Here and queer
They're here, they're queer – get used to it! Explore this diverse selection of essays from queer authors and allies exploring the peaks, pitfalls and politics of being queer.
Ladies who doth protest too much
JK ROWLING’S TRIUMPHANT super yacht selfie left no doubt about her reaction to the UK Supreme Court’s recent ruling on the legal definition of a woman, one based solely on…
The other side
BEFORE I LEAVE my house to visit my ninety-year-old great-aunt, I pause at my front door, faltering at the threshold. I glance down at the singlet I’m wearing, wondering if my great-aunt…
Queer in tooth and claw
The colourful clownfish is a sequential hermaphrodite – while clownfish are all born male, they carry male and female sex organs, and the change from male to female is essential to the species’ strict social hierarchy. The female is at the top of this hierarchy and is the largest fish in a group. The largest male in the group accompanies her; together they make the breeding pair.
Mapping my queer lineage
When I graduated from high school, I was finally free to leave – to venture beyond the borders and confinements of my small town to search for something I inherently knew was missing from my life. And so, at seventeen years of age, I sped down the well-worn Carnarvon Highway towards an uncertain future.
The tyranny of the gay-stream
‘WOULD YOU LIKE to help advocate for oppressed Arab queer youth in homophobic and conservative communities like your own?’ a white woman asked me earlier this year, her voice flustered…
Detachable penis
Three years into my transition during the 2021 lockdowns, my online shopping habit became a full-blown addiction. One of the weirder things that I purchased was a petite crocheted penis and testicles, hand-stitched by a crafty ‘bear’ called Devon. Each package was made-to-order, so I could choose everything from the shaft length to colour and testicle size. I could’ve even added ball hair.