ISSUE 8

BODIES

Rain Dove Takes Us On a Journey Through Modelling and Body Ecstasy

Queer Sex & HIV: Let’s Bust Some Bi Myths

For World AIDs Day, we dig into some discussion about bi folks and HIV

Maddie Jones

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

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

Maddie Jones

in a quasi-comical pose, there are four sex-workers from Sexquisite Events from left to right. The furthest left is muscly, tattooed and in a bikini, flexing her muscles with her long blonde hair. Next right is a demurely dressed woman, looking faux-shocked but clearly also raring to get stuck in. Next is a woman in a short bob and thigh highs, sitting on a red sofa looking at the bodybuilder with her legs wide apart. The gap between her legs is covered by a clipboard, held by the business woman to her right who is looking knowingly at the camera.

5 Ways To Stand Bi Our Sex Workers

Maddie looks at the ways we can support our queer sex workers

Maddie Jones

We Need to Talk About Suicide Prevention in The Queer Community

Beck discusses the power of conversation, as part of World Suicide Prevention Day

Beck Lowe

An older man tenderly touches the face of another old man, both of whom have their eyes closed

Fading History: Why We Should Pay More Attention To Our Queer Elders

For World Senior Citizens Day, Nithila writes about why we need to be kinder to the oldest members of the queer community.

Nithila

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

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.

Gabriel Novo

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

Editors letter – Issue 8

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

Maddie Jones

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

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

Gabriel Novo

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

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

Lucy Everett

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

We learn to smell the world through our nose with Tito

Bella Cox

‘Top to bottom’ and Falling in Love With Our Bodies

Musings with trans writer Finlay Games

Lucy Everett

Three stone female naked sculptures stand in a row with their arms over each other, their skin and the background is a bright shade of pink.

Our Bodies Speak Like Gods

Musings on morality and bodies
By Prishant K Jutlla

Prishant K Jutlla

closeup of three girls' faces vertically below each other looking at the camera.

Women Writing Women: How Queer Poetry Validated My Body Struggles

Nithila writes about how free verse for the female gaze helped her body image

Nithila

Two pink balloons being held out, the tie at the bottom facing the camera to show the boob-esque shape of them.

How I Learnt to Love My Boobs by Exploring Other People’s

Maddie talks all things wibbly and wonderful about her body (and all of yours)

Clara Jones

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

A Case For Furries: A Queer Furspective

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

Beck Lowe

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

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

Maddie Jones

ISSUE 8

BODIES

Rain Dove Takes Us On a Journey Through Modelling and Body Ecstasy

FEATURED ARTICLES

‘Queerjabi’ Activist Hafsa Qureshi on All Things Identity

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

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

Queer Sex & HIV: Let’s Bust Some Bi Myths

How Vulnerability Can Be Every Queer Person’s Superpower

5 Ways To Stand Bi Our Sex Workers

We Need to Talk About Suicide Prevention in The Queer Community

Fading History: Why We Should Pay More Attention To Our Queer Elders

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

Editors letter – Issue 8

Queering the Lens: Photographers Fighting For Representation

Stomping the Binary, Top surgery and all Things Bodies

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

‘Top to bottom’ and Falling in Love With Our Bodies

Our Bodies Speak Like Gods

Women Writing Women: How Queer Poetry Validated My Body Struggles

How I Learnt to Love My Boobs by Exploring Other People’s

A Case For Furries: A Queer Furspective

Knockouts and Coming Out with Bodybuilder Amazin LêThi