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HOTTER: Not a show about vaginas

Published on : 6th August 20196th August 2019 Published by : EDITOR

Celebrate the “very broad church of womxnhood” with Mary Higgins and Ell Potter, creators of a show definitely not about vaginas IMAGE HOLLY REVELL Hello, we’re Mary and Ell. We’re best friends, ex-girlfriends, and the creators of HOTTER, our sweaty two-woman show now approaching its third birthday. We’ve talked and written so much about HOTTER [….]

OPINION: Star Wars made me gay

Published on : 24th June 201925th June 2019 Published by : EDITOR

“Introducing Star Wars Episode IX – the queer awakening” BY RACHEL BADHAM. IMAGE STARWARS.COM With eight feature films, spinoffs, side stories and animations, Star Wars is without doubt one of the most successful movie franchises of all time. However, there’s one chapter that has yet to be released to the world, until now: Star Wars [….]

Introducing your new fave: Secret Dinosaur Cult

Published on : 1st November 201818th February 2019 Published by : Editorial Team

Comedians Sofie Hagen and Jodie Mitchell on their brilliant new podcast BY ROXY BOURDILLON If you’re yearning for something quintessentially queer and all kinds of awesome to fill your earholes on your commute/in the tub/to drown out the deafening sound of the patriarchy, this one’s for you! Professionally hilarious stand-ups Sofie Hagen and Jodie Mitchell co-host the new and [….]

Six queer short stories you should read right now 📚

Published on : 11th September 201818th February 2019 Published by : Editorial Team

Short stories, old and new, that will queer up your bookshelf, and won’t take long to get through… BY MOLLY MOSS Fed up of the same old les fic? (You know the ones) Can’t be bothered to get stuck into a long novel? Then look no further. The End of The World as We Know It [….]

Six queer black women who are changing the game

Published on : 2nd May 201812th September 2019 Published by : Editorial Team

We’re sending a little bit of love to these BAME babes, because why the hell not? BY ANGIE NEEDHAM Published: 2018.05.02 11:24 AM The black queer community is killing it at the moment. While we know there’s so much more to do in terms of representation, we wanted to take a minute to celebrate a few [….]

Seven queer artists to listen to right now

Published on : 1st April 201818th February 2019 Published by : Editorial Team

From Janelle Monáe to B 🎶 BY BRODIE CRELLIN We’ve been graced with some iconic lesbian and bi women in the music industry over the years – from KD Lang, Indigo Girls and Tegan and Sara, to The xx, Christine and the Queens, St Vincent and K Stew’s ex-lover, Soko. But hey, there can never [….]

Seven queer novels you probably should be reading

Published on : 29th March 201818th February 2019 Published by : Editorial Team

Need some bookspiration? BY BRODIE CRELLIN Just like the selection of lez/bi films on Netflix, lesbian fiction can be a bit disappointing… Hugely underrepresented, queer female characters have the tendency to end up either dead or completely straightened out. Which means we end up returning to old classics to find some genuinely good queer stories about [….]