnosedanthony, whose bubbly promise of a fun little controversial take stops me from swiping to the next piece of soul sucking attention bait.  “I can say this as, unfortunately, I am a little bit of a homosexual,” he pauses, “calling things gay is back in, arghhh I said it,” he grimaces.  @undiagnosedanthony #gay #lgbt #bi…

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The alternative rock festival has now said it will provide gender-neutral bathrooms in the majority, following outrage caused by its initial statement that it would follow EHRC interim guidance.  WORDS BY KATIE BASKERVILLE HEADER IMAGE BY UNSPLASH – JULIEN MACULAN Going for a piss in a port-a-loo shouldn’t be a radical act, especially not when caked in mud and in your best wellie boots, but here we are. It’s 2025 and on the 27th of May, Download Festival released a statement that it would be following the EHRC Guidelines following…

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Keep reading for an exclusive extract from Prishita Maheshwari-Aplin’s debut book ‘Roses for Hedone’. WORDS PRISHITA MAHESHWARI-APLIN PHOTO EIVIND HANSEN THIS EXCERPT ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN ‘ROSES FOR HEDONE: ON QUEER HEDONISM AND WORLD-MAKING THROUGH PLEASURE‘  pragma. From the Ancient Greek root πρᾶγμα (prâgma, “a thing done, a fact”). A matured, compassionate and enduring love. This love requires patience and compromise from all parties involved, and a commitment to staying in love, not simply falling in love. Speckled sunbeams shining through smoke-filled canopies, a world tinted momentarily pink and heavy with…

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For Tiara Skye and Shivani Dave’s iconic ‘wedding’ cover for our Straight Issue, we threw a divorce celebration to remember. ICYMI: The latest issue of GAY TIMES? Well, it’s heterosexuality themed. Yes, it’s a tiiiiiny bit off-brand for a queer publication, but we decided it was time to flip the script and interrogate the institution of cis-heterosexuality and, why, exactly, it continues to hold so much power.  In the issue, we have essays addressing homonormativity (heteronormativity’s gay cousin), how a short-lived Glastonbury fling reveals straight men’s relationship to the queer…

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