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How Vulnerability Can Be Every Queer Person’s Superpower

Following her smash hit TedX talk, Sanisha Wynter talks about Borderline Personality Disorder and intersecting identities for World Mental Health Day

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A cartoon of Hafsa on bright fuchsia, wearing a gorgeous blue hijab with flowers that pop against the background colour. She is stroking a black and grey cat who looks adorable, and the art on her walls includes posters of a rainbow, of the word 'queerjabi', and of the words 'boys and girls'

‘Queerjabi’ Activist Hafsa Qureshi on All Things Identity

Maddie Jones

We sit down with “Bi and Muslim as heck” Hafsa to chat activism

A person who identifies as female (Patricia) with long dark hair, stood in a pink two piece burlesque outfit, looking glamorous, holding a white and pink feather fan above her head. The shot is close-up but full length and we see the woman stood in a room surrounded by mirrors and we see many angles of this woman.

Body Shame? No Thank You… Let’s Talk to Some Burlesque Performers

Megan Evans

We chat to some incredibly body powerful burlesque performers

Black and white landscape image. We see a person wearing a shell-like bra. They appear to be in a tunnel of material - as if the camera is peering under the duvet cover. They have dark hair, lipstick on and make up. They are further back in the image as the positioning of the covers makes them seem further away from the camera.

Being Body Neutral, Toxic Masculinity and How to Take Good D*ck Pics

Lucy Everett

From drag, to naked and everything in between. We talked about all things bodies with photographer Fox Al Rajim.

ARTICLES

two shirtless people holding each other on a roof, the city blurred in the background. One of the people has short, tightly curled pink dyed hair, the other has green dyed mid length hair, and tattoos

Queering the Lens: Photographers Fighting For Representation

Gabriel Novo

Queer photographers from the UK & US discuss their work in society

A pink fluffy background with pink fluffey textured question marks photoshopped into the background.

A Case For Furries: A Queer Furspective

Beck Lowe

Are we ready to introduce the queer-inclusive Fandom to the mainstream?

the outline of a naked white person, laying on their side.

Editors letter – Issue 8

Maddie Jones

Bodies. We’ve all got them. They’re our homes for life, in all their glorious shapes, sizes and colours.

Reclaiming the Gym from the Jocks and Bros: We Chat to a Queer Personal Trainer

Gabriel Novo

Personal Trainer Matt Boyles tells us why kindness is essential to fitness and that toxic gym culture shouldn’t keep you from a more confident body.

Amazin is a Vietnamese woman with a modellesque face, a piercing hazel-eyed stare and bright red lips. She is lifting a red football onto her head, resting on her black beanie which flows into her black bob which flows into her black T-shirt

Knockouts and Coming Out with Bodybuilder Amazin LêThi

Maddie Jones

Amazin LêThi chats to Unicorn about being an Asian bodybuilder in the LGBTQ+ community

Three images of Tito Bone, on top of a glittery background Tito, a slim white drag king with freshly done buzz cut, pouts at the camera, one hand straightening their dazzling bowtie. They have a fantastic glitter beard and matching eyebrows that graduate from dark purple to blue to teal. They also have pink and purple shimmery eyeshadow, bright pink lips and a blue ring in the septum of their rather prominent nose. They are wearing a a black sleeveless tailcoat and a bowtie rhinestoned with purple pink and gold stones. You can’t see it here, but should know it matches Tito’ trousers beautifully, which is probs why they look so smug. Tito, a slim white drag king with spikey brown hair and a big nose. In their usual glitter beard and eyebrows in blue, purple and teal, they are wearing a sequinned black and white houndstooth coat, white trousers, blue shirt and pink tie. They have a big Britney-style mic on (#FreeBritney) they are holding their rainbow “white” cane in one hand and iPad in another. They are mid speech with a facial expression that says “do you even know what the social model of disability is???” (If you don’t, google it - or pay them and they will tell you about it) Tito, a slim white drag king with spiky brown hair shaved at the sides. They have a glitter beard and matching eyebrows that graduate from blue to teal to purple. They also have pink eyeshadow on and matching pink lips. They are wearing a sequins houndstooth coat, teal shirt and pink tie. They are standing in front of a textured green background and fanning themself with a rainbow fan. They are smiling slightly as if to say “oooh damn I’m sexy.”

Tito Bone Finds Strength Being a Blind, Non-Binary, Drag King

Bella Cox

We learn to smell the world through our nose with Tito

Black and white portrait photo of Paddy from head to midriff. They have bleached short hair and wear a silver chain necklace and white tank top. They have different tattoos across their bare arms. The background is plain, looks like a photobooth. A light source comes from above them. Image is repeated three times with a black border

Stomping the Binary, Top surgery and all Things Bodies

Lucy Everett

We chat with Paddy Paddison on everyday activism and the state of the NHS

Sanisha - a proud, smiling Black woman with her natural hair tied up in a bun - stands on the red and black TedX Bristol stage. The photo is surrounded by cute cartoon stars in egg-yolk yellow.

How Vulnerability Can Be Every Queer Person’s Superpower

Maddie Jones

Following her smash hit TedX talk, Sanisha Wynter talks about Borderline Personality Disorder and intersecting identities for World Mental Health Day